Slog - Comments on Why Not Here? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here The United Kingdom arm of giant publisher Penguin has opened up a dating website. I don't know why American publishers haven't picked up on this one yet, but it strikes me as a great idea. What better way to define a potential mate than by the books he or she reads? When I worked at a bookstore, I would sometimes have my breath taken away by a beautiful woman, and then instantly be repulsed by her as she bought a few books from the Left Behind series from me.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:00:00 -0800 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:10:10 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe You should have given her some Dr. Ransom! If she wants Christian lit, at least work her tough.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110422 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110422 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:07:28 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV It takes a very special strain of hepatitis to make a guy glow lime green.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110437 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110437 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:15:01 -0800 Comment by Josie To paraphrase John Cage: "If a person doesn't own books, don't fuck them."

]]> Josie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110441 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110441 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:17:04 -0800 Comment by Ziggity Those people look like boring twats.

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110452 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110452 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:22:28 -0800 Comment by Levislade Don't I recall you dismissing Goodreads (an independentish version of this very thing*) in these pages at some point? Or did I imagine that?

*OK, it's not actually a dating site, but people could certainly use it as such, I would think.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110462 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110462 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:28:32 -0800 Comment by bibliogrrl oh man. So, so true. I will totally dismiss a cute guy if he's buying a terrible book. But I'll also give someone a second look if they are looking for something awesome.

There is nowhere more fun to flirt than a bookstore.

]]> bibliogrrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110474 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110474 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:38:20 -0800 Comment by w7ngman I don't read books and I still get laid. HA!

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110481 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110481 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:43:13 -0800 Comment by Greg Here's a test: if she liked The Fermata, she's kinky as fuck.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110495 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110495 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:51:05 -0800 Comment by truth or hair she didnt buy the left behind series from you, she bought them from the bookstore you worked for.

]]> truth or hair http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110509 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110509 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:01:13 -0800 Comment by ryno is it not boring to date someone with your same taste? having friends with the same taste can be dull enough.

]]> ryno http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110518 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110518 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:07:09 -0800 Comment by jrrrl @9 oh snap what a burn

]]> jrrrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110534 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110534 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:14:33 -0800 Comment by Chris in Tampa @10 - dating people with different tastes is great, but dating people with bad taste is not recommended.

]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110563 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110563 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:31:25 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV If it weren't for bad taste I'd get no dates at all!

Gloom, despair, and agony on me....

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110579 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110579 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:40:16 -0800 Comment by mint chocolate chip Oh sure. She says likes Nabokov now, but the minute that ring goes on her finger, it's a steady diet of Nora Roberts from then on.

]]> mint chocolate chip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110604 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110604 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:51:36 -0800 Comment by Zack @5 - Yes, the stranger totally wrote something about goodreads last year(?), or maybe earlier this year. I remember reading it

]]> Zack http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110720 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110720 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:30:09 -0800 Comment by PopTart @13 Napoleon anyone who dates you has excellent taste.

I've been first dating a few times recently and I have to admit that if the guy says he doesn't read it goes into the negative column for me. He can have different tastes in books than me, but he has to like to read.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110745 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110745 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:59:24 -0800 Comment by Jessica @14: And while he says he's reading On The Road, what he means is "this is my go-to title to sound hip and bohemian in the hopes that hip and bohemian ladies of loose morals will have hip and bohemian sex with me on the weekends before I go back to my 60-hour-a-week job programming phone systems for the government, which is interspersed with nights spent as a night-elf druid woman on WoW." Secretly, he's obsessed with the Tom Clancy Rainbow Six series, especially the later ones that Clancy didn't actually write.

]]> Jessica http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110796 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110796 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:02:54 -0800 Comment by Sara I think I've only been hit on in a bookstore once- I'm there quite frequently, but I'm not what you would call a "looker". I didn't even realize until after it had happened, and it was by a rather cute lady- maybe she's into fat chicks- I'll never really know.

]]> Sara http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110845 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110845 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:49:11 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I like to slip the jackets for Left Behind novels over Harry Potter books.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110917 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/why_not_here#c1110917 Books Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:16:47 -0800 Comment by Greg @17: It's the Net Force books that were ghost-written. As far as I know, there's only one Rainbow Six book.

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