> Hmm, as an inexperienced youth I read - and believed - stuff that I now recognize as totally poisonous crap. Sometimes you have to read crap in order to real

> Hmm, as an inexperienced youth I read - and believed - stuff that I now recognize as totally poisonous crap. Sometimes you have to read crap in order to realize it's crap. Fortunately, over time, it seems that we develop a certain "smell" for books. I am very picky about what I read nowdays, and my "hunch" for good books seem to be mostly accurate.