tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522319810296642659.post9099327638205247160..comments2024-03-28T13:54:54.596-05:00Comments on RA for All: RUSA 2010 Notable BooksBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085260877904727608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522319810296642659.post-49778872338050946582010-07-08T10:02:24.830-05:002010-07-08T10:02:24.830-05:00I have read about the two Columbine books. Yet Mr....I have read about the two Columbine books. Yet Mr. Cullen here chooses to attack the messenger and not the message.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08614417844119873073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522319810296642659.post-70486332518749537552010-07-07T00:52:14.199-05:002010-07-07T00:52:14.199-05:00Becky, thanks for the heads-up on the list. It'...Becky, thanks for the heads-up on the list. It's nice to see my book on it, along with a whole lot of other books I've been enjoying. I had not anticipated that one of the perks of finally getting my book done would be to meet so many great authors at book festivals and other events throughout the year. I compiled quite a reading list--always a good thing.<br /><br />And thanks to gm for continuing the humorous blog comments--(that it's "a shame" the panel did not choose the book he published). Thanks, gm.Dave Cullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07147629998855818290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522319810296642659.post-86230577900538765382010-07-06T13:36:29.088-05:002010-07-06T13:36:29.088-05:00Thanks for sharing you opinion. Cullen has comment...Thanks for sharing you opinion. Cullen has commented on this blog before and I welcome discussion here.<br /><br />For the record though, Cullen's book has won numerous awards and although I have not read the book myself, I know people on the RUSA panel and trust their educated opinions.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085260877904727608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522319810296642659.post-9046219802360745352010-07-06T11:50:11.389-05:002010-07-06T11:50:11.389-05:00What a shame the panel left out the more accurate ...What a shame the panel left out the more accurate book on Columbine:<br /><br /> Cullen , who first reported on the story for the online magazine Salon, acknowledges in the book's source notes that thoughts he attributes to Klebold and Harris are conjecture gleaned from the record the pair left behind.<br /><br />Jeff Kass takes a more straightforward approach in "Columbine: A True Crime Story," working backward from the events of the fateful day.<br />The Denver Post<br /><br />Mr. Cullen insists that the killers enjoyed "far more friends than the average adolescent," with Harris in particular being a regular Casanova who "on the ultimate high school scorecard . . . outscored much of the football team." The author's footnotes do not reveal how he knows this; when I asked him about it while preparing this review, Mr. Cullen said he did not necessarily mean to imply that Harris was sexually active. But what else would such words mean?<br /><br />"Eric and Dylan never had any girlfriends," the more sober Mr. Kass writes, and were "probably virgins upon death."<br /> Wall Street Journalgmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14094059824216640956noreply@blogger.com