“ As I mentioned last night, while I thoroughly enjoy reading whenever I can, I normally only do so when I wish to relax, be entertained, and be cerebrally challenged by the developing story. (Since my favoured genre is that of 'Crime' - be it from the court transcripts of actual crimes, or the imaginings of fictional ones - I find the challenging aspects of either to be the most satisfying). Since I mainly read for pleasure, it came as something of a culture shock for me last night to be hearing every 'presented reading' being so clinically dissected and analysed. It also intimidated me a little to be confronted by so many seemingly 'intellectual' words; words which were a foreign language to me. I did derive a little comfort, however, when some of those using them were forced to admit their ignorance of their true meaning, as well. Since I read for pleasure, I don't want those pleasurable times to be even momentarily intruded upon by having to consult a dictionary. ”