bound to please....

ok, so i spent the afternoon skimming bound to please, a collection of book reviews by michael dirda....who said, somewhere in the 1st 50 pages....that one could' turn upside down the 6 novels of jane austin...and shake them vigorously, and nothing would fall out....'....gentle readers.....whilst this is a true statement.....i have found little else in this lengthy book to recommend it...including his discussion of one sidonie colette.....a biography by judith thurman, which i possess......he describes it as a triumph....well.....i found it boring and confounding...but that is ok....after skimming the book i want to read more closely the works of wilde, flaubert, james, baudilaire...among others.......he did like my favorite book of colette's...the break of day...a book out of print in america......quelle damage....as they say.....it was her most intuitive..........