...but you're holding it to ridiculous standards. And honestly, I find it more readable than most of yours, which tend to be long-winded and preoccupied with different priorities than I bring to my books.

Not that readability is synonymous with "quality", if such a thing can even be defined. Or that you give much thought to the opinion of someone who isn't a devoted literary scholar.

EDIT: Then again, I may be getting you mixed up with Tom on some of these points. You have some similarities, of course, but you tend to be far less caustic in your judgments than he does. Until now, at least.