He, it's all in the looks. If you look convinced of what you're saying, half the job is done ;)

Oh, that course sounds interesting. I'm not a big fan of the "rambly style", unless the writer is really good and has some sense of how to put sentences in an understandable order. I have the bad habit of doing logical analysis while reading (because I am stupid. Who the hell keep doing grammar analysis when they are already out of school?), and if the subordinate clauses are scattered around in a truly confusing order, I can't enjoy my reading and I end up hating the book. That's not to say that I can't read complicated books. It's just that I like being able to be a total grammar nazi when I read and not have stupid word order mess with my funtimes.