03-11-2009, 03:07 PM | #1381 |
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Oh, goody goody!
Angela Carter - Wise Children and the Bloody Chamber Anita Brookner - Hotel du Lac Edward Hirsch - How to Read a Poem Henry James -Turn of the Screw Yah, my Amazon order came in! YAY!
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
03-19-2009, 01:56 PM | #1382 |
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Turn of the Screw suckedx. dammit!
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
03-19-2009, 02:03 PM | #1383 |
dar512 is now Pete Zicato
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Just finished Shadow Divers - the story of the two wreck-divers who worked to discover the identity of the German U-boat found off the coast of New Jersey. A good yarn, well told.
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03-25-2009, 09:58 PM | #1384 | |
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but it kind of meanders......as does all Irving.... you're never really sure where the plot is going.....and yet, when you reflect on it....it was there from the beginning. of COURSE the murderer was the transvestite who married the rich old man, and only killed the golfer to cover his/her tracks! it's worth reading, but i liked his other stuff better.
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03-25-2009, 10:35 PM | #1385 | |
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looks like rich r r levy..... http://www.georgerrmartin.com/ where did you hear the release date for book5? http://www.georgerrmartin.com/if-update.html hasnt been updated for over a year.....
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03-26-2009, 01:12 AM | #1386 |
I think this line's mostly filler.
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More than that - he explicitly disavows all release dates.
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03-26-2009, 12:41 PM | #1389 |
I think this line's mostly filler.
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After reading a couple Lovecraft anthologies, I'm rereading Foundation.
Very different styles there.
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03-26-2009, 01:31 PM | #1390 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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Every so often i feel the need to revisit Lovecraft.
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03-29-2009, 11:09 AM | #1391 |
Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you.
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I'm giving Anne Rice a try. Working on "The Witching Hour."
So far I like the story, very intriguing. I'm not too impressed with the love affair/making, the main female character is just too submissive and weak when it comes to that. I'm only 200pgs in, mebbe that'll change.
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03-29-2009, 11:23 AM | #1392 |
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The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb
I got a complete Lovecraft for my Kindle. My intention is to dip into it in between other books. So far the plan hasn't worked out very well. I'll probably just have to dive straight into it.
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03-29-2009, 11:53 AM | #1393 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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Go on...dive in...but wait until your alone on a graveyard shift :P
My favourite time to read Lovecraft is early hours of the morning when sleep eludes me. Takes me back to being a kid and reading whatever obscure spooky stories I cuold find on the family bookshelves. Also, for some reason, the Miskatonic seems to flow a little stronger, and Arkham's walls stand a little more solid in the early hours, by lamplight. This sent me off on a little time travelling. Haven't been to this site in years: http://www.miskatonic-university.org/ |
03-30-2009, 10:43 AM | #1394 |
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I got the Time Traveler's Wife from the library over the weekend. It's good so far.
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04-07-2009, 08:19 AM | #1395 |
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Finished Coraline - brilliant. Now on to The Graveyard Book; Good Book (Plotz) and Making Lists.
Am refusing to read the male version of the hateful Jane Austen: Henry "Fussy" James, and his The Portrait of A Lady. Would rather drop the class. Is awful. Reading about 'class' and "marriage' and 'spunky young women' makes me wanna vom.
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