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I know the person that's dedicated to.
Well, I knew her at drama college, if that counts.
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08-18-2012, 05:40 AM
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08-20-2012, 02:20 PM
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lobber of scimitars
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I have officially given up on 1Q84. The library sucked it back off my Kindle. In three weeks I had made it to the end of the first section. I don't know if I'll try again at some point in the future.
It was going nowhere with breakneck slowness. I think I figured out the main intention, but of course, those Orientals, they're inscrutable, so I could be entirely wrong about it.
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09-10-2012, 03:37 PM
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"The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" by Edgar Allen Poe
Man, this is a tough read. Poe's only complete novel, so I've read.
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09-10-2012, 03:41 PM
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The Un-Tuckian
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Read "Witch & Wizard" by James Patterson in a single sitting a couple weeks ago.
Decent story, but, kinda teenagery.
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09-10-2012, 04:01 PM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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The Uninvited Guests--Sadie Jones
In One Person--John Irving |
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09-10-2012, 04:10 PM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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Oh, and
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09-10-2012, 04:23 PM
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My wife just read Reliable Wife. Is that the one about amnesia? If so, she liked it.
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09-10-2012, 04:25 PM
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Person who doesn't update the user title
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No amnesia, but some arsenic is involved.
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09-23-2012, 08:10 AM
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Slattern of the Swail
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I'm reading "The Earth has a Soul" by Jung.
well, it DOES have a soul you godless heathens!
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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 |
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09-23-2012, 08:55 AM
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polaroid of perfection
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Am working my way through Limey's Kindle. Sorry, I mean my Kindle. You're my Kindle now! Am reading the Etymologicon (Mark Forsyth) which is amusing me enormously. I keep wanting to come on here and share some of the connections, and then remember that at least one other Dwellar already knows them. Last paper book was The Blackhouse by Peter May. It only cost £1 thanks to a voucher in the newspaper and Mum paid that anyway! I mostly enjoyed it. I would read it again, having absorbed much of the pronunciation that originally grated (it's set on the Isle of Lewis where Gaellic is still spoken) but Mum gave it to the charity shop after she finished it. I like longer to digest a book. One of the pivotal points was the skua cull which takes place every year. I had heard of it - there was a chef that travelled there and cooked guga, but was thoroughly revolted. The locals love the taste of a bit of gannet and look forward to obtaining it every year. Wish I could remember who it was and find the clip * Anyway - enjoyable read. If I can pick up any more Peter May books cheap, especially those based on Lewis (trilogy apparently, sad to waste the knowledge I've already attained) then I'll have a punt. ETA - it was Gordon Ramsay on the F Word in 2005 and is available on Youtube. And he didn't hate it, he quite liked it, although Giles Coren said it was less appetising than poo and Ramsay's maitre d' (Jean-Baptiste) politely palmed his and dropped it on the floor.
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09-23-2012, 02:18 PM
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I think this line's mostly filler.
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Shada, partially by Douglas Adams.
It really feels like a Tom Baker episode, even in prose.
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09-23-2012, 03:57 PM
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The Un-Tuckian
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I just finished "Gut Shot Straight" by Lou Berney.
Entertaining writing, but a little anticlimactic, and predictable. I like the guy's writing style though.
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09-23-2012, 03:59 PM
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The Un-Tuckian
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Anybody ever read Mo Hayder?
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09-23-2012, 05:34 PM
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still says videotape
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No. Any good?
I'm reading Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds which is interesting so far and I grabbed a book of short sci-fi from the library called Alien Contact written by a bunch of most favored peeps like Baxter, Card, Gaiman...
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