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From Jane Eyre to The Eyre Affair
zugenia
15 yrs ago
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Those readers familiar with Bronte's novel will be the best-equipped to appreciate the first book of Jasper Fforde's literary fantasy series...
zugenia
15 yrs ago
that I was a huge baby, rippling in chub, born to a tiny mother, and all of my dad's siblings called me "Sumo" for the first year of my life. Ten years later, it had changed to "Stringbean."
zugenia
15 yrs ago
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Here's a tangentially related story that may help you smile. At least it makes me smile. Ome of my best friends from grad school recently visited me and met my new puppy for the first time. Whenever she cuddled with t…
zugenia
15 yrs ago
zugenia
15 yrs ago
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As I was just emptying the dishwasher, I thought to myself, "Man, I HATE emptying the dishwasher!" Then I thought, "Man, what a weird thing to hate!" But there it is. I hate emptying the dishwasher, taking out the tra…
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Okay, I'm picking up Dracula...hope that's okay. :)
zugenia
15 yrs ago
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From Dracula to The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, a graphic novel by Alan Moore. Do NOT be fooled by the movie, which I thought was terrible. The book is witty, literate, and features the amazing Mina Harker.
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Does anyone have any thoughts on John Kennedy Toole's "Confederacy of Dunces?
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Brilliant!
zugenia
15 yrs ago
I'm one of those who laughed out loud. I think it's a work of comic genius.
zugenia
15 yrs ago
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My mom sent me his number after asking him what kinds of things he prayed for every day, and one of his answers was, "That one day there will be female priests in the Catholic church." That's my kind of Catholicism. :)
zugenia
15 yrs ago
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that this is a bizarre and archaic interpretation of procreation, even for the Catholic church. Even if it remains committed to marriage as primarily reproductive, the church fully recognizes adopted children as members…
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Do you exercise and if so, what do you do? I'm trying to get motivated! Everytime
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I hear you, thistle.
zugenia
15 yrs ago
I am very allergic to "working out." But I recently adopted a tireless puppy, so I walk a couple of miles with her every day, and 2 or 3 times a week my fiance and I take her on a more strenuous hike in the woods. We n…
zugenia
15 yrs ago
As if feeling crummy weren't enough, not knowing what's wrong can be equally as draining. I hope things turn up soon.
zugenia
16 yrs ago
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I refuse to believe that no one has read Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, even though I haven't.
Or we could go back to The Book Thief...
zugenia
16 yrs ago
But I promise you that when I make it through today, I'll join you for a cold one. :)
zugenia
16 yrs ago
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So our poor princess of a cat, who recently endured the addition of a puppy to our household, also endured the consequences of our poor decision to buy a big bag of the cheapo cat food at Sam's Club -- i.e., meal after m…
zugenia
16 yrs ago
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It is a beautiful, charmed city. Fewer dirigibles in real life, though.
By the way, did you see this New Yorker piece on Milton? It's pretty great:
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2008/06/02/080602c…
zugenia
16 yrs ago
zugenia
16 yrs ago
It was a library book, so no BCID, but here's what I wrote in my reader's journal:
Reading books like The Golden Notebook makes me nostalgic for a bygone and perhaps purely imaginary moment when the narcissism of auth…
zugenia
16 yrs ago
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From The Lord of the Rings to Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials
zugenia
16 yrs ago
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Another excellent fantasy trilogy. Also, both Tolkein and Pullman attended Oxford's Exeter College, where I also spent a year!
zugenia
16 yrs ago
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Life is never dull with a puppy around, I'll tell you that much. Every day I find a delightful new surprise in her mouth or deposited somewhere I'm destined to step. For a while she was carrying her poop in from out back…
zugenia
16 yrs ago
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I accidentally posted a non-book-related thing here (meant for Chit Chat), so I'll take this opportunity to say that I'm currently reading The Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz and I LOVE it. He almost makes me want to bu…
