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It is indeed Maggie O'Farrell, and it's her latest (2010) title, "The Hand that First Held Mine". I'll have to pass the poisoned chalice to you, Nu-Knees, or we could give the thread a rest. My RL is chaotic at present.
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combined - it's "Middlesex" by Eugenides. A rainy Sunday, registering books and
watching cricket with my husband, my brain is not very sharp...
I've read "The Marriage Plot" recently E-R, but not "Middlesex" yet. Good …
was in The Odyssey, wasn't he, the prophet who pointed out the way, or the wrong way or something?! It must be forty years since I tackled The Odyssey. Sigh....
Yet again, it's Sujie, registering books for my OBCZ.
with news of a posting for the man Minna loves. This is a children's book by a well-loved writer.
Sorry, Sujie, registering books for OBCZ Jing Jo's.
E-R, you remind me of my daughter who had a "delicate horse" as an imaginary friend when she was a child, gleaned from the pages of her older sister's books. She couldn't even read and she had a book friend! We now refer…
Off topic, it's a bit of a festival of Wishaw at the moment - I can't divorce him from his portrayal of Keats in "Bright Star".
'Brideshead' is a secret passion, watched furtively when my husband is away. He hated the …
...am I in the right milieu? Hi Dunzy, geileis, playtheman, Hinerangi, Cee-Blue, miketroll et al. It's like the Faraway Tree, coming in here on the odd occasion!
Oops, sorry, it's Sujie, registering books for my OBCZ - …
I've never been called a distraction before...
Chit-Chat
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statistical analysis for accounting
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...tripping over me, sitting alone at this table...
and incognito, too! In my Thai disguise.
Book Talk
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Very Cool Public BookShelf on the street in Berlin. Edited to add picture of me there! I found it!!!
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Great shelf-pic - you look fifteen, bookczuk!
-Sujie (registering books for OBCZ)and swooning over book-tree.
Book Talk
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The May 2010 First Sentence Thread
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Re: 'One afternoon in Mid-March, when the green white snowdrops had blown ragged under
Thank you! No wonder it resonated!
-Sujie, registering books for OBCZ
Book Talk
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When you read, how far from your face is your book?
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Interesting - with certain typefaces it can vary from very close to about two feet.
I haven't realised how much typeface determines that. I read with multifocal glasses; without them everything's a pleasant blur, bar the leaves on the trees on the mountain ridge a few kilometres away.
Oops - Sujie, reg…
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DTQ #16
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#16.3 OK...I'll guess Simon Schama's History of Britain but that seems too easy...
Oops... that's Sujie again, registering books for my OBCZ, sorry.
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What is your favourite period in historical fiction?
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Regency (Jane Austen's time), WW2 in Europe.
Good morning, E-R....hope you are still asleep!
-Sujie, registering books for my OBCZ and forgetful as usual...
I'll second that....drat, too fast for me, mike!
-Sujie, not looking top right as usual
I hadn't realised what a blueblood he was...what an amazing real name!
Sorry, must log out and do the right thing - Sujie.
You can see how schreklich my Deutsch is! Thanks for Gottingen link....fond memories for me.
Viele Grusse from Sujie, registering books for OBCZ.
Though I can't remember if he ever played in or directed Nabakov.
OOPS that's Sujie, registering books for my OBCZ, sorry.
Book Talk
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Discuss the Quote #3
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Re: Oh the walls have hearsay, E-R. Too many she's in your acronym, me thinks.
Cee-Blue, I have no idea to what you are referring. The quote "the walls have hearsay" is from EASIS on google. I thought it was gorgeous. By "too many she's" I was referring to E-R's second 's' in the acronym for Englis…
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Science reccommendations requested
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Tim Flannery, The Weather Makers; The History & Future Impact of Climate
Change(2006) and his 1994 blockbuster (in Oz) The Future Eaters.
Oops, this is Sujie,Ibis, disguised as her OBCZ.
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"The Great Gatsby" - what's your opinion?
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A brilliantly crafted satire on wealth and the American dream.
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up…
Sorry, this is Sujie, writing under the guise of my OBCZ.
Region Cleanup: Cities & Crossing Zones
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(fixed, plus suggestion )Australia NSW Kangaroo Valley TheSourceOBCZ
has changed management and is now named the Jing Jo Restaurant. Would you change the title to JingJoOBCZ please. I hope this is the right place to request this alteration.
Thanks,
Sujie
Jing Jo is Thai for kangaroo! Y…
Well, ah...sorry to be so long. Went up to Sydney to see one of the most confronting plays I've seen in my life...torture, murder of small children, more torture, nasty stuff - "The Pillowman". Not really Hobson's Choice…
Oops that's me, Sujie, still tied to my OBCZ, sorry.
