Greg fucking Brady never told anyone to Chillax.
This book is set in 1976. Who do I contact about revoking its Booker Prize?
Generally speaking, the are two types of Man Booker Prize winners:
1. Great Books
2. Crappy Books With Pictures of The Sea on the cover.
They tend to alternate.
My book group just picked Milkman for next month. I‘m not optimistic.
PRESSING QUESTION! — In the Disney version of Snow White, are the dwarves intended to be short real humans with Dwarfism, or a magical Tolkien-esque race like Elves?
Please cite your evidence.
My town‘s High School PTA is starting a Book Club, and this is the first selection. I am intrigued, excited, and terrified of the actual discussion, for multiple reasons.
My neighborhood, when it snows before the leaves have finished falling off the trees.
Zadie Smith is one of my favorite authors because she (1) will write this sentence knowing how silly it is; and (2) completely back it up in the essay such that it is clear by the end that the sentence could not have been written any other way.
One of my suggested Google searches was NOT like the others!
If Panera Catering is going to charge me $30 for a “Large Fruit Salad, Serves 10,” I‘m not expecting something that looks like all the Del Monte fruit cups I didn‘t eat in my lunch box in 1983 all piled together.
At a book festival you need to prioritize, which why the first time through, I only stop at booths that offer me a free bookmark!
I‘m not saying they shouldn‘t be invited, but if you are coming to a Community Book Festival and you‘re buying books at the Barnes and Noble booth, what are you even doing?
Happy Gerald Ford Trapped In An Elevator Day!
So, normally I wouldn‘t get all mystical about random coincidences, like the clock in my car stopping at exactly the time I was supposed to arrive at synagogue tonight for Kol Nidre services . . .
Except I didn‘t think that digital clocks in cars could actually “stop” any more. Does it need to be wound up or something now?
“Jim‘s book had a rave review in the Times and Kirkus Review called it “as erotic a novel as any since Henry Miller . . . We were amazed that it didn‘t sell.”
— Paris Review 222.
I‘m always on the lookout for lost gems. This one is going on my TBR.
pickI loved this book! But I‘m pretty sure I missed half of what was going on.
In a novel without spoilers, since not much actually happened — what happened to Daniel‘s sister? What was the double level barbed wire fence? Was anyone ever a Nazi? Why was Christine Keeler on trial in Daniel‘s dream? Anything else I missed?
I am concurrently reading 4 books with similarly — but not identically — blue covers, and I keep taking the wrong one out of my bag.
It‘s a beautiful day to sit in front of my house and enjoy the four futuristic dystopian novels I am reading concurrently! While all are good, they are here arranged according my personal rating of enjoyment and intrinsic value.
Also, I can tell you which one to read based on your opinions on: (a) Humanity is not worth saving; (b) books should include immersive video games as plot points; (c) I love massive depopulation; (d) diverse authors.
In case you were wondering why textbooks need to be updated regularly . . .
Apparently it‘s not a story about drugging a girl‘s drink.
Does anyone know if Emily Dickinson had a cat? It would explain a lot.
“Walmarts, generally, do not have Icee machines. Subways, generally, do not have Icee machines. But every Subway that is inside a Walmart has an Icee machine. What‘s up with that?”
— The Buddha
My coffee shop tip jars this morning.
That looks exactly right to me.
I think when Mother Gothal stole the magic out of Rapunzel‘s hair, she was “tresspassing.”
Ulysses and I waiting for 11 & Up Dive Team practice to end.
Sometimes, when your chainsaw gets stuck in a tree, you just need a bigger chainsaw.
Memorial Day Weekend Chore Fail. Got the chainsaw stuck in the tree.
Any ideas how to get it out before the tree collapses on the house and we end up in one of those internet “Epic Fail” videos?
Looking forward to not driving to the Jersey Shore this weekend!
The extra two hours each way not driving gives me a better chance of getting to the end of the third part of the 1,500 plus three part epic on the American war in North Africa and Europe in World War II.
I hope we win!
When, exactly, did writers stop using “ejaculated” to mean “said suddenly/ unexpectedly”?
When you are a seamstress, you can use the same materials to make your Junior Prom date‘s tie and pocket square match your dress.
It‘s Junior Prom tonight, and my seamstress daughter made her own gown for the ball.
pickHanging out by the dinosaur‘s butt waiting for book club to start. Discussion is usually best when there are multiple opinions, but I‘m pretty sure everyone just loved this one.
At the Middle School Band Concert. Either someone has intentionally created a lighting design where a spotlight is intended to shine on me in Row 12, or else I now know which direction to point my camel in order to find the Christ child.
Neither option seems plausible.
“The owner of the Atlantic gave Howells a month off to write one of [Rutherford B. Hayes‘s] campaign biographies, which reads like a book written by a man given a month off to write a book.”
#AuthorOnAuthorSnark #ThrowingShade #RichardWhiteProbablyWritesSlowly
Run free Wisteria and Japanese honeysuckle!
Trying to finish this one at an outdoor cafe while my daughter takes the SAT subject tests.
Empty driveway — We‘ve got a third driver in the house, but still only two cars. I‘m stranded!
I‘m just saying.
I‘m the parent of a driver now. Not sure if I‘m excited that she can drive her siblings around without me, or terrified that she‘ll drive straight into a tree.
Get help before your troubles start multiplying.
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Mine is celebrating by giving away free ARCs with every purchase. This was mine!
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/theater/bolano-2666-stage-version-free-str...
“This five and a half hour stage adaptation . . .”
I think this legitimately deserves an “OMFG!”
We were talking today about rumors, and someone said they spread so much further now because of the Internet.
But I don‘t see it.
I feel like rumors have always spread. We just now have an explanation for it.
pickSort of overselling itself as it constantly claims that what is happening in the Middle East and South Asia is more important than the “old” history of just Europe. It‘s awesome in the time periods it is true, and even better in showing how the European Age of Discovery devastated South Asia. But other parts need to be taken with a grain of salt.
So, help me out.
When I was a kid, if the Family Feud category was “Items on a Chinese Takeout Menu,” the top 3 answers would clearly have been Chop Suey, Chow Mein, and Egg Fu Yung.
I just ordered Chinese Takeout, and noticed that none of those three items are on the menu.
Why is cheap takeout Chinese so different than it was 30 years ago? Especially since it‘s the same white boxes that the food comes in.
I‘m excited about the cast changes for the new X-Men movie!
panHorrible boots.
Tried to walk away, but I stumbled.
