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What is up Sis...I hope you had a good time with your brother. Look forward to hearing from you.
Young! Saw your books and thought...what the ? Gobble them down with a slice of Mills & Boons paperbacks, sure to make everyone sick.Been busy obeying higher masters, just looking in to stir a few waves,A double, eh ? A double what ?Better make mine a triple!!!Keep it real A-Z
I'm doing October Sky with my 8th graders...we are in West Virginia after all....lol. I hadn't read it until I read it last month before teaching it this month and LOVED it. I'm reading The Coalwood Way right now and it is just as good.
Hey Jude, How are you doing. Thanks for checking on me but I have been scarce a bit because of work. This is the pick period we get in orders. I am so glad that summer is here for us, so it is party, party, and more parrrrttttttyyyy for us here. Sorry for your back though, I wish there was something I could do. Keep fit in the meantime and take delight in your exercise (wood cutting) Smile and more blessings.
I think whoever "wins" this election, the US loses. Whatta mess. About the only thing to do is grab a trout and start thwacking every which way but loose. I think I'd better order in an extra truckload or two of the trout, and you're first on my gift list. :)
Yeah, just yesterday and was pretty confusing. I put a wrong code into the book shelf part and ended up with a bunch of books I'd never even heard of, but I got if figured out, kind of.Patsy
I read the book The Horse Whisperer but I never saw the movie. I hope to one day!
Ulcer! Can I get a slice of pie and a coffee waitress :)
Uglier! Apparently it means hoofed animal or summat! Perhaps I'm Pan and the reports of my death were premature :) Burtons translation is not to bad but he is such an donkey (banned words!!!). You read any of his travel stuff and you quickly think "racist imperialist" or words to that effect. What is odd, is how they are trying to rewrite him as a man of his times - strange that now we all more enlightened to ignore the defects and faults of worse people in the name of culture.Cincinnati? Why not Sinsinnati?A-z
Treat! I dig what you're saying about the compactor. My true shelf is a veritable Frankenstein of a beast, and with age, I've learnt to be selective if slightly inconsistent. Years back I read about 10 of the Alfred Hitchcock presents the 3 Investigators books whilst in hospital, and even now I don't know why. The last time I was in hospital I tried Burton's Arabian Nights translation, and over 3 days struggled to read 200 pages. The reading life, in many ways, is reflective of the individual, and a careful examination of books read in order helps detail the character of the reader. Its a theory!Too La la! A-Z
Hi Judith,I make friends easily. It was easy to relate to Gertie and her experience. Most of my people are from the south and everyone came with the hope of making a better life for their families.
Repellant! I know what you saying about modern prose, most of it is awkward and conceited - I mean all those snotty book lists with Joyce at the top, it is a bit of tripe, my opinion off course! Helter Skelter's a cracking read, but I found the conspiratorial The Ultimate Evil by M.Terry more fun and yes funnier. I like to read any old rubbish, from pulp to classics, for years I trawled hundreds of magazines, acquiring a garbage brain of misinfomation - you see Jack of all Trades, Master of None.Hey La!? Righteo!
Hi, thanks for thinking of me. No, Ulysses isn't killing me, I am strong enough, but anyway I am keeping a low dose of Ulysses. Why don't you have time for reading? What keeps you busy?Sorry, for being indiscreet. So busy working these days that my only fun is listening to other people having a good time.
Hi Jude!,Thank you for your note, Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone was the first book i ever read, and i just fell in love with reading since. Im obsessed with fiction and true crime, in my poinion its so important to read especially starting at a young age.Yes i love Charmed, it was only after watching most of the tv episodes that i discovered there were books, so i started reading them aswell.I havent met 1 person who lives in ireland here yet, you are the closest to it.I have harry potter box set 1-5 but no. 6 is paperback and no.7 is hard back but not part of the set, so im saving too.Shane.
Hi Judith,Yes, I do know Dionne Farris' CD. I wore it out. lol I read Arnow's novel for a course in works set in Detroit. We read works covering the 30s-60s, I think. I really enjoyed it and being a native Detroiter, I was particularly drawn to the book. Looking forward to reading more of Butler's work but reading challenges and my volunteer work with young women means I often break from what I really want to read in favor of books for commitments. Thanks for the invite. Peace. ~zawadi
you are very kind, thanks for the good wishes. right back at you!
no, first thing last, cause my brain works that way, i am not in the guard, getting too old myself... catastrophic insurance adjuster, doesnt look much like i am going, at least not this season. umm, we will probably pay it as taxpayers, maybe not, sometimes a bailout works out where the treasury nets a profit, you remember the chrysler bailout, we made money on it.
Repulsion! Its strange the Deneuve comment, for in Polanski there is the element of Kafka, and I'm no fan of Polanski, a bit like Charlie Manson eh? Art can not be defined anymore, now people are happy with dross and they parade it as art, but is it. Kafka's beetle tell in a way is a reflection of the modern novel, slowly evolving into a meaningless and depressing entity, but having no real depth it can not escape the confines of the short story, which essentially the littlwe clerk was. I mean, The Trial, its like have a fight with two drunk dwarves, and realising that they have an advantage over you - A-Z
Revelatory! Yes did see the Perkins film, I think it was by Orson Welles - you know that book was one real struggle and at the end I felt I might be the guilty one for reading it.
Hi Jude--Did you email Rob or Suze from BBD yet? Just curious! See you soon!Kiki