February 2011
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January 2011
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dave press: When I haven’t been carrying a book... →
Auto-Steelers-reblog
davepress:
When I haven’t been carrying a book with me—like Matt Gallaway’s The Metropolis Case—I’ve been reading the books I have on the Kindle on my phone, or the comics on the comiXology app. Since Saturday it’s been Mark Twain’s Autobiography and I read some of the extensive discussions the editors…
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A Ball of Butter: Opera →
Auto - ‘BuyItNow’ - reblog and I also wrote a few words here abt whether u need to <3 or h8 opera to <3 or h8 the book. Short answer: Dial M for Motherfucker No!
swamibooba:
Since I started reading The Metropolis Case* I’ve been slowly getting into opera. Reading up on history and what the hell I’m supposed to be paying attention to, that kind of thing. Think of it as I’m in...
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This New Yorker will not seem so random to some of... →
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Pay attention to the chapter headings (and of course the title of the novel...
– Okay, so this is a quote from an Amazon review (I know: LOL) of my book that recently went up and I’m pretty sure I don’t know the guy who wrote it (which is not to say I haven’t been haranguing others to do the same!), but the reason I’m posting here (besides considering...
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SisterMaryMartha Dispenses No Wisdom: So I don’t... →
Book critics, intellectuals, and weather gods take note: the queen of the whispery post has spoken, and her words are good.
srmarymartha:
So I don’t really do book reviews? In fact, I think the real reason I’ve never joined any book clubs is that although I am a good bullshitter, I’m not all that into trying to analyze characters and WHAT DOES IT MEAN, I sort of like a book and the story to...
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The article goes on to explain, “My friend went to school with a girl...
– Edith is a good cure for the Friday afternoon blahs.
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I don't care how much brighter they make them;... →
A perfect description of the sadness of chain drugstores in NYC (and I suppose everywhere else).
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In many ways the world has not changed at all
since the beginning of civilization, but I think it’s fair to say that one thing that’s relatively new is that on long afternoons in the corporate office (when the winter sun, slanting through the windows, makes you dizzy with fatigue and boredom) you can ‘google urself’ and find ppl who have the same name as you (but who you don’t know and have never met) and you...
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