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Post by lemonmeringue on Sept 24, 2018 5:46:20 GMT -5
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. I'm late to the party, but got curious when I heard that they're based on one of my favourite series, The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper. I like it so far, even though I don't see the connection yet.
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Post by Foxy on Sept 26, 2018 7:54:53 GMT -5
Emily Post's Etiquette, 18th Edition by Peggy Post, Anna Post, Lizzie Post, and Daniel Post Senning
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Sept 26, 2018 17:09:52 GMT -5
Foxy If you're interested in social etiquette guides, I can recommend Judith Martin's Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior - though you might perhaps already know of it. Something you might not know is that its dry and witty style had some influence on Lemony Snicket's prose in ASoUE, and has been generally praised two or three times by Daniel Handler a longer while ago.
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Post by Reba on Sept 26, 2018 18:52:26 GMT -5
also check out amy vanderbilt's complete book of etiquette for illustrations of shoes by andy warhol
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Post by Foxy on Sept 27, 2018 7:24:31 GMT -5
Thank you, Poe's Coats Host Toast , for the suggestion! One of the nearby libraries has that book, so I put it on hold. Also, Reba , I looked up the Andy Warhol pictures of shoes. They are kind of cool looking shoes. My local library has a newer edition of Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette checked in, so I might see if it has the same illustrations. She also seems to have a complete cookbook with illustrations? I see pie crust.
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Post by A comet crashing into Earth on Nov 9, 2018 8:05:14 GMT -5
I just got my copy of TIHOSO, so I'll be indulging in that whenever I have the time for the next while. It's probably going to take me a little while to read it anyway, since it's not exactly a book you'd carry around with you everywhere (despite the impression that certain streaming television tries to give), so I've decided to just take my time and savour it.
Other than that, I've been reading Is That A Fish In Your Ear by David Bellos for the last while. It's full of interesting facts about translation, although many of the chapters don't seem to add up to any clear point as precisely as you could hope for. I'm hoping it'll feel more coherent towards the end, but even if it doesn't, it's still been enjoyable to read.
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Post by lemonmeringue on Dec 6, 2018 11:04:10 GMT -5
Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend! It's the second Nevermoor book - a fabulous new series!
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Post by Foxy on Dec 7, 2018 7:59:32 GMT -5
Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle. I think her thoughts on technology are pretty much spot on. Parents need to put their technology down and really spend time with their children, who don't need phones. College kids need to put all the technology away and really spend time with each other and in their classes learning, not checking their phones whenever they are "bored." Boredom feeds creativity. She also quoted a person who said he doesn't allow his kids to have phones because he wants them to have empathy. If you call someone fat in real life, you see their reaction; you see how your words hurt that person, and you realize that doesn't feel good. You learn to treat others with kindness instead. If you call someone fat on the internet, you don't see their hurt reaction on their face. You just think to yourself, "That was fun." I had never thought of it that way before. How awful! Also, Poe's Coats Host Toast , I did end up reading the first 300 pages or so of Miss Manners before I had to take it back to the library. It was funny, and I learned some things. I had a hard time with her never being able to be wrong about anything, but overall I enjoyed what I read.
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Post by Foxy on Apr 1, 2019 9:32:59 GMT -5
I am reading A Night at the Opera by Sir Denis Forman. It is going to take me forever. I love it.
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Post by The Seer on Apr 4, 2019 14:51:24 GMT -5
I have begun and finished the masterpiece "House of Leaves". I highly recommend it, as a form of literature that is wholly unique. It is a person's commentary on an old man's book about a movie that doesn't exist1. Combining horror with bizarre textual layout and attention to detail at near-omniscience levels.
1It might actually be real, terrifyingly.
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Post by Reba on Apr 4, 2019 15:38:11 GMT -5
mark z danielewski is actually not unique, he is heavily influenced by the school of geronimo stilton
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Post by The Seer on Apr 8, 2019 17:15:59 GMT -5
mark z danielewski is actually not unique, he is heavily influenced by the school of geronimo stilton I'm aware of the fact you may be joking. However, you are bear, and I must assume it is a criticism. I disagree. The changing of fonts is not used for the clownish emotional emphasis "Stilton" uses, but rather for clarification between Zàmpano, Truant, the editors, and Johnny's mother. Also, what makes Danielewski unique is not his font changes, coloured words, or even his textual layout1. No, it's the sense of horrific reality that springs from the layers and layers of falsehood. It's a commentary about a book about a non-existent2 movie, and not only is the book referenced in the book, but Truant could very well be real. So could Zàmpano. And running contrary to this is the horrible idea that maybe the Navidson Report doesn't have to be real for what is contained in its frames to exist. Is the book Zàmpano wrote a device to tell the truth of something that lurks behind all of us? 1Not to say the textual layout isn't a significant part of the effect. Remember the backwards footnotes? 2Wonderfully, after the book began gaining ground, making replicas of "The Five and a Half Minute Hallway" is common, and replicas of expeditions exist as well. Maybe, then, the Navidson report will become real.
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Post by Reba on Apr 8, 2019 18:44:58 GMT -5
I apologize for not recognizing the dark genius of "House of Leaves". Little did I know how effectively it stimulates what lurks behind all of us.1
1 the need to spend twice as much time dicking around with the formatting as actually writing.
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Post by The Seer on Apr 9, 2019 16:00:03 GMT -5
I apologize for not recognizing the dark genius of "House of Leaves". Little did I know how effectively it stimulates what lurks behind all of us.1
1 the need to spend twice as much time dicking around with the formatting as actually writing. Thank you for this. I appreciate it... beyond words. I'm gonna have to follow you now.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Apr 9, 2019 18:01:34 GMT -5
I apologize for not recognizing the dark genius of "House of Leaves". Little did I know how effectively it stimulates what lurks behind all of us.1
1 the need to spend twice as much time dicking around with the formatting as actually writing. Thank you for this. I appreciate it... beyond words. but not beyond formatting
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