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Strong Opinions
Strong Opinions | Vladimir Nabokov
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In this collection of interviews, articles, and editorials, Nabokov ranges over his life, art, education, politics, literature, movies, and modern times, among other subjects. Strong Opinions offers his trenchant, witty, and always engaging views on everything from the Russian Revolution to the correct pronunciation of Lolita.
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Graywacke
Strong Opinions | Vladimir Nabokov
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Panpan

I got a 100 pages in. This is a series of interviews. In a nutshell, interviewer is trying to understand VN and sometimes asking really considerate thoughtful questions, and VN then proceeds to not answer - dodging, being clever, changing the topic. It‘s really irritating. I can‘t…

SRWCF Oh, buy you CAN! 😄😄😄 2y
Graywacke @SRWCF no ☹️… 😁☺️ 2y
SRWCF @Graywacke 🤣🤣🤣 2y
batsy 😂😂 2y
Graywacke @batsy ☺️ 2y
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Graywacke
Strong Opinions | Vladimir Nabokov
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(In the car waiting waiting for the end of Hebrew school.)

My next book, a collection of interviews of a known-to-be-unreliable author, selected by the same author. Well, will see what‘s here. I‘m attempting to cram a few last Nabokovs into December. In January I‘ll move to a new theme (Boccaccio and Robert Musil are my planned 2022 themes)

vlwelser Have you been reading Nabokov all year? I don't know if I could take that much Nabokov. 2y
Graywacke @vlwelser two years! 2020 was on his 12 Russian novels (in translation) And this year his English novels. Well, I read other stuff too. (edited) 2y
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GatheringBooks
Strong Opinions | Vladimir Nabokov
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stargazerblue49
Strong Opinions | Vladimir Nabokov
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#thisorthat @RealLifeReading
1. I do plenty of both, honestly.
2. DARK. White is too sweet.
3. I buy both, but am starting to prefer paperback.
4. I am always reading multiple books at a time.
5. I really don‘t eat much of either, but I‘ve been craving French fries lately 🤷🏽‍♀️

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laurenanalepa
Strong Opinions | Vladimir Nabokov
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#unpopularopinionsbooktag
1. Jane Eyre 😞
2. The manga classics adaptations come to mind--as an art teacher I think they're fantastic, but they get a lot of shit on goodreads.
3. The Summer I Turned Pretty (I haaaated that book. A friend lent it to me and I barely kept my cool.)
4. Romance. I don't know where to start!
5. Mr. Rochester
6. I can't think of one!
7. 🙅🏻 love shapes 🙅🏻
8. Divergent 🤷🏻‍♀️
9. Catching Fire 🔥

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JacintaMCarter
Strong Opinions | Vladimir Nabokov
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1. Divergent trilogy
2. The Casual Vacancy
3. In the triangle of Ron/Hermione/Hermione's independence, I was very upset that she ended up with Ron.
4. Sci-fi
5. Four, or any other broody, "misunderstood" douche canoes from YA novels.
6. Jane Austen
7. Love triangles
8. Lord of the Rings
9. I assume that's supposed to say a movie I enjoyed more than the book, so Wizard of Oz.

#UnpopularOpinionsBookTag

AllenTStClair If I were to do this, our answers would be very similar. 7y
Hollie Broody douche canoes are the worst! 7y
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wellreadredhead
Strong Opinions | Vladimir Nabokov
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1️⃣ My Favorite Thing is Monsters (art was amazing, narrative not so much) 2️⃣ Pretty Little Liars 3️⃣ None - it seems I always get my way (Twilight, Hunger Games, Shatter Me) 4️⃣ Romance 5️⃣ Hermione 6️⃣ James Patterson, Dean Koontz, Dan Brown, anyone who cranks out books to make money 7️⃣ Damsels in distress 8️⃣ Game of Thrones 9️⃣ Hunger Games (beautiful visuals) #unpopularopinionsbooktag

398.2 I am curious... Why don't you like Hermione? 7y
wellreadredhead @398.2 I only started reading Harry Potter for the first time recently and I'm about to finish #6. I don't know if my opinion will change but I just find her to be very annoying. Emma Watson is a bit better in the movies but I find book Hermione to just be annoying and a bit too whiny 7y
booksandsympathy I am reading them for the first time too! I love Hermione, but she is definitely a bit annoying in the books. 7y
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Linear LOL wasn't hermione supposed to be annoying. I mean she was a little girl and then a teenager who was kind of full of herself as far as being a know-it-all. 7y
wellreadredhead @Linear It really doesn't matter to me whether it was intentional or not. I just don't enjoy annoying characters. 7y
Linear @collegecatlady my only point is if it was the whole idea to make her annoying, she succeeded. 7y
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BrainyHeroine
Strong Opinions | Vladimir Nabokov
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Morning All! I'm still gathering opinions for my upcoming #ImpossibleRead read-a-long and I'd love to hear yours!!!

http://litgoals.blogspot.com/2017/07/an-intelligence-gathering-mission.html?m=1

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Broke_Girl_Reads
Strong Opinions | Vladimir Nabokov
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Miss "most opinionated" strikes again! ? this used to be (very) true of me, but these days I run my own book club and I moderate the discussion more than I participate. Fun quiz though! http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/what-is-your-literary-flaw/?ref=PRH09E6913BFF&...

JackieSmith I got "scattered dabbler": "You never finish your books. You get too excited about new releases and start reading five books at once, only to let them languish on your bedside table. Tackle that to-be-read pile!" Sounds like the universe is telling me to get reading! ? 7y
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GoneFishing
Strong Opinions | Vladimir Nabokov

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

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