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1. Alice, for the trip.
2. Hard for durability, soft for portability... soooo... soft. Final answer.
3. Fantasy, albeit I wanna shoutout to my mom and her true crime stuff.
4. Coke, but root beer or Dr Pepper if you‘ve got it.
5. @LadyJ , my penultimate follower. ✌️
pickEnjoyed the time spent within these pages. So many horrible things expressed with elegant beauty. I loved it so much, I lent it out to a friend. I‘m just afraid I‘ll never get it back.
pickMaybe it was the timing, but the first couple of stories were meh... but then, it all just came together beautifully with some heart-wrenching moments and, wouldn‘t you know it, Reader, she kissed him. Warrants another read-through.
pickAfter the third story, I realized I was being drawn into something much greater than eleven disparate stories. The imagery is spare, but let it sink in and you'll realize just how dark this work really is.
panAt times, I felt the promotion for this book -- anti-semitism running rampant in 2022 -- was a poorly guided, alarmist even, method of promotion. At the base, it's a book about three siblings who must kill their father to save their mother. It can drag at times, but there are shiny pieces every now and then that offer redemption. Still, plenty of crud-rocks lodged in there, too. 😒 Honestly, I wanted to enjoy it more than I did.
I woke up on the roadside
Daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
Visions of your chestnut mare
Shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars
You hurt the ones that I love best
And cover up the truth with lies
One day you'll be in the ditch
Flies buzzin' around your eyes
Blood on your saddle
Idiot Wind. The whole damn song. This stanza and henceforth though... it's a well deserved award, just for the recognition.
Something compelled me to reread this introduction to London. It calls to all of us, I guess... discard the shackles of what society expects of us and live free and answer the call that resides in us... Alls I needs now is money to do it in our current world. 😐
pickWeekend at Bernie's-style antics... Why the hell not‽ 😝
Gonna be a weird weekend, so if I *do* sign up at 24in48.com, this novella will definitely be on the stack... Or I could just read it tonight... 🤔
pickStarted this early in the evening, and I just couldn't stop. 😬
This hasn't happened in quite a while... Made me wanna get the hell outta that situation along with the protagonist. 🌊
so-soAlthough parts of it can feel rushed (maybe better adapted for a film sequence) or out of place, there's still some substance beneath the simplicity. Lots of the religious symbolism inherent in most of his work and a copious amount of copulation.
Finally nearing the end of a long string of life-altering events that may not even be for the better... Finally getting back to the books I started a long time ago... Maybe I can find some solace in these pages. 😬
@Angelala007 this may be one of the first books I purchased with my own money. The illustrations are what *really* creeped me out.
@Liberty seeing your North post reminded me that I have To Be or Not To Be on my phone. 😁 Me good at books.
pickPretty sentences describing destruction, the quick and the chronic, among the disparate lives caught in the circumference of a small explosion.
pickWhile not as complex as his earlier novels, it does bring up issues concerning media bias and its inherent ability to implant ideologies and even alter history through subtle suggestions. Two weeks after finishing it, I'm still thinking about this book. Eco was a brilliant man. He will be missed.
Difficult day. Family time can be trying, but you either try making the most with what you're given or be overwhelmed by it. Camouflaged against the chair, I sit and read alone. Maybe someday.
Been on the stack for a while. Fashionably late to the party, eh? 😬
Is there anything more frightening than freakishly huge lips? 😱
Why does the rooster crow a hundred and fifty times? Because if it crowed thirty-three times, it would be Grand Master of the Freemasons.
