I was tagged by Carmen for book Meme The rules: Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages). Open the book to page 123. Find the fifth sentence. Post the next three sentences. Tag five people. The book: Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl A tidal wave of nausea was starting to...
Suis actuellement en train de lire Lucky Jim de Kingsley Amis. C'est un roman académique (c'est-à-dire que ça se passe dans une université, comme la série des "campus novels" de David Lodge), et c'est aussi très amusant. Après, je pourrai lire Possession d'A.S. Byatt, qui est également un...
Favorite books: Some of these were published in 2006, but when reading I'm always behind by at least a year, I figure--so I think it's safe to say that these were my favorite books that I read in 2007 (hey, they all start with "M"!): Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policeman's Union Mark Helprin, Freddy...
Here's yet another scribble inspired by reading. The book happened to be Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl. I thought the book was okay, but one of the many (many) quotations recited by the main character was great: "I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until I became that...
On BART this morning, I found myself staring into the design on the cover of a fellow passenger's copy of The Stranger. http://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Albert-Camus/dp/0679720200 You might understand why if you look at the cover. No, the person didn't see me. I realized it has been a long time since...
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