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Re: Hmmmm Camilla Send a noteboard - 13/02/2010 10:38:27 PM
Well, this is as good an excuse as any.

You already got me to buy it. Considering how slow I've become at reading that's already a big thing. You should be pleased with yourself.



I am

2666? Never heard of it.

It's by Robert Bolano, a Chilean author whom I'd never heard of. So far it feels like a mix between Calvino's random but seemingly straightforward storytelling and Borges' mysterious fictional books and authors. It's pretty good (but I'm just at the beginning).


Let me know what you think of it.

Cowbells?

See link.


Scary stuff.

Quite possibly. I was convinced it was bi-annual. But I am probably wrong.

I think biannual means twice a year and biennial means every other year.


Aaaah. Yes. I meant biennial, then.
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Oh Camilla. And your nationstate has the most Winter Olympic medals ever!!! The Shrike - 12/02/2010 08:09:24 PM 753 Views
That is part of the problem. It makes the media very enthusiastic. Camilla - 12/02/2010 10:14:05 PM 762 Views
So cynical. I bet if whale hunting were a sport, you'd be on board The Shrike - 12/02/2010 10:29:26 PM 709 Views
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Can't do that. jh - 13/02/2010 04:18:28 PM 668 Views
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probably. jh - 14/02/2010 04:05:41 PM 720 Views
Yeah, but they don't beat Norway then. Legolas - 14/02/2010 04:12:53 PM 699 Views
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That's not what you said to me Wibble - 13/02/2010 08:17:44 PM 827 Views
Right. Cockatiel of Doom - 13/02/2010 08:22:42 PM 669 Views
LOL! Rebekah - 13/02/2010 10:43:51 PM 608 Views
Re: The wonderful thing is they can all stand a reread. Camilla - 13/02/2010 09:52:44 PM 663 Views
Hm. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/02/2010 01:02:06 AM 693 Views
I rather enjoy the Winter Olympics. The Summer Olympics are worthless shit, for the most part. Tom - 13/02/2010 03:02:56 AM 634 Views
Re: I rather enjoy the Winter Olympics. The Summer Olympics are worthless shit, for the most part. Camilla - 13/02/2010 09:31:52 AM 672 Views
This just strengthens the stereotype that you have to be a nerdish bookworm to enjoy literature... Shannow - 13/02/2010 08:39:40 AM 689 Views
I like stereotypes Camilla - 13/02/2010 09:32:55 AM 643 Views
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I finished Calvino a few weeks ago and I'm reading Harkaway now. *NM* Missa Sedai - 14/02/2010 04:12:41 AM 290 Views
Excellent! *NM* Camilla - 14/02/2010 09:28:30 AM 292 Views
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I disapprove of them when they try to be definitive Camilla - 14/02/2010 10:47:27 PM 660 Views
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