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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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Books instead of sports! Camilla - 12/02/2010 07:58:48 PM 760 Views
Re: Books instead of sports! lyringlas - 12/02/2010 08:08:24 PM 466 Views
Re: Books instead of sports! Camilla - 12/02/2010 10:15:43 PM 453 Views
Oh Camilla. And your nationstate has the most Winter Olympic medals ever!!! The Shrike - 12/02/2010 08:09:24 PM 518 Views
That is part of the problem. It makes the media very enthusiastic. Camilla - 12/02/2010 10:14:05 PM 528 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 495 Views
Only if you don't count East and West Germany's medals as German medals. *NM* Tom - 13/02/2010 03:07:15 AM 182 Views
Can't do that. jh - 13/02/2010 04:18:28 PM 454 Views
What about disregarding the DDR, for example? Tom - 14/02/2010 02:12:00 AM 528 Views
probably. jh - 14/02/2010 04:05:41 PM 512 Views
Yeah, but they don't beat Norway then. Legolas - 14/02/2010 04:12:53 PM 486 Views
Can't combine defunct nationstate(s) with their successor(s). The Shrike - 13/02/2010 07:33:09 PM 551 Views
I have read half of those books. Including the first, you will be pleased to know. Cockatiel of Doom - 12/02/2010 10:54:18 PM 523 Views
The wonderful thing is they can all stand a reread. Camilla - 12/02/2010 11:16:55 PM 408 Views
Re: The wonderful thing is they can all stand a reread. Cockatiel of Doom - 13/02/2010 06:24:21 PM 387 Views
That's not what you said to me Wibble - 13/02/2010 08:17:44 PM 595 Views
Right. Cockatiel of Doom - 13/02/2010 08:22:42 PM 465 Views
LOL! Rebekah - 13/02/2010 10:43:51 PM 393 Views
Re: The wonderful thing is they can all stand a reread. Camilla - 13/02/2010 09:52:44 PM 456 Views
Hm. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/02/2010 01:02:06 AM 472 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 451 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 457 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 462 Views
I like stereotypes Camilla - 13/02/2010 09:32:55 AM 423 Views
I'm watching rugby(!) and reading. nossy - 13/02/2010 03:46:41 PM 508 Views
That is my plan for the second half of the day Camilla - 13/02/2010 03:48:08 PM 403 Views
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Re: Hmmmm Camilla - 13/02/2010 10:38:27 PM 447 Views
I finished Calvino a few weeks ago and I'm reading Harkaway now. *NM* Missa Sedai - 14/02/2010 04:12:41 AM 197 Views
Excellent! *NM* Camilla - 14/02/2010 09:28:30 AM 202 Views
Re: I disapprove, a little, of lists. Danae al'Thor - 14/02/2010 05:44:53 PM 426 Views
I disapprove of them when they try to be definitive Camilla - 14/02/2010 10:47:27 PM 455 Views
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