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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 884 Views
Re: Books instead of sports! lyringlas - 12/02/2010 08:08:24 PM 606 Views
Re: Books instead of sports! Camilla - 12/02/2010 10:15:43 PM 586 Views
Oh Camilla. And your nationstate has the most Winter Olympic medals ever!!! The Shrike - 12/02/2010 08:09:24 PM 666 Views
That is part of the problem. It makes the media very enthusiastic. Camilla - 12/02/2010 10:14:05 PM 667 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 623 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 235 Views
Can't do that. jh - 13/02/2010 04:18:28 PM 591 Views
What about disregarding the DDR, for example? Tom - 14/02/2010 02:12:00 AM 677 Views
probably. jh - 14/02/2010 04:05:41 PM 643 Views
Yeah, but they don't beat Norway then. Legolas - 14/02/2010 04:12:53 PM 611 Views
Can't combine defunct nationstate(s) with their successor(s). The Shrike - 13/02/2010 07:33:09 PM 680 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 625 Views
The wonderful thing is they can all stand a reread. Camilla - 12/02/2010 11:16:55 PM 542 Views
Re: The wonderful thing is they can all stand a reread. Cockatiel of Doom - 13/02/2010 06:24:21 PM 519 Views
That's not what you said to me Wibble - 13/02/2010 08:17:44 PM 745 Views
Right. Cockatiel of Doom - 13/02/2010 08:22:42 PM 592 Views
LOL! Rebekah - 13/02/2010 10:43:51 PM 529 Views
Re: The wonderful thing is they can all stand a reread. Camilla - 13/02/2010 09:52:44 PM 580 Views
Hm. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/02/2010 01:02:06 AM 611 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 556 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 590 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 605 Views
I like stereotypes Camilla - 13/02/2010 09:32:55 AM 560 Views
I'm watching rugby(!) and reading. nossy - 13/02/2010 03:46:41 PM 641 Views
That is my plan for the second half of the day Camilla - 13/02/2010 03:48:08 PM 535 Views
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Re: Hmmmm Camilla - 13/02/2010 10:38:27 PM 592 Views
I finished Calvino a few weeks ago and I'm reading Harkaway now. *NM* Missa Sedai - 14/02/2010 04:12:41 AM 252 Views
Excellent! *NM* Camilla - 14/02/2010 09:28:30 AM 257 Views
Re: I disapprove, a little, of lists. Danae al'Thor - 14/02/2010 05:44:53 PM 552 Views
I disapprove of them when they try to be definitive Camilla - 14/02/2010 10:47:27 PM 582 Views
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