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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 973 Views
Re: Books instead of sports! lyringlas - 12/02/2010 08:08:24 PM 695 Views
Re: Books instead of sports! Camilla - 12/02/2010 10:15:43 PM 681 Views
Oh Camilla. And your nationstate has the most Winter Olympic medals ever!!! The Shrike - 12/02/2010 08:09:24 PM 770 Views
That is part of the problem. It makes the media very enthusiastic. Camilla - 12/02/2010 10:14:05 PM 776 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 721 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 280 Views
Can't do that. jh - 13/02/2010 04:18:28 PM 683 Views
What about disregarding the DDR, for example? Tom - 14/02/2010 02:12:00 AM 766 Views
probably. jh - 14/02/2010 04:05:41 PM 733 Views
Yeah, but they don't beat Norway then. Legolas - 14/02/2010 04:12:53 PM 711 Views
Can't combine defunct nationstate(s) with their successor(s). The Shrike - 13/02/2010 07:33:09 PM 775 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 716 Views
The wonderful thing is they can all stand a reread. Camilla - 12/02/2010 11:16:55 PM 639 Views
Re: The wonderful thing is they can all stand a reread. Cockatiel of Doom - 13/02/2010 06:24:21 PM 607 Views
That's not what you said to me Wibble - 13/02/2010 08:17:44 PM 842 Views
Right. Cockatiel of Doom - 13/02/2010 08:22:42 PM 681 Views
LOL! Rebekah - 13/02/2010 10:43:51 PM 624 Views
Re: The wonderful thing is they can all stand a reread. Camilla - 13/02/2010 09:52:44 PM 676 Views
Hm. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/02/2010 01:02:06 AM 708 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 647 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 687 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 705 Views
I like stereotypes Camilla - 13/02/2010 09:32:55 AM 661 Views
I'm watching rugby(!) and reading. nossy - 13/02/2010 03:46:41 PM 743 Views
That is my plan for the second half of the day Camilla - 13/02/2010 03:48:08 PM 634 Views
Hmmmm smaug - 13/02/2010 09:15:55 PM 740 Views
Re: Hmmmm Camilla - 13/02/2010 10:05:26 PM 637 Views
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Re: Hmmmm Camilla - 13/02/2010 10:38:27 PM 686 Views
I finished Calvino a few weeks ago and I'm reading Harkaway now. *NM* Missa Sedai - 14/02/2010 04:12:41 AM 297 Views
Excellent! *NM* Camilla - 14/02/2010 09:28:30 AM 298 Views
Re: I disapprove, a little, of lists. Danae al'Thor - 14/02/2010 05:44:53 PM 644 Views
I disapprove of them when they try to be definitive Camilla - 14/02/2010 10:47:27 PM 674 Views
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