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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 1009 Views
Re: Books instead of sports! lyringlas - 12/02/2010 08:08:24 PM 729 Views
Re: Books instead of sports! Camilla - 12/02/2010 10:15:43 PM 710 Views
Oh Camilla. And your nationstate has the most Winter Olympic medals ever!!! The Shrike - 12/02/2010 08:09:24 PM 806 Views
That is part of the problem. It makes the media very enthusiastic. Camilla - 12/02/2010 10:14:05 PM 814 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 758 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 296 Views
Can't do that. jh - 13/02/2010 04:18:28 PM 721 Views
What about disregarding the DDR, for example? Tom - 14/02/2010 02:12:00 AM 805 Views
probably. jh - 14/02/2010 04:05:41 PM 767 Views
Yeah, but they don't beat Norway then. Legolas - 14/02/2010 04:12:53 PM 748 Views
Can't combine defunct nationstate(s) with their successor(s). The Shrike - 13/02/2010 07:33:09 PM 812 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 752 Views
The wonderful thing is they can all stand a reread. Camilla - 12/02/2010 11:16:55 PM 673 Views
Re: The wonderful thing is they can all stand a reread. Cockatiel of Doom - 13/02/2010 06:24:21 PM 646 Views
That's not what you said to me Wibble - 13/02/2010 08:17:44 PM 879 Views
Right. Cockatiel of Doom - 13/02/2010 08:22:42 PM 744 Views
LOL! Rebekah - 13/02/2010 10:43:51 PM 651 Views
Re: The wonderful thing is they can all stand a reread. Camilla - 13/02/2010 09:52:44 PM 712 Views
Hm. Cockatiel of Doom - 14/02/2010 01:02:06 AM 743 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 682 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 724 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 738 Views
I like stereotypes Camilla - 13/02/2010 09:32:55 AM 695 Views
I'm watching rugby(!) and reading. nossy - 13/02/2010 03:46:41 PM 780 Views
That is my plan for the second half of the day Camilla - 13/02/2010 03:48:08 PM 666 Views
Hmmmm smaug - 13/02/2010 09:15:55 PM 775 Views
Re: Hmmmm Camilla - 13/02/2010 10:05:26 PM 680 Views
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Re: Hmmmm Camilla - 13/02/2010 10:38:27 PM 721 Views
I finished Calvino a few weeks ago and I'm reading Harkaway now. *NM* Missa Sedai - 14/02/2010 04:12:41 AM 313 Views
Excellent! *NM* Camilla - 14/02/2010 09:28:30 AM 314 Views
Re: I disapprove, a little, of lists. Danae al'Thor - 14/02/2010 05:44:53 PM 674 Views
I disapprove of them when they try to be definitive Camilla - 14/02/2010 10:47:27 PM 710 Views
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