Registered: May 2008
Location: The Pacific Northwest, of course
After reading what is out of Kimi no Iru Machi (which is pretty good so far, I liked Seo's other work, Suzuka a lot) I got some actual physical books to read.
I am reading this right now:
It's pretty intense. I bought a few other books of his and a couple Larry Bond books on similar subjects.
Apr-12-2011 23:20
The17sss
C.R.E.A.M.
Registered: May 2008
Location: Charlotte, NC
At long last, Levi Johnston's book has been released. Not that anyone takes this redneck seriously, but did he design the cover himself? Antlers in the title... icy mountains at the bottom? What?
quote:
"I want to tell the truth about my close relationship with the Palins, my sense of Sarah and my perplexing fall from grace -- how I feel and what I've learned," Johnston said in a statement released by his publisher. "I'm doing this for me, for my boy Tripp and for the country."
According to Vice President and Publisher of Touchstone Stacy Creamer, "This is a sweet and funny book with a touch of irony; a fascinating tale of a misunderstood boy figuring out how to be a man and a father after being thrust into the spotlight and subsequent media circus at a very young and vulnerable age." "Levi has seen the Palin family up close and personal and is ready to tell his story."
Right. Just an innocent victim of circumstance thrust into the spotlight, now ready to tell his story. This kid is the biggest attention whore ever.
May-12-2011 04:26
WittyHandle
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2008
Location:
I love this guy.
May-12-2011 04:35
Vivid Boy
TA's GodFather
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: T.O
Game of thrones series
May-12-2011 05:34
infiniteJEST
solipsist sitcom
Registered: Mar 2008
Location: frolicking w/ minstrels, online.
quote:
Originally posted by Meat187
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray
It's about a bunch of gays and one of them is called Bas. Fuck
While I wouldn't necessarily call it a fine novel, Lord Henry's mono/dialogues are some snazzy stuff. Yet for sheer wit, I feel The Importance of Being Earnest is a superior work - there are passages where virtually line is a snappy comeback.
I've 32 pages left in the first volume of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way. Part I - Combray pretty much blew my mind, being not so much a narrative as a collection of impressions so ethereal I more or less read it twice because I reread just about every paragraph before moving on to the next to ensure I wholly grasped the text. Part II - Swann in Love was a much easier read yet less enjoyable; Proust exchanges psychological perceptions for a bumbling romance amidst a bunch of snobs. Part III - Place-Names: The Name (what an odd title) redeems the work by returning to the style of Part I. Being a book written in such a peculiar style, I can't really say much else about it...
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