September 2011
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August 2011
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Twice this week...
Twice this week, I’ve had that heartstopping moment that booksellers dream of: when a book we’re SO excited for finally arrives, and we can put it in the hands of hungry readers.
First, We the Animals by Justin Torres.
Then, The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach.
In a way, I hope that Lamb and There But For The don’t actually drop until September 13th because my little heart...
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“I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to...”
– Nicholson Baker, “The Anthologist”, p. 79 (via ramblingandmeandering)
“But I want you to know that sometimes we don’t know what we’re doing...”
– Termite Parade
by Joshua Mohr
“[Stoner] saw the sickness of the world and of his own country during the years...”
– Stoner
by John Williams
from New York Review of Books (NYRB)
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Been digging this today - song: Avalanche by Karsh...
Grass is always greener... Jungle vs. Concrete...
Here’s a Google shot of the block where I grew up (in Des Moines, Iowa):
So perfect for childhood.
And here’s one of the block where I live now (in Los Angeles, California):
Wow. How’s that for contrast.
Grass is always greener on the other side, I guess…
Page 56, Sentence 5: NONFICTION
Nonfiction is a bit harder — so often you just hit a serviceable sentence that gets you from one point to another and requires a bit of context. But here are a couple.
The Winner:
“Unless every single ghoul is hunted down and destroyed beyond recognition, a recurrent spread of the undead remains a possibility.” from Daniel W. Drezner’s Theories of International Politics...
Page 56, Sentence 5: FICTION
I decided to take the game a little farther and select my next book to read based on this little game. Here are the top fiction results:
The Winner:
“The unfathomable happened.” from Joshua Mohr’s Termite Parade
The runners up:
“Do you have a favorite dinosaur, and do you trust that the popular images of dinosaurs bear any resemblance to what they really looked like,...
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The Opposite of Cake Wrecks: Bleeding Heart Bakery
The Bleeding Heart Bakery Flickr stream is an awesome internet rabbit hole to fall into for 20 minutes.
They did the Black Knight from Monty Python! In Cake!
Here are some others:
