Runnin
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I still have dreams about that book.
Just finished
This one is gonna stay with me a while. Too close to home.
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Just finished
This one is gonna stay with me a while. Too close to home.
Dalyn
Fredi Gonzalez Supporter
Since I finished The Book of Strange New Things, I've devoured Faber's other work. I can't recommend him enough, particularly The Book of Strange New Things.
Dalyn
Fredi Gonzalez Supporter
Sanderson is above average now. He learned a lot finishing The Wheel of Time series for Jordan.
Dalyn
Fredi Gonzalez Supporter
Can't wait for the new movies.
chop2chip
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I read Bryson's latest, One Summer: America, 1927, around this time last year and walked away thoroughly impressed/informed. I want that man's vocabulary.
Runnin
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Then you need to check out
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors and
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
I can't believe I haven't read this guy before now. Looking forward to other books of his:
Notes from a Small Island (1995), an exploration of Britain and
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
Dalyn
Fredi Gonzalez Supporter
Some good stuff here -
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jenniferschaffer/i-am-i-am-i-am#.rf9Z38Jjb
My favorites of the ones listed -
22. “At the still point, there the dance is.”
—T. S. Eliot, “Four Quartets”
32. “We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered.”
—Tom Stoppard, "Rosencratz and Guildenstern Are Dead"
38. “I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark.”
—Raymond Carver, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”
45. “I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.”
—Khaled Hosseini, "The Kite Runner"
46. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby"
48. “And the rest is rust and stardust.”
—Vladimir Nabokov, "Lolita"
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jenniferschaffer/i-am-i-am-i-am#.rf9Z38Jjb
My favorites of the ones listed -
22. “At the still point, there the dance is.”
—T. S. Eliot, “Four Quartets”
32. “We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered.”
—Tom Stoppard, "Rosencratz and Guildenstern Are Dead"
38. “I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark.”
—Raymond Carver, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”
45. “I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.”
—Khaled Hosseini, "The Kite Runner"
46. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby"
48. “And the rest is rust and stardust.”
—Vladimir Nabokov, "Lolita"
Dalyn
Fredi Gonzalez Supporter
An unforgettable book. When you finish with the series, do yourself a favor and check out Martin's other work. He's a fantastic writer.
TURBO
Sexist Pig
Gonna do a spoiler for my question just in case followers of just the show read this.
I wonder why they didnt include the bit about Catelyn Stark being alive in the show? Would have been a decent cliffhanger. Maybe thats what they will open with