Busytown: Holiday reading lust
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No, that wasn't me. :) That's the Snow White and Rose Red story, isn't it?
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Cecilia, I heard Margot Lanagan talk on Saturday at Readers and Writers, and she discussed Tender Morsels. She managed to hold her own in a gentle way against her co-panellist Simon Sharma, who is a rather large personality. (I had gone along to hear SS as his solo talk was sold out.) Never read any of her books, and I'm not sure I want to, but she seemed a nice person doing some interesting things with historical fantasy, if that's your thing.
Simon Sharma also managed to flummox Paul Holmes on Q and A yesterday with his wide sweep of historical references ranging over a couple of millennia.
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I heard Kim Hill interview Margot Lanagan on Saturday and yes, she sounded interesting. Kim Hill raved about her book and I've heard Kate de Goldi rave too. It's funny; I love de Goldi's writing but I often fail to enjoy the books she recommends.
I must listen to Q and A on TVonDemand. And Bookiemonster, I'm reading The Graveyard Book and enjoying it. It's quite delightful and I could recommend it to a young'un whereas Tender Morsels ... hmmm.
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Oh The Graveyard Book is such a great read! And totally agree - would be a very easy recommendation to make to a young person. I was really disappointed I couldn't get to Wellington to see Neil Gaiman - just bad timing.
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For your distraction and diversion
a diversity of literary oddities -
Amongst the weirdness: Sarah Kate Lynch! How did that happen?
But I really need a copy of Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich.
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My favourite: "Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots."
I think though the author of "The Changing World of Inflammatory Bowel Disease" is trying too hard.
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There were some, um, interestingly bizarre items - thanks Ian!
Tho' I truly am puzzled as to why they include insect-eating cookbooks among their "Weird Cookbooks": I eat insects fairly regularly (well, beetle larvae mainly- think huhu - but I've also been known to try others (cicada nymphs and kekewai.))
And I'm not weird.
Really.
No, really!OK,so maybe a bit weird?
But then- so are a rather large number of humans... -
For your distraction and diversion
a diversity of literary odditiesOkay, three things.
1) I WANT The Thermodynamics of Pizza
2) Who hasn't read Blessed are the Cheesemakers? It's a lovely book.
3) I haven't read Le Petomane, but I've seen the film. Twice.
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I definitely want "Anyone Can Be Cool... But Awesome Takes Practice".
Oh, and "Fart Proudly"! -
The PopUp Book of Phobias. I wonder what page 'Fear of PopUp Books' appears on? Page 17?
Castration - The Advantages and the Disadvantages. Seems a bit self evident, although if size of font is anything to go by, the author has an established bias.
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recordari, I rather suspect that title refers to non-human animals
(the only known advantage for human animals is longervity...) -
I notice that the Festival has The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy on tomorrow. Might see if there are any tickets for after the cricket. Although Mark Twain & Me In Maoriland looks interesting also. Are the Festival organisers getting ideas from PAS, or what? Oh, guess that would be anachronistic, but still.
Whanganui in 1895 - a combustible time of mercenaries, prophets, vaudeville, and self-serving mayoralty.
They're being ironic right? Was that 1895 or 2010?
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We were talking about Jonathan Lethem earlier. The Guardian has a really great 12-minute video up at the moment in its author interview series. Opens with Lethem reading one of Chronic City's many pot-smoking scenes; talks also about the way quotes from others make their way into his work. Worth a look.
Lethem, of course, wrote the plagiarism essay "The Ecstasy of Influence" ...
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Thanks Philip, will take a look at home...
Currently short on new reading material, having just finished Lloyd Jones' Mister Pip for the first time (yes, four years later, I know) - so I have the interesting combination of Bleak House and Pratchett's The Fifth Elephant on the go right now.
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