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The whole world lies rotting in the street
4) The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham. I'd actually seen the movie of this at some point last year, and it was a reasonably good film. Naturally, the book is better. The movie chose to follow only the course of Larry, and it certainly is his tale that makes the story worth telling. Still, in the novel, by fleshing out the lives of those around ( Read more... ) -
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3) Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
I loved it. The account of a butler who is both utterly aware, and yet painfully oblivious. Rather tired now, so I'll just leave it at that. -
A world of accidents
As quoted to me today by a friend, I looked it up afterwards ( Read more... ) -
It's clear from here, you're losing your atmosphere
Things you may or may not know about Hannibal ( Read more... ) -
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I was woken up today at noon by the sound of Hannibal yowling. He was on the lower shelf of my nightstand, behind the books, exactly where he was when I went to sleep. I picked him up, to see what was the matter, and put him on the bed. He couldn't sit up on his own. His breathing was labored. I called the animal hospital, and they told me to bring ( Read more... ) -
Would you let me walk down your street
If my life were a novel, the author would write in great detail about my relationships with books. He'd point out how my fingers caress the spines as I walked through a bookstore or library. How sometimes when I open a book, I take a deep breath of the smell of ink and paper. On occassion, I dream that I'm reading, actually producing text (I was ( Read more... ) -
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Sirius Black
You scored 50% Maturity, 66% Goodness, and 76% Abilities!
Ok, so you're easily taunted by Snape, you're a convicted murderer
(which you didn't do!) but you're also a great guy. You stepped right
up to the plate once you escaped from Azkaban to take care of Harry,
which most guys might not do. *Sniff* I miss ya, Sirius.
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