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[tinyholidays]

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[woodycakes]

i love these kinda rides ♥ now to ride it on valentines with someone haha

[tinyholidays]

meloncollie :/

[caveat_lect0r]

I read a lot about George Ferris in The Devil in the White City. I love The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, too.

[tinyholidays]

What did you think of The Devil in the White City? That's the second mention of it on this post.

[caveat_lect0r]

I really, really enjoyed it! I felt the author took a few artistic liberties in what was supposed to be a historical non-fiction account, but there were copious footnotes and a comprehensive bibliography that explained what he had and had not taken directly from the historical record. If you're at all interested in the Chicago World's Fair, Herman Mudgett (first American serial killer), or that time period in general, I'd recommend it. It's ~450 pages, but I tore through it in about two days because I couldn't stop reading. Good stuff.

[tinyholidays]

Oh, cool! I'll have to check it out, defsies. I'm kind of in a reading slump right now, having been working on John Pipkin's Woodsburner for, like, 3 weeks. Idek. I need to get in on something that I wanna jet through.

[so_severus]

ferris wheels are so pretty!!

I think I've only been tot he one by my apt though :/

[ineedsafe]

Neat, I learned something new today. Such pretty pictures of ferris wheels. I like looking at them, not riding them. Hmm, that sounded rather suggestive.

[haplily]

Wasn't it Sputnik Sweetheart? Unless Wind-up Bird had one too.

[tinyholidays]

Gosh, was it? I read them both back to back this summer. I had a hard time deciding which one it was, but I thought I remembered it happening to one of the Kano sisters. (And you know how Murakami uses the same tropes in so many of his novels.) I'm sure you're right, though. Thanks for the correction!