Here's one for you, feiran. This morning, the guy sitting in front of me on the subway was reading Strunk and White's Elements of Style. When I saw the title, I cracked up. I think the guy noticed. :)
Speaking of which, your dad recommended two books out of the ones he was throwing out. The first was a delightful semi-cozy mystery. The second is a collection of short stories whose opener is from the point of view of a kid who grows up to be a serial killer. Graphic and horrific. I was nauseated and upset and ended up staring at the subway wall rather than reading the next. Gah. I need to find a book somewhere in the museum to read on the way home, because I'm not finishing that one. This is the first time I've not finished a book in a really long time. Still feel creeped out.
"House Without Doors", Peter Straub. It's apparently a short story about a character from one of his novels, or something. Some of the others might be standalone (this works as a standalone, it's just something I found completely unenjoyable). But I'm done.
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Date: 2008-02-26 03:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-26 03:15 pm (UTC)Speaking of which, your dad recommended two books out of the ones he was throwing out. The first was a delightful semi-cozy mystery. The second is a collection of short stories whose opener is from the point of view of a kid who grows up to be a serial killer. Graphic and horrific. I was nauseated and upset and ended up staring at the subway wall rather than reading the next. Gah. I need to find a book somewhere in the museum to read on the way home, because I'm not finishing that one. This is the first time I've not finished a book in a really long time. Still feel creeped out.
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Date: 2008-02-26 03:18 pm (UTC)I can give you "The Naked Marquis" on Wednesday. :) That one definitely won't be disturbing.
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Date: 2008-02-26 05:27 pm (UTC)I'd love "The Naked Marquis". Whether I have the courage to read it on the subway is an entirely different matter...
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Date: 2008-02-26 04:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-26 04:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-26 05:23 pm (UTC)Would you like it?
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Date: 2008-02-26 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-02-26 05:37 pm (UTC)The annoying thing is that I've been keeping track of books I've read this year, and this one won't count because I'm not going to finish it.
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