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Twainfecta's Blog: In Defense of Audiobooks - Part V
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Real men mark twain". Tuesday, May 19, 2015. In Defense of Audiobooks - Part V. The Mill on the Floss – George Eliot. Laura Paton) ( 4 stars. Book 2: School-Time;. Chapter 2: The Christmas Holidays. Fine old Christmas, with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in the noblest fashion, and had set off his rich gifts of warmth and color with all the heightening contrast of frost and snow. Book 1: Boy and Girl;. Chapter 3: Mr. Riley Gives His Advice Concerning a School for Tom. An autob...
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Twainfecta's Blog: December 2012
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Real men mark twain". Friday, December 7, 2012. A good year in film? Do you include Les Miserables and Hobbit in 2012? I had no idea they made an MIB3 movie. Here's my projected best-of list:. 2 Hobbit (haven't seen yet). 3 Moonrise Kingdom (haven't seen yet). 4 Les Miserables (haven't seen yet). 5 Life of Pi (haven't seen yet). 7 Lincoln (haven't seen yet). 8 Brave (haven't seen yet). 9 Skyfall (haven't seen yet). And here's my best-of list for movies that I probably won't see:. I've seen a few more mov...
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Twainfecta's Blog: In Defense of Audiobooks - Part II
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Real men mark twain". Monday, September 15, 2014. In Defense of Audiobooks - Part II. Link to Part I. Crossing to Safety - Wallace Stegner. Richard Poe) (4 stars). Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie. Lyndam Gregory) (3 stars). I was born in the city of Bombay. Once upon a time. No, that won't do, there's no getting away from the date: I was born in Doctor Narlikar's Nursing Home on August 15th, 1947. And the time? For the next three decades, there was to be no escape. Soothsayers had prophesied me,...
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Twainfecta's Blog: In Defense of Audiobooks
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Real men mark twain". Friday, April 11, 2014. In Defense of Audiobooks. Go away. Read some books." - Ignacio, Nacho Libre. After hearing the above inspired injunction from Nacho Libre in 2006, I waited about 3 years, then finally sat down to read a real live book, like humans used to do. I really enjoyed it, but then I finished and I got busy doing all the really important stuff I'm always doing and didn't read anything else for a long time. Resist the urge to increase the playback speed. This may not be...
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Twainfecta's Blog: In Defense of Audiobooks - Part IV
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Real men mark twain". Friday, March 13, 2015. In Defense of Audiobooks - Part IV. Link to Part I. Link to Part II. Link to Part III. The Agony and the Ecstasy – Irving Stone. Arthur Morey) ( 5 stars. At Home: A Short History of Private Life – Bill Bryson. Bill Bryson) ( 4 stars. To a discussion of Benjamin Franklin’s misunderstood contributions to various inventions as well as his personality. If you can keep up it’s a fascinating ride. One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I once expla...
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Twainfecta's Blog: In Defense of Audiobooks - Part III
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Real men mark twain". Saturday, January 3, 2015. In Defense of Audiobooks - Part III. Link to Part I. Link to Part II. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald. Jake Gyllenhaal) (2 stars). A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens. Campbell Scott) (4 stars). The time was to come, when that wine too would be spilled on the street-stones, and when the stain of it would be red upon many there. A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway. John Slattery) (3 stars). 1776 - David McCullough. David McCullough) (4 stars).
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In Sunrises: May 2014
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Monday, May 19, 2014. I received a CD with this audio as a Christmas present when I was in college, wore it out (so happy taking care of CD's didn't end up being a necessary life skill), and have been looking for it ever since. So happy to find it again. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Picture Window template. Template images by nicodemos.
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In Sunrises: December 2014
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Saturday, December 13, 2014. He is the Gift – Christmas Video – #ShareTheGift. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. He is the Gift – Christmas Video – #ShareTheGift. Picture Window template. Template images by nicodemos.
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Twainfecta's Blog: June 2014
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Real men mark twain". Thursday, June 26, 2014. Best Films of 2013. 1) All Is Lost, 2) Hobbit: TDoS, 3) Much Ado About Nothing, 4) Gravity, 5) Blue Jasmine, 6) Frozen, 7) Pacific Rim, 8) Capt. Phillips 9) Philomena, 10) Star Trek Into Darkness. Man of Steel, The Great Gatsby, WWZ. Iron Man 3, Hunger Games: Catching Fire. 12 Years a Slave, Inside Llewyn Davis, Despicable Me 2, Fast and Furious 6, Anchorman 2. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Pace and Val. and Rae. and Eli. Sarah (BBA) - Year 1.
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Twainfecta's Blog: January 2015
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Real men mark twain". Saturday, January 3, 2015. In Defense of Audiobooks - Part III. Link to Part I. Link to Part II. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald. Jake Gyllenhaal) (2 stars). A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens. Campbell Scott) (4 stars). The time was to come, when that wine too would be spilled on the street-stones, and when the stain of it would be red upon many there. A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway. John Slattery) (3 stars). 1776 - David McCullough. David McCullough) (4 stars).