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logophilia: No Country for Old Men by Cormac MacCarthy

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Saturday, 12 January 2008. No Country for Old Men by Cormac MacCarthy. Chigurh is on Moss's trail. Almost a killing machine, he methodically and clinically kills anyone who gets in his way, often using a slaughter house bolt gun. The man looked at Chigurh's eyes for the first time. Blue as lapis. At once glistening and totally opaque. Like wet stones. You need to call it, Chigurh said. I cant call it for you. It wouldnt be fair. It wouldnt even be right. Just call it. I didnt put nothing up. Meanwhile, S...

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logophilia: The first book of 2008 - Cranford

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Wednesday, 9 January 2008. The first book of 2008 - Cranford. Mr Harrison’s Confessions. 1853) is simply sublime. Narrated by Miss Mary Smith, from the first page it is an engaging and wryly amusing take on the predominantly female world of the village of Cranford:. Miss Pole, and her meticulous collection and broadcasting of gossip. Martha, the faithful young servant, and Jem Hearn, her “follower”. Mr Harrison’s Confessions. 1851) is enjoyable, though more than a little overshadowed by. 2 inclined, desi...

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logophilia: Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Wednesday, 30 January 2008. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray. I’ve been meaning to read. For years, and I was very curious to know what I’d make of Becky Sharp. She’s one of those characters with a life of its own (and I’ve not even seen any of the screen adaptations of the book! John Carey, who introduced this novel (or wrote the afterword in my case, as I obeyed his exhortation to only read his introduction after reading the entire novel! Is also a challenge read for me this year I’m lo...

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logophilia: Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin

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Tuesday, 12 February 2008. Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin. This poor blog's been sadly neglected over the past week or so, as it's been a busy time chez moi.but I won't bore you with the intricacies of revision for my property law exam! Instead I'd like to share my thoughts on James Baldwin's stunning. Go Tell It On The Mountain. And isolated from the rest of his family. But the family secrets revealed (to the reader, not necessarily to all the other characters) show how he's a product o...

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logophilia: How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone - Saša Stanišic

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Tuesday, 24 February 2009. How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone - Saša Stanišic. To Kill a Mockingbird. Despite this book being worlds away both in time and style). I also have to commend Anthea Bell's translation from the German. It's so skillfully done that at no point did I find myself self-conscious of the translation. I've seen this in the bookshop, but always put it down and bought some else. Your review has convinced me I should change that. 26 February 2009 at 11:41. 27 February 2009 at 10:53.

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logophilia: Office daze

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Tuesday, 19 February 2008. I was really excited to read Joshua Ferris' Then We Came to the End. We were fractious and overpaid. Our mornings lacked promise. At least those of us who smoked had something to look forward to at ten-fifteen. Most of us liked everyone, a few of us hated specific individuals, one or two people loved everyone and everything. Those who loved everyone were unanimously reviled. 20 February 2008 at 11:05. 20 February 2008 at 12:15. 20 February 2008 at 17:44. That said, I completely...

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logophilia: Booking Through Thursday (er, on a Friday), or how to break a blogual silence.

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Friday, 19 September 2008. Booking Through Thursday (er, on a Friday), or how to break a blogual silence. To anyone who's not heard of Booking Through Thursday. This week's BBT is:. Autumn is starting (here in the US, anyway), and kids are heading back to school–does the changing season change your reading habits? Are you just in the mood for different kinds of books than you were over the summer? And thought about how much I'd love to read them. I usually try to read the favourites on the Booker sho...

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Post-Press | NewsZoom

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A comic about the news. CTRL to zoom in, CTRL – to zoom out. There’s an odd sensation I get after a long period of drawing comics. Reality bends. Kerbstones are drawn in my ungraceful line, buildings take on texture of pencil lead, people look like I drew them. After looking at my own recreation of the world, NewsZoom, offered the opportunity for the world to stare back into me and remake itself in my drawings. 8216;The Invisible Artist? My recently released documentary about the Belfast comics scene&#46...