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Roy’s 2021 Year in Books
Take a look at Roy’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
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Review: Travel as a Political Act
Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Since Rick Steves has taken over my life lately—don’t ask—I decided to see how all his travelling has affected his politics. I was sort of afraid, given his background, that this book would be little more than a collection banalities and platitudes (“make friends with people from other cultures,” “don’t think your way is the only way,”
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"A sad, fierce and ambitious novel about the emptiness and loneliness of the waning days of the British Empire. It shows the ugliness and corruption of British class-based social structure, cultural bigotry and the harsh individual fantasies that are "
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“We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.”
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“The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea.”
― Ulysses
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“...while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty.”
― The Sign of Four
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“Like a Dog!”
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“Much of what is today called "social criticism" consists of members of the upper classes denouncing the tastes of the lower classes (bawdy entertainment, fast food, plentiful consumer goods) while considering themselves egalitarians.”
― The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
― The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
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Hi Roy, thanks for adding me. I have already had some enjoyment from your shelves and writings. I hope we can be of mutual benefit here on GR! :)
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MERRY CHRISTMAS & Happy New Year to you and your family!
Let your cherished dreams come true in 2019 :-)
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Thank you for adding me! Looking forward to your reviews!
Diego wrote: "Roy, thanks so much for accepting the request. Hope Madrid is treating you well (I'm actually from Valencia). I greatly enjoyed looking through your shelves and reading some of your reviews. I lo..."
Nice to virtually meet you, too! Valencia's a beautiful city.
Roy, thanks so much for accepting the request. Hope Madrid is treating you well (I'm actually from Valencia). I greatly enjoyed looking through your shelves and reading some of your reviews. I look forward to sharing our opinions on books!
Luís wrote: "Very glad for your friendship! Stay connected.. And thank you!"And thanks for yours!
Yeah, I had that experience once when I tried traveling at Christmas. And it was too cold for walking around outside. Cafes are also good, though!As a matter of fact, I did know that about the name sherry! Most English names for fortified wines come from the places of importation. They were popular because they hold up better under poor shipping conditions than do regular wines.
Miriam wrote: "Merry Christmas! I hope you are seeing some lovely sights."And the same to you! Unfortunately, almost everything is closed right now, so we're just puttering around in cafés, haha. But the sherry is excellent! I didn't know this, but "sherry" is named after Jerez, a place in Spain where we are now.
Merry Christmas! I hope you are seeing some lovely sights.
Pooyan wrote: "Thanks for the accept. I like your taste.[is it correct to say I like your taste? cause on the second thought it sounded ...cannibalistic!]"
Thanks! And I hope I taste good :-).
Nandakishore wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friend request. :)"And thanks for the request!
Thanks for accepting my friend request. :)
Ritwik wrote: "Thanks for accepting the friend invite Lotz! Looking forward to your long, pretentious reviews each and every time! ;)"Thanks for offering your friend request! And I'll try my very best!
Thanks for accepting the friend invite Lotz! Looking forward to your long, pretentious reviews each and every time! ;)
Thanks for accepting the invite, Lotz. I went into 1984 with a little bias against it and having read too much post modern fiction. Your review was a refreshing perspective and made me take a good look at myself. A wonderful way to be acquainted. I look forward to our future interactions :)
Seemita wrote: "Thanks for the invite, Lotz. Glad to connect! I look forward to some interesting book-laden chatter :)"Likewise!
Thanks for the invite, Lotz. Glad to connect! I look forward to some interesting book-laden chatter :)
Samadrita wrote: "Sorry about the late reply to your message but I look forward to our future bookish interactions. "No problem; and I do too!
Hi there Lotz! Thank you for the friend invite and the kind words about my review. I liked your heartfelt review of 'A Passage to India' as well. Sorry about the late reply to your message but I look forward to our future bookish interactions.
I (also) thought we were friends already...
Thanks for accepting.. I thought we were friends already...
Thanks for accepting the invitation, Lotz. Looking forward to discussing books :)
Ted wrote: "Rlotz, thanks for accepting my friend request. I'm glad to be following your "pretentious" reviews, through which you hope to save the world. Carry on! 8)"Ted, I'm only too happy to accept! In fact, I thought we were already friends, so I was surprised by the request!
And I think the world-saving is going pretty well!
Rlotz, thanks for accepting my friend request. I'm glad to be following your "pretentious" reviews, through which you hope to save the world. Carry on! 8)
Dolors wrote: "Can't wait to read your reviews and chat books with you. "Likewise!
And yes, there are too many good books to pick a favorite--not that this is a bad thing!
Thanks for sending a friend invite my way Rlotz and for trying to respond to that unanswerable (and probably also nonsensical question that I can't even respond myself). I read TBK last year and was totally blown away by it. Can't wait to read your reviews and chat books with you.
Thank you for accepting my friend request . Looking forward to talk about books with you.
Glenn wrote: "Thanks for being friends, Rlotz."Thanks to you, too!
