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"The feminist American Psycho I didn't know I desperately needed."
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
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One of my all-time favorites. I'd love to hear what you think.
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This book has no business being so well written. In conception, this is a B-movie of a novel, a flashy idea, a sexy lead, and a lot of blood. Dorothy is a food critic and, over time, she develops a taste for killing and eating her many lovers. She com ...more |
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Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady
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I can't believe your followers aren't legion. Love it, though.
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| I was that rare English major who enjoyed taking college math. I loved the way derivatives seemed to make sense – for a while, at least – and I loved the feeling of a math problem coming together. I didn’t get to the point with my studies in math whe ...more | |
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| I didn’t know Souvankham Thammovongsa until I stumbled across this collection. If she didn’t exist, I’d want to invent her. I have said often recently that I believe literature is the best technology we have for understanding the experience of others ...more | |
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| I inadvertently picked this up at the perfect time, just as we were all awaiting news of the final state vote counts that would put Joe Biden over the top. It turns out the premise here is that Harvey Fierstein is performing a one-man show of some of ...more | |
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Joe Kraus has completed the 2020 Reading Challenge
Joe Kraus has
completed his goal of reading 100 books for the 2020 Reading Challenge!
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“You can't choose where you belong, and where you don't. But what if the place you don't belong is the only place you have left?”
― The Ghosts of Belfast
― The Ghosts of Belfast
“"Wonderful things can happen", Vincent said, "when you plant seeds of distrust in a garden of assholes."”
― Glitz
― Glitz
“Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing
1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
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1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.
If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
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