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Sending hand sanitizer and aspirin your way
Left Coast Justin wrote: "Sending hand sanitizer and aspirin your way"
Like the Second Coming of Covid...
Congratulations or condolences. I couldn't get through it.
And it's a page turner despite everything.
This line best expresses the half of volume two or three or whatever it was from the My Struggle series that I read.
Is the Faustian Pact the reader's?
Painful but interesting read…. The one series you can read in any order…
Fred wrote: "Congratulations or condolences. I couldn't get through it."
Understand completely, Fred. When it comes to books, we readers have to be honest with ourselves (and our books).
Nick wrote: "And it's a page turner despite everything.
This line best expresses the half of volume two or three or whatever it was from the My Struggle series that I read.
Is the Faustian Pact the reader's?"
Yes, a kind of nice metaphor, really. Reading Karl Ove is like a deal with the devil. You're going to like what you hate and hate what you like.
Jeremy wrote: "Painful but interesting read…. The one series you can read in any order…"
For that matter, let's dispense with the word "series." It's a sales prop.
One interesting bit: We just got back from traveling throughout Scandinavia. I read in advance that it was a tacky American thing to wear shorts, so brought only one pair. When we were in Denmark, they were experiencing the country's all-time record for heat. I saw plenty of Danish men in shorts, thank you. Same for Norway, Sweden, Finland.
In this book, KOK has his charming (not) protagonist go on a rant about men wearing shorts, how they look like boys, how they should always wear trousers.
It's the little things in his books that often amuse. Unlike poetry, no need to cut to the bone in your writing by any means. I was shocked he even read poetry (Pessoa gets top billing in the book).
Fabulous review, Ken! I think I’ll skip kloving Arl. But I was in stitches about the shorts.
Alison wrote: "Fabulous review, Ken! I think I’ll skip kloving Arl. But I was in stitches about the shorts."
By the low number of ratings, the book has more than its fair share of skippers, it appears!
You make me very little interested in KOK, Ken. I’ll stick with Balzac, thank you very much!
The book title alone sounds dark enough. Thanks, Ken, for telling us what to expect. I doubt if I can read this.
Ulysse wrote: "You make me very little interested in KOK, Ken. I’ll stick with Balzac, thank you very much!"
You could do worse than good ole Balzac!
Laysee wrote: "The book title alone sounds dark enough. Thanks, Ken, for telling us what to expect. I doubt if I can read this."
You're wise to give it a wide berth, Laysee!
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Left Coast Justin wrote: "Sending hand sanitizer and aspirin your way"Like the Second Coming of Covid...
Congratulations or condolences. I couldn't get through it.
And it's a page turner despite everything. This line best expresses the half of volume two or three or whatever it was from the My Struggle series that I read.
Is the Faustian Pact the reader's?
Painful but interesting read…. The one series you can read in any order…
Fred wrote: "Congratulations or condolences. I couldn't get through it."Understand completely, Fred. When it comes to books, we readers have to be honest with ourselves (and our books).
Nick wrote: "And it's a page turner despite everything. This line best expresses the half of volume two or three or whatever it was from the My Struggle series that I read.
Is the Faustian Pact the reader's?"
Yes, a kind of nice metaphor, really. Reading Karl Ove is like a deal with the devil. You're going to like what you hate and hate what you like.
Jeremy wrote: "Painful but interesting read…. The one series you can read in any order…"For that matter, let's dispense with the word "series." It's a sales prop.
One interesting bit: We just got back from traveling throughout Scandinavia. I read in advance that it was a tacky American thing to wear shorts, so brought only one pair. When we were in Denmark, they were experiencing the country's all-time record for heat. I saw plenty of Danish men in shorts, thank you. Same for Norway, Sweden, Finland.
In this book, KOK has his charming (not) protagonist go on a rant about men wearing shorts, how they look like boys, how they should always wear trousers.
It's the little things in his books that often amuse. Unlike poetry, no need to cut to the bone in your writing by any means. I was shocked he even read poetry (Pessoa gets top billing in the book).
Fabulous review, Ken! I think I’ll skip kloving Arl. But I was in stitches about the shorts.
Alison wrote: "Fabulous review, Ken! I think I’ll skip kloving Arl. But I was in stitches about the shorts."By the low number of ratings, the book has more than its fair share of skippers, it appears!
You make me very little interested in KOK, Ken. I’ll stick with Balzac, thank you very much!
The book title alone sounds dark enough. Thanks, Ken, for telling us what to expect. I doubt if I can read this.
Ulysse wrote: "You make me very little interested in KOK, Ken. I’ll stick with Balzac, thank you very much!"You could do worse than good ole Balzac!
Laysee wrote: "The book title alone sounds dark enough. Thanks, Ken, for telling us what to expect. I doubt if I can read this."You're wise to give it a wide berth, Laysee!