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Still no internet but I'm getting better at doing things here.Pam wrote: "I finished the book in July. One of the lines in the book says that Monday starts on Saturday (referring to their work schedule) and this year August starts in July so that fit my early reading! It..."
Sounds really good. I like unusual books and this sounds quirky and funny. I'll start tonight,
note: The cable for my home internet came down in a storm and I'm struggling to get the COMCAST XFINITY idiots to fix it so I might not be around for a while.
Monday Starts on Saturday by Arkady Strugatsky & Boris StrugatskyWhen young programmer Aleksandr Ivanovich Privalov picks up two hitchhikers while driving in Karelia, he is drawn into the mysterious world of the Scientific Research Institute of Sorcery and Wizardry, where research into magic is serious business. Where science, sorcery and socialism meet, can chaos be far behind?
Jul 28, 2023 05:17PM
This looks great but it's SO long!
Glad you liked it. I do tend to like sensational though. :)
Pam wrote: "Book Nerd wrote: "I started Jorge Luis Borges a little early but I've been meaning to get to it for years so pretty late lol.I only read the first couple of stories of A Universal History of..."
The book I have is Collected Fictions that apparently has all of his books so I'm going to read the whole thing. Penny dreadfuls were made to be lurid, shocking stories for entertainment and the stories in Iniquity were originally published in a newspaper for entertainment.
I started Jorge Luis Borges a little early but I've been meaning to get to it for years so pretty late lol.I only read the first couple of stories of A Universal History of Iniquity so far. Pulpy, almost penny dreadful little stories.
I've seen the movie from the 90s but not the older one.What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte was in my copy. It was a pretty good story.
I just read George's Marvelous Medicine. Roald Dahl really hated old ladies. I can't wait to see what happens in The Witches.
Yeah, kids love food. And I'm just an old kid. :)
It always bugs me in books where somebody is stuck in a room for days and there's no mention of going to the bathroom.
I haven't read Matilda or the Witches yet but I've seen both movies.
This is fun to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj_IU...And wouldn't you know it. The censors are coming for Roald Dahi:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_D...
Half way through it's pretty good. I saw a tv movie a long time ago.
The neighbors all whisper about the two sisters who live on the hill: It's Blanche Hudson who lives in that house, you know. The Blanche Hudson, who starred in big Hollywood films all those years ago. Such a shame her career ended so early, all because of that accident. They say it was her sister, Jane, who did it--that she crashed the car because she was drunk. They say that's why she looks after Blanche now, because of the guilt. That's what they say, at least.Nobody remembers that Jane was once a star herself. A fixture of early vaudeville, Baby Jane Hudson performed her song and dance routines for adoring crowds until a move to Hollywood thrust her sister into the spotlight. Even now, years later, Jane dreams of reviving her act. But as the lines begin to blur between fantasy and reality, past resentments become dangerous--and the sisters' long-kept secrets threaten to destroy them.
Wijdan wrote: "I am late to the discussion but Roald Dahl's children books are fantastic!I remember picking up a copy of his book Someone Like You because I was intrigued by the cover
[bookcover:Someone Like You..."
There's still half a year to read. So far I've only started reading children's books but they're fun.
Welcome Briana and Kit.
Great reviews.
