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The Crow Road by Ian Banks.
Not read this one
The Crow Road by Ian Banks.
Not read this one
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The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee
an extremely disturbing and thought provoking play - at times hilarious, at other times creepy, at still other times (in act 3 especially) so disturbing I don’t know what to make of it.
//horse//The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
Great novel. I embarrassed myself in the cinema though by inadvertently expostulating, "What??" at the (changed) ending of the film.
What an interesting diversity of books we are getting here :)
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Not at all the same, but once I was watching a play that had a somewhat lavish wedding scene toward the end - the woman came out in her lavish dress as quiet music played, and the characters on stage shared a moment of silence as they watched her walk out from backstage. Just then, the lady sitting behind me said in a very loud voice, "What a nice dress!" Once of the wedding guests on stage flinched slightly. :)
//leopard//Leopard In My Lap by Michaela Denis
true story from the 1950's by one half of the duo Armand and Michaela Denis. If you liked Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds you might enjoy this
Greg - your story also reminds me of another occasion. We often go to see plays put on by a local amateur dramatic company. At one point of one play, an actress flounced to the front of the stage in a summer dress - it was a particular feature in the play that she had bought a new dress. (This was a few years ago when tiered styles were very "in".) I immediately said, very put out, "That's my dress!" in a loud whisper to Chris (at last I remembered to whisper - we were in the front stalls!)
I had sent it to a local charity shop that season. Now I knew where the stage company got their costumes!
And Chris had the tact to say I "looked better in it" than she did :D
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//pigeon//Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons: A Journey to the Flora and Fauna of a Unique Island by Gerald Durrell
One of Durrell's very funny natural history books, this time set in Mauritius
Greg - quick-thinking on that occasion... it was oddly and nonsensically embarrassing!
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The Black Unicorn: Poems by Audre Lorde.
One of her earliest books of poems. I like it, but her craft grows stronger in later books like The Marvelous Arithmetics of Distance: Poems, 1987-1992. All of her books have strong political undercurrents and a deep seated anger with the status quo as well - not books that are for everyone.
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Sea Wolf by Jack London
Drags in spots but an interesting book
Amber, I love Peanuts! My favorite cartoon moment is when the "Easter Beagle" hands out all those eggs - a delicious moment of magic before Lucy declares Hey, wait, those are MY eggs! Linus is so wonderful!! I fear I share much of his uncynical, over-credulous daffiness.
Greg wrote: "Amber, I love Peanuts! My favorite cartoon moment is when the "Easter Beagle" hands out all..."
Awesome Greg! I love the Halloween and Christmas ones and I also liked the cancer special they showed when I was a kid too why Charlie brown why and the valentines day one is sad too.
Why did I come back on here when it's "X"! Er....
Y isn't much easier! But putting Yeti into the search box brings up some curious titles!
Here's some I couldn't resist posting
Yeti, Sasquatch & Hairy Giants
The Sweaty Yeti
Betty and the Yeti
//elephant//Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick
If you're depressed by the link Bette (hi Bette!) put up, then follow this link and have a look at what lots of others are doing to help the Kenyan elephants, and other wildlife :)
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A White Heron and Other Stories by Sarah Orne Jewett.
I'm find of Jewett's work, particularly The Country of the Pointed Firs.
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The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst
A short story as opposed to a novel but I have read it (a while ago)
Hi Rick, thanks for posting but we are trying to post animals alphabetically so the next animal needs to start with an M. Do you want to save those two for later?
Morning for Flamingos -- James Lee BurkeSwan Peak -- James Lee Burke
Tweedledum wrote: "Hi Rick, thanks for posting but we are trying to post animals alphabetically so the next animal needs to start with an M. Do you want to save those two for later?"
Sorry I'll get out now.
I'm racking my brains to think of an animal that starts with N! Don't feel inspired by nematode and determined not to resort to Ninja (turtles).
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