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	Blazing Saddles 3.68 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1974 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Take Five: Poems in 5/4 Time it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Listening to Prestige: Chronicling Its Classic Jazz Recordings, 1949–1972 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Killing Place 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1976	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Opus 40: The First 20 Years it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jazz with a Beat: Small Group Swing, 1940–1960 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Listening to Prestige: Vol. 1 1949-1953 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That's What You're Good At: My Life With Opus 40 and Other Venues really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brain of Agent Blue by Tad Richards (Goodreads Author), Steven L. Vorillas it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1984	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Night With the Language Thieves 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tad Richards rated a book liked it Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I’m not sure how this buck ended up on my Libby hold list, but it did, and I started reading it, not really mind of book - mall-obsessed high school senior with the hots for her teacher — but it was quite readable until it wasn’t, and a i found mysel ...more
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Tad Richards rated a book it was amazing In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
No other work of fiction compares to it. I read the original translation. I’m sure the modern one is very good, and probably more accurate, but the Moncrief-Kilmartin is magical
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Tad Richards rated a book really liked it The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A literary folk tale set in China around 1902, with shapeshifting foxes. A satisfying read.
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Tad Richards rated a book really liked it The Fox Wife's Tail by Conrad Kinch (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A literary folk tale. China around the turn of the 20th century, with shapeshifting foxes. A satisfying read,
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A literary folk tale. China around the turn of the 20th century, with shapeshifting foxes. A satisfying read,
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Tad Richards rated a book liked it War Against the Animals by Paul Russell	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Takes place in my home ground, which is always fun. Good characters, good read. The fictional small town is certainly based on High Falls.
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Tad Richards rated a book really liked it The Last Thing He Told Me (Hannah Hall, #1) by Laura Dave (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I got this free from kindle unlimited at a time when I couldn’t get interested in anything. I’d started a couple of perfectly good books and put them down. I needed a page turner and this one delivered. It kept me turning the pages. Good plot, good t ...more
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Tad Richards rated a book really liked it The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The disappearance of two children of a One Percenter family, several years apart, in New York’s Adirondacks, is the subject of this novel. Liz Moore creates some arresting characters, particularly three women: a camp counselor, the director of the ca ...more
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Tad Richards rated a book really liked it Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Dame Judi Dench, interviewed by colleague Brendan O’Hea, talks about all the Shakespearean roles she’s played, and she’s played a lot, from leads (Juliet, Lady MacBeth) to small parts. Insights into the plays and the characters, insights into acting ...more
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Tad Richards rated a book really liked it The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1) by Jussi Adler-Olsen	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Started this series on my daughter”s recommendation. I’ll keep reading it.
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All About Books: * This Day in Literary History	7185	1478	Apr 27, 2022 11:10PM

“Poor fellow! I think he is in love with you.'

I am not aware of it. And to me it is one of the most odious things in a girl's life, that there must always be some supposition of falling in love coming between her and any man who is kind to her... I have no ground for the nonsensical vanity of fancying everybody who comes near me is in love with me.”
― George Eliot

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“If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

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“My mission in life is to make everybody as uneasy as possible. I think we should all be as uneasy as possible, because that's what the world is like.”
― Edward Gorey, Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

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“Oh, what can you do with a man like that? What can you do? How can you dissuade his eye in a crowd from seeking out the cheek with acne, the infirm hand; how can you teach him to respond to the inestimable greatness of the race, the harsh surface beauty of life; how can you put his finger for him on the obdurate truths before which fear and horror are powerless? The sea that morning was iridescent and dark. My wife and my sister were swimming--Diana and Helen--and I saw their uncovered heads, black and gold in the dark water. I saw them come out and I saw that they were naked, unshy, beautiful, and full of grace, and I watched the naked women walk out of the sea.”
― John Cheever, The Stories of John Cheever

tags: perspective

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