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I was excited to find this series, since it's set locally and I'm a knitter, but so far it's disappointing. Dozens of characters have been introduced, but they all speak with the same voice, so they're pretty much indistinguishable, except for the st
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"Disappointing. Dozens of characters have been introduced, all speaking with the same voice, so they're pretty much indistinguishable. We never got to know the victim, so it's hard to care about her death. It also has the feel of a novella that the author is trying to stretch to novel length. The characters spend a lot of time rehashing what's already happened and worrying about what might happen next." — Aug 01, 2016 11:16AM
"Disappointing. Dozens of characters have been introduced, all speaking with the same voice, so they're pretty much indistinguishable. We never got to know the victim, so it's hard to care about her death. It also has the feel of a novella that the author is trying to stretch to novel length. The characters spend a lot of time rehashing what's already happened and worrying about what might happen next." — Aug 01, 2016 11:16AM
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Fascinating account of the Nazi confiscation of art treasures all over Central Europe before and during WWII. The scope of their plunder is staggering - I had no idea it was as widespread and massive as it was. Small print, dense pages and a *lot* of
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“I don’t ever remember being afraid of “oldness”.
There are things I miss about being younger - chiefly the ability to pull all-nighters and keep working and working well; and being smiled at by girls I didn’t know who thought I was cute; and I wish I had the eyesight I had even five years ago… but that stuff feels pretty trivial.
I’m happier than I’ve been at any time in my life these days. I have a wonderful wife whom I adore, watched three amazing kids grow into two delightful adults and my favourite teenager, an astonishing number of grand life experiences, I’ve made art I’m proud of, I have real, true, glorious friends, and I’ve been able to do real good for things I care about, like freedom of speech, like libraries.
Sometimes I’ll do something like An Evening With Neil and Amanda, or the 8 in 8 project, and completely surprise myself.
I miss friends who have died, but then, I’m glad that time gave them to me, to befriend, even for a while, and that I was alive to know them. I knew Douglas Adams, and I knew Roger Zelazny, and I knew John M Ford, and I knew Diana Wynne Jones… do you know how lucky that makes me?
Ah, I’m rabbiting on, and I sound a bit more Pollyannaish than I’m intending to sound: I know the downside of age and the downside of time, and I am sure that the view from age 51 is not the view from age 71.
I wish the time hadn’t gone so fast, though. And sometimes I wish I’d enjoyed it more on the way, and worried about it less.”
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There are things I miss about being younger - chiefly the ability to pull all-nighters and keep working and working well; and being smiled at by girls I didn’t know who thought I was cute; and I wish I had the eyesight I had even five years ago… but that stuff feels pretty trivial.
I’m happier than I’ve been at any time in my life these days. I have a wonderful wife whom I adore, watched three amazing kids grow into two delightful adults and my favourite teenager, an astonishing number of grand life experiences, I’ve made art I’m proud of, I have real, true, glorious friends, and I’ve been able to do real good for things I care about, like freedom of speech, like libraries.
Sometimes I’ll do something like An Evening With Neil and Amanda, or the 8 in 8 project, and completely surprise myself.
I miss friends who have died, but then, I’m glad that time gave them to me, to befriend, even for a while, and that I was alive to know them. I knew Douglas Adams, and I knew Roger Zelazny, and I knew John M Ford, and I knew Diana Wynne Jones… do you know how lucky that makes me?
Ah, I’m rabbiting on, and I sound a bit more Pollyannaish than I’m intending to sound: I know the downside of age and the downside of time, and I am sure that the view from age 51 is not the view from age 71.
I wish the time hadn’t gone so fast, though. And sometimes I wish I’d enjoyed it more on the way, and worried about it less.”
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