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Forum:
Games and Tabs
06-03-19
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Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
And gosh forbid we say something is gay now. I...
And gosh forbid we say something is gay now. I had a girlfriend in London whose name was Gaye. Wonder how she likes her name now?
So you actually could have used the English word “distinct”. :)
Forum:
Games and Tabs
04-29-19
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2,527
Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
Your use of peculiar in that sense was perfectly...
Your use of peculiar in that sense was perfectly correct. There are a multitude of meanings for peculiar. However, in everyday English peculiar is used more in the sense of strange, odd, weird, which...
Forum:
Games and Tabs
04-26-19
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2,527
Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
Not sure why you describe the book as “peculiar”,...
Not sure why you describe the book as “peculiar”, but I love both the book & the movie.
If you want something difficult, but very worthwhile, to read, I suggest Mann’s The Magic Mountain. One of...
Forum:
Games and Tabs
04-19-19
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2,527
Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
Plowing through her entire collection of writing...
Plowing through her entire collection of writing ($1 on Kindle). Actually have always preferred to read her diaries, journals & letters, but recently read Mrs Dalloway. Have never managed to finish...
Forum:
Games and Tabs
08-25-17
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2,527
Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
What is a "non-genre novel"?
What is a "non-genre novel"?
Forum:
Games and Tabs
08-11-17
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2,527
Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
If I have, I have no memory of it. Can't think of...
If I have, I have no memory of it. Can't think of anything he wrote.
I don't know whether The Dead is Joyce's best work, but, certainly, it is very good. The movie is good too. I haven't the...
Forum:
Games and Tabs
08-11-17
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2,527
Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
Re: Reading Tab
Checked on Amazon & I don't think I've ever read his novels. But I read a lot of his short stories in The New Yorker. If you like reading, you could subscribe to the magazine, which I think you would...
Forum:
Games and Tabs
08-11-17
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2,527
Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
Not certain that I have ever read a book of his...
Not certain that I have ever read a book of his (which does seem odd - will check later), but, when he was alive, he wrote prolifically for The New Yorker, which I enjoyed. He wrote a lot about his...
Forum:
Games and Tabs
08-11-17
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2,527
Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
I have enjoyed Updike, but I cannot stomach the...
I have enjoyed Updike, but I cannot stomach the Rabbit books. I tried to get through the first one, but it was very tedious. Pages & pages & I was bored stiff.
Forum:
Games and Tabs
08-04-17
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2,527
Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
33182 Good novel. British woman befriends a...
33182
Good novel. British woman befriends a fox.
Forum:
Games and Tabs
06-26-17
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2,527
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Posted By
Stirchley
Re-reading this very good book. 31916
Re-reading this very good book.
31916
Forum:
Games and Tabs
05-22-17
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2,527
Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
LOL. Just had to check the first page to see if...
LOL. Just had to check the first page to see if this actually was the Reading thread.
Forum:
Games and Tabs
05-22-17
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2,527
Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
Loving this book right now. 30719
Loving this book right now.
30719
Forum:
Games and Tabs
05-15-17
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2,527
Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
LOL. Sounds exhausting. I just started...
LOL. Sounds exhausting.
I just started this. I like it very much. 39 year old woman living in NYC trying to navigate through life.
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Forum:
Games and Tabs
05-12-17
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2,527
Reading Tab
Posted By
Stirchley
I've been re-reading Philip Roth lately....
I've been re-reading Philip Roth lately. Portnoy's Complaint, etc. Reading My Life As a Man right now. I read books on my Kindle app these days.
I also subscribe to The New Yorker and I read the...
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