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Walter Oobleck

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I'm going to start Never Let Me Go from Kazuo Ishiguro, Man Booker Prize Finalist...must not have won. Finished that other, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This from Ishiguro will be #45 for the year...I think...my 'goal' a hundred...I'm 8 stories ahead of the curve. This next is "a devastating new novel of innocence, knowledge, and loss." Devastating. Heh! Maybe it's Thursday but that hit the funny bone. Have you ever been devastating? I'm going to try that one out on the wife this morning. Honey, you look devastating!
I think it'll fly. I hope, anyway. Wish me luck. :)
 

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I'm going to start Never Let Me Go from Kazuo Ishiguro, Man Booker Prize Finalist...must not have won. Finished that other, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This from Ishiguro will be #45 for the year...I think...my 'goal' a hundred...I'm 8 stories ahead of the curve. This next is "a devastating new novel of innocence, knowledge, and loss." Devastating. Heh! Maybe it's Thursday but that hit the funny bone. Have you ever been devastating? I'm going to try that one out on the wife this morning. Honey, you look devastating!
I think it'll fly. I hope, anyway. Wish me luck. :)
Walter Oobleck I suggest you say it with flowers... just in case. :biggrin2:
 

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I'm going to start Never Let Me Go from Kazuo Ishiguro, Man Booker Prize Finalist...must not have won. Finished that other, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This from Ishiguro will be #45 for the year...I think...my 'goal' a hundred...I'm 8 stories ahead of the curve. This next is "a devastating new novel of innocence, knowledge, and loss." Devastating. Heh! Maybe it's Thursday but that hit the funny bone. Have you ever been devastating? I'm going to try that one out on the wife this morning. Honey, you look devastating!
I think it'll fly. I hope, anyway. Wish me luck. :)
Never Let Me Go was very, very good. One of my favorites a few years back.
 

skimom2

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I'm on book 2 of "The Strain" trilogy by Chuck Hogan/Guillermo DelToro......having to drag myself kicking and screaming thru it but determined to finish the trilogy....pretty dry, not sure exactly what it is, but pretty slow going.
I got that feeling at about the 2/3 mark of the first book. I finished it, but didn't pick up the next two. I HAVE them (lol), but have yet to open them.
 

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I'm going to start Never Let Me Go from Kazuo Ishiguro, Man Booker Prize Finalist...must not have won. Finished that other, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This from Ishiguro will be #45 for the year...I think...my 'goal' a hundred...I'm 8 stories ahead of the curve. This next is "a devastating new novel of innocence, knowledge, and loss." Devastating. Heh! Maybe it's Thursday but that hit the funny bone. Have you ever been devastating? I'm going to try that one out on the wife this morning. Honey, you look devastating!
I think it'll fly. I hope, anyway. Wish me luck. :)
Impressive! 45! I have read 2. But I fall asleep every time I read - my days are too busy. I have Middlesex, but haven't read it yet. My oldest daughter has and loved it. How'd that go, telling your wife she's devastating? I'm hoping you added "-ingly beautiful". That would work. Devastating might mean you wilt flowers when you walk into a room or something.

Sleep Donation sounds fabulous. I must read this Karen Russell person. Will be on the lookout now for her. Oh heck! I just realized she's had a couple of stories in some anthologies I've read. Vampires in the Lemon Grove and St. Lucy's Home for.... both - yes, she's good. In a George Saunders kind of way.
 

Walter Oobleck

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How'd that go, telling your wife she's devastating? I'm hoping you added "-ingly beautiful". That would work. Devastating might mean you wilt flowers when you walk into a room or something.

I heard the snooze alarm going so I saw my opportunity. Should have waited until she was awake, all freshly bathed & scented. I'll try both..."ing" and "ingly beautiful" later, maybe today, wait until she's wide awake. Words are probably better than the usual man grunts, heavy panting, & other noises in my repertoire.

Never Let Me Go is an understated story...first-person eye-narrator Kathy a student at the Hailsham school. A friend (online not here that I know) was reading it and after looking at a brief description I wanted to read it. Halfway through. I happened to glance at the copyright page, otherwise...I dunno...the 'description' I read had precious little in the way of description, but there exist clues on the copyright page...1. Women--Fiction. 2. England--Fiction. 3. Cloning--Fiction. 4. Organ donors--Fiction. 5. Donation of organs, tissues, etc.--Fiction. I. Title
So I'm reading along, those few words in mind 3 4 5 in particular...nada in the way of anything like that. I guess the "devastating" comes into play as you learn...with Kathy I presume, as she seems as clueless as me...exactly how devastating the story is. Horror understated is mind-boggling horror. Check it out.
 

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Where-North Dakota??!! Did I mention it snowed here again last weekend? It's only May, 8 months of winter and counting! :grumpy:
I hear ya morgan! (same thing up here - I opened the windows for some fresh air but now I have to go close them again - still too chilly for that) :down::soap::cold::rolleyes:
 
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