The Film Noir Experience

This evening I didn't really feel like doing much. So, I didn't. I stayed home and updated my online booklist. Tonight I created a new shelf so I could distinguish between things I wanted to read and things that were actually on this year's list. I'm feeling pretty accomplished at the moment. Sure, I could have done another chapter of Latin or read a little more in The Story of Mankind or Oryx and Crake or Fool Moon , but why would I do that when they internet has provided with such a wonderful distraction? Besides, now when people ask about the book list, I can direct them to someplace they can find it instead of photocopying my hand-written chicken scratch list. So, it wasn't really just time-wasting. It was a practical activity. If you have wondered what was on the book list, you can now go to my goodreads page and have a look!

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I'm here, in this stupid little flat, on my own, and I'm thirty-five years old, and I own a tiny failing business, and my friends don't seem to be friends at all but people whose phone numbers I haven't lost. --Rob Gordon

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This summer is going to be full. Completely, absolutely and utterly full. Not only am I moving to New York, but I will also be attempting to read as many of the Newbery Award winners as I can get done. It is a very good list. The idea came from my friend Jackie and there is a small group of us pursuing this task. We have decided to start with the first winner, The Story of Mankind. There is a new edition available that covers everything that has happened since the book was published. I haven't picked it up yet, but it seems like it would be very interesting.

In addition to this, I have also decided that this will be the the summer of Swann's Way. Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, I will actually finish the first book of In Search of Lost Time. I'm so very excited about it.

But, that's not where the reading for this summer ends. Oh, no. All of that would be too simple. My friend Mike has recently talked me into reading the Dresden Files. I have just finished the first book. They're a quirky little series. Harry Dresden is a funny and interesting main character. I am very interested in what will happen next. Apparently, it was a very short lived tv show. So, perhaps I will have to investigate that a little further.

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Work at Two, Why get up?

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