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Mysteries, December 2008–January 2009
Maritime literature, January–March 2009 Melville read-through, part I, Typee—White-Jacket, December 2009–January 2010 Whirlwind tour of Russian literature, February–May 2010 Epistolary literature, July 2009–June 2010
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Yes, that’s right, I read it. And I read all seven of the other books too. Deal. Actually, not being a real HP fan (I definitely liked the books, but not like that), I wasn’t going to read this. But Christmas brings surprises, and a tiny book of fables has its way of surfacing [...] Well, I know better than to actually set myself real reading lists, as I don’t have that kind of self-discipline (but how jealous I am of verbivore’s 10-year reading plan!). All the same, there are some goals I have for the coming year, and some things to expect. First, as I mentioned, I’m planning [...] In The Art Instinct, Denis Dutton, a professor of philosophy and founder and editor of Arts & Letters Daily, sets out to write an evolutionary account for why humans create and appreciate art. He argues that art-making is an evolutionary adaptation that came about through sexual selection, indicating intelligence and desirability in a potential [...] Not to be all whatever about it, but I think it’s been a pretty good thing I started this blog. While I’m glad there are a few interested souls out there reading it, I definitely do it for myself and it’s been a welcome change from just reading without saying anything about it. And [...] So. Still in the natal bosom. Not flying home until Thursday. And I think I’ve gotten a cold here. (Does anyone not have a cold right now? This is what’s gross about the holidays; you just shouldn’t spend time with that many people. Unhygienic.) I’ve been reading some short stories by Daphne du Maurier [...] Via Schott’s Food & Drink Miscellany, “a curious exhibition recipe sadly long out-of-fashion”: Break a dozen or two of eggs and separate the whites from the yolks. Tie the yolks in a pig’s bladder, boil them hard, and remove them. In a larger pig’s bladder, place the whites. Into the midst of the whites, [...] Thank you, baby Jesus, even for the ones I didn’t pick out, but especially for the ones I did. The main reason I started December’s mystery/ghost stories project was for the atmosphere. It’s cold, it’s snowy, it’s dark and dreary, and I wanted something to warm up with. Most of my selections have been good on atmosphere, but The Hound of the Baskervilles was great. Dartmoor is, to borrow a phrase from Bertie [...]
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