Monthly Archives: February 2008

Getting My Geek On

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Karie

I finally got hold of Alex Lloyd‘s third album, Distant Light the other day. It’s the aural equivalent of me snuggling up in a blanket on a spring day: it’s invigourating but also deeply comforting. However, most days I’m listening … Continue reading →

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Books Running Through the Veins

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Karie

If you can read Danish, it might amuse you to know that the editor of Bogrummet (The Book Room) is my cousin. I sorta-kinda-almost knew what she had been doing with her time, but it had sorta-kinda-almost slipped my mind. … Continue reading →

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Bringing Gifts

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Karie

Look what the postman just brought! Seven copies of Odd and the Frost Giant by Neil Gaiman. This means that the non-UK people who requested a copy will receive one very, very soon. Hooray!

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Before We Started Painting the Town

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Karie

It is just one of those things, as Cole Porter wrote. I do not intend to let Fourth Edition become a voyeuristic woe-is-me blog just because I happen to be rather ill at the moment. Sadly, I am rather ill … Continue reading →

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Saturday Linkage

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Karie

This week I rummaged around on the net and almost accidentally joined a book club based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Thankfully the members correspond with each other online. The idea is that you set yourself up for reading 20 books within … Continue reading →

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How are YOU Doin’?!

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Karie

Thanks to Tina who’s still in academia (and thus has access to Project MUSE and I’m not at all envious of this), I have learned that F. Scott Fitzgerald had many talents: “In the collection of his papers at Princeton … Continue reading →

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I Should Be Texting You This. Possibly.

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Karie

Tuesday I went to see my GP again for a non-seizure/keeling over matter and I was met with the immortal words: “Yup, we need to take a closer look at that. Which hospital would you prefer?” I did not know … Continue reading →

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Snapshot

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Karie

Shop assistant at the bookshop (precisely, slowly): “You .. want discount .. on books, don’t you? I can .. sign you up for .. discount on .. books. Give me your .. email address.” Later I met my partner by … Continue reading →

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R.I.P.

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Karie

Alain Robbe-Grillet has died. P.S. Surely it is also time to announce that the postmodern novel passed away some time ago?

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Our Protagonist Wonders..

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Karie

Two questions: How do you say “I would like to buy six live chicken, please” in German? And if I were to say to you: “You look like a one-eyed pirate except you have two eyes,” how would you interpret … Continue reading →

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