"Bob, the shrug is a useful tool, and seductive in its way; but it is only one arrow in the quiver and we mustn't overuse it lest we give the false impression of vacancy of mind, do you see my point?"
The Librarianist
Patrick DeWitt
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"Why read at all? Why does anyone do it in the first place?"
Patrick deWitt ventures an answer in his novel The Librarianist
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Last night, I finished reading "French Exit" by Patrick deWitt, a strange tragicomedy featuring compelling, unlikable characters. The book reminded me of Edith Wharton, J.D. Salinger, and Wes Anderson.
There are exceptions. Halfway through Patrick deWitt's first novel "Ablutions" is a sentence 207 words long that made me want to stand and cheer.
Not to be all leave-it-to-the-pros, but you do need to have certain skills to attempt a sentence of such length and hope to keep readers firmly on track.
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Explore mysteries of creative animation, puzzles of life, secrets of love, and adventures in fictional criminology with today's features from #BonnettsBooks!
2/20/25 — Open 6-9p Mask recommended. No open drinks, please.
Biographies, relationships, detective fiction, and so much more. Scroll to see what you might find when you stop to look around the store.
#HayaoMiyazaki #Miyazaki #LaurieRKing #TheBeeKeepersApprentice #PatrickDeWitt #TheSistersBrothers #PanacheDesai #SolalaTowler #SusanCain
Here's my 2024 book list:
Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - #DouglasAdams
Prodigal Summer - #BarbaraKingsolver
Kamchatka - Marcelo Figueras
The Known World - Edward Jones
Red Team Blues - @pluralistic
Slaughterhouse Five - #KurtVonnegut
Undermajordomo Minor - #PatrickDeWitt
The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch
LOTR trilogy - #Tolkien
The Enchantress of Florence - #SalmanRushdie
The Color of Magic - #TerryPratchett
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"Malcolm was unafraid of social discomfort, which is not to say that he courted it; but it was common enough that he assumed it requisite, and endured it without grievance."
French Exit by Patrick DeWitt
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"All I know, boy, is that life is, on occasion, entirely too vast for my tastes."
The Baron, in Under Majordomo Minor by Patrick DeWitt
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A little early but unlikely to read another one before January, so here's the list of books I read in 2022 in the order I finished them:
1. Jesus & John Wayne - #KristinKobesDuMez
2. Cloud Cuckoo Land - #AnthonyDoerr
3. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone - #DianaGabaldon
4. Ruin and Rising - #LeighMardugo
5. When Will There Be Good News? - #KateAtkinson
6. It Was A Long Time Ago and it Never Happened Anyway - #DavidSatter
7. Every Living Thing - #RobDunn
8. The Sisters Brothers - #PatrickDeWitt
9. Talking to Strangers - #MalcolmGladwell
10. Harry Potter series - #JKRowling
11. Big Sky - Kate Atkinson
12. Everybody's Fool - #RichardRusso
13. An Immense World - #EdYong
14. The Chrysalids - #JohnWyndham
*edit* 15. The Hobbit - #JRRTolkien
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