I also recently finished "Several People Are Typing" and loved it! If you're looking for atypical narrative structures, I recommend "Interior Chinatown" by Charles Yu. It's a novel written like a screenplay, and although it tackles serious topics like racial discrimination in the entertainment industry, it's also darkly funny.
"For example, if your goal is to bake 24 different pies this year then you should try to knock 6 out in the first quarter. Also, if you need someone to take one of the pies off your hands, let me know." That's a lot of pie!
I remember South Park doing a skit at one point where the recurring punch line was Cartman saying, "Women are funny, too, bro!" as a dig at Hitchens. Also, to paraphrase, I once read a devastating critique about Hitchens that went something like: "Nobody has ever written more beautifully while also being wrong about absolutely everything." Hopefully it was written by a woman. :-)
Hi Julie! Thanks for all the great recs! I'm excited to read Talia's book and that Bingo card really hits home : ) Congratulations on the lists! So well deserved!
I also recently finished "Several People Are Typing" and loved it! If you're looking for atypical narrative structures, I recommend "Interior Chinatown" by Charles Yu. It's a novel written like a screenplay, and although it tackles serious topics like racial discrimination in the entertainment industry, it's also darkly funny.
This is one that I've heard mentioned but not read yet. I need to get on it. Thanks for the rec!
I was also going to recommend this book. Great choice!
Great minds think alike :)
That reading journal is such a great idea! I just ordered it for my bookworm daughter. Congrats again on the lists!
Agreed! Hope she likes it and thank you!
"For example, if your goal is to bake 24 different pies this year then you should try to knock 6 out in the first quarter. Also, if you need someone to take one of the pies off your hands, let me know." That's a lot of pie!
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I look forward to those posts!
It is! But not a bad goal at all, i think, ha!
I loved the humor challenge. Thx for hosting and sharing the various tools for a good joke.
Thank you and thanks for participating! I'm hoping to pull together a wrap-up post on it but have not managed to get to it yet!
Quarterly! I’m doing the exact same thing this year. By end of the year, when I often review, it’s too late.
Yes, same! I think quarterly is going to be better for me and hopefully more motivating to remind myself periodically of my goals.
Congrats on the top 10 lists!
I remember South Park doing a skit at one point where the recurring punch line was Cartman saying, "Women are funny, too, bro!" as a dig at Hitchens. Also, to paraphrase, I once read a devastating critique about Hitchens that went something like: "Nobody has ever written more beautifully while also being wrong about absolutely everything." Hopefully it was written by a woman. :-)
Ha! That's a great quote. I know they published a counterpont by a woman to that original piece he wrote too, which I should go back and read.
Hi Julie! Thanks for all the great recs! I'm excited to read Talia's book and that Bingo card really hits home : ) Congratulations on the lists! So well deserved!
Thanks, Liz!
Thank you for all of the great recommendations and humor. Love it!
Of course. Thanks for reading!
* your newsletter is awesome + hilarious and has made me laugh
* thanks for the intro to Imagination Soup - glad to have found that
* i love lists
Thank you! And I'm glad to have introduced you to Imagination Soup :)