Comments on: A Little of This, a Little of That http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/21/a-little-of-this-a-little-of-that/ the agony and ecstasy of a reading life Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:53:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cam http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/21/a-little-of-this-a-little-of-that/#comment-38895 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:01:54 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/21/a-little-of-this-a-little-of-that/#comment-38895 The weirdest things about that video are the Elmo sweatshirt and …. there is a Borders that actually sells books????

Oh the singing was bad.

]]> By: iliana http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/21/a-little-of-this-a-little-of-that/#comment-38885 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:30:50 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/21/a-little-of-this-a-little-of-that/#comment-38885 That video was hilarious! I wonder if they are Borders employees? Now they need to do a follow up at B&N :)
Glad you didn’t wait in the cold after all and hopefully the battery is all good now.

]]> By: Danielle http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/21/a-little-of-this-a-little-of-that/#comment-38879 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:48:16 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/21/a-little-of-this-a-little-of-that/#comment-38879 Since we are renovating there is no break room now. At first I was peeved–no microwave and no more hot lunches. But now I take my sandwich out to a quiet area in the library and get lots of reading done! Sorry to hear about the car battery. And you’re right it is no fun waiting for buses in really cold weather! brrrr.

]]> By: Stefanie http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/21/a-little-of-this-a-little-of-that/#comment-38872 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:45:11 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/21/a-little-of-this-a-little-of-that/#comment-38872 Glad you all enjoyed the video :)

Bikkuri, I tried to indicate to my coworker by my short gruff responses that I had no interest in talking to her but she couldn’t take a hint.

Dark Orpheus, now you’ve really made me want to dig into the Maugham to discover if my experience differs from yours!

]]> By: Dark Orpheus http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/21/a-little-of-this-a-little-of-that/#comment-38870 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:36:52 +0000 http://somanybooksblog.com/2008/01/21/a-little-of-this-a-little-of-that/#comment-38870 I’m curious what you would make of “The Razor’s Edge”. I read it last year, was trying to write something about it, but found I couldn’t.

It was interesting in some places, but rather dry in a few parts of the book — Larry’s character felt somewhat flat to me. His “saintliness” felt two-dimensional. I guess I had some pretty rigid ideas about the spiritual quest and the book didn’t quite give me what I expected.

But I find his portrayal of Isabel vivid in her selfishness. Sophie, too with her self-destructive ways, felt real.

Personally I thought “The Moon and Sixpence” was more powerful. And again, like “Razor’s Edge”, a Maugham-like first-person narrator pieces together the story of a man driven by an inner desire not understood by those around him.

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