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Pat Conroy… sigh. On the one hand, yes, such a fabulous writer. On the other hand, I got to the point where I started every new book hoping he’d been able to move on, but knowing he hadn’t. I finally got to where I couldn’t allot any more energy to his messed-up childhood (and I honestly do use The Great Santini as a shorthand for my own.) I really hope writing out the demons kept the rest of his life free of them, but I haven’t read a book of his in 20+ years (probably once I started trying to figure out how actual functional family dynamics worked so as not to repeat the generational insanity) and I have no plans to revisit any of them now that he’s gone.
I watched the final episode of Downton Abbey last night, despite not really having watched it for years … Everything reminds me of my mom these days, but this in particular, because she would have loved that Thomas got to be the butler *and* that Edith ended up out-ranking Mary in the marriage sweepstakes. (She was not Team!Mary, not by a long shot.) And wow for the anvilicious Death-to-the-Aristocracy theme with Baby Bates being born in his ‘betters’ bed.
Also, the Dowager still rules.
Ohhhh, I just saw on twitter that Marjorie Liu is writing a new Han Solo title (with Mark Brooks doing the art)--my squee overfloweth!
The New York Times has put together a collection of Mark Bittman's most popular recipes, which is kinda interesting. I would not have thought the chocolate tofu pudding would have excited much interest in the NYT general readership, but there it is.
Pat Conroy… sigh. On the one hand, yes, such a fabulous writer. On the other hand, I got to the point where I started every new book hoping he’d been able to move on, but knowing he hadn’t. I finally got to where I couldn’t allot any more energy to his messed-up childhood (and I honestly do use The Great Santini as a shorthand for my own.) I really hope writing out the demons kept the rest of his life free of them, but I haven’t read a book of his in 20+ years (probably once I started trying to figure out how actual functional family dynamics worked so as not to repeat the generational insanity) and I have no plans to revisit any of them now that he’s gone.
I watched the final episode of Downton Abbey last night, despite not really having watched it for years … Everything reminds me of my mom these days, but this in particular, because she would have loved that Thomas got to be the butler *and* that Edith ended up out-ranking Mary in the marriage sweepstakes. (She was not Team!Mary, not by a long shot.) And wow for the anvilicious Death-to-the-Aristocracy theme with Baby Bates being born in his ‘betters’ bed.
Also, the Dowager still rules.
Ohhhh, I just saw on twitter that Marjorie Liu is writing a new Han Solo title (with Mark Brooks doing the art)--my squee overfloweth!
The New York Times has put together a collection of Mark Bittman's most popular recipes, which is kinda interesting. I would not have thought the chocolate tofu pudding would have excited much interest in the NYT general readership, but there it is.
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