tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post6216487706420646057..comments2024-03-28T21:27:46.327-04:00Comments on Infomaniac: The Mistress's Reading List: July-AugustThe Mistresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-57455262079481829322016-09-05T07:43:15.546-04:002016-09-05T07:43:15.546-04:00I could go out and take pictures of libraries :-)
...I could go out and take pictures of libraries :-)<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-49826560856109278202016-09-04T19:29:16.148-04:002016-09-04T19:29:16.148-04:00MISS SCARLET: Then what will you use as a photo pr...MISS SCARLET: Then what will you use as a photo prop?The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-32783847791951006042016-09-04T16:25:04.687-04:002016-09-04T16:25:04.687-04:00I remember My Secret Mother being recommended on a...I remember My Secret Mother being recommended on a television show.... something I meant to read.<br />My chair has collapsed under the weight of books I meant to read.<br />SxMs Scarlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449626572478125088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-59594050731719574732016-09-03T20:43:54.267-04:002016-09-03T20:43:54.267-04:00SAVANNAH: We all missed you!
While you’re here, c...SAVANNAH: We all missed you!<br /><br />While you’re here, could you dust MY books too?<br />The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-3722777544847947092016-09-03T20:43:32.253-04:002016-09-03T20:43:32.253-04:00MR. DeVICE: I don’t remember the last time I wept ...MR. DeVICE: I don’t remember the last time I wept so much when reading a book. The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-47193678490739155652016-09-03T20:42:49.345-04:002016-09-03T20:42:49.345-04:00PEENEE: Seems like there’s something for everyone ...PEENEE: Seems like there’s something for everyone in Gaiman’s book so I hope there’s something for Peenee, too.The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-70662070343009707412016-09-03T12:02:00.358-04:002016-09-03T12:02:00.358-04:00(have you missed me?)
i have a stack of books tha...(have you missed me?)<br /><br />i have a stack of books that i've been meaning to read, but stuff keeps happening around here that keeps me from them! they have, of course, been routinely dusted and kept orderly! xoxoxoxsavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-18499579087357471192016-09-03T06:33:55.589-04:002016-09-03T06:33:55.589-04:00I'm intrigued with "The Idiot Brain"...I'm intrigued with "<i>The Idiot Brain</i>" and "<i>But What If We're Wrong?</i>", but don't think I'd be able to make it through "<i>Lily and the Octopus</i>" without drowning in my own tears.Inexplicable DeVicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187364843729214996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-3578280821457719792016-09-02T22:03:55.505-04:002016-09-02T22:03:55.505-04:00yes, i've read that piece and you're right...yes, i've read that piece and you're right....it is good.normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-62155420960850216082016-09-02T20:29:05.503-04:002016-09-02T20:29:05.503-04:00I'm very fond of Neil Gaiman and had not heard...I'm very fond of Neil Gaiman and had not heard of this book. Thanks for the lead.mrpeeneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361948301941861890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-14272970848053901032016-09-02T10:55:13.022-04:002016-09-02T10:55:13.022-04:00MAGO: My mistake. “My Secret Mother” is a true sto...MAGO: My mistake. “My Secret Mother” is a true story and a moving and unusual one, at that. Thank you for the link to the article about the author.The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-68660419637000983222016-09-02T10:54:47.075-04:002016-09-02T10:54:47.075-04:00NORMA: Talese, as a human being, has been reduced ...NORMA: Talese, as a human being, has been reduced in my eyes for his disparaging remarks about Corgis. <br /><br />Yet his prose, especially the Esquire article, "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" is still worth reading.<br /><br />NORMA & MAGO: Rhinoplasty? Keep your nose out of my business.<br />The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-13836383155027705872016-09-02T10:46:13.354-04:002016-09-02T10:46:13.354-04:00A nose job ?
Ach ... maybe a handkerchief ... ?A nose job ?<br /><br />Ach ... maybe a handkerchief ... ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-12386308496605759232016-09-02T10:45:16.943-04:002016-09-02T10:45:16.943-04:00Judging a book by its cover! [rimshot]Judging a book by its cover! [<a href="http://viewpure.com/obKLdou0LH0" rel="nofollow">rimshot</a>]LẌhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337382169476392640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-51861551493512822962016-09-02T10:39:38.343-04:002016-09-02T10:39:38.343-04:00Remarkable story. Sorry for the tearjerker-remark,...Remarkable <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11866082/Nurse-spends-nine-years-caring-for-mother-who-gave-her-up-for-adoption-without-revealing-identity.html" rel="nofollow">story</a>. Sorry for the tearjerker-remark, but I only glanced at the Fiction and thought this would be a a kind of "Romantic", "sweet" novel - turns out to be a gritty piece of social reportage out of Birmingham's slums ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-40390293121493323112016-09-02T10:28:09.886-04:002016-09-02T10:28:09.886-04:00fuck gay talese.
sometime back in the 90s, he wr...fuck gay talese. <br /><br />sometime back in the 90s, he wrote something (in time magazine) about how ridiculous a corgi looked. went on and on about their heads not matching their bodies. if only someone would write about how hideous he looks!<br /> <br />also back in the 90s, when we could still meet travelers at their gates at the airport, i watched bob newhart walk around looking for someone. he ignored my look of surprise.<br /> <br />my dear mistress, have <br />you ever considered rhinoplasty?normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-68736792849432338442016-09-02T09:57:45.734-04:002016-09-02T09:57:45.734-04:00I've made a correction to the post.
"My ...I've made a correction to the post.<br /><br />"My Secret Mother" is non-fiction, a true story. I mistakenly listed it as fiction. Perhaps I can no longer tell which is which. My head is all over the place.The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-39325869705233590132016-09-02T05:51:01.736-04:002016-09-02T05:51:01.736-04:00MAGO: The Mistress occasionally views things in a ...MAGO: The Mistress occasionally views things in a "sub specie aeternitatis-way" so Klosterman’s book was a pleasure to read and to contemplate. I’m changing the book title to “The Joy of sub specie aeternitatis” but I’m not sure it will become a runaway bestseller like “The Joy of Sex.” “When I have a leisure moment, you will generally find me curled up with Spinoza's latest,” Bertie Wooster announces in P. G. Wodehouse’s novel, “Joy in the Morning.” Teehee.<br /><br />I recommend Talese’s “Thy Neighbor’s Wife” as an interesting study of American sexuality. <br /><br />I hadn’t noticed my tendency to turn to tearjerkers but you have a point. I’ve had a lot to cry about lately (as do we all) and these books are a good outlet. Not that I need any help letting the tears flow.<br /><br />Like the Bob Newhart book, the Manzarek book about The Doors was purchased at a yard sale for 25 cents. And it’s worth all that and more. <br /><br />Bob Newhart encapsulates the idea of “everyman” or Mr. Average, struggling to make sense of the world with dry humour. He’s one of the few comedians whose jokes don’t offend. I like his perspective on life when he says, “The only way to survive is to have a sense of humour.”<br />The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-4241710715813081912016-09-02T05:48:23.610-04:002016-09-02T05:48:23.610-04:00EROS: No need to apologize. After all, you practic...EROS: No need to apologize. After all, you practically WROTE the book on the 2016 Olympics!The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-34182459868465532102016-09-02T05:47:47.780-04:002016-09-02T05:47:47.780-04:00DINAHMOW: The Voyeur’s Motel is even creepier when...DINAHMOW: The Voyeur’s Motel is even creepier when you realize that the author once joined the pervert in the attic to watch the guests!<br /><br />You won’t be disappointed by the Gaiman book. It’s a satisfying read.<br />The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-73024057814752373302016-09-02T05:45:17.815-04:002016-09-02T05:45:17.815-04:00LX: All the better to read the small print, my dea...LX: All the better to read the small print, my dear.The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-84676748147512915472016-09-02T03:23:24.898-04:002016-09-02T03:23:24.898-04:00KLOSTERMANN's "end of knowledge" is ...KLOSTERMANN's "end of knowledge" is of course nonsense, but the idea to look at things in a "sub specie aeternitatis-way" is nice.<br />I'll definitely have to read the books of Mr TALESE (perhaps with a sheer smile ?), while Mr GAIMAN and Mr NEWHART are unknown to me. <br />MANZAREK - maybe ten years ago I still would have picked up his book without any question or hesitation, today I ask meself whether I do want to spent my time with it ? I doubt. The same goes for BURNETT's Idiot Brain - sorry, I keep mine in a jar under the bed ... trickery of the eye, camouflage, beguilement of the senses & the brain are things I mess about for some time now. Not that I "knew" all (and would have reached the silly "end of knowledge" - what a nonsense !), again more a question of time management.<br />Can't say nothing about the fiction books, except that you seem to have a little proclivity for "tearjerkers" - ?<br />BTW I hope the illustrations of Comfort's <i>Ultimate edition</i> (The end of sex in reach ?) found your consensual nod.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-42548522618179207042016-09-02T02:28:18.238-04:002016-09-02T02:28:18.238-04:00The revised edition of The Joy of Sex looks like a...The revised edition of <i>The Joy of Sex</i> looks like a surprising & exciting read!<br /><br />The <i>Idiot Brain, Hitman Anders, Secret Mother,</i> & <i>Lily & The Octopus</i> sound intriguing. The <i>Voyeur's Motel</i> is my nightmare! Who can sleep with a creepy nutcase staring at them!?!<br /><br />Love Neil Gaiman! I'm afraid my book report will be late this time around, as I have spent most of August watching the Rio Olympics. And the weekend after that, I spent reorganizing & lining the kitchen shelves. Still halfway through reading a book. Will report as soon as I'm done reading it.<br /><br />eroswingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678990077292314028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-66664319498882360182016-09-02T00:04:12.102-04:002016-09-02T00:04:12.102-04:00I will read anything from Mr. Gaiman. And the mote...I will read anything from Mr. Gaiman. And the motel voyeur? Creepy, but not the best writing.(imo)<br /><br />I'l leave eye examination to optometrists...dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24611442.post-88535701541501704122016-09-01T23:15:48.872-04:002016-09-01T23:15:48.872-04:00My, what big eyes you have!My, what big eyes you have!LẌhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337382169476392640noreply@blogger.com