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    What are you reading?

    in Turn The Page

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray was a big disappointment.  Wilde’s writing is often brilliant, but he uses a common Faustian trope and doesn’t develop it enough.  The characters are all hatable, ignorant, rich dandies, and while that is largely the point, it gets boring to hear obviously untrue epigrams passed off as wisdom for a complete (if short) novel. 

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    What are you reading?

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    On 11/12/2023 at 11:10 PM, NoahLutz said:

    I have now started The Picture of Dorian Gray, Yeonmi Park's While Time Remains, and 24 Hours in Ancient Rome.  The last has not been as interesting as I expected being a lover of ancient history, but I'm still very early in all three.  

    24 Hours in Ancient Rome turned out to be surprisingly good.  It's not really a narrative, though the author kind of tries to cobble together a loose one.  It's basically letting you into the lives of 24 different people from different classes, wealth, and professions and, using lots of ancient sources (which are often quoted extensively), creating a narrative for them.  It's almost like 24 History Channel documentary-dramas, but you don't have to worry about the bad acting and bad set design, and bad special effects.  

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    The New Geddy Songs are Killer

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    9 minutes ago, thizzellewashington said:

    Just listened to both, they sound pretty good, on par with most of the songs on My Favorite Headache. Hope he makes another solo record.

    As long as Alex writes and performs the songs with him, I agree.

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    What are you reading?

    in Turn The Page

    Posted

    I have now started The Picture of Dorian Gray, Yeonmi Park's While Time Remains, and 24 Hours in Ancient Rome.  The last has not been as interesting as I expected being a lover of ancient history, but I'm still very early in all three.  

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    What are you reading?

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    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was very interesting, especially for its view on morality and how to (not) exercise it.  I know it's over a hundred years old, but the fact that it's such an ingrained part of culture and I knew the twist, much of the first half of the novella loses its appeal.  Still, a great read.   

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