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The World’s Largest Man
When Harrison Scott Key was young, his father opted to uproot the family from Memphis and moved to an old farmstead out in the country – -the reason being, a boy needed to grow up outdoors doing things. Harrison did … Continue reading
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Tagged fathers and sons, Harrison Scott Key, humor, Mississippi, Of Boys and Men, Southern Literature, sports and outdoors
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Two visits to The Bookshop
I’ve recently been in a mood for books about bookstores and libraries, and so discovered a series by Shaun Bythell, owner of Scotland’s largest secondhand book shop. Most of Bythell’s books are diaries of his day-to-day activities, with one of exception. I’ve been … Continue reading
Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
This book is exactly what it says on the tin: a collection of odd remarks overheard in bookstores, numbering a little over a hundred pages. If you are familiar with the Overheard in New York / Overheard in the Office / etc … Continue reading
Starter Villain
Charlie is a sacked journalist struggling to get by with a substitute teacher’s salary, and dreams of maybe owning the neighborhood pub one day if he can ever get approval for a loan that uses his father’s house as the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged humor, John Scalzi, science fiction, Wil Wheaton
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Hope Never Dies
Joe Biden is roused by his faithful pooch, Champ, who hears something Nefarious going on outside. Sallying forth to investigate, Scranton Joe finds a lone (well, lone-ish — there are guards) figure standing in the woods waiting for him. It’s … Continue reading
Not Tonight, Josephine!
‘You realise that most of the population of Harlowton was conceived in that park?’ ‘Really? We had no idea.’ ‘Well there ain’t much to do around here. So folks are either drinking in here, or else making out over in … Continue reading
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