tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257529292737510242.post2403557205821255304..comments2023-08-08T06:27:02.614-05:00Comments on Deus ex Libris: Dark and stormyClaire Dawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06133898311730467349noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257529292737510242.post-668343724656813232010-06-02T12:58:27.889-05:002010-06-02T12:58:27.889-05:00Along those same lines and yet not, Dad and I deci...Along those same lines and yet not, Dad and I decided back in the early days of our marriage that any recipe that ended with the word "Bake" was almost certainly NOT going to be worth trying. Also, I made the Avgolemono yesterday and, as you predicted, it was a disappointment. Too ricey, too thick, kind of gross. The Greek salad recipe from the Joy of Cooking cookbook, however, produced a great result.Virginia Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932190699594468579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257529292737510242.post-53392936222525026722010-06-02T10:07:50.791-05:002010-06-02T10:07:50.791-05:00As a corollary to your decision never to read a bo...As a corollary to your decision never to read a book that started with the main character's full name, I decided at about that time that the rule about proper antecedents was made for breaking.<br /><br />So, high five.Fishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257529292737510242.post-39103245227485154912010-06-02T10:05:14.872-05:002010-06-02T10:05:14.872-05:00I guess the only novel even related to true crime ...I guess the only novel even related to true crime that I've enjoyed is "Homicide," but I would say that's damn near anthropology field work, and certainly more about the characters than the crimes. Sure, they're real humans and one could argue little imagination went into their depiction, but there is a very saturated gradient of texture that eludes almost all literary characters. (I have it in the back of my mind that there's an author I appreciate for this very thing but of course I'm not going to be able to come up with the name.) I also applaud David Simon for the arrangement of the pieces. He had to have been floating in anecdotes and winnowed it to something coherent and illustrative. Sounds to me like Capote's story is, like Bilbo Baggins, butter spread over too much bread.Fishnoreply@blogger.com