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TexasProgresive

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2. Now that I have all this free time as a retiree
Sun Oct 11, 2015, 08:52 PM
Oct 2015

I can't seem to read as much as when I was working. Go figure. Anyway I just finished The Guts by Roddy Doyle. I read his Barrytown trilogy but I don't remember if The Guts was written in the same style. There are no quotation marks for the dialogue, and there is lots of dialogue. I don't know that most women would get much out of it because the men while taking in Dublin slang, talk like men when women aren't around. It might be an eye opener. They constantly used the f word and c**t which is only used to describe men.

The humor is typical Irish black humor- basically "we're all gonna die but f**k your man, that c**t death anyway."

A note to those who want to know- the polyp was benign. That's good news but still don't know why I am anemic.

Oh and what am I reading now. Well I have nothing new but I picked up a book on the shelf called The Orwell Reader: Fiction, Essays, and Reportage by George Orwell. I found it in the library discards months ago and this is the 1st time I've picked it up.

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Hello everyone! Thank you for the thread, scarletwoman. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #1
Hi, Enthusiast! I guess I must confess that I've never read "To Kill a Mockingbird", either. scarletwoman Oct 2015 #8
Hi scarletwoman! We are also fascinated by the magic of the Southwest. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #15
Hillerman's daughter is writing leftyladyfrommo Oct 2015 #26
Thanks, leftyladyfrommo. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #27
I don't think I will read any more of hers. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2015 #28
Now that I have all this free time as a retiree TexasProgresive Oct 2015 #2
Glad your polyp was benign. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #3
TexasProgresive, I meant to ask if you have ever read Enthusiast Oct 2015 #5
I did and found it depressing on the whole TexasProgresive Oct 2015 #6
Thanks! I had no idea about Malachy's book! I'm happy to hear this. I'll have to get a copy. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #16
It is so interesting to see the some of the same incidents through different eyes TexasProgresive Oct 2015 #18
That was thoroughly entertaining. Thanks, TexasProgresive. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #19
Brothers like the McCourts causes me to wonder TexasProgresive Oct 2015 #21
We see such differences all the time. I am often struck by my differences with my younger brother. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #22
Hi TexasProgresive! scarletwoman Oct 2015 #9
Not from this one. TexasProgresive Oct 2015 #12
LOL! scarletwoman Oct 2015 #13
Hi scarletwoman! hermetic Oct 2015 #4
Hi hermetic! I'm glad it worked out so well that I went ahead and started the thread. scarletwoman Oct 2015 #10
The latest Jack Reacher book SheilaT Oct 2015 #7
I can certainly see why that would be fun series to follow! scarletwoman Oct 2015 #11
They really are. SheilaT Oct 2015 #14
Finished reading David Rhodes' book, Jewelweed, which is a wonderful japple Oct 2015 #17
Good Morning, japple! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author japple Oct 2015 #24
I got a download from the library for Jewelweed, but they don't have Driftless. Will japple Oct 2015 #25
Reading the 2nd book in The Strain series: The Fall Goblinmonger Oct 2015 #23
Thanks, Goblinmonger. I've never watched the TV series. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #29
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