It's incredible. Probably the most "human" book I've ever read in my life. It sounds boring but I was absolutely enthralled with this old butler taking a road trip from the first 3 pages. There's a bit of unreliable narration and a lot of nuance to the writing. The prose is beautiful and the characters are incredibly memorable and amazing.
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How are you hearing it? Nice speakers or a nice set of headphones? I'm guessing that's the difference.
Remains of the Day is maybe my favorite book of all time. Never Let Me Go was fine but paled in comparison. I wanted to like it a lot more than I did. I'm glad you're liking it. I think RotD set up some unrealistic expectations.
All in English because I'm an Anglo moron who only speaks one language.
Crime and Punishment (Ready translation)
The Stranger (Ward translation)
Ficciones
Literally anything by Hermann Hesse (maybe my favorite author)
Yeah I realize now that my comment was a tad more aggressive than it was meant to be. I think there's some value in Day's stuff. He gives some interesting perspective and analysis on Tolkien. You just need to remember to take nothing of his as fact.
Nothing David Day writes should be given any credibility. He made stuff up, like, all the time. Treat it as fan fiction.
What's hilarious is conservatives absolutely hate Strongtowns too, and pretty much all their policy goals are the opposite of the goal of ST. Even though Chuck Morohn is deeply conservative, he can't really face that truth.
As an ISU fan I'm happy we have a chance for another win next week. Dunno why but 2-10 is much easier to stomach than 1-11
Counterpoint: Guillotines
I've learned from A&M that stars aren't everything
Glass houses my dude
As an ISU fan this was a fun weekend. We got a conference win in the first time in 2 years, in a pretty fun game. Iowa got assblasted to the moon which was hilarious.