It looks like a professional took it doesn't it? I know, I was quite proud of it myself.
It's in sepia.
That's the joy of digital cameras. Everyone's an artist. I zoom petals with 6 millions pixels in 'closeup' mode and think how talented I am.
I don't know who the lady is but I like her. She looks solemn and melancholy which appeals to me if only as it allows me to use two lovely adjectives. Could be Cassandra or Medea I suppose. My favourite adjective used to be 'sunlit' but god knows what I was thinking. Far too trite. I also hankered after 'cascade' which is a revoltingly showy word.
Oh how I am waffling innanely. I do apologise.
I have been sat at work Googling for 6 hours and 54 minutes now and have lost the will to live. Coffee machine is on the blink as well so I was dragged to Starbucks for coffee this lunchtime.
It's in sepia.
That's the joy of digital cameras. Everyone's an artist. I zoom petals with 6 millions pixels in 'closeup' mode and think how talented I am.
I don't know who the lady is but I like her. She looks solemn and melancholy which appeals to me if only as it allows me to use two lovely adjectives. Could be Cassandra or Medea I suppose. My favourite adjective used to be 'sunlit' but god knows what I was thinking. Far too trite. I also hankered after 'cascade' which is a revoltingly showy word.
Oh how I am waffling innanely. I do apologise.
I have been sat at work Googling for 6 hours and 54 minutes now and have lost the will to live. Coffee machine is on the blink as well so I was dragged to Starbucks for coffee this lunchtime.
Will have to perform at least three Hail Mary's for that one.
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Anyone read the latest Lionel Shriver book? I haven't read great reviews on it and wondered if anyone I know has first-hand experience. As you may or may not know I think We Need to Talk About Kevin is a masterpiece. It's inevitable that I'll be disappointed with the next one. I can remember how let down I was on reading Sense and Sensibility post Pride and Prejudice. You think you have found a literary god and then realise they are human after all.
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What new Shriver are you talking about? _The Post-Birthday World_ is not out until the 8th of May (1st of March in the US). Sadly, most of LS’s pre-‘Kevin’ work is out of print, but maybe you mean _Double Fault_, published before ‘Kevin’ but re-released after the success of ‘Kevin’.
Anyway, I highly recommend all LS novels (except here second, _Checker and the Derailleurs_), plus her articles. _Game Control_ being my personal favourite.
Here’s a recent interview in case you missed it:
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2114938.ece
Yes - Double Fault. Not great reviews on it though (i.e. see Amazon), will still read anyway.
Thanks for the link
Most reviewers are idiots.
That said, if you loathe tennis you may not enjoy the book, but either way it's a good story, good strong female character, just set in the tennis world.
Sense and sensibility IS a masterpiece when placed alongside the 'jumping the shark' of Austin's novels- Mansfield Park: Fanny was so lacking in the gumption department it made me want to smack her in the head from the turn of page one.
What does 'jumping the shark' mean? is that an Aussie phrase?
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