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Roy’s 2025 Year in Books
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Difficult Day Trips: Patones de Arriba & Las Cárcavas
For years I had been beguiled by images of Las Cárcavas—a crazy undulation of land, tucked away in the sierra of Madrid. Photos made the place seem otherworldly; and I was dying to see it for myself. Unfortunately, however, there did not seem to be any good way to get there on public transport. Studying the bus routes and the map, I found that the closest that I could get was a tiny village that I
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Khaled, I did try to elude to that in my penultimate paragraph, about the American role in this situation.
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| In 401 BC, Cyrus the Younger attempted to take the throne of the Persian Empire from his older brother, Artaxerxes II. The young Xenophon—an aristocratic Athenian who was studying philosophy with Socrates—decided that this was an adventure not to be ...more | |
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"I could happily describe this gorgeous historical novel based on the life of Omar Khayyam and the Rubaiyat, but so many people here have already done that! Instead, I will immodestly imagine a review of the book I would like someone to write about me"
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| 2025 was a year of upheaval for me. Virtually everything changed: my job, my relationship, and even my country. Strangely, this has been true for many of the people I know (my theory is that the stability we cobbled together during the pandemic is fi ...more | |
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“We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.”
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“The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea.”
― Ulysses
― Ulysses
“...while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty.”
― The Sign of Four
― The Sign of Four
“Like a Dog!”
― The Trial
― The Trial
“Much of what is today called "social criticism" consists of members of the upper classes denouncing the tastes of the lower classes (bawdy entertainment, fast food, plentiful consumer goods) while considering themselves egalitarians.”
― The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
― The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
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You're welcome! No, I haven't yet, but I think I will read them someday.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & Happy New Year to you and your family!
Let your cherished dreams come true in 2019 :-)
Sahara Sanders
I greatly enjoyed looking through your shelves and reading some of your reviews. I lo..."
Nice to virtually meet you, too! Valencia's a beautiful city.
I greatly enjoyed looking through your shelves and reading some of your reviews. I look forward to sharing our opinions on books!
And thanks for yours!
As a matter of fact, I did know that about the name sherry! Most English names for fortified wines come from the places of importation. They were popular because they hold up better under poor shipping conditions than do regular wines.
And the same to you! Unfortunately, almost everything is closed right now, so we're just puttering around in cafés, haha. But the sherry is excellent! I didn't know this, but "sherry" is named after Jerez, a place in Spain where we are now.
[is it correct to say I like your taste? cause on the second thought it sounded ...cannibalistic!]"
Thanks! And I hope I taste good :-).
And thanks for the request!
Thanks for offering your friend request! And I'll try my very best!
Likewise!
No problem; and I do too!
Ted, I'm only too happy to accept! In fact, I thought we were already friends, so I was surprised by the request!
And I think the world-saving is going pretty well!
Likewise!
And yes, there are too many good books to pick a favorite--not that this is a bad thing!
Thanks to you, too!
Hello! My best piece of advice is just to establish a regular routine, and stick to it. But there are many who read a whole lot more than I do!