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Tweak says, "STOP BREATHING ON ME."

inlovewithnight (inlovewithnight) wrote,
@ 2008-11-15 22:18:00

Current mood:

okay

Random thoughts while rereading Kavalier & Clay:

1. Chabon's love and respect for comics as a genre really make those sections shine. And also makes me smile.
2. Wow, fully half of this book went over my head the first time I read it. Wayyyyyy over my head. No wonder I remembered not liking it; I finished it feeling dissatisfied and confused, like I was *missing* something...because I was.
3. The person I saw on LJ a while back saying that this and Yiddish Policeman's Union have put her off Chabon for good because he's writing "niche" stuff that she "just doesn't connect with" can go jump in a hole. Make an effort.
4. The Escapist is so totally Captain America. <3
5. I fangirl over Joe, as I think Chabon intended (and does a bit himself), but oh, Sammy. Sammy makes my heart ache.

Still have 200 pages to go. We are at, I vaguely remember, the Part Where Things Get A Bit Odd.

In other news, Racetrack is terribly cute, even if an online quiz informs me that she's 91% likely to be plotting to kill me. I'm moving to DC in two weeks. And it turns out that hermiting in my apartment all the time and refusing human contact actually prompts me to accomplish *nothing at all*, rather than to write things. Bah.

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	glossing 2008-11-15 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	You! loves I was wondering if the move were taking place right now. K&C is such a great book. Damn. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inlovewithnight 2008-11-15 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	Hi! ::loves back:: I have been having weird hermiting patterns and it's all very tedious. Tomorrow I'm going to make myself go out and interact with people for a bit and see if that zaps things into place at all. It really is. I'm enjoying it most thoroughly. How are things treating you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	glossing 2008-11-16 09:04 am UTC (link)
	I've been hermiting, too, not that that is new, I think? I do hope your zap works; you deserve the best. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jubilancy 2008-11-16 08:19 am UTC (link)
	The Escapist is actually Jim Steranko! It's the neatest thing; Chabon and Steranko actually did some book signings together. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	inlovewithnight 2008-11-16 12:28 pm UTC (link)
	Ah! I have done sketchy Google-based research now and that is fascinating! Thank you for the tip. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)