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Blind Goddess by Anne Holt. It's a Norwegian crime novel (and the author is one of my favourites). It's from a flea market and the previous owner seems (or more like smells) to have been a heavy smoker but so is one of the characters so it kind of fits. But still I prefer my books perfumeless.
Congrats!! (I missed that one when I wrote my previous post.)
Blind Goddess by Anne Holt. It's a Norwegian crime novel (and the author is one of my favourites). It's from a flea market and the previous owner seems (or more like smells) to have been a heavy smoker but so is one of the characters so it kind of fits. But still I prefer my books perfumeless.
Thank you!
Maybe the guy got inspired with the character. I don't like the smell of tobacoo at all. Fortunately my parents don't smoke. Btw, is this book good?
Maybe the guy got inspired with the character. I don't like the smell of tobacoo at all. Fortunately my parents don't smoke. Btw, is this book good?
Interesting theory!
The book is quite OK, not anything extraordinary but a decent crime novel. But I'm a poor judge because I really like Holt's writings, especially her later books (1222 is excellent), and the Scandinavian crime genre in general. I was hoping it had some hints towards Pagan mythology because of the title but so far it has only mentioned a statue of Lady Justice.
Interesting theory!
The book is quite OK, not anything extraordinary but a decent crime novel. But I'm a poor judge because I really like Holt's writings, especially her later books (1222 is excellent), and the Scandinavian crime genre in general. I was hoping it had some hints towards Pagan mythology because of the title but so far it has only mentioned a statue of Lady Justice.
I guess I'll take a look, then! But, for now, I have a couple books to read. I though it would have something to do with Pagan mythology as well. Kind of underwhelming.
"Turn, and look in the mirror. What do you see?" Her own brown eyes stared back at her until she was nothing but a blur.
"I see you. Red lipstick spread perfectly over your lush mouth, brown eyes that hold centuries upon centuries of secrets. A face made to entice even the most celibate of men and women alike. A red dress that sways and moves with your body, making you a temptation like no other."
No, I'm a soul eating tyrant with varying supplies of patience for human foibles.... :cthulhu:
Why do you ask?
Life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper
"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
Fence training for the dogs today... its 37 the snow is melting and its raining but we just paid a fortune for these collars we HAD to have. So I put the flags down and then walked/carried them to each one let them hear the noise and told them back back back(i'm sure i looked a fool) twice. In some places the snow was up to my knee but I enjoyed being active today!
"If you want to know what a man is like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals." -- Sirius Black
"Time is an illusion, lunch time doubly so."-- Ford Prefect
Come to think of it, there is. In Russian - Молодец, in Hebrew - כל הכבוד which both mean "Well done" in English.
Oh cool! But can they be used at other times. For example, when you pass your driving test or paint a beautiful painting?
The expression I'm thinking about 'otsukaresama' in Japanese, only applies to work or physical effort, which is what sets it apart from 'well done' and even 'good work', which is the closest we have in English.
Colleagues say it to one another at the end of a work day as a general parting phrase, athletes say it after a good training session, groupies say it to the hot and sweaty band members as they head back to the tour bus after a gig... but you wouldn't say it to someone who got an A on a test (though you might say it to someone as they leave the examination hall).
I'm learning German, but I'm interested in languages in general. I've noticed that you love languages as well! That's cool!
I studied German for around 2 years but don't remember much at all now. It's definitely something I plan to return to eventually. We have a few fluent German speakers on the forum, which always makes me regret not sticking to it. Not that I had much choice. Japanese was the most immediately useful language for me and I wanted to reach a conversational level of fluency in as short a time as possible. That meant no time for a third language.
Linguistics wasn't something I cared about in my teens or early twenties, but I'm pretty fascinated by the subject these days. Although the actual process of language acquisition is a bigger field of interest for me!
夕方に急なにわか雨は「夕立」と呼ばれるなら、なぜ朝ににわか雨は「朝立ち」と呼ばれないの? ^^If a sudden rain shower in the evening is referred to as an 'evening stand', then why isn't a shower in the morning called 'morning stand'?
Oh cool! But can they be used at other times. For example, when you pass your driving test or paint a beautiful painting?
The expression I'm thinking about 'otsukaresama' in Japanese, only applies to work or physical effort, which is what sets it apart from 'well done' and even 'good work', which is the closest we have in English.
Colleagues say it to one another at the end of a work day as a general parting phrase, athletes say it after a good training session, groupies say it to the hot and sweaty band members as they head back to the tour bus after a gig... but you wouldn't say it to someone who got an A on a test (though you might say it to someone as they leave the examination hall).
Of course. These are general greetings that can be used when someone accomplishes something great, passes a challenge, buys their own car/house with their own money or even gets a high mark in an exam. You won't say these greetings to someone who has a birthday, for example.
Ahh, I see. That explains it. Thanks for sharing, Jem!
"Fair means that everybody gets what they need. And the only way to get that is to make it happen yourself."
Since I adore cats, I might write something strange or unusual in my comment.Cats are awesome!!! ^_^
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