The Bookshelf in the Parlor

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Comment by Prof. Sebastian Fate on April 21, 2013 at 4:26pm

Not to sure about the status of Hemingway as a classic . Seems to present a rather adolescent view of life .Often seems to be saying that you are not a MAN ( in capital letters ) if you are not punching , shooting or dominating someone .

Comment by Professor Argon Bats on April 21, 2013 at 12:48pm

Thank you AD. What would Hemingway have thought if he'd known global warning was to melt the snows off the Kilimanjaro...

Comment by A D Cruize on April 21, 2013 at 11:56am

On a campaign to read classics that I have heretofore missed.

Latest mission flown:  The Snows of Kilimanjaro - a short story by Hemingway.

I recommend it and there is a copy for your reading pleasure at the other end of the link above.

Comment by The Contessa of Vintage on April 17, 2013 at 7:31pm

Ooh la la...what craziness ensues at the Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality?  Maybe I will have to go over to Barnes and Noble to check it out. Thanks for responding...currently I am reading the Ruby Red trilogy and am really enjoying it. Have you read that?

Comment by Madame Pâte à Glacer on April 17, 2013 at 7:18pm

Hello Contessa- the characters are in 'Etiquette and Espionage' are all new. Geared for a YA but I know Carriger's writing to be highly intelligent so I am sure she will keep her high standards for her YA audience. This is the blurb I found for the book:

'Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners—and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.'

Comment by The Contessa of Vintage on April 17, 2013 at 5:09pm

I am signed up to take a YA Fiction Writing class this fall---I'll have to check out the Parasol Protectorate series. Is "Etiquette and Espionage" with the same characters, a bit of a continuation of the other, or totally separate? 

Comment by Madame Pâte à Glacer on April 17, 2013 at 4:26pm

I just purchased Gail Carriger's YA novel, Etiquette & Espionage. Can't wait to begin it. I came to Steampunk mainly after reading her Parasol Protectorate series. Brilliant, funny, thrilling books!

Etiquette & Espio​nage (Finishing School) by Gail Carriger

Comment by Miss Cherries Jubilee on April 4, 2013 at 5:30pm

Ladies and Gentlemen,

If you enjoy the Girl Genius Comic or the novels, I invite you to read a reposted blog post from one of the authors, Phil Foglio.  You can find it at the bottom of my page here on the Empire.  It is called, When Evil Publishers Strike.

Comment by The Contessa of Vintage on January 15, 2013 at 11:21pm

Has anyone yet read Felix Palma's latest, "Map of the Sky"? I read "Map of Time" last year and have just started reading the new one. Only about fifty pages into it, but I like it.  

Comment by Prof. Sebastian Fate on December 30, 2012 at 9:35pm

Welcome , Contessa of Vintage .

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