I wondered the exact same thing.

I always liked the part right before this about sending him back to France "on a ship with a sail."

Doesn't sound pissy to me. I think the reading experience is a totally appropriate place to start with a book, especially one so specifically concerned with how we approach texts.

I mentioned this one of the three times I've ever commented here (lurker), but I loved this series so much as a kid I wrote Alexander a letter telling him so (with my parents' insistence). He actually wrote back, thanked me, and encouraged me to keep writing (I was 8-9). He signed his name with a big flourish, which I…

I'm now mildly obsessed with this question. It might be buried in the list, but as a vegan, I gotta mention Propagandhi's "Less Talk, More Rock" - Apparently, I'm a PC Fascist/Nailing Descartes To The Wall.

You can't catch the wind! (Edit: I am hours late for that.)

You can't catch the wind! (Edit: I am hours late for that.)

Yeah, with all the recent talk of Vertigo, I thought that was a likely contender.

Yeah, with all the recent talk of Vertigo, I thought that was a likely contender.

I also loved Lloyd Alexander. So much so that I wrote him a letter in 4th grade, effectively telling him, "Your books are great, I enjoy them, and I want to be a writer." He actually wrote back a note of thanks and encouragement — a sentence or two in marker on a promotional bookmark, but still. I thought it was…

I also loved Lloyd Alexander. So much so that I wrote him a letter in 4th grade, effectively telling him, "Your books are great, I enjoy them, and I want to be a writer." He actually wrote back a note of thanks and encouragement — a sentence or two in marker on a promotional bookmark, but still. I thought it was…

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