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After harvesting my breakfast (all three, sir!)
In other words, all the rooms were unheated.
The problem was, this wimp had simply not packed enough clothes for an unheated room.
Turns out, annoying.
I jogged in place, which worked until the couple below me asked me to stop.
I read in bed, which worked until I fell asleep.
But I cant tell if it made a difference.
All correct, and stated as only a Frenchman could.
By the end of the book I was laughing, crying, and Googling sexy djellaba online sale.
(So Ive heard.)
Or is it amplified?
Too late, in this case.
I readThe Ash Familyin a day.
Itbegins with Beryl, an aimless 19-year-old whose mother convinces her to go to college.
When its time to actually attend the school, Beryl abandons the idea (teenagers!)
What most people would interpret as a flaming bouquet of warning signs strikes Beryl as cool.
(Again, teenagers!)
She is lured to the mountains of North Carolina, where commune members herd sheep and grow kale.
Instead of taking antibiotics for infections, they apply poultices.
They are not permitted to talk about the past or use store-bought soap.
They collect and eat roadkill.
Reading and writing are prohibited.
iPhones: absolutely not!
Will young Beryl escape the eco-cult?
Does she want to?
Is it truly desirable to as the New Hampshire license plate puts it Live free or die?
But when she visits, the painters are totally uninterested in her interest.
Its an ordinary tradesmans job, why do you want to waste time recording me?
one of them asks, literally yawning as he dabs color on a Monet.
Another painter churns out Mona Lisas and dries them with a hairdryer.
They live on a boat together.
Its a love story, albeit one suited to people who generally find love stories tacky.
RIYL:Roland Barthes, Sheila Heti, W.G.
Try andFAILto turn the pages of thiseerie page-turnerfast enough?
SummitMOUNT SCHJELDAHLand send me a postcard when you reach thetop?
Give yourself theHEEBIE-JEEBIESwith a steelywhodunnit?
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE(ofeducation)?
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