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Book Bingos 2025: February
This bingo card was created by kingstoken. More about the challenge here: https://kingstoken.dreamwidth.org/109837.html
Over 300 pages: The Work of Art by Adam Moss. 432 pages. This is a collection of 43 interviews with different kinds of artists about the artistic process. Summary:
Adam Moss traces the evolution of transcendent novels, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and more. Weaving conversations with some of the most accomplished artists of our time together with the journal entries, napkin doodles, and sketches that were their tools, Moss breaks down the work—the tortuous paths and artistic decisions—that led to great art.
This is the kind of book that makes you want to read other books and read up on other artists, and it has been the source of my 'new words' for the last few weeks.
[I am also trying to do as many squares as I can ofgaronne's 2025 Book Bingo here: https://garonne.dreamwidth.org/58219.html so this is also G-I-2: More than 400 pages.]
Book in a Series: Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House by Stephanie Barron. Audiobook. 10 hrs. Narrator: Kate Reading. This is a series where Jane Austen solves mysteries. In this one it is a naval murder in Portsmouth. I didn't think it would be my cup of tea because I don't like Jane Austen, but I listened to an audiobook version of a Christmas novel in the series over the holidays and I found it to be a very serviceable story to have in the background while I do other things. I enjoyed them. I wish my library had more audiobook versions. I don't think I will spend time on the text version. [Also G-O-5: Six or more words in the title]
Female Author: Versed by Rae Armantrout. A collection of poetry. I have posted some of the ones I have enjoyed on Thursdays.
Biography/Memoir: St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton. Audiobook. 4 hours. Narrator: Simon Vance. NOT RECOMMENDED. My spiritual guru mentioned this work in one of his recorded lectures. I did not enjoy it. It isn't really a biography. It's more of a discussion of St. Francis with a few biographical details. And there is a lot of religious sermonizing which was very unappealing. [Also for G-G-3: With a placename in the title]
From the Library: Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History by Sidney Mintz. NOT RECOMMENDED. Not just from the library but from the InterLibrary Loan, which a statewide system. This is a very dry anthology textbook which was mentioned in The Work of Art as an inspiration for a warehouse sized sculpture of a Mammy figure made entirely of sugar. It was informative about the history of sugar cultivation and modern eating habits. But it was a struggle to get through it. [Also for G-N-5: Book mentioned in another book]
kingstoken. More about the challenge here: https://kingstoken.dreamwidth.org/109837.html
Over 300 pages: The Work of Art by Adam Moss. 432 pages. This is a collection of 43 interviews with different kinds of artists about the artistic process. Summary:
Adam Moss traces the evolution of transcendent novels, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and more. Weaving conversations with some of the most accomplished artists of our time together with the journal entries, napkin doodles, and sketches that were their tools, Moss breaks down the work—the tortuous paths and artistic decisions—that led to great art.
This is the kind of book that makes you want to read other books and read up on other artists, and it has been the source of my 'new words' for the last few weeks.
[I am also trying to do as many squares as I can of
garonne's 2025 Book Bingo here: https://garonne.dreamwidth.org/58219.html so this is also G-I-2: More than 400 pages.]Book in a Series: Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House by Stephanie Barron. Audiobook. 10 hrs. Narrator: Kate Reading. This is a series where Jane Austen solves mysteries. In this one it is a naval murder in Portsmouth. I didn't think it would be my cup of tea because I don't like Jane Austen, but I listened to an audiobook version of a Christmas novel in the series over the holidays and I found it to be a very serviceable story to have in the background while I do other things. I enjoyed them. I wish my library had more audiobook versions. I don't think I will spend time on the text version. [Also G-O-5: Six or more words in the title]
Female Author: Versed by Rae Armantrout. A collection of poetry. I have posted some of the ones I have enjoyed on Thursdays.
Biography/Memoir: St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton. Audiobook. 4 hours. Narrator: Simon Vance. NOT RECOMMENDED. My spiritual guru mentioned this work in one of his recorded lectures. I did not enjoy it. It isn't really a biography. It's more of a discussion of St. Francis with a few biographical details. And there is a lot of religious sermonizing which was very unappealing. [Also for G-G-3: With a placename in the title]
From the Library: Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History by Sidney Mintz. NOT RECOMMENDED. Not just from the library but from the InterLibrary Loan, which a statewide system. This is a very dry anthology textbook which was mentioned in The Work of Art as an inspiration for a warehouse sized sculpture of a Mammy figure made entirely of sugar. It was informative about the history of sugar cultivation and modern eating habits. But it was a struggle to get through it. [Also for G-N-5: Book mentioned in another book]
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Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
The title sounds very intriguing. How frustrating that the book itself is so unappealing!
You have so many squares already! I had a sort of "dry January" when it came to reading (not deliberately) and have not crossed off any squares yet. But that's okay--there are still many more months in the year :)
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Yeah, my goal with
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Well, I will get as far as I can with yours but my goal is just a bingo line, somewhere, not a blackout.
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Quanto a sua leitura triste que muitas delas não tenham sido de seu agrado, principalmente o livro seco sobre açúcar e o de São Francisco de Assis. Interessante que dias após nós falarmos temo atrás sobre suas leituras comecei um livro que também cita uma obra sobre São Francisco de Assis. Achei isso muito interessante, coincidências incríveis. Olha parabéns pelo seu bingo, não conhecia o de garonne, vou dar uma olhada depois. Até mais ver u.u
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