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Book cover for Dracula
I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty. (Mem., get recipe for Mina.) I asked the waiter, and he said it was called ‘paprika hendl,’ and that, as it was a national ...more
Andrea
Every time I read this, I get a craving for Paprikás csirke - which is what the text is most likely referring to. The paprika is what sells me on the dish.
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Amor Towles
“It is a well-known fact that of all the species on earth Homo sapiens is among the most adaptable. Settle a tribe of them in a desert and they will wrap themselves in cotton, sleep in tents, and travel on the backs of camels; settle them in the Arctic and they will wrap themselves in sealskin, sleep in igloos, and travel by dog-drawn sled. And if you settle them in a Soviet climate? They will learn to make friendly conversation with strangers while waiting in line; they will learn to neatly stack their clothing in their half of the bureau drawer; and they will learn to draw imaginary buildings in their sketchbooks. That is, they will adapt.”
Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

Ilya Ilf
“Здесь Паша Эмильевич, обладавший сверхъестественным чутьем, понял, что сейчас его будут бить, может быть, даже ногами.”
Илья Ильф, The Twelve Chairs

Dennis Lehane
“In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb.”
Dennis Lehane
tags: noir

John Steinbeck
“I want to see the whole picture - as nearly as I can. I don’t want to put on the blinders of ‘good’ and ‘bad’, and limit my vision. If I used the term ‘good’ on a thing I’d lose my license to inspect it, because there might be bad in it. Don’t you see? I want to be able to look at the whole thing.”
John Steinbeck, In Dubious Battle

Yuval Noah Harari
“As Nietzsche put it, if you have a why to live, you can bear almost any how. A meaningful life can be extremely satisfying even in the midst of hardship, whereas a meaningless life is a terrible ordeal no matter how comfortable it is.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

31572 Reading the Chunksters — 397 members — last activity Jul 06, 2024 09:13AM
This is a group for anyone who wants to read the Chunksters (the BIG books like Anna Karenina, War & Peace, Les Miserables, Don Quixote, Infinite Jest ...more
59438 The Book Vipers — 1564 members — last activity Jun 02, 2022 02:33AM
A friendly, informal and established group with a diverse range of members. We read the classics, contemporary fiction and non-fiction. Come and join ...more
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Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more
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19860 Classics and the Western Canon — 4921 members — last activity Jan 03, 2026 05:25AM
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
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