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Sigo Paolini is on page 85 of 200 of The Cabala
Covering the same time and place, Hemingway's Moveable Feast is far better, but written 30 years later. Wilder's story was penned in 1926 when he was 29 and written about when he was 25. More of a diary then a novella. No plot. Heavy on characterization and sketches. It is now part of a collection of Wilder's first two books -- this and Woman of Andros.
Apr 19, 2026 03:47PM Add a comment
The Cabala

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Sigo Paolini is on page 58 of 260 of The Writer As an Artist: A New Approach to Writing Alone and With Others
Interesting that she sees commitment to one's writing not as a duty, oh no that makes it an onerous job. Instead it is a belief in one's essential life force.
Apr 16, 2026 02:22PM Add a comment
The Writer As an Artist: A New Approach to Writing Alone and With Others

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Sigo Paolini is 25% done with Sarrasine
True Balzac. Very evocative with a dollop of sneer on top.
Apr 15, 2026 02:06PM Add a comment
Sarrasine

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Sigo Paolini is on page 90 of 240 of The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear
90 pages in and all I get is antecdotes. This does nothing for me. Maybe it will improve.
Apr 15, 2026 02:01PM Add a comment
The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear

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Sigo Paolini is 80% done with Short Stories about Madness
Pastoral Tale by AC Doyle. No Sherlock but its a crime mystery, nonetheless. It is a tale of a mad psychopathic killer that haunts a small Tyrolean town. Narrator was very Holmesy.

The Fall of the House of Usher. Narrator is excellent. Haven't heard this story in years, and the Vinny Price movie is far different, so if that's all you've seen, I'd recommend this one. Included is one of Poe's poems.
Apr 04, 2026 05:36PM Add a comment
Short Stories about Madness

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Sigo Paolini is 80% done with Short Stories about Madness
Alot of cruft after Lovecraft...and then there is the Yellow Wallpaper which I hadn't read in a while. Made me want to learn more about that short, but all there is Julie Dock's feminist history of its publication. Pity.
Apr 02, 2026 02:20PM Add a comment
Short Stories about Madness

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Sigo Paolini is starting 1001 Tarot Spreads: The Complete Book of Tarot Spreads for Every Purpose
Lucky cards for your destiny spreads
Major Cards: The Chariot, the Wheel of Fortune, the Star,
the Moon, the Sun, the World.
Minor Cards: The Aces of Pentacles, Cups, and Wands;
the Threes of Cups and Wands; the Six of Wands; the
Eight of Pentacles and Wands; the Tens of Pentacles and
Wands.
Then there is a spread I guess she created, and when is the best time of day or weather to use it.
Mar 29, 2026 05:27PM Add a comment
1001 Tarot Spreads: The Complete Book of Tarot Spreads for Every Purpose

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Sigo Paolini is finished with Astronomy: The Heavenly Challenge (Science & Discovery)
Some of the comments about astrology are incorrect. Other than that fine.
Mar 29, 2026 05:23PM Add a comment
Astronomy: The Heavenly Challenge (Science & Discovery)

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Sigo Paolini is 60% done with Short Stories about Madness
I've learnt one thing from this.........compilations suck. They don't have chapters, no liner notes just one story that runs into another. No way to skip around.
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Short Stories about Madness

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Sigo Paolini is 35% done with Short Stories about Madness
7 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain humourous 5/4

8 - Brothers by Sherwood Anderson pass. Yes he, the other narrator, is crazy, but no one cares.

9 - The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
The narrator has an appropriately menacing tone of a sick alcholic. Cat lovers may enjoy this one, revenge is sweet :-) 5/5
Mar 26, 2026 12:26PM Add a comment
Short Stories about Madness

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Sigo Paolini is 35% done with Short Stories about Madness
It's warm and 75 so the windows are down and at a stop light someone heard Herlihy and Cthulu and backed up and asked, What is that? Lovecraft. Waved thanks and goodbye. I wish I could tell you more but it's best you don't know:-) 5/5
Mar 26, 2026 11:48AM Add a comment
Short Stories about Madness

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Sigo Paolini is starting Short Stories about Madness
I'm up to Tales of Ctulthu. He doesn't start out mad but once he decides to follow the Norwegian from Providence to Auckland to Sydney to Oslo, he sure it. Good narration; I think its John Herlihy -- well it sounds like him.. 5 for madness/5 for narrator.
Mar 25, 2026 04:08PM Add a comment
Short Stories about Madness

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Sigo Paolini is 35% done with Lilith
I am listening to this, not reading it, on my daily walks with my GSD.I got this from the library sale and I knew nothing about MacDonald. It's an odd tale -- that's fer sure.
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Lilith

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Sigo Paolini is starting Short Stories about Madness
3. Le Horla. Mausspant takes the descent to its conclusion, but I disagree about the ultimate ending. Still a 5. He's mad. The narrator is Ian Holm. He is superb. 5.

So far the madness rating is 3.6. The narration is 4.34
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Short Stories about Madness

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Sigo Paolini is starting Short Stories about Madness
Well it seems GR lost my first update. Let's try it again.

1. Pit and Pendulum. Not really a story on madness, but the thought that one was. 2. Narrator. Exquisite. 5. I think the Cask of Amontillado would have been a better choice.
2. Diary of a Madman. With a nod to Gogol's Diary of a Madman, later in the book, Tolstoy is obviously describing his own descent into madness. 4. Narrator. 3.
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Short Stories about Madness

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Sigo Paolini is starting Short Stories about Madness
Two ratings. One on the madness rating/the narration
1. PIt and Pendulum 2/5 Narrator is perfect.
2. Diary of a Madman 4/3 Narrator is ok.
3/ The Horla 5/5 -- Ian Holm does a superb job.
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Mar 21, 2026 05:17PM Add a comment
Short Stories about Madness

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Sigo Paolini is 26% done with Colonial Horrors: Sleepy Hollow and Beyond
I don't like that the tracks are not numbered and there aren't any notes to tell me who is reading what though sometimes a different narrator helps. Still, I'm on a set now that seems to just keep flowing into one another, and I think it's by Washington Irving, but cannot be sure. That aggravates me.
Mar 09, 2026 08:38AM Add a comment
Colonial Horrors: Sleepy Hollow and Beyond

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Sigo Paolini is on page 80 of 172 of Improve Your Handwriting (Teach Yourself)
She had already helped a lot. I didn't think my handwriting was that bad, but others cannot read it so leaving notes is problematic. RS has given me lots of pointers and exercises that started working immediately. I dusted out the Levenger writing desk I've had for years and use that though she admits any slanted board , try a pillow, would work as well.
Mar 09, 2026 08:36AM Add a comment
Improve Your Handwriting (Teach Yourself)

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Sigo Paolini is finished with Camille: or, The Lady of the Camellias (Library Edition)
Ezra Pound wrote, and I paraphrase, Pikers borrow; Professionals Steal, and if ever a story was stolen and wildly embellish it is Camille. I have seen the movie, I had to. It was my mil's favorite and the whole reason we had Camellias at our wedding, but i never had time to read the book. Ah now I can, and I wish I had earlier so I could tell her the parallels -- she would have been in her glory.
Feb 17, 2026 08:36PM Add a comment
Camille: or, The Lady of the Camellias (Library Edition)

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Sigo Paolini is on page 131 of 272 of How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play
Second time through. I had some questions I did not think of the first time so I'm re-reading it to see what I missed.
Feb 16, 2026 02:55PM Add a comment
How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play

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Sigo Paolini is on page 35 of 579 of The Mill on the Floss
A great soap......full of melodrama.......Not for me.
Feb 16, 2026 02:54PM Add a comment
The Mill on the Floss

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Sigo Paolini is on page 66 of 272 of How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play
When you publish your memoir, you will make it clear to your readers that your material is REMEMBERED experience, not verified facts. Amen sister.
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How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play

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Sigo Paolini is on page 66 of 272 of How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play
She's terrific. She's got me writing everyday. I know she uses Peter Elbow's Freewriting as her basis -- and that's ok because Elbow tells you it is all about facing the blank page and just writing. I have found writing on looseleaf — i can throw it out and act like it never happened -- works for me. I've tried expensive (Tomoe River, Maruman and Designworks) and cheap journals - zip.
Feb 14, 2026 04:32PM Add a comment
How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play

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Sigo Paolini is on page 35 of 579 of The Mill on the Floss
This is one boring book, but I have to continue to see if it doesn't pick up. Let's hope.
Feb 13, 2026 02:35PM Add a comment
The Mill on the Floss

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Sigo Paolini is on page 210 of 272 of Akhenaten - Pharaoh Of Egypt - A New Study
Platycephalus refers to fish. Flat headed. Not people. I could not imagine how someone could like that............Froehlich's disease is not genetic but caused by tumours.
Feb 01, 2026 06:49PM Add a comment
Akhenaten - Pharaoh Of Egypt - A New Study

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