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review 2017-01-10 15:41
Murder most foul
Death Descends on Saturn Villa: The Gower Street Detective: Book 3 (Grower Street Detectives) - M.R.C. Kasasian

Death Descends on Saturn Villa is the third book in the Gower Street Detective series by M.R.C. Kasasian. (Go here for the review of the first book and here for the second.) The tension continues to ratchet higher and higher between the famous detective Sidney Grice and his protege March Middleton as we inch closer and closer to the truth about Grice's past and his connection to March's mother. Kasasian is finally starting to clear up some of the mystery revolving around their pasts but he's still weaving webs of intrigue around them both (only fitting I suppose). This book centers on a case which is high stakes and multifaceted with March as the prime suspect. DUM DUM DUUUUUM (That's supposed to be menacingly tense music not a commentary on the intelligence of the storyline by the way.) Once again, I feel I need to caution readers who might have sensitive stomachs because Kasasian has a gift for detailed descriptions of gore. I must also mention that if you get triggered easily then you should approach this book with caution. (You'll probably be fine but I just want to make you aware.) This book ultimately raises more questions than it answers but one thing it does do is make Grice a little more human. If you've enjoyed the first two books in the series then you're sure to enjoy this continuation. The fourth book in the series, The Secrets of Gaslight Lane, is due out on April 4th of this year so get caught up while you still have plenty of time. XD

Source: readingfortheheckofit.blogspot.com
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text 2016-11-19 00:15
Reading progress update: I've read 48 out of 96 pages.
Existentialism and Human Emotions - Jean-Paul Sartre

No particular quote to pull, but I just want to point out that a good chunk of Sartre's responses to critics begin with "actually."

 

It's a pity Sartre didn't live to see the rise of social media, he'd be the reigning king of "well, actually" comments everywhere. 

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text 2016-11-18 18:33
Reading progress update: I've read 12 out of 96 pages.
Existentialism and Human Emotions - Jean-Paul Sartre

Most people who use the word would be rather embarrassed if they had to explain it, since, now that the word is all the rage, even the work of a musician or painter is being called existentialist. ... [By] this time the word has been so stretched and has taken on so broad a meaning, that it no longer means anything at all. ... [The] kind of people who are eager for scandal and flurry turn to this philosophy which in other respects does not at all serve their purposes in this sphere.

 

If Sartre wrote this book today, he probably be be accused of being a snobby gatekeeper. Or a mansplainer.

 

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text 2016-11-18 18:14
Reading progress update: I've read 10 out of 96 pages.
Existentialism and Human Emotions - Jean-Paul Sartre

Someone recently told me of a lady who, when she let slip a vulgar word in a moment of irritation, excused herself by saying, "I guess I'm becoming an existentialist."

 

Seems like the correct use of existentialism to me, tbh. 

 

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text 2016-07-29 19:16
Papier elektroniczny wkracza do marketów (elektronicznych)

Okazuje się, że podczas przygotowywania tekstu o czytnikach w krakowskich sklepach, zrobiłem "historyczne" zdjęcia, na których uwieczniłem ostatnie dni papierowych etykietek z cenami. Odwiedzony dziś Saturn prezentował się prawie jak jego odpowiedniki na Zachodzie. Teraz ceny produktów wyświetlane są na plakietkach z e-papieru. Nie są one tak duże, jak na przykład w Saturnie w Niderlandach czy RFN, ale jednak. Papier elektroniczny zdobył kolejny przyczółek.

 

Oferta bez zmian, ale ceny po nowemu (Saturn, Kraków, 29 VII 2016 r.)

 

Rozdzielczość nie robi specjalnego wrażenia, ale czytelność niezła (Saturn, Kraków, 29 VII 2016 r.)

 

W holenderskich marketach z elektroniką, ceny prezentowane są także na e-papierze o przekątnej około 6 cali (MediaMarkt, Groningen, styczeń 2016 r.)

 

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