I'm not seeing any hyphens at all. What browser are you using? On a Mac or PC? Her webmaster (aka her genius son-in-law) can look into it and see if there's some wonky translational issue.
Here is your cup of coffee. Brewed from the finest Colombian lighter fluid.
Xander ,'Chosen'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
JZ - Apr 11, 2011 7:47:52 am PDT #14346 of 28291
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Typo Boy - Apr 11, 2011 7:52:26 am PDT #14347 of 28291
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Chrome on Windows XP (latest Chrome, XP fully patched and updated). Here is the first sentence as my browser renders it:
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Paula McLain has written a rather spec-tac-u-lar piece of his-tor-i-cal fiction in her render-ing of Hadley Richardson’s marriage to American literary legend Ernest Hemingway.
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But if I cut and paste on B.org it pastes as:
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Paula McLain has written a rather spectacular piece of historical fiction in her rendering of Hadley Richardson’s marriage to American literary legend Ernest Hemingway.
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No added hyphens. So some weird interaction between my browser and OS and the stie.
Typo Boy - Apr 11, 2011 7:56:54 am PDT #14348 of 28291
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I wonder what the entry_wrap_class in the code does, and if that might have something to do with it.
JZ - Apr 11, 2011 8:10:48 am PDT #14349 of 28291
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
H'm. I'll ask the BIL to poke around a bit.
Laga - Apr 11, 2011 10:54:19 am PDT #14350 of 28291
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
As I'm reading "Mark Reads The Book Thief" I'm thinking perhaps my assessment of the writing style was off base. Now I feel like Death's unusual prose is preparing us so that by the time we get to "The Standover Man" we're used to the odd format of the book and instead of puzzling over how this picture book just showed up in the middle of the story, we simply accept it and can absorb the beauty of the story without being distracted by how it's presented.
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2011 11:00:05 am PDT #14351 of 28291
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's an interesting perspective, Laga. I just think Death has unusual prose because...it's Death. He sees the world differently. But it's true that the picture book just seems like part of the story and not some piece of WTF stuck in the middle. It fits.
le nubian - Apr 11, 2011 11:01:51 am PDT #14352 of 28291
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
sumi,
at your recommendation, I am reading Midnight Riot and this is such an entertaining book. I feel like I am constantly surprised at how much I am enjoying it. It is (to me) unexpectedly funny and (I'm halfway through) the "mystical" world the author created is absolutely believable.
I am really digging it. Thanks.
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2011 12:11:57 pm PDT #14353 of 28291
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Toby Daye fans! I must share the gorgeous new cover of One Salt Sea. Not only beautiful, but also rather intriguing.
sumi - Apr 11, 2011 12:13:49 pm PDT #14354 of 28291
Art Crawl!!!
le nubian - I'm glad you like it.
Laga - Apr 14, 2011 5:54:39 am PDT #14355 of 28291
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Julie & Julia is reminding me a lot of Marley & Me. I like the writing stlye. I'm entertained, but it's frustrating reading about people making things harder for themselves. I got so worked up I went down to the library to look at a copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Lo and behold it's right there in the introduction. Julia says if you take shortcuts you're missing the point and she stresses that before you even go shopping you need to read the recipe. I wish Julie had taken the time to read the introduction. My notes include, "the butcher will split a marrow bone for you" "dude, cooking thermometer" and "if this were fiction I would think Julie is heading toward a terrible comeuppance."