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Jayson
is 69% done
Notes:
(1) I recall this not being my cup of tea the first time I read it. I haven't really changed my opinion. Though, I will say the narrator's excellent, and makes this a more entertaining experience.
- In particular, Lenny Henry's Caribbean patois really brings a lot of flavor and liveliness to the proceedings.
- His American accent isn't exactly seamless, but better than the usual British actor playing American.
— Aug 11, 2023 10:30PM
(1) I recall this not being my cup of tea the first time I read it. I haven't really changed my opinion. Though, I will say the narrator's excellent, and makes this a more entertaining experience.
- In particular, Lenny Henry's Caribbean patois really brings a lot of flavor and liveliness to the proceedings.
- His American accent isn't exactly seamless, but better than the usual British actor playing American.
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Jayson
is finished
Notes:
(1) There's a running joke about a lime that I didn't get when I read this years ago, and I only sort of get now.
- Best I see it, the lime represents something entirely mundane that is seen as special and significant on the fictional island of Saint Andrews simply because the locals treat it as such. Belief equals reality.
- The problem is the lime is manifestly not special, someone just picked it off a tree.
— Aug 12, 2023 10:30PM
(1) There's a running joke about a lime that I didn't get when I read this years ago, and I only sort of get now.
- Best I see it, the lime represents something entirely mundane that is seen as special and significant on the fictional island of Saint Andrews simply because the locals treat it as such. Belief equals reality.
- The problem is the lime is manifestly not special, someone just picked it off a tree.
Jayson
is 42% done
Notes:
(1) "[His mother's] postcard from Nanking told him that she certainly didn’t like what passed for Chinese food in China, and that she couldn’t wait to come back to London and eat proper Chinese food."
- This seemingly trivial quip is actually keeping right in line with "American Gods." The idea that concepts, recipes in this case, move to new countries and evolve to fit the palate of the people who live there.
— Aug 10, 2023 11:00PM
(1) "[His mother's] postcard from Nanking told him that she certainly didn’t like what passed for Chinese food in China, and that she couldn’t wait to come back to London and eat proper Chinese food."
- This seemingly trivial quip is actually keeping right in line with "American Gods." The idea that concepts, recipes in this case, move to new countries and evolve to fit the palate of the people who live there.
Jayson
is starting
Notes:
(1) I've just finished "American Gods," so I'm jumping right in with the sequel.
- The audiobook had no holds at my library, so there wasn't any reason to wait.
(2) Coming off a full-cast, this one's back to a single narrator.
- I think a full-cast may have spoiled me on audiobooks, but at least I can play this at 1.50x or 1.75x speed again, not needing a normal pace to identify and appreciate multiple voices.
— Aug 10, 2023 06:00PM
(1) I've just finished "American Gods," so I'm jumping right in with the sequel.
- The audiobook had no holds at my library, so there wasn't any reason to wait.
(2) Coming off a full-cast, this one's back to a single narrator.
- I think a full-cast may have spoiled me on audiobooks, but at least I can play this at 1.50x or 1.75x speed again, not needing a normal pace to identify and appreciate multiple voices.
