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Thursday, February 21

Libraries and cafes

This post is linked with: Booking Through, Thursday 13 and Favorite Things Thursday

How often do you visit a library? Do you go to borrow books? Do research? Check out the multi-media center? Hang out with the friendly and knowledgeable staff? Are you there out of love or out of need?
When I was a grad student I frequented the library out of both love and need. One biggest distraction to thesis-writing was pleasure reading. You know these things that you can't find in traditional or electronic books - databases and repositories that your university or company is subscribed to, are addicting. It's a world you may not mind spending hours or days in. Practically all collection of knowledge you can imagine is there; not to mention the 'scientific gossip.' And they say academic life is boring ;p


Thursday 13: authors and their food and drink. Let's have fun with who ate or drank what? There's a clue after the names. Answers are on the bottom of the list. And - many T13 participants are authors as well. We'd love to know what you like to eat or drink, if you want to mention that in the comments.

1. Daiquiri - Edward Thomas / Randall Jarrell / Robert Frost 
"The land was ours before we were the land's..." read at a presidential inauguration

2. Apples - Charles Dickens / George Orwell / Henry James
“... It was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light..." 

3. Liver sausage - Oscar Wilde / Frank O' Hara / Boris Pasternak
He had "liver sausages in the Mayflower shoppe." He died of ruptured liver. Larry Rivers, his long-time friend and lover delivered the eulogy at his funeral.

4. Claret - Percy Bysshe Shelley / John Keats / Lord Byron
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever..."

5. Champagne - Oscar Wilde / George Bernard Shaw / Frank Harris
"Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much."

6. Eggs - George Orwell / Victor Hugo / Charles Dickens
One of his masterpieces was recently released as a musical

7. Vanilla pudding - Jean Paul Sartre / Boris Pasternak / Gunther Grass
recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature

8. Soda water - Robert Frost / Lord Byron / George Bernard Shaw
One of his most famous poems was sang at the opening credits of the film Vanity Fair: "...like the night, of cloudless climes and starry skies..."

9. Rabbit stew - Sylvia Plath / Virginia Woolf / Emily Dickenson
She advanced the genre of confessional poetry

10. Plum cake - Elizabeth Browning / Jane Austen / Charlotte Bronte
Her most famous novel is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year

11. Oysters - Vladimir Nabokov / Leo Tolstoy / Anton Chekhov
He once said, "medicine is my lawful wife; and literature is my mistress"

12. Milk - Honore' de Balzac / Frank Kafka / Moliere
 Le Peau de chagrin, Gobseck. "A mother who is really a mother is never free."

13. Espresso - Alexandre Dumas / Marcel Proust / Jules Verne
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower. "Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind."

~Idea: theawl.  The rest of the research is mine~

Answers: 1 Robert Frost  2 Charles Dickens  3 Frank O' Hara  4 John Keats  5 Oscar Wilde  6 Victor Hugo  7 Gunther Grass  8 Lord Byron  9 Sylvia Plath  10 Jane Austen  11 Anton Chekhov  12 Honore' de Balzac  13 Marcel Proust 

13 comments:

  1. Great list of taste and quotes. A bit of research there, AND pleasure reading.

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  2. Enjoyed the cahllenge. Did pretty well without the clues, then did it again & scored 100%.

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  3. Congratulations! I loved hearing that.

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  4. I'm with you. I love libraries, too. What foods famous authors and poets dine on isn't something I've considered, but I will now. Thanks.

    http://otherworlddiner.blogspot.com/2013/02/have-you-heard-about-presidents-wife.html

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  5. I did better than I expected with this one. LOL!

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  6. What a great TT, love the clues and the challenge!

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  7. I definitely frequented the library during my college years...in fact, it was almost like our favorite hang-out. Later, I used it for research while writing my thesis. This was during the 70s. Times have changed!

    Here's MY BTT POST

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    1. Wow, my great aunt wrote her thesis in the 70s too. I always wondered how you all did it with the note cards, although I have been introduced to them, I never quite mastered them. Times have changed indeed! And in this 'note card' sense, I'm so glad they have.

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  8. I don't go as much now.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2013/02/booking-through-thursday_21.html

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  9. I stopped by my library this morning and picked up two books I'd had on reserve. I love it.
    2 Kids and Tired Books BTT

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  10. I enjoyed that!

    Have a great rest of your Thursday!

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  11. Wow...what a clever idea. Your research alone is admirable! I am really trying not to eat all day so am into drinking green tea!

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