Brandon Sanderson also has new favourite words/ expressions for each book. In one book, everyone did everything ‘for some reason’. It annoyed me so much. Especially since the reason was sometimes obvious (like someone being solemn for some reason after a character died.) I had a whole list of these words, a new bad habit for every new book, so to speak.
Literal word of God… sigh. The source texts available can contradict each other directly. And I’m saying this as a believer.
I think more reserved cultures can easily be seen as cold or rude by people who aren’t used to this. But that doesn’t mean it’s true. It’s just that the codes for social interactions are different and can be perceived as rude to those who don’t know the codes. This is my experience with Norway. I’ve heard a few people call Norwegians cold and rude, but I think politeness and friendship just works differently here that where I grew up. For example asking for something without saying please is extremelyrude where I grew up but fine in Norway. But there are other polite phrases I never think of saying because they weren’t part of what people say where I grew up. (Cold and rude people exist as well of course, but I wouldn’t call a culture cold and rude.)
It’s so weird I didn’t like it as a kid. Mine loved it though. We got a finger puppet version for my 1st birth and the kiddos were hooked from day 1.
(It’s all academic as I’m married and my husband hasn’t read it and won’t either. But I can watch that sort of film with him, so that’s good enough.)
The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro. A person who isn’t bored by it and appreciates it can’t be a person I dislike. Imagine all those dates with things both like and the deep discussions. Perfect relationship building material.
(It’s all academic as I’m married and my husband hasn’t read it and won’t either. But I can watch that sort of film with him, so that’s good enough.)
The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro. A person who isn’t bored by it and appreciates it can’t be a person I dislike. Imagine all those dates with things both like and the deep discussions. Perfect relationship building material.
She loved observing people and the things she wrote about are timeless. Life circumstances have of course changed a lot, but human nature and relationship haven’t.
I have a hard time forming clear pictures in my mind. Funny enough, I’m not bad at drawing people, so, for some books I followed the description to draw the faces of some characters, sometimes really feeling I got it right. I also take pictures of landscapes that remind me of stories I like, so I can look at them again because I won’t be able to recall them exactly.