Conchita's reader -straight from her bookshelves

Friday, November 25, 2005

Ever wanted to tell someone to F off and sound erudite in the process?

Here's the book that will help yo do it: How To Insult, Abuse & Insinuate in Classical Latin by Michelle Lovric and Nikiforos Doxiadis Mardas, Barnes & Noble Books 1999, 67 pages. It's not what the good ol' Latin teacher taught us about Horace, Plautus, Ovid, Martial et al....this hilarious book of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Did you all think I forgot about this blog?

No I have not…it’s under construction. Ergo: I could have cheated and just given you any old synopsis found online and re-worded or just copied whatever is on the jacket or back cover and come off looking like hot-stuff literati, but I’m in the process of reading and soon you will have my modest... Sign in to see full entry.

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