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Post by dammitdammitdammit on Jul 3, 2024 21:20:15 GMT -5
Started "Paul McCartney: The Life" by Philip Norman yesterday. Its almost 900 pages but i doubt itll take me long to finish it.
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Post by duck on Jul 4, 2024 0:37:18 GMT -5
Just picked up Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler from the library. Read that when it came out. The main character is absolutely insufferable which I’m not generally opposed to but it didn’t work for me with this book.
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Post by twocripplesdancing on Jul 4, 2024 2:15:34 GMT -5
Blazed through Bright Lights, Big City and loved it. Now I'm onto My Year of Rest and Relaxation, book 22 of the year, lesgeddit.
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Post by mikext on Jul 4, 2024 8:54:42 GMT -5
Just picked up Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler from the library. Read that when it came out. The main character is absolutely insufferable which I’m not generally opposed to but it didn’t work for me with this book. Yeah... I only made it like 2 chapters before I quit reading it. Same thing with her essay collection. I wanted to like both since she grew up near me but I just couldn't get into her stuff.
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Post by giorgio merauder on Jul 4, 2024 9:02:25 GMT -5
The Secret Teachings of All Ages
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Post by pisswizard on Jul 9, 2024 9:03:22 GMT -5
One of those books that try hard counter culture nostalgic for times before their time inner city people can definitely steal their personality from. pretty good book so far though and I like that it mentions streets, roads, suburbs and even swimming pools I’ve grown up around. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Grip_(novel)
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Post by theboobox on Jul 9, 2024 9:12:11 GMT -5
Started "Paul McCartney: The Life" by Philip Norman yesterday. Its almost 900 pages but i doubt itll take me long to finish it. Started this because of this post and its really good and its a breeze. I was a big Beatle fan as a kid so some of the stuff isnt new but a good look into his method of controlling the band
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Post by twocripplesdancing on Jul 10, 2024 1:27:24 GMT -5
Gonna start Mao II today.
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Post by andrewwhatever69 on Jul 10, 2024 1:38:32 GMT -5
I’ve mentioned it before in the thread, I think; but, “100 places to see after you die: a guide to the afterlife” by Ken Jennings (for all my real jeopardy G’s) is a super fun read and a good coffee table book. Lots of short stories on different subjects. Sometimes when I have game night over here, we’ll get fucked up and read it aloud in character. You’ll get it if you check it out.
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Post by Tstigz on Jul 10, 2024 10:09:12 GMT -5
Re reading one of my favorites
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Post by coconut al on Jul 10, 2024 10:24:09 GMT -5
Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi was a good summer thriller. Very much influenced by Stephen King and lots of allusions to IT in particular. Kind of horror, kind of not. Still enjoyable nonetheless.
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Post by twocripplesdancing on Jul 17, 2024 5:48:52 GMT -5
Still reading Mao II which has been pretty great so far.
Had a delivery of books today:
Love Poems - Anne Sexton Palm Sunday - Kurt Vonnegut In Cold Blood - Truman Capote Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado
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Post by pisswizard on Jul 17, 2024 7:22:23 GMT -5
Still reading Mao II which has been pretty great so far. Had a delivery of books today: Love Poems - Anne Sexton Palm Sunday - Kurt Vonnegut In Cold Blood - Truman Capote Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado I prefer Mario brothers III
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Post by coconut al on Jul 17, 2024 7:35:07 GMT -5
About 80% finished with We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer. Had low expectations because it's already got a Netflix movie with Blake Lively but it's pretty good. Hopefully it sticks the landing.
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Post by duck on Jul 17, 2024 7:53:48 GMT -5
About 80% finished with We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer. Had low expectations because it's already got a Netflix movie with Blake Lively but it's pretty good. Hopefully it sticks the landing. Happy to hear that, it's on my reading list.
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Post by twocripplesdancing on Jul 17, 2024 8:29:12 GMT -5
Still reading Mao II which has been pretty great so far. Had a delivery of books today: Love Poems - Anne Sexton Palm Sunday - Kurt Vonnegut In Cold Blood - Truman Capote Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado I prefer Mario brothers III 0/10
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Post by wedealinlead on Jul 17, 2024 8:37:05 GMT -5
Finished Greg Egan - Dispersion. Not his best work. I'm glad I got the $3 ebook and not the $50 limited hardcover.
Reading Allen Steele - Angel of Europa
I'm on a SF kick and I'm lovins it.
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Post by pisswizard on Jul 17, 2024 8:43:02 GMT -5
I prefer Mario brothers III 0/10 More of a sega man?
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Post by theboobox on Jul 17, 2024 9:02:08 GMT -5
3/4 of the way through Paul McCartney: The Life and reading Jaws by Peter Benchley on the side. I know about how different it is compared to the movie so i'm going in with lower expectations
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Post by coconut al on Jul 17, 2024 9:03:35 GMT -5
About 80% finished with We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer. Had low expectations because it's already got a Netflix movie with Blake Lively but it's pretty good. Hopefully it sticks the landing. Happy to hear that, it's on my reading list. ya I'm always reluctant to post before I finish anything because a bad conclusion ruins a book imo, but I've enjoyed it enough that I can cope here. Speaking of, Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay is getting a ton of hype online but I read it last week and... pretty mid and the ending had zero resolution.
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Post by pisswizard on Jul 17, 2024 9:06:33 GMT -5
3/4 of the way through Paul McCartney: The Life and reading Jaws by Peter Benchley on the side. I know about how different it is compared to the movie so i'm going in with lower expectations I got Jaws on the shelf haven’t read it yet but The Island and The Deep were fuckin rad.
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Post by duck on Jul 17, 2024 9:29:18 GMT -5
Happy to hear that, it's on my reading list. ya I'm always reluctant to post before I finish anything because a bad conclusion ruins a book imo, but I've enjoyed it enough that I can cope here. Speaking of, Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay is getting a ton of hype online but I read it last week and... pretty mid and the ending had zero resolution. I now realize I follow you on Goodreads and that I put the Kliewer on my reading list because I saw your activity in my feed. I gave four stars to every last fear but can't remember anything about the book. Most likely I was on a trash thriller kick when I read it.
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Post by crookedwizard on Jul 17, 2024 9:43:40 GMT -5
I'm convinced since leaving grad school and the pandemic that I'm gone full hard rocker. Reading is a miserable experience to me now and I always start more books than I finish (if I even start them).
That being said, I finally started Blood Meridian and I'm loving it. I'm actually reading on my breaks rather than watching Elden Ring challenge runs.
I'm also reading "The Summons of Love" by Mari Ruti along with my wife. Beautiful application of theory to real life, totally unpretentious writing.
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Post by mikext on Jul 17, 2024 11:25:13 GMT -5
Making my way through the new Stephen King short story collection
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Post by coconut al on Jul 17, 2024 16:49:46 GMT -5
About 80% finished with We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer. Had low expectations because it's already got a Netflix movie with Blake Lively but it's pretty good. Hopefully it sticks the landing. finished it this afternoon during a lull at work... solid ending imo
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Post by beowulf on Jul 17, 2024 16:54:24 GMT -5
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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Post by folding person on Jul 17, 2024 16:58:51 GMT -5
The Grapes of Wrath. Gotta read more Steinbeck in general.
I'm also about 500 pgs into The Republic for Which It Stands by Richard White. It's about Reconstruction and the Gilded Age (which I'm learning is basically identical to the times we live in now).
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Post by perimeter player on Jul 17, 2024 17:13:54 GMT -5
-Finished They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us (Hanif Abdurraqib) and The Monk (Matthew Lewis) -Read Hillbilly Elegy (JD Vance) yesterday bc I’m a masochist and my mom’s family is annoying (spite read) -Halway thru The Milagro Beanfield War (John Nichols) -Bouncing around Dante’s Inferno as I am oft wont to do (hell fixation) -Just started Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler) -Next: The Devil and the Dark Water (Stuart Turton) and The Story of My Life (Frank Vlchek)
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Post by theboobox on Jul 17, 2024 20:30:37 GMT -5
The Grapes of Wrath. Gotta read more Steinbeck in general. I'm also about 500 pgs into The Republic for Which It Stands by Richard White. It's about Reconstruction and the Gilded Age (which I'm learning is basically identical to the times we live in now). Gonna need to read that second one since i know little about Reconstruction
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Post by twocripplesdancing on Jul 18, 2024 8:41:52 GMT -5
Boutta start book number 24 later today, let's fucking gooooooo!
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