antipasto
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Post by antipasto on Aug 18, 2024 11:12:43 GMT -5
In short story mode- jumping between Ballard’s Atrocity Exhibition and Mishima’s Death in Midsummer and Other Stories
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Jack Hard
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Post by Jack Hard on Aug 18, 2024 11:30:33 GMT -5
I just picked up Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson. Going to started after I finish I See You, Survivor by Liz Ianelli.
I'm looking for any books on the troubled juvenile industry/satanic panic/etc.., so any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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Post by dammitdammitdammit on Aug 18, 2024 19:24:08 GMT -5
Ill definitely finish the Talisman this week unless i slack big time. Only have like 100 pages left
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oatmeal
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Post by oatmeal on Aug 18, 2024 19:59:16 GMT -5
I started reading the memoir of one of those ex-Duggar kids and it’s some twisted shit.
Their parents would yell “Nike!” every time a woman would walk by wearing shorts or a skirt or something and all the children would have to stop what they are doing and stare at their shoes until the harlot had passed
Its called Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar
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spicydeath
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Post by spicydeath on Aug 18, 2024 20:15:18 GMT -5
Infinite Jest
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mikext
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Post by mikext on Aug 18, 2024 20:19:42 GMT -5
found a first edition copy of this at the local used bookstore today. Someone had scribbled in the inside cover:
"To Maria, Christmas 1998. Good luck with this one!" lol |
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Post by toddparker on Aug 18, 2024 21:28:23 GMT -5
I just finished part 1 of the Crossing and I need someone to talk to.
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used condom
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Post by used condom on Aug 18, 2024 21:34:35 GMT -5
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spicydeath
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Post by spicydeath on Aug 18, 2024 22:54:54 GMT -5
Yes...and first time reading fiction post-five years of philosophy grad school (DNF) + a couple of blank depression years. lol |
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Post by used condom on Aug 18, 2024 22:59:43 GMT -5
Yes...and first time reading fiction post-five years of philosophy grad school (DNF) + a couple of blank depression years. lol I'm jealous, wish I could read IJ for the first time again. |
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pisswizard
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Post by pisswizard on Aug 23, 2024 9:32:01 GMT -5
I just read a few serious books so I’m going to read The Colour of Magic by Terry Pritchett. I’ve heard he is very fun.
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AL
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Post by AL on Aug 23, 2024 9:57:31 GMT -5
Just finished Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman. It's making the rounds on booktok but I'm not sure how I feel about it. Kind of drags in the middle after a really engaging open. Story wise the ending made sense but he definitely could have fleshed it out a little more. 3/5
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AL
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Post by AL on Aug 23, 2024 9:59:43 GMT -5
I'll be the first to tell anyone if a big book ain't worth it. This one is. Push through, read section summaries if you need to, and enjoy. Still think about this book all the time. |
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Post by mikext on Aug 23, 2024 10:09:12 GMT -5
I'll be the first to tell anyone if a big book ain't worth it. This one is. Push through, read section summaries if you need to, and enjoy. Still think about this book all the time. shout out to someone on the old board having the username Ortho Stice |
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Post by wedealinlead on Aug 23, 2024 20:13:43 GMT -5
Just finished Joe R. Lansdale - By Bizarre Hands. Hilarious, fucking grim and touching.
About to start Elizabeth Hand - A Haunting on the Hill.
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Post by refill on Aug 23, 2024 20:39:18 GMT -5
I'll be the first to tell anyone if a big book ain't worth it. This one is. Push through, read section summaries if you need to, and enjoy. Still think about this book all the time. Yep. Book is incredible. |
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antipasto
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Post by antipasto on Aug 23, 2024 20:41:22 GMT -5
I really wanna start the Wheel of Time series, but I’m turned off by the first one in such a long series being almost 800 pages
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mikext
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Post by mikext on Aug 23, 2024 22:12:24 GMT -5
Just started James by Percival Everett.
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Post by drthecaveman on Aug 24, 2024 5:35:20 GMT -5
Finished Nick Cutter’s The Deep. Loved it. There’s a lot of influence there from The Thing, The Shining, Event Horizon, maybe a touch of Hellraiser and Solaris, but I still feel that it was original enough. Just a claustrophobic nightmare of a novel.
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Post by twocripplesdancing on Aug 24, 2024 8:45:19 GMT -5
Crash - JG Ballard. Dude absolutely wildin' with this one.
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Post by pisswizard on Aug 25, 2024 6:34:39 GMT -5
Crash - JG Ballard. Dude absolutely wildin' with this one. Man i know has a first edition hc with dust jacket, but wants 600 bucks… |
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antipasto
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Post by antipasto on Aug 25, 2024 7:06:17 GMT -5
Excellent book!
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Post by twocripplesdancing on Aug 28, 2024 3:11:37 GMT -5
Just finished it, what a trip. Never read the word "perineum" in my life so much. Gonna start Her Body & Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado today - book no. 30 of the year, lesgeddit reading homies. |
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Post by dammitdammitdammit on Aug 28, 2024 19:33:36 GMT -5
Finished The Talisman last week. Started "Dilla Time" by Dan Chamas. The other day. Love J Dilla love biographies so im excited.
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AL
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Post by AL on Aug 29, 2024 10:22:04 GMT -5
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
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theboobox
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Post by theboobox on Sept 5, 2024 10:48:31 GMT -5
Five Decembers by James Kestrel and Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires by Selwyn Raab
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Post by twocripplesdancing on Sept 6, 2024 2:21:59 GMT -5
Finished Great Gatsby earlier this week and now I'm onto God Bless You, Mr Rosewater by Vonnegut. Even by his standards, it's a weird read so far, and I'm struggling to vibe with it but the homie Vonnegut rated it an A himself, so hoping it picks up.
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theboobox
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Post by theboobox on Sept 6, 2024 7:52:41 GMT -5
 Me when my bookmark is notified |
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Post by Frederik on Sept 6, 2024 7:54:44 GMT -5
Aberration in the Heartland of the Real by Wendy S. Painting. Totally prepared to be blackpilled
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AL
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Post by AL on Sept 6, 2024 7:59:26 GMT -5
The Family Experiment by John Marrs
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