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May 10, 2015 02:54
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Read If on a winter's night a traveller. It was really good OP.
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May 10, 2015 02:59
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Neukoln19 posted:I'm taking a break from reading to update this thread. Has anyone read girl on the train? Any good? Started reading the Dark Tower series after a recommendation from a friend. Figured I'd give Steven King a try on something, since horror isn't really my thing, and that's his big genre he likes writing.
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May 10, 2015 03:03
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I read all the Twilights
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May 10, 2015 03:04
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:Read If on a winter's night a traveller. It was really good OP. Italo Calvino is really good in general
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May 10, 2015 19:03
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Checking in to see what errybody has been reading!
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May 20, 2015 05:48
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Im reading the man who knew infinity
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May 20, 2015 05:51
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:Read If on a winter's night a traveller. It was really good OP. i think i was reading that when i first responded to this thread. i did not like it as much as some of his other books but it is very good.
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May 20, 2015 05:53
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Finished Ligotti's My Work Is Not Yet Done. drat good.
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May 20, 2015 06:06
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I'm picking up some unresolved personal issues on the part of the author here.
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May 20, 2015 06:35
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my dad gave me an old pulp novel that begins with giant mantises and then has a black caricature castrate the protagonist. books are cool.
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May 20, 2015 07:29
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I am pleased to report that I no longer work at a terrible place that I hate because the school year is over. That being said I am sketching my summer reading list -hitler biography (finished vol 1) -goebbels biography -himmler biography -white noise -Nietzsche biography -the magic mountain -all involved -one of us the anders brevik story -herzog -the human stain --the new vollmann book whenever it comes out Should get through most of these by June. Subject to radical change as I see fit.
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Jun 5, 2015 17:17
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i read (most of) the King in Yellow which started off super good then just got dull then i read The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen and it was loving rad as hell then i tried to read lovecraft for like the 80th time: he still is terrible and his style literally puts me to sleep i recently re-started Suttree by Cormac McCarthy (mayhaps u have heard of him?) and it is so loving good and like an antiseptic for the dreck that is lovecraft. quote:You told me once you believed in God.
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Jun 5, 2015 17:35
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Neukoln19 posted:I am pleased to report that I no longer work at a terrible place that I hate because the school year is over. those all sound boring as gently caress read harry potter
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Jun 5, 2015 17:39
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this week im reading "on what there is" by quine. it's an article not a book but i hope to be very thorough. my roommate is going through it as well and we are gonna book club it basically
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Jun 5, 2015 18:14
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bloodsacrifice posted:those all sound boring as gently caress read harry potter Not set in stone. Listened to all Harry Potter audiobooks [Jim dale is the man] already
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Jun 5, 2015 18:40
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i have read something better than a book. it was anime with subtitles. suck it, literature!
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Jun 5, 2015 18:50
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boom boom boom posted:That book is super depressing and it doesn't matter anymore because the Congo doesn't have those problems anymore. how is the story of the start of african colonialism something that doesn't matter? for one thing the Congo definitely does have a poo poo ton of issues stemming from the Belgians and for another Africa in general is hosed because of Europe and racists love to just go 'see blacks are lazy assholes that's why their continent is hosed.'
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Jun 5, 2015 19:10
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epoch. posted:i read (most of) the King in Yellow which started off super good then just got dull His collaborations are far worse (The Mound, The Medusa). I actually loved how The Mound started off- a spin on the traditional haunted cemetery tale- and then it turned into this overlong slog about Morlocks.
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Jun 5, 2015 19:12
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Moridin920 posted:how is the story of the start of african colonialism something that doesn't matter? for one thing the Congo definitely does have a poo poo ton of issues stemming from the Belgians and for another Africa in general is hosed because of Europe and racists love to just go 'see blacks are lazy assholes that's why their continent is hosed.' okay, how is that any more important than the threat of the tyranids or Chaos? thought so, dumbfuck.
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Jun 5, 2015 19:15
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Moridin920 posted:how is the story of the start of african colonialism something that doesn't matter? for one thing the Congo definitely does have a poo poo ton of issues stemming from the Belgians and for another Africa in general is hosed because of Europe and racists love to just go 'see blacks are lazy assholes that's why their continent is hosed.' most people grow up past their "cool college prof giving us the real history of everything" at age 19
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Jun 5, 2015 19:26
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hmm we need to move this thread to the book barn and then complain about lack of substance in GBS posting imo
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Jun 5, 2015 19:27
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Neukoln19 posted:Not set in stone. Listened to all Harry Potter audiobooks [Jim dale is the man] already Personally, I prefer the Stephen Fry version. He is amazing at voices.
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Jun 5, 2015 19:33
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Neukoln19 posted:
why the gently caress do people believe this?
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Jun 5, 2015 19:38
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bloodsacrifice posted:most people grow up past their "cool college prof giving us the real history of everything" at age 19 yeah gently caress learning anything when you don't have to right
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Jun 5, 2015 19:49
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If books were so great, they'd make them into movies.
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Jun 5, 2015 20:43
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Frankenstyle posted:If books were so great, they'd make them into movies. who the gently caress would want to read text off of a movie screen?
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Jun 5, 2015 20:52
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Chinatown posted:why the gently caress do people believe this?
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Jun 5, 2015 21:21
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Chinatown posted:why the gently caress do people believe this? They make you a better writer so at least you seem smarter. And isn't that all that really matters?
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Jun 5, 2015 22:15
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Reading expands and stimulates your mind and at the very least introduces you to new vocabulary so idk why you think someone who reads a lot wouldn't be smarter for it.
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Jun 5, 2015 22:18
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Chinatown posted:why the gently caress do people believe this? it does, but you have to read the right books
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Jun 5, 2015 22:18
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I read The Man who Was Thursday and From Moscow Till the End of the Line this week and they were both good. Moscow till the End of the Line is something I would recommend to anyone that's ever drank light in the morning so they could drink heavy in the evening.
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Jun 5, 2015 22:19
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Jim Barris posted:The Man who Was Thursday and From Moscow Till the End of the Line That's why books are bad. They all have names like pretentious 90's art-rock bands. Jared Leto may as well just sing the audio books.
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Jun 5, 2015 22:23
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Frankenstyle posted:That's why books are bad. They all have names like pretentious 90's art-rock bands. Jared Leto may as well just sing the audio books.
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Jun 5, 2015 22:26
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Rutibex posted:it does, but you have to read the right books which no one does
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Jun 5, 2015 22:28
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Jim Barris posted:Both of those titles are directly relevant to the plot of the books you moron. Prove it.
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Jun 5, 2015 22:29
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actually reading regularly has scientifically significant mental benefits
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Jun 5, 2015 22:39
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in fact it's better to read off paper than off a screen if you can, even if it's the same exact book either way.
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:in fact it's better to read off paper than off a screen if you can, even if it's the same exact book either way. I only read off the 'pad if I'm in a big hurry to get the book--library don't got it--Amazon is 2 days away
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