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Post by ibbi on Jun 9, 2019 20:50:43 GMT
I am reading The Magic Mountain, and it is fucking killing me.
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Post by evilbliss on Jun 10, 2019 7:19:36 GMT
I am reading The Magic Mountain, and it is fucking killing me. In a good way?
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Post by ibbi on Jun 10, 2019 13:09:47 GMT
I am reading The Magic Mountain, and it is fucking killing me. In a good way? Well, I've just crawled past page 400, and things have started to pick up! Into it more now, for sure. Was some kind of chore before that.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2019 17:46:19 GMT
Wiseguy. Its really good. I hate to put it down.
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Post by cheesecake on Jun 12, 2019 3:10:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2019 3:27:08 GMT
Checking out The Metamorphosis, eager to dive in as this is one of Lynch's favorites books IIRC.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 12, 2019 3:39:16 GMT
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
I'm almost finished with it. The plan is to read through the Smiley trilogy and maybe break it up with some other books in the meantime.
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Post by jimmalone on Jun 13, 2019 13:26:42 GMT
I am reading The Magic Mountain, and it is fucking killing me. This is one of the very famous books that really does nothing for me. It's 900 pages of nothing to me while even being pretentious at the same time.
I've read three of Thomas Mann's books and disliked all of them.
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Post by jimmalone on Jun 13, 2019 13:31:54 GMT
A few books I read recently:
"Sansibar oder der letzte Grund" by Alfred Andersch "Empire of the Sun" by J.G. Ballard "The Light of Day" by Eric Ambler
Alle fine works, but nothing spectacular.
Currently reading: "A Tale of Love and Darkness" by Amos Oz
You just feel that this is an autobiography. It tells episodes of the life of Amos Oz and also of his family, but has not a real story to tell.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2019 4:42:13 GMT
Revolutionary Boston, Lexington, and Concord by Joseph Andrews
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 16, 2019 15:52:18 GMT
David Bowie - Starman by Paul Trynka
I'm not a big Bowie fan but picked this up and this is very factual and detailed - almost too much so. You don't get a lot of what made Bowie tick either artistically and sexually (and they may not even be linked) - you won't reconsider his work if you're not a fan, I didn't - but you do get a bit of an insight into his observing Art from the outside and how he translated that into huge success outsider image (and reality) all intact.
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Post by DeepArcher on Jun 18, 2019 5:56:56 GMT
Just finished: S. by Doug Dorst. For those unfamiliar, the concept is basically: there's a fictional book-within-the-book, Ship of Theseus by V.M. Straka, and it's covered in marginalia written by two college students (and filled with various notes, clippings, photos, etc.) that tells a story of its own. Basically two stories in one coexisting together ... it's an incredible, original & ambitious concept for a novel, and the book itself, for as intricate as it is, is beautifully designed and shows some serious attention-to-detail in maintaining the reality of the concept. While the novel itself isn't a masterpiece, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I wasn't huge on the book-within-the-book (which has to be read first, I think, at least on a first read), Ship of Theseus, which is essentially a story about an amnesiac, a concept that inherently doesn't appeal to me, but it does have many incredible passages, some beautiful & some grotesquely disturbing, and it served as a very entertaining breezy read. The marginalia certainly tell the better story ... part-mystery, part-romance, I lost track of the former at some point and really only become invested in the latter, not gonna lie. But still, it's a really fun read, and with all its complexity it seems like the sort of thing that will reward future readings. Probably the best thing that J.J. Abrams has ever attached his name to...
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Post by TerryMontana on Jun 18, 2019 7:58:00 GMT
American Gods.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2019 4:00:28 GMT
The Boston Massacre by Robert J. Allison
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Post by evilbliss on Jun 19, 2019 12:38:05 GMT
The Boston Massacre by Robert J. Allison You read so much!
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Jun 20, 2019 13:12:54 GMT
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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Post by IceTruckDexter on Jun 20, 2019 23:29:40 GMT
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison You're alive?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 4:23:10 GMT
Poems: Bewitched and Haunted by John Hollander
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Jun 23, 2019 11:40:50 GMT
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison You're alive? Missed me?
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Post by stephen on Jun 23, 2019 12:59:20 GMT
Picked up James Ellroy's This Storm, the second novel in his new L.A. Quartet.
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Post by IceTruckDexter on Jun 23, 2019 21:33:42 GMT
Nah
I do prefer you to most people here.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 24, 2019 20:49:07 GMT
The Spear of Destiny - Trevor Ravenscroft - This book is a mess and a fascinating one - anyone read this? stephen, Mattsby? It basically is about the sword that pierced Jesus' side on the cross (righttttttttttt) and served as a guidepost and key to Nazi occultism etc. If you treat this as fact it's preposterous - but if you read it as a screenplay draft to a historical horror film (think The Keep or The Ninth Gate or the remake of Suspiria) - it's kind of awesomely creepy. Apparently this is covered somewhat in Constantine (Keanu Reeves) but I don't really remember that very well. Anyway .......it's um..........something.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 25, 2019 2:01:55 GMT
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Just started it today and already digging it. At this rate I'll finish it within 2-3 days.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 2:31:03 GMT
American Paintings: MFA Highlights by Carol Troyen
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2019 21:43:01 GMT
The Boston Mob Guide: Hit Men, Hoodlums & Hideouts by Beverly Ford
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