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Post by jimmalone on Nov 9, 2020 9:36:23 GMT
Marcel Proust - La Prisonnière
5th part of À la recherche du temps perdu
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2020 0:47:25 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 12, 2020 5:47:36 GMT
finished Anne of Green Gables (Book One). Perfectly lovely. Need to watch the miniseries again. started Jacob Soboroff's Separated, an expose into Trump's separation policy at the border. "People in here are locked up in cages."
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Post by wilcinema on Nov 13, 2020 10:16:20 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 14, 2020 17:25:40 GMT
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Post by TerryMontana on Nov 14, 2020 17:56:31 GMT
The ONLY book in my life I never finished!!! I just couldn't, no matter how hard I tried! Very very boring. (A few years later I saw the movie and I thought it was just ok.)
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 14, 2020 18:50:45 GMT
The ONLY book in my life I never finished!!! I just couldn't, no matter how hard I tried! Very very boring. (A few years later I saw the movie and I thought it was just ok.) I'm enjoying it so far. A lot more erotic than I expected which is a plus. But I don't know how I feel about my realization that the whole story is going to be relayed through this interview format. I kept waiting for the device to fade away like you see in movies but so far everything is past-tense conversation... Don't think I like that. The title shouldda given me a hint huh
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Post by TerryMontana on Nov 14, 2020 19:43:39 GMT
The ONLY book in my life I never finished!!! I just couldn't, no matter how hard I tried! Very very boring. (A few years later I saw the movie and I thought it was just ok.) I'm enjoying it so far. A lot more erotic than I expected which is a plus. But I don't know how I feel about my realization that the whole story is going to be relayed through this interview format. I kept waiting for the device to fade away like you see in movies but so far everything is past-tense conversation... Don't think I like that. The title shouldda given me a hint huh It's been many years, I don't remember anything (fortunately). But, being the only book I didn't finish, I remember I found it really tiring!!!
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 16, 2020 17:24:57 GMT
anyone else have a goodreads account?? mine!
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Post by wilcinema on Nov 16, 2020 17:46:33 GMT
anyone else have a goodreads account?? mine! I just added you, although I write in Italian on my account, so you decide.
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Post by jimmalone on Nov 18, 2020 17:31:43 GMT
Michael Connelly - Late Show
An interesting new perspective in the Harry Bosch universe with the introduction of police detective Renee Ballard.
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Post by jimmalone on Nov 18, 2020 17:33:14 GMT
anyone else have a goodreads account?? mine! I have an account, but I solely use it to rate books.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 19, 2020 4:45:39 GMT
this wonderful essay
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 19, 2020 5:26:10 GMT
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Post by wilcinema on Nov 20, 2020 18:53:37 GMT
Man, this was so good. It's the story about what happened after Martin Luther's Reformation, but it's written as a war novel and a spy novel. The last act, set in Venice, is magnificent. It would also be easy to adapt for film or tv.
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Post by wilcinema on Nov 21, 2020 14:59:00 GMT
Currently reading:
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Post by jimmalone on Nov 21, 2020 16:23:50 GMT
Man, this was so good. It's the story about what happened after Martin Luther's Reformation, but it's written as a war novel and a spy novel. The last act, set in Venice, is magnificent. It would also be easy to adapt for film or tv. That sounds like something Umberto Eco could have written as well. I might check this one out.
I'm currently reading: Franz Werfel: Das Lied von Bernadette (The Song of Bernadette)
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Post by wilcinema on Nov 21, 2020 16:37:41 GMT
Man, this was so good. It's the story about what happened after Martin Luther's Reformation, but it's written as a war novel and a spy novel. The last act, set in Venice, is magnificent. It would also be easy to adapt for film or tv. That sounds like something Umberto Eco could have written as well. I might check this one out. Some critics thought that Eco was the actual man behind the name of Luther Blissett But he wasnt.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 21, 2020 21:55:34 GMT
Between the World and Me was the single most beautiful piece of prose I've ever read. Writing directly to his son, Coates describes his own experience growing up black in America and reminds his son that times have changed, but not by much. Detailing tangible realities of everyday oppression, this short book is part memoir, part cultural and historical commentary, and part poetry. It moves at a easy pace and in a soulful rhythm. The first book anyone should read about racism in America. Devastating and vulnerable. next up:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2020 1:25:14 GMT
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 23, 2020 3:32:08 GMT
It's only because of audiobooks. If you can binge a 10 hour season of TV in a few days, you can also binge a 10-hour audiobook sent you a request
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Post by wilcinema on Nov 27, 2020 18:44:51 GMT
Currently reading: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption: A+ Apt Pupil: B- The Body: A The Breathing Method: C
Althought I wouldnt give the book a full five stars, it still has two of the best pieces uncle Steve has ever written. Man, did they wreck me.
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2020 21:15:43 GMT
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Post by jimmalone on Nov 28, 2020 8:51:37 GMT
David Mitchell - Slade House
Still not bad this little horror story, but so far his weakest novel. And compared to his more opulent, complex work like Cloud Atlas or The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet it feels just like a finger exercise.
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Post by Sharbs on Nov 29, 2020 2:34:04 GMT
anyone else have a goodreads account?? mine! www.goodreads.com/sharbsonly added books i've read in the last couple of years, however few that may be. I've picked up a tone of steam the last few months
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