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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
 Posted - 07/04/2010 : 20:25:40
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partycrashing sounds like fun eh?
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2010 : 09:56:13
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i wouldn't ride a motorcycle, let alone be a partycrasher, but the storytelling technique sure made it fun. the only other chuck books i've read are fight club and choke. choke was very "meh" and i loved fight club when i was a senior in high school. i don't know if i'd have the same feelings toward it now.
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 07/06/2010 : 06:04:36
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| My Man Jeeves -- P.G. Wodehouse |
Edited by - coastline on 07/20/2010 12:31:53 |
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velvety
= Cult of Ray =
Portugal
536 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2010 : 07:22:06
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| The heart is a lonely hunter by Carson McCullers. Great so far. |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 07/20/2010 : 12:33:01
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Finished another P.G. Wodehouse book -- Right Ho, Jeeves.
And just finished this one:
It's a great little read.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2010 : 00:06:15
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Enjoying this, although if I had no interest in Palin and Python, it would obviously prove quite a slog! |
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2010 : 02:25:17
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i've recenty read a few michael lewis books. this one is pretty good for dad's. pretty funny.
big short was really good..all about the subprime mortgage crisis..
i want to read "moneyball" next.
 "I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
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Llamadance
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2543 Posts |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2010 : 12:30:14
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rereading this classic:
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 07/21/2010 : 16:43:31
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quote:
Originally posted by Llamadance
Just reading so far, no actual meditation. Still, I like the way it's written.
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i bet if you had practiced the meditation it would have helped you in the frankblack.net world cup soccer pool
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 07/24/2010 : 02:25:50
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quote:
Originally posted by shineoftheever
rereading this classic:
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind.
One of my favorite opening lines ever: "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold." That's great writing. |
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tisasawath
= Cult of Ray =
Wallis and Futuna Islands
783 Posts |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 07/26/2010 : 10:29:28
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| Am reading Toni Morrison's "Beloved." Trying to address the imbalance of male and female authors I read. I have the same imbalance in the music I listen to. My wife says I'm a misogynistic bastard. But what does she know -- she's a woman. |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2010 : 13:56:04
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
2010 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2010 : 11:45:09
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2010 : 12:34:59
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velvety
= Cult of Ray =
Portugal
536 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2010 : 11:25:16
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"The heart is a lonely hunter" by Carson McCullers. Loving it so far.
End of slavery era, deep south imagery, for some reason I love almost everything writen by those american authors, McCullers, Faulkner, Flannery O'Conner. Any other like-minded writers I'm missing out on? |
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2010 : 13:44:45
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Trying Candide again. seeing if I get it this time round. I am laughing along with it this time but still not completely sure.
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2010 : 15:48:57
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| Craig Ferguson on the Late, Late Show did a Candide joke last night. Coincidence? |
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2010 : 00:12:07
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I guess. Weird.
You got me curious so I just watched the clip. Sorta makes sense. Craig Ferguson seems like a best of all possible worlds kind of guy.
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Thomas
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1615 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2010 : 01:58:15
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Just finished Harry Potter Year 1. Now starting on Year 2.
"Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard" |
Edited by - Thomas on 08/12/2010 01:59:58 |
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2010 : 02:36:14
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...half way through it. pretty good. he's got a pyscho dad.
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2010 : 07:15:43
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THE BYRDS: TIMELESS FLIGHT REVISITED - THE SEQUEL
The best book of a rock artist/group EVER written...enthralling, amazing, outstanding.
Also, CATCHER IN THE RYE...never read it...thought it was about time.
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His name is Dalton. He's got a degree in philosophy.
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2010 : 11:58:17
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
Also, CATCHER IN THE RYE...never read it...thought it was about time.
I'm reading it now, too. Did you pick up on the name Ed Banky? |
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2010 : 01:33:24
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Neal Stephenson's THE CONFUSION. i love this guy.
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2010 : 02:13:35
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Originally posted by shineoftheever
rereading this classic:
Read that one too while on holiday. Fun reading.
Now I have to watch the film (or not).
Denis
"Can you hear me? I aint got shit to say." |
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Chris Knight
= Cult of Ray =
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - 08/29/2010 : 03:24:44
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Goes on sale on Tuesday. It's an autobiographical account of Kristin's life around the time Throwing Muses got signed by 4AD Records. I haven't been this excited about a book in ages. |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 08/31/2010 : 11:26:09
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Thomas
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1615 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2010 : 06:45:13
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Just finished Harry Potter Year 3. Now starting on Year 4.
"Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard" |
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2010 : 02:13:57
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Originally posted by coastline
Exploitative jacket? I think so.
They coulda sexed up the earlier and more apt two pair. The shareholders wouldn't have noticed.
What did you make of the final third coasty?
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 09/21/2010 : 07:28:18
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The last third was fine, but once Humbert Humbert loses Lolita, the story becomes more about him than her -- and he himself is so much less interesting than is his love for Lolita. That's not a critique -- it's how the story had to go -- but I was a little less intrigued as the story devolved into a hunt for both Lolita and Clare Quilty.
Great book, though. Brilliant writing. Can't wait to read an annotated version so I can pick up on all the stuff I missed the first time through. |
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2010 : 11:49:08
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It's been twenty odd years since I read it. I remember getting lost between what was real and what was imagined in the last third. In losing the plot I somehow lost the point too. I'm persuaded to pick it up again after your comment about the brilliant writing though.
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Thomas
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1615 Posts |
Posted - 10/02/2010 : 17:55:12
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Just finished Harry Potter Year 4. Now starting on Year 5.
"Our Love is Rice and Beans and Horses Lard" |
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hammerhands
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1594 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2010 : 05:06:50
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Coasty, "The Meaning of Everything", is it well
written. My last five books have been technical
and excruciating.
I'm currently reading The History of Clocks and
Watches by Eric Bruton, intermittently. |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2010 : 10:54:36
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Originally posted by hammerhands
Coasty, "The Meaning of Everything", is it well
written.
A friend of mine thinks Simon Winchester is fantastic. But his writing bores me. There's a great story in there, but hearing it from Winchester is liking choking down the worst oatmeal. If I were trying to shake the technical-writing doldrums, I'd avoid it. |
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What are you reading?
