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Mr. Squishy posted:Does BS have some kind of alarm set up for when people try to actually talk about books in this thread. pls Mr. Squishy I have no real friends
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blue squares posted:pls Mr. Squishy I have no real friends I'll be your friend
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A human heart posted:He's not a Marxist(sadly..) but Ayi Kwei Armah has some good poo poo about history in Two Thousand Seasons, the book is subtitled 'a novel' but the tone is like some kind of afrocentric religious text only for initiates, and it's anti religion, anti monarchist, anti colonialist and he describes Arabs as 'predators' and Europeans as 'destroyers'. Africans who collaborate with colonialism are called 'zombies'. This sounds like my jam. Duly noted.
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Smoking Crow posted:Yes, I am the Raymond carver fan Cool, Cathedral is in the little street library by my house, I'll pick it up.
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I didn't learn until six months ago that Raymond Carver and Raymond Chandler were different people
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I really wish Amazon would get a kindle version of Leon Forrest's works. I'm really curious about that 'There is a tree more ancient than Eden'
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Jul 25, 2016 21:12
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Pssh, a kindle reader? *Holds nose* We don't allow your kind here *wipes stain off shirt with first edition Proust*.
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Jul 25, 2016 21:48
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Looks like Barbara Kingsolver mostly enjoyed Dave Eggars new book about a family going to Alaska.
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Franchescanado posted:Looks like Barbara Kingsolver mostly enjoyed Dave Eggars new book about a family going to Alaska. this was my high school english experience zeitoun, bean trees, animal dreams
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Nanomashoes posted:Pssh, a kindle reader? *Holds nose* We don't allow your kind here *wipes stain off shirt with first edition Proust*. I read both physical books and ebooks. often times english language lit is easier to get on a kindle for me because it takes a good long while for them to get available up here in northern europe, and sometimes they're not available at all like with Leon Forrest
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Raymond Carver and Raymond Chandler [are] different people wait what
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Jul 25, 2016 23:29
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What we talk about when we talk about mixed-up dames.
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ulvir posted:I read both physical books and ebooks. often times english language lit is easier to get on a kindle for me because it takes a good long while for them to get available up here in northern europe, and sometimes they're not available at all like with Leon Forrest http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0226257215/ref=la_B001H6L2EE_1_7_olp?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469490114&sr=1-7 ?
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End Of Worlds posted:wait what That's what I said. I never even noticed the names were different. Now I don't know what I've been reading.
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ulvir posted:I read both physical books and ebooks. often times english language lit is easier to get on a kindle for me because it takes a good long while for them to get available up here in northern europe, and sometimes they're not available at all like with Leon Forrest i got mine off betterworldbooks or somewhere like that, and he's really good.
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Jul 26, 2016 01:06
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I am reading "Waist High in the World" by Nancy Kain. It's really good but saddening
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Jul 26, 2016 01:13
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You guys better hope that Knausgård's newest book, Om våren (In Spring, or something like that) gets translated, because it's so drat good. Mostly about parenthood, but there should be enough about mental illness in there to satisfy any goon.
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Mr. Squishy posted:What we talk about when we talk about mixed-up dames. I was really confused watching Birdman and wondering why a noir author had a story about people sitting around talking about love
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Smoking Crow posted:Yes, I am the Raymond carver fan Raymond Carver correctly understands that life is a sad succession of tragic moments punctuated by drinking, and 162% of marriages end in divorce or infanticide. Raymond Carver was born drinking as a baby and even dead he is drinking still.
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Jul 26, 2016 04:57
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Does Ovid make a continuous narrative out of a whole bunch of Greek myths in Metamorphoses? That was the thing I heard that made me put it on my list.
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Zorodius posted:Raymond Carver correctly understands that life is a sad succession of tragic moments punctuated by drinking, and 162% of marriages end in divorce or infanticide. Raymond Carver was born drinking as a baby and even dead he is drinking still. I like how Cheever carved a niche in '50s-60s American Literature by being the only guy who didn't write about divorce constantly. I guess there must have been a teetotal writer too but they're not coming to mind.
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Ras Het posted:http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0226257215/ref=la_B001H6L2EE_1_7_olp?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1469490114&sr=1-7 ? if amazon would ever use regular mail instead of a courier I would legit grab one of these A human heart posted:i got mine off betterworldbooks or somewhere like that, and he's really good. do they use USPS for international shipping?
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Jul 26, 2016 07:58
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Should I start a Non-Fiction thread or would that be dead in the water?
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There's already a non-fiction thread and I guess the answer is sorta yes but it's not fallen into the archives yet!
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ulvir posted:if amazon would ever use regular mail instead of a courier I would legit grab one of these I guess? I just got it in the mail. All their shipping is free which is cool because I'm in New Zealand and shipping here is usually insane even for a small book.
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Jul 26, 2016 10:53
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Jul 26, 2016 11:52
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Yeah, Amazon's delivered by normal mail all the time. My friend's a mailman, and Amazon is helping keep the US Postal System afloat.
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Jul 26, 2016 12:10
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anyway I just finished Skylark by Kosztolanyi or whatever and it was pretty cool
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Someone in this thread said they wanted to get a goon to read The Egyptian, so I put in an order for an inter-library loan. It's been in transit since then and is possibly lost in the wastes of the rural countryside (why a rural library had a copy I don't know). I don't even know what it's about and at this point am wondering if it's even a real book. Anyway, I finished the elf wizard BOTM, and now I don't know what to read next since random goon book hasn't arrived. Help me, non-childs: I have A Little Life and Goat Mountain. I need a book to take on the commute to work in the morning but can't decide - which one?
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I'm reading the Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton and it is extremely good so far. I had read the Luminaries last year which was also good although I think I am enjoying this one better because it is a little smaller in scale and a lot easier to savor. It is about a scandal with a music teacher molesting his student and the fallout from that, but also it is obvious that we are seeing a play being put on about it at the same time, which allows for some interesting scenes with double meanings about "playing roles" etc. Really looking forward to her future output.
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The Sun Also Rises is an ordeal. Most of the book is excruciatingly slow, and you just sit there wishing every character would be trampled by bulls. The best parts are when he's just chilling by a mountain stream, drinking wine, and having manly friendships where you only speak three words all day and leave each other the gently caress alone to fish. Other Hemingway books are much better; TSAR really shouldn't be as highly rated as it is.
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Zorodius posted:The Sun Also Rises is an ordeal. Most of the book is excruciatingly slow, and you just sit there wishing every character would be trampled by bulls. Manly emotions
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TSAR is actually pretty good, but his best work is a farewell to arms imo
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Zorodius posted:The Sun Also Rises is an ordeal. Most of the book is excruciatingly slow, and you just sit there wishing every character would be trampled by bulls. I felt similar during my read-through a few years ago, but the bull-fighting scenes are excellent and full of amazing details.
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ulvir posted:TSAR is actually pretty good, but his best work is a farewell to arms imo old man and the sea
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Jul 27, 2016 12:31
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I should probably read more hemmingway
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Jul 27, 2016 12:34
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If it isn't in Latin I'm not reading it.
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Jul 27, 2016 12:40
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Hemingway is the strong silent man version of those Reader's Digest survival stories
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Jul 27, 2016 12:59
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For Whom the Bell Tolls is his best because he didn't translate the Spanish insults too well so there's a lot of lines like"I obscenity in the milk of your mother"
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