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blue squares posted:is one of the most unputdownable books I've ever read starting a book with the word 'the' is so overdone and tired. i'll pass
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Sep 1, 2017 21:29
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I'm reading Karl Ove Knausgaard's Autumn, which just came out in English. He wrote a book for each season with short entries on different parts of life: "Teeth," "Wasps," "Apples." I loved the My Struggle books, but I don't recommend this. My Struggle is famous for its details, but what made it great was its epic scope and its characters. This is just the details.
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Sep 1, 2017 21:54
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I'm actually reading The Little Friend right now. I loved Tartt's other novels but this one is pretty weak comparatively. Women and Men was too dense for me. I made it 15 whole pages.
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Sep 1, 2017 22:05
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Cloks posted:Women and Men was too dense for me. I made it 15 whole pages. You must have spent far more time acquiring the book than reading it.
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Sep 1, 2017 22:47
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chernobyl kinsman posted:stop it
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Sep 1, 2017 23:03
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blue squares posted:You must have spent far more time acquiring the book than reading it. Maybe about ten minutes reserving it versus 30 minutes reading it? The benefits of living in a state that funds libraries.
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Sep 1, 2017 23:19
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Cloks posted:Maybe about ten minutes reserving it versus 30 minutes reading it? The benefits of living in a state that funds libraries. Ah. I thought that book was notoriously hard to find
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Sep 2, 2017 00:26
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thx for the recs also this is more than a fantastic cover imo 
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Sep 2, 2017 00:38
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All book covers should be abstract no you haven't thought of an exception
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Sep 2, 2017 00:41
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J_RBG posted:All book covers should be abstract no you haven't thought of an exception agreed 
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Sep 2, 2017 02:29
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blue squares posted:Ah. I thought that book was notoriously hard to find It is. Thankfully there are some fringe benefits to living in Ohio.
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Sep 2, 2017 02:31
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Just finished Candide. My favorite parts are the ones where Voltaire has the characters throw shade on the real life people Voltaire doesn't like, just like Dante did.Gorn Myson posted:its a real page turner it really sticks to your ribs
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Sep 2, 2017 03:30
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Solitair posted:Just finished Candide. My favorite parts are the ones where Voltaire has the characters throw shade on the real life people Voltaire doesn't like, just like Dante did. Yeah, well, they didn't have Twitter for it back in the day. Finished Molloy today, it was an experience, but I think I'll take a break before tacking Mallone Dies.
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Sep 2, 2017 04:01
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Pretty delighted that a friend of mine who described his reading preferences to me is now totally obsessed with my recomendation to him: Gravity's Rainbow. I mean, he totally is getting the book and is catching references well beyond me, and is so excited to talk about the book that he cleared an end of the bar from a surrounding complete lack of interest.  Books rock
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Sep 2, 2017 04:55
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Powaqoatse posted:I'm going to read some Donna Tartt solely cause she looks cool as heck in that pic. She sounded very lame to me, personally
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Sep 2, 2017 05:30
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my grandma hated the goldfinch and that's about the only review of it i need
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Sep 2, 2017 05:59
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chernobyl kinsman posted:my grandma hated the goldfinch and that's about the only review of it i need
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Sep 2, 2017 06:00
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she liked the painting of the bird. she likes birds.
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Sep 2, 2017 06:01
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Non-abstract cover art is fine so long as is isn't literally depicting a scene or especially a character from the book. That kind of poo poo is reserved for bad fantasy novels and airport thrillers. No reason why a goldfinch can't be on the cover of a book called The Goldfinch.
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Sep 2, 2017 08:41
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Sir John Feelgood posted:I'm reading Karl Ove Knausgaard's Autumn, which just came out in English. He wrote a book for each season with short entries on different parts of life: "Teeth," "Wasps," "Apples." I loved the My Struggle books, but I don't recommend this. My Struggle is famous for its details, but what made it great was its epic scope and its characters. This is just the details. how can you not love a book that has a chapter dedicated to pissing your pants
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Sep 2, 2017 11:15
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ulvir posted:how can you not love a book that has a chapter dedicated to pissing your pants
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Sep 2, 2017 15:55
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I liked it when I read it two years ago in Norwegian at least. I've never read my struggle though, so I might've had a different frame of mind than you did, since I didn't have anything to compare it with. haven't bothered with the rest of the series yet, though
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Sep 2, 2017 17:05
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My favorite Norweigan book is the one starring a man named Harry Hole
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Sep 2, 2017 18:14
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but that's crime fiction and doesn't belong in this thread.
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Sep 2, 2017 18:18
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Bilirubin posted:Pretty delighted that a friend of mine who described his reading preferences to me is now totally obsessed with my recomendation to him: Gravity's Rainbow. I mean, he totally is getting the book and is catching references well beyond me, and is so excited to talk about the book that he cleared an end of the bar from a surrounding complete lack of interest. You're a good friend and he sounds awesome. I think if I ever meet someone offline who likes Pynchon, I wouldn't be able to contain my excitement. My book club chose Commonwealth by Ann Patchett, and I'm less than enthusiastic about reading it. I've been reading Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, and it's pretty good so far.
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Sep 2, 2017 21:07
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I haven't read a good book that didn't have just abstract shapes on the cover or at the most a greek statue with a triangle stuck in its forehead. Pretty looking books are usually bad.
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Sep 2, 2017 21:42
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Once again I'm wondering what sort of garbage you guys actually read
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Sep 2, 2017 22:02
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if a book cover doesnt have at least three hot babes on it I don't give a gently caress
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Sep 2, 2017 22:57
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everything i've read in the last three weeks either has a medieval illustration on the cover or else just plain text
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Sep 2, 2017 23:06
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Usually I know a book is right for me if it says "for children 8+" on the cover
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Sep 2, 2017 23:09
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The Oxford world classic books tend to have a ncie painting or something on the cover and those are good.
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Sep 2, 2017 23:10
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The Voltaire collection I'm in the middle of has a cover depicting a washer woman cleaning a floor. The subject matter and painted style remind me of Les Miserables.
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Sep 2, 2017 23:15
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i just read the prestige, and one thing that confused me, is why didn't Angier just have sex with the prestige materials?
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Sep 2, 2017 23:17
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Solitair posted:The Voltaire collection I'm in the middle of has a cover depicting a washer woman cleaning a floor. The subject matter and painted style remind me of Les Miserables. My copy of Candide has a cover by Chris Ware, and it's great.
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Sep 2, 2017 23:19
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Franchescanado posted:My copy of Candide has a cover by Chris Ware, and it's great. That's sounds incredibly dope. Building Stories should have been the first graphic novel to get the Pulitzer for fiction imho
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Sep 2, 2017 23:42
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i still like the newish nabokov cover redesigns with the sort of cornell box aesthetic i only read books if the cover is a picture of asterix punching out a stereotypical person from a country i dislike
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Sep 3, 2017 00:01
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Franchescanado posted:You're a good friend and he sounds awesome. I met a guy once with a Fickt nicht mit dem Raketemench tattoo in a book/record store and he seemed so utterly startled that I recognized it that he awkwardly said "Thanks" and went back to fiddling with the vinyls.
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Sep 3, 2017 00:08
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Tree Goat posted:i only read books if the cover is a picture of asterix punching out a stereotypical person from a country i dislike What is obelisk doing
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Heath posted:a guy with a Fickt nicht mit dem Raketemench tattoo in a book/record store that sounds about right yeah
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