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Does anyone use Audible.com? I'm thinking about getting a membership, but I'm reluctant because I don't understand why I would need to pay a monthly membership fee just to have the opportunity to spend more money. Is it worth it? You get free Wall Street Journal and New York Times access. And a free book each month. (I have some vision problems, and suffer headaches and dizziness when I read small type in books, so the audiobook is a legitimate physiological preference.)
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I just started House of Leaves, what do people here generally think about this? I have to say, the footnotes are more exhausting than David Foster Wallace's. Every time I turn a page and see no footnotes, I breathe a sigh of relief, which only lasts until the next page. I'm only on page 45, so I imagine they're just going to get more complex and labyrinthian as I get farther into it.
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Jun 7, 2012 17:20
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I've decided to read The Mothman Prophecies with House of Leaves. I need something light to balance the heavy, which isn't to say I'm not very much enjoying House of Leaves, because I am. I can see why it is a polarizing book, but I finished The Pale King prior to it, and that book was even more fragmented and disjointed than House of Leaves, and I really enjoyed the former, so the latter is more than tolerable-- it is quite enjoyable. Could anyone link me to a thread on it, House of Leaves that is? I'll perform thread necromancy if I have to, but I've searched through all the archives and still can't find a thread devoted entirely to House of Leaves.
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Jun 9, 2012 06:32
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is there a historical fiction thread?
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Nov 8, 2019 06:00
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I am really enjoying Ahab's Return or The Last Voyage by Jeffrey Ford. Anyone else like? What are some other good books in this vein? These classic literary re-imaginings. Anyone else check it?
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Jan 8, 2020 02:09
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Post your wanted books list. "Wish List" on Amazon.
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Jul 14, 2020 04:50
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is there a John Milton thread anywhere? or where would the best place be to discuss him? New thread maybe? I am working up to Paradise Lost and just finished Lycidas and was blown away, what an incredible poem. I'd also like to be able to discuss Paradise Lost as I go through it.
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Sep 3, 2022 03:21
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Gaius Marius posted:There is a literature thread I suppose it goes there The "quit being a loving child" thread? Okay, I thought there might be one more narrow in scope. I was surprised it was never a book of the month - I went through like 15 years of archives.
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Sep 3, 2022 03:57
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any recommendations on grief / dealing with it?
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Jul 30, 2023 18:14
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Take the plunge! Okay! posted:The Year of Magical Thinking is the definitive book on grief IMO. Might be too close for comfort if you’re not asking out of curiosity but actually need to deal with personal grief right now. I need something that will immediately help me deal with personal grief
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Jul 30, 2023 18:32
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StumblyWumbly posted:I wish I had a recommendation for you, good luck. Thank you. Something about people dealing with the death of a parent would be nice. No, no Jennette McCurdy please 
Help a goon out! Lots of books - horror, nonfiction, classics and more for sale. escape artist fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Jul 30, 2023 |
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Jul 30, 2023 22:14
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Bilirubin posted:Zen Master Thich Nhat Hahn has written a book entitled "How To Live When A Loved One Dies", I find his teachings quite comforting and accessible. If you are concerned about the Buddhist thing, I'm an atheist and still do many of his mindfulness meditations, which I find help me a great deal I actually adore Thich Nhat Hahn but didn't know of this title, so thank you for the recommendation and for the condolence
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Jul 31, 2023 04:05
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Appreciate y'all edit: I somehow stumbled on Matthew Lyons' A Black and Endless Sky. I read a teaser about there being an ancient door in the desert, and that was enough to get me in. It's okay so far. escape artist fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Aug 2, 2023 |
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Aug 2, 2023 02:42
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edit: wrong thread
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Aug 22, 2023 04:06
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Megazver posted:I wish I could afford, like, a massage table with a hole for my face in a special room so I could read something below it with my head and neck supported. Holy poo poo... you just gave me a light bulb moment. I have a massage table in storage. Have been hardly able to pick up a book in a year because of my neck, switched to audio.
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Sep 29, 2023 19:12
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Since it's spooky month, I am thinking about delving into some William Hope Hodgson. I've heard that he's got some decent, how do I call it, nautical horror? Goons like books about ships... I have thalassophobia. With all that in mind, what's a good starting point? edit: I teed you up for that one didn't I? vvv vvv
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Oct 3, 2023 15:32
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SniperWoreConverse posted:i only read house on the borderland & night land. possibly night land 2? don't remember i think there was a sequel He's got a ton of stuff on Scribd, and I am on my fourth month of a one month free trial. It's a weird little business model they have. If you read too much, they lock up your TBR selections til the next payment cycle. So I keep trying to cancel and they keep kicking me another 30 days. Our current book of the month, Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle, is on there too. Thanks for the recommendations
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Oct 3, 2023 16:12
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I am having a hard time starting and finishing anything these days, not just books. Gonna try to listen to The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses tonight, as I think it will be far more enjoyable than trying to read Ulysses (again) re: Nobel Prize I only started reading Cormac last year but I have read a lot of his books. What's the best entrypoint for Fosse? I owe the book of the month club 1,000 words on Whitley Strieber's Communion. It's hard to even make it through the introduction.
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Oct 6, 2023 02:18
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:Sheesh I read Norwegian Wood this year, what a depressing week Yikes. I was waiting for something like that to happen during The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and it didn't. Disappointing, I would expect he would be wiser than to write something like that.
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Oct 7, 2023 03:57
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Lil Mama Im Sorry posted:what happened to the horror thread? It's now in the Halloween subforum. I still find myself wandering around TBB looking for it, because I am stuck in my strangely bookmarked ways.
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Oct 10, 2023 02:15
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regulargonzalez posted:Nice, $4.86 on sale for Audible. Thanks, just the thing for listening to while doing chores today. Everything has been on sale on Audible. Good time to stock up!
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Nov 28, 2023 23:47
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I am listening to the audiobook of Mythos by Stephen Fry and holy poo poo. I just put a hold on the other two books in the series - Heroes and Troy. 2 month wait for those. It's unbelievably good, so accessible. I've never enjoyed the Greek myths like I have with this book.
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