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misty mountaintop posted:Let's read a children's book so it'll be over faster. I mean like a picture book. Let's start small. Im fan of the book No David |
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Piso Mojado posted:i vote for this. from lower down on that page: Motorcycle High-The Sequel Rock Pounder and the gang take on the Mexican Drug Cartel in the second volume of Motorcycle High.
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Aug 18, 2016 03:59
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Was looking through my parents cellar and found some of my grandfathers children books from the early 1900s and my moms collection of the Oz books
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Aug 18, 2016 04:07
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I change my vote to "Voluntary Madness" http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3860427-voluntary-madness
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Aug 18, 2016 04:36
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super mario batali posted:I change my vote to "Voluntary Madness" pretty brutal
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Piso Mojado posted:i vote for this. Blake Jantzen lol |
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Aug 18, 2016 05:58
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Famous first lines in literature, "Call me Ishmael," "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," "Clutter spilled across the desktop in Ray Jantzen's home office: unopened junk mail, books, a running shoe with a broken lace, file folders, research notes for a paper he'd published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and...a gun." |
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Aug 18, 2016 06:00
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gently caress, that harlequinn book actually sounds hilarious. Alright, we've got a few choices: Dune (Frank Herbert) - + Well-received critically, has many awards, is probably good + So far has had the most votes - Not a good book club book (mister magpie, 2016) Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami) - + Also well-received critically + Was the focus of a BYOB book club eight years ago (Shakill Oreal, 2016) - Not a lot of votes Voluntary Madness (Norah Vincent) - + Sounds hilarious in how ignorant and dry it is, as well as full of confirmation bias - Apparently dryly written, founded on ignorant principles which author then confirms through bias Lock, Stock, and Secret Baby (Cassie Miles) - + Oh wow, does this sound hilariously bad - Late-comer to the suggestions The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath) - +/- Depressing as hell and emotionally draining |
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Aug 18, 2016 09:17
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i absolutely change my vote to Lock, Stock, and Secret Baby (Special Delivery Babies #1). dune can wait. |
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Aug 18, 2016 09:36
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Luvcow posted:from lower down on that page: Rock Pounder, adventure rider extraordinaire, is planning a round-the-world trip on his motorcycle. His goal is Amsterdam and the herbal refreshment that awaits him there. But when you’re a legend—among women, adventure riders, and spies—nothing is ever as simple as it seems. There’s a reason that Rock Pounder’s picture hangs in the best brothels in Amsterdam. His abilities are legendary, as women around the world will tell you. Rock has ridden the famous Road of Bones in Russia. He’s traveled the snake-infested jungles of Central America, all the way through the Darién Gap, where no riders dare to travel. And with his trusty dirt bike, he’s climbed the great peaks of the Himalayas. Rock Pounder, a man of many wiles, matches wits with the CIA, the KGB, and the Russian mafia. The journey will take him places he never expected to go. But when Rock Pounder is on a mission, no one stands in his way, except, maybe, a tall blonde who means nothing but trouble ---------------- |
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Aug 18, 2016 13:19
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LET'S READ HARLAN ELLISON TOGETHER FRIENDS |
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Aug 18, 2016 14:17
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can I toss in a suggestion “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche haven't read it, but I've heard plenty of good things
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| I vote for either Harold and the Purple Crayon, In the Night Kitchen, or The Cat in the Hat | |
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Aug 18, 2016 15:21
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Aug 18, 2016 15:23
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HighwireAct posted:can I toss in a suggestion Half of a Yellow Sun is also really good |
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Aug 19, 2016 06:50
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american gods. i finally read it and its good
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Aug 20, 2016 07:52
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we can read the books I assign my students. Esperanza rising is up first
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I've been hearing a lot of great things lately about Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi a bunch of people are saying that gyasi's going to be a young author to watch in these next few years HighwireAct fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Aug 21, 2016
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mailorder bees! posted:american gods. i finally read it and its good I listened to that on the drive out from stl to sd and it was incredible. |
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i flunked out posted:we can read the books I assign my students. Esperanza rising is up first This looks like a great choice to me. I would totally read this. ---------------- |
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Aug 21, 2016 17:05
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it's within the realm of possibility that i would read a 6th grade level book
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Aug 21, 2016 17:34
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FluffieDuckie posted:it's within the realm of possibility that i would read a 6th grade level book 
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Aug 21, 2016 19:43
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Story of O In February 1955, Story of O won the French literature prize Prix des Deux Magots, although this did not prevent the French authorities from bringing obscenity charges against the publisher. The charges were rejected by the courts, but a publicity ban was imposed for a number of years. been on my reading list for a long time ---------------- |
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Hey guys, I can no longer be in charge of book club. My best friend's dog is really sick, and since he has a tendency to fall down and be unable to get up, she and I are acting as his doggy Life Alert until the vet opens up again on Monday. They thought he had a stomach illness but he's been getting worse over the weekend. |
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Aug 21, 2016 22:07
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blondcockerel posted:Hey guys, I can no longer be in charge of book club. My best friend's dog is really sick, and since he has a tendency to fall down and be unable to get up, she and I are acting as his doggy Life Alert until the vet opens up again on Monday. They thought he had a stomach illness but he's been getting worse over the weekend.  hope he gets better soon! it's good that you and your friend are going to be there to care for him in the meantime
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Piso Mojado posted:I listened to that on the drive out from stl to sd and it was incredible. i heard the audible version was really good; full cast and everything
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Aug 21, 2016 22:36
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I read this one about 35 years ago: Bored of the Rings if I read it again it would count as a first time read!
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Splatmaster posted:I read this one about 35 years ago: Bored of the Rings if I read it again it would count as a first time read! I read that in high school and still remember the names from time to time. |
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Aug 21, 2016 23:45
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oh sorry i was looking for the book club where we just have a load of books and pile them up, hold them etc but never read them |
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oh i thought we were listing all these books so we could get them all and glue them together into a bludgeon/club the demilich of elmidor said "only knowledge can defeat me" well let's see how he feels after we book him |
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Aug 22, 2016 13:48
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i found my unread copy of dune on the side of the bed that i never go to next to my truly excellent BS1363 plug sockets
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Aug 22, 2016 14:48
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i make forts out of my books
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Aug 22, 2016 15:08
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treasure bear posted:i found my unread copy of dune on the side of the bed that i never go to next to my truly excellent BS1363 plug sockets Sexy sockets 
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Aug 22, 2016 15:11
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this is a book suggestion club, any actual reading of books is against the rules
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Aug 22, 2016 21:24
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Aug 22, 2016 21:58
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Im in and totally voting kafka on the shore. sounds like i a good first book club book  bell jar was good (1 of my fav books ever..) but uh. we should save that for winter time byob and we can finish before Xmas and then be super appreciative for what we have  cute!
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*farts in a jar* oh you said bell jar? |
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