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I am not doing to book lord challenge this year because, well, I was the book lord last year (and a very lovely one at that). However I do plan on reading 30 books as usual and also reading 13 Indiespensable books. Indiespensable is a program by Powell's out of Portland where every six weeks or so they send you a new book. There's always goodies included and sometimes it's a ARC book, which is just awesome.
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USMC_Karl posted:So wait, this is a subscription service that costs $40 (+$10 for international folks) per shipment and sends you a book once every month and a half or so? That actually sounds pretty fun. I'm guessing you are a current subscriber, would you recommend it for a person living outside of the US? I normally don't balk at spending money, but is a little beyond my impulse purchase range. I've been doing it for two years now and it's a great program. The books are hit or miss. I have 20 of them and read seven of them. Out of those seven, I would say that I've enjoyed four of them, was not crazy about two of them, and was disappointed by one (City on Fire, which was very overhyped and confusing as poo poo.) Its 39.95 +12 for you, so you're looking at 51.95 for it, but if you don't like the program, you can unsubscribe at any time. The preview books and other books that they throw in all the time are pretty awesome. I got John Darnielle's next book in press packageing, which was an old VHS box, in one two books ago. I can give you a list of all the ones that I have and what my ratings were if you like. The Strand out of NYC also does one as well. I'm doing the YA one from them for $30 and yes I would recomend it for someone. Where are you located BTW?
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tookie posted:Would love to participate. 60 books + the booklord challenge. Well poo poo... I found the female me reading wise. I forgot to mention that I was a goon in the message.
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January! 1) Wolf Winter - Cecilia Ekbäck 2) American Girls - Allison Umminger 3) Fate and Furries - Lauren Groff 4) M Train - Patti Smith 5) The Rap Year Book - Shea Serrano 6) Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink - Elvis Costello The first six where very good. Two memoirs by musicians, I preferred Costello's to Smith's, one YA novel that somehow got the Manson Murders involved (Don't ask), a great book to settle your Pac vs Biggie arguments, a somewhat interesting critically acclaimed novel for 2015 and the first indiespensable novel of the year. 6/30 1/13 Currently reading: Our Endless Number Days by Claire Fuller and My Heart is an Idiot by Davy Rothbart
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screenwritersblues posted:Currently reading: Our Endless Number Days by Claire Fuller and My Heart is an Idiot by Davy Rothbart Son of a... I got so busy that I forgot to post since February. I fell like an rear end. Feb to May 7) Our Endless Number Days - Claire Fuller 8) My Heart is an Idiot - Davy Rothbart 9) Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher 10) Love fore Sale: Pop Music in America - David Hajdu 11) How to Party with an Infant - Kaui Hart Hemmings 12) TV: The Book - Alan Sepinwell 13) The Godfather - Mario Puzo 14) South and West - Joan Didion 15) The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty - Vendela Vida 16) Above the Waterfall - Ron Rash 17) Binary Star - Sarah Gerard 18) The Kids of Appetite- David Arnold 19) The Sellout -Paul Beatty 20) String Theory - David Foster Wallace 21) Don't Look Now - Daphne Du Maurier 22) Best Boy - Eli Gottleib 23) The Boy Who Went Away- Eli Gottleib 24) The First Collection of Rock Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic - Jessica Hooper 24/30 6/13
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