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washing machine · **Posted:** Wed January 15, 2020 7:17 pm

washing machine wrote:

I didn't read much in 2017. It made me dumber.

Started Telegraph Avenue yesterday. It's laughable to think back to 2004 when this story took place and how a neighborhood's landscape could be threatened by a DVD/book/CD megastore of all things. Nuts how quickly modern novels date themselves. Looking forward to finishing this one.

I think I'll start this again. I put it down shortly after this 2018 post.

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Fri January 17, 2020 4:23 am

I don't remember who it was, but I am pretty sure someone on RM suggested this. It is wild and weird and a lot of fun; I'm about 20% in and can't wait to keep going:

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Fri January 17, 2020 4:24 am

I SEARCHED THE ARCHIVES IT WAS JOEY

epilogue · **Posted:** Fri January 17, 2020 4:56 am

Simple Torture wrote:

I don't remember who it was, but I am pretty sure someone on RM suggested this. It is wild and weird and a lot of fun; I'm about 20% in and can't wait to keep going:

I love that book!

Rangi Guy · **Posted:** Sun January 19, 2020 2:47 am

So Lee Child is handing over the reigns of Jack Reacher to his brother huh? I hope that the tone of the novels don't change too much.

On a side note.... Why was autocorrect trying so hard to try and change novel to movie when I typed that?

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Mon January 20, 2020 12:33 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

I don't remember who it was, but I am pretty sure someone on RM suggested this. It is wild and weird and a lot of fun; I'm about 20% in and can't wait to keep going:

I love that book!

I like it too!

epilogue · **Posted:** Mon January 20, 2020 4:29 pm

are you planning on reading the other two, ST?

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Mon January 20, 2020 5:00 pm

I think so, but will probably read something else in between.

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue January 28, 2020 8:38 pm

bune · **Posted:** Fri February 07, 2020 12:03 am

been reading Silo with the kid. well, we were for awhile...anyway, I started it back up again. is there anything to be gleaned from the fact that the Democrats in the story are the ones who created the apocalypse? It's been awhile since the publication so I don't know if there are a lot of articles but I wonder about that from time to time. they only mention party affiliation a handful of times but it's in there. he could have left party out and just made it a general 'government is bad' message but it was a choice.

bune · **Posted:** Tue February 11, 2020 4:36 pm

Holy shit. Wow, I was not expecting that.

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue February 11, 2020 5:32 pm

I adore Amber Sparks. She read from her new collection last night at a bar near my place. The book didn't officially go on sale until today but they were selling copies last night at the reading. I scooped up a copy and started reading this morning on the commute. Really digging it so far.

blueviper · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 2:03 pm **Posts:** 3154

The Human Stain.

I saw it on someone's list (edit: Stardog Champion) in the 50 book/50 movie challenge thread.

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue February 11, 2020 6:28 pm

blueviper wrote:

The Human Stain.

I saw it on someone's list (edit: Stardog Champion) in the 50 book/50 movie challenge thread.

Big fan of that book. I hope you enjoy it.

doone · **Posted:** Tue February 11, 2020 6:34 pm

I just finished City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert. It's the first book of hers that I've read. I quite enjoyed her style and the book itself.

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue February 11, 2020 7:24 pm

doone wrote:

I just finished City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert. It's the first book of hers that I've read. I quite enjoyed her style and the book itself.

Nice. I've never read any of her stuff but this book keeps coming up a lot. Glad you dug it.

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Sun February 16, 2020 12:11 pm

Quote:

In this existential murder mystery, it is Christmas Eve, and fifty-five-year-old professor Pål Andersen is alone, drinking coffee and cognac in his living room. Lost in thought, he looks out the window and sees a man strangle a woman in the apartment across the street. Failing to report the crime, he becomes paralyzed by his indecision. Professor Andersen’s Night is an unsettling yet highly entertaining novel, written in Dag Solstad’s signature concise, dark, and witty prose. “He’s a kind of surrealistic writer, of very strange novels,” Haruki Murakami wrote. “I think he is serious literature”.

blueviper · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 2:03 pm **Posts:** 3154

durdencommatyler wrote:

blueviper wrote:

The Human Stain.

I saw it on someone's list (edit: Stardog Champion) in the 50 book/50 movie challenge thread.

Big fan of that book. I hope you enjoy it.

Finished it and was very impressed. I like Roth's style of writing and will check out some of his other books.

epilogue · **Posted:** Wed February 19, 2020 2:36 am

blueviper wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

blueviper wrote:

The Human Stain.

I saw it on someone's list (edit: Stardog Champion) in the 50 book/50 movie challenge thread.

Big fan of that book. I hope you enjoy it.

Finished it and was very impressed. I like Roth's style of writing and will check out some of his other books.

The Plot Against America is astonishing and well worth your attention.

Donald · **Joined:** Sun February 16, 2020 9:02 pm **Posts:** 297

Again.....

What are you currently reading?

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