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epilogue · **Posted:** Fri April 06, 2018 11:02 pm

"Universal Harvester" by John Darnielle is fucking amazing so far. I'm about 80 pages in and I goddamn love it.

invention · **Joined:** Mon January 14, 2013 4:38 am **Posts:** 45

Simple Torture wrote:

I'm not into true crime very much at all, but I've heard so many good things about Michele McNamara's "I'll Be Here In The Dark" that I decided to give it a shot. I'm about 1/4 of the way through and it is gripping, terrifying, disgusting, etc. It's great.

So "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" was very good, but suffered in similar ways to all posthumous texts--it really petered out by the "end." I can only imagine where her research would've gone in the next few years. Definitely still worth a read if you're into crime stuff.

Based off a pretty rando Twitter recommendation, I'm going to read "The Manual of Detection" by Jedediah Berry.

Hey I just started Dark!

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36213

Im reading ¨Im thinking of ending things¨ and gosh this is the scariest book i read in a long time.

My god sometimes i need to put it down for a while because of how fuckin scary it is.

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue April 17, 2018 7:17 pm

interesting...

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36213

I cant wait to keep reading it and at the same time when im doing it i need to rest.

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue April 17, 2018 7:36 pm

VinylGuy wrote:

I cant wait to keep reading it and at the same time when im doing it i need to rest.

I added it to the list. Thanks for the head's up.

bune · **Posted:** Tue April 17, 2018 7:42 pm

VinylGuy wrote:

Im reading ¨Im thinking of ending things¨ and gosh this is the scariest book i read in a long time.

My god sometimes i need to put it down for a while because of how fuckin scary it is.

That book is pretty damn good at setting mood, yes. What part are you at?

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36213

bune wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

Im reading ¨Im thinking of ending things¨ and gosh this is the scariest book i read in a long time.

My god sometimes i need to put it down for a while because of how fuckin scary it is.

That book is pretty damn good at setting mood, yes. What part are you at?

Spoiler: show: They had dinner with his parents.She went to the bathroom

bune · **Posted:** Tue April 17, 2018 8:35 pm

Oh yeah. Well, it gets more unsettling after that.

Can't wait to till you finish it.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36213

Its really really good. I have no idea whats going to happen.

bune · **Posted:** Tue April 17, 2018 9:13 pm

I remember a few times when I was reading it before going to bed where I was like, "This was a bad idea."

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36213

Damn Bune, all i wanna do now is get home and read.

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Tue April 17, 2018 10:09 pm

VinylGuy wrote:

Damn Bune, all i wanna do now is get home and read.

This is the greatest feeling in the world.

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue April 17, 2018 11:07 pm

Simple Torture wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

Damn Bune, all i wanna do now is get home and read.

This is the greatest feeling in the world.

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Wed April 18, 2018 10:53 am

How 4 groups of bankers (from the UK, France, US, and Germany) made some bad decisions and caused the Great Depression and WWII. Pretty interesting read.

epilogue · **Posted:** Wed April 18, 2018 9:33 pm

Picked up the 40th Anniversary Hardback edition of Joy Williams' "The Changeling." I've been wanting to read that book for a while now. The new edition is gorgeous, so I figured it was about time. Also grabbed the Greenlight Staff Recommended "When Women Were Birds" which I know nothing about but read the first page and fell for.

THEN when I got home, there was a copy of "Girl on the Train" just sitting there in the lobby for anyone to take. So I took that. It's a book I've been interested in but didn't want to actually pay for. So... perfect.

invention · **Joined:** Mon January 14, 2013 4:38 am **Posts:** 45

BurtReynolds wrote:

How 4 groups of bankers (from the UK, France, US, and Germany) made some bad decisions and caused the Great Depression and WWII. Pretty interesting read.

Thanks this is right up my street

epilogue · **Posted:** Sat April 21, 2018 6:48 pm

So many options. I decided to go with "Paris Nocturne" by Patrick Modiano. So far, I goddamn adore it.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36213

Finished ¨Im thinking about ending things¨...what a ride. Its so well written. Its so fucking scary and moody.

epilogue · **Posted:** Sat April 21, 2018 10:45 pm

VinylGuy wrote:

Finished ¨Im thinking about ending things¨...what a ride. Its so well written. Its so fucking scary and moody.

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