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tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Thu December 23, 2021 9:57 pm

Big fan of essay collections so I’ll grab that too

Malloy · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 4:57 am **Posts:** 2818

Mickey wrote:

Fwiw I found Play to be pretty dull and forgettable, but ymmv. Much prefer the essays, especially Slouching.

epilogue · **Posted:** Sat December 25, 2021 6:00 pm

Well, there you go.

Malloy · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 4:57 am **Posts:** 2818

epilogue wrote:

Well, there you go.

really meant to emphasize that SLOUCHING is great. i don’t have a strong opinion one way or the other re PLAY.

The Argonaut · **Posted:** Sun December 26, 2021 7:07 am

I'd just like to put a word in for a combo of The Year of Magical Thinking -> Blue Nights, a rather devastating one-two punch of books about grief and loss and love

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Tue December 28, 2021 8:00 pm

Read this one a few years ago but didn't know enough at the time to fully appreciate. The introduction is worth the price alone, basically spelling out Stirner's thought better than Stirner himself did in 300 pages. Rereading it has been invaluable. My copy is more highlighter than paper at this point.

Anders · **Posted:** Tue December 28, 2021 8:40 pm

Biographies about John Wayne and The Beatles (not together, two different books).

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue December 28, 2021 9:05 pm

I'd love to talk about the new book I'm reading but B will just yell at me and tell me to post about it in the proper forum.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42071

Anybody here read The Incendiaries?

Mickey · **Posted:** Fri December 31, 2021 3:45 am

Have it on the shelf but haven't gotten to it yet.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42071

Thank you.

washing machine · **Posted:** Fri December 31, 2021 5:35 am

What's new in fiction over the last ten years, everyone?

Mickey · **Posted:** Fri December 31, 2021 6:01 am

Knausgaard?

washing machine · **Posted:** Fri December 31, 2021 6:20 am

I'm looking for the next Raymond Carver, in particular.

The Argonaut · **Posted:** Fri December 31, 2021 6:40 am

Colson Whitehead's newest might appeal to you, then

washing machine · **Posted:** Fri December 31, 2021 7:00 am

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42071

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42071

The Argonaut wrote:

Colson Whitehead's newest might appeal to you, then

I did not get the acclaim for Underground Railroad.

Mickey · **Posted:** Sat January 01, 2022 8:25 pm

Heady start to the year, Len

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42071

Mickey wrote:

Heady start to the year, Len

Will I flame out at 50 pages?

I ordered 2666 from another branch of the library. Not sure how long it will take to arrive. Not sure i'm ready to start the new year with something so long either, but we'll see.

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