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.
Fri January 17, 2020 4:23 am
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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:
Sun January 19, 2020 2:47 am
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!
Mon January 20, 2020 4:29 pm
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Fri February 07, 2020 12:03 am
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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.
Tue February 11, 2020 6:34 pm
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.
Sun February 16, 2020 12:11 pm
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”.
Tue February 18, 2020 6:28 pm
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.
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.
Wed February 19, 2020 3:53 am