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Bob Loblaw
 Post subject: Books you have recently acquired
PostPosted: Wed February 27, 2013 10:03 pm 
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Let's keep Reid's thread from the old RM going.

I bought this one yesterday after walking by a neighbourhood bookstore that had it on display at the window. I went in and looked around for more copies, but they didn't have any more, so I asked the guy working there if it was ok if I took the one copy they had on display and he gave me a look as if saying "What the fuck are you talking about?" After that, I decided to stop being polite and start talking in English.

Anyway, I almost never buy new books on impulse, but this one I had to go for.

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After I finish The Satanic Verses I've got these to look forward to:

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candide the most recent

before that, i picked up 5 books at my grandparents':
catch 22 (heller)
the autobiography of ben franklin
myth of sisyphus (camus)
the possessed (camus)
random short lecture in book form: christian philosophy and intellectual freedom by anton pegis

and before that, i picked up 9 at the thrift store:
holy war inc. (peter bergen)
clear and present danger (tom clancy)
a heartbreaking work of staggering genius (dave eggers)
state of denial (bob woodward)
paper money ("adam smith")
the greatest generation (tom brokaw)
nyc public library guide to reading groups
saving shiloh (phylis naylor)
man's search for meaning (victor frankl)

paid 8.50 for the thrift store books, others were free (on my end)

bolded is the only one of these i've read thus far
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I just realised my Kindle has been lost/stolen.

My heart, she aches.
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Birds in Hell wrote:
I just realised my Kindle has been lost/stolen.

My heart, she aches.

This might work out okay - stay on the edge of your seats, everyone!
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Birds in Hell wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
I just realised my Kindle has been lost/stolen.

My heart, she aches.

This might work out okay - stay on the edge of your seats, everyone!

e-readers are so passe
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dkfan9 wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
I just realised my Kindle has been lost/stolen.

My heart, she aches.

This might work out okay - stay on the edge of your seats, everyone!

e-readers are so passe

Oh, I can't agree with that.

Anyway, I left it on the bus and (almost unbelievably) some kind soul handed it in.
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I picked up a used hardcover copy of Cormac McCarthys All the Pretty Horses. My current favorite author. :heartbeat:

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TheDapperGent wrote:
I picked up a used hardcover copy of Cormac McCarthys All the Pretty Horses. My current favorite author. :heartbeat:

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"The Crossing" is probably my favorite of the Border Trilogy. It's the only book that I cried during.
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Harry Lime
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Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury)

$3 at Half Price books!
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dkfan9 wrote:
candide the most recent

before that, i picked up 5 books at my grandparents':
catch 22 (heller)
the autobiography of ben franklin
myth of sisyphus (camus)
the possessed (camus)
random short lecture in book form: christian philosophy and intellectual freedom by anton pegis

and before that, i picked up 9 at the thrift store:
holy war inc. (peter bergen)
clear and present danger (tom clancy)
a heartbreaking work of staggering genius (dave eggers)
state of denial (bob woodward)
paper money ("adam smith")
the greatest generation (tom brokaw)
nyc public library guide to reading groups
saving shiloh (phylis naylor)
man's search for meaning (victor frankl)

paid 8.50 for the thrift store books, others were free (on my end)

bolded is the only one of these i've read thus far


Candide and Catch 22 are two of my favorite books. If you like those I would suggest you read some Vonnegut.

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