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MP3Man 01-10-2014 04:10 PM

Here's my choice
 
Most epic book I picked up "Think and Grow Rich," Napolean Hill

bulbasaur 01-13-2014 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Junkyard Donner (Post 1404649)

It's about a heroin addict who writes for a Christian singles dating site.

this sounds cute. good luck with the challenge


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a friend recommended this poetry book to me awhile back; it was a pretty fun read-through.

Spoiler for 1.:
Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in
love with a color. Suppose I were to speak this as though
it were a confession; suppose I shredded my napkin as we
spoke. It began slowly. An appreciation, an affinity. Then,
one day, it became more serious
. Then (looking into an
empty teacup, its bottom stained with thin brown excre-
ment coiled into the shape of a sea horse) it became some-
how
personal.

bob. 01-23-2014 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Junkyard Donner (Post 1404649)
I'm doing a 50-book challenge, in which I'm meant to read a book by an author from each of the American states in a year.

I'm starting with Jerry Stahl from PA.

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It's about a heroin addict who writes for a Christian singles dating site.

just bought should be here in a couple days :)

i just finished

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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

and i have got to say....what a great surprise....this book was absolutely thrilling and fun...with great unpredictable twists that actually make sense and completely work...a great twist on the typical "who done it" with two great main characters

read it now...David Fincher is filming the movie as we type! :)

FRED HALE SR. 01-23-2014 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bob. (Post 1409384)
just bought should be here in a couple days :)

i just finished

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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

and i have got to say....what a great surprise....this book was absolutely thrilling and fun...with great unpredictable twists that actually make sense and completely work...a great twist on the typical "who done it" with two great main characters

read it now...David Fincher is filming the movie as we type! :)


Can't wait for the movie even though it will not be able to hold a candle to the book. I'm currently reading Grisham's Sycamore Row. Its a somewhat sequel to A Time To Kill, which I really enjoyed.

Psychedub Dude 01-24-2014 07:18 PM

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A few chapters in and its been really good so far.

Frownland 01-24-2014 07:35 PM

^That's one of my favourite books.

I found this at my library today:
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Some of the theoretics go over my head because I only have a basic knowledge of music theory, but the rest is very interesting and provocative.

Moss 01-24-2014 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Psychedub Dude (Post 1409944)
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A few chapters in and its been really good so far.

You have to read cats cradle next!

Prospero 02-01-2014 07:21 AM

The Sleepwalkers - Christopher Clark. A detailed and intelligent examination of the forces that led to World War One. A great book.

bob. 02-01-2014 09:51 AM

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Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

so i read this for one reason and one reason only....this is the source material for the new P T Anderson film

it's going to be a wonderful film....although i'm not sure if Benicio del Toro will be able to pull of a constantly stone lawyer with an edge for conspiracy theory :)

the book is great....set in 1970 LA....it's almost a perfect blend of The Big Lebowski's The Dude mixed with the best film Noir detectives and adding a smidge of the acid soaked wackiness of the Illuminatus trilogy

lots of concentration on both classic film and underground music of the 60s are weaved into the sometimes very confusing plot....but it all comes together at the end...and turns out to be just a damn riot of a book....can't wait for the film later this year

WWWP 02-01-2014 10:32 AM

Bob I'll be really interested to know what you think of the Jerry Stahl book. I still haven't quite made up my mind in regards to whether I thought it was a waste of time or completely revolutionary. Ultimately I think I liked it, but I can't be sure why. At times it was bizarre just for the sake of being bizarre but it also has some truly brilliant scenes.

I started reading Doctor Sleep to keep in line with my reading challenge but I've given up after about 30 pages. I like Stephen King's ideas but really can't stand his writing. Maybe I'm just being snobby but I don't really care, there are far too many books out there to waste my time on those that don't impress me.

That said, I've just started

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It's a collection of flash fiction, something I'm quite fond of, and is, like Happy Mutant Baby Pills, endearingly bizarre.


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