What are you reading right now?

OccultHawk · 01-31-2021, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness

It’s good to read but don’t expect Freud to offer anything useful re: your well-being.

The Batlord · 01-31-2021, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky

There's a series of video games based on this and I've only played the first one but it knocks hard.

OccultHawk · 01-31-2021, 10:02 PM

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There's a series of video games based on this and I've only played the first one but it knocks hard.

I read that. The book is really popular but I found it a little clumsy and not always as intriguing has the premise might have your hopes up. Post nuclear apocalypse- it’s so up my alley I thought it was can’t lose and it was really good at times - it’s probably more interesting to learn the game while reading the novel but I don’t play video games and can’t do first person shooter at all.

I think you might go in for this book more than I did tbh

Trollheart · 02-01-2021, 01:26 PM

Just got to the part where Monseignur runs over a poor man's child, kills it, and tosses him a gold coin saying "what about my horses?!" ****. French ****. Hope he loses his head and not in a single stroke either.

OccultHawk · 02-01-2021, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Just got to the part where Monseignur runs over a poor man's child, kills it, and tosses him a gold coin saying "what about my horses?!" ****. French ****. Hope he loses his head and not in a single stroke either.

I like dickends.

The Batlord · 02-01-2021, 02:39 PM

I like tale and two titties.

OccultHawk · 02-01-2021, 03:04 PM

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I like tale and two titties.

Nice!

OccultHawk · 02-02-2021, 12:24 AM

Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi

The basis for the Scorsese movie. First hand accounts of mobsters raising all kinds of hell and making crazy amounts on money back before Las Vegas became Disneyland Gambling Center.

It’s a little convoluted compared to the film. All the information is in there but Pileggi makes very little effort to connect the dots for you. Still, it’s incredible what those crazy mother****ers did. And it’s really something to try to wrap your head around all the skill sets these psychopaths had to have to pull all this **** off. Anyone who doesn’t think you have to be brilliant to be a successful criminal should read this.

Mindfulness · 02-02-2021, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

It’s good to read but don’t expect Freud to offer anything useful re: your well-being.

AlanParker1989 · 02-02-2021, 08:28 AM

Flowers for Algernon
This took my breath away when I read it and it still pops up in my thoughts a few years later - so powerful and the way it is written is genius. There's one word on one page, that when it appears you know that the plot has drastically changed - just incredible.

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,971	Just got to the part where Monseignur runs over a poor man's child, kills it, and tosses him a gold coin saying "what about my horses?!" **. French *. Hope he loses his head and not in a single stroke either. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018*

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas by Nicholas Pileggi The basis for the Scorsese movie. First hand accounts of mobsters raising all kinds of hell and making crazy amounts on money back before Las Vegas became Disneyland Gambling Center. It’s a little convoluted compared to the film. All the information is in there but Pileggi makes very little effort to connect the dots for you. Still, it’s incredible what those crazy mother**ers did. And it’s really something to try to wrap your head around all the skill sets these psychopaths had to have to pull all this ** off. Anyone who doesn’t think you have to be brilliant to be a successful criminal should read this. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

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AlanParker1989 Groupie Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: USA Posts: 3	Flowers for Algernon This took my breath away when I read it and it still pops up in my thoughts a few years later - so powerful and the way it is written is genius. There's one word on one page, that when it appears you know that the plot has drastically changed - just incredible.