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I love having a kindle. Im reading pretty regularly these days and i couldn't be happier about that.

Since getting my Kindle in June I've read the following:

The Nepali Flat by Gordon Alexander (fun fun fun read for those outdoorsy types)
Born to Run - Bruce
Bloodlines - Yea star wars
What You Did by Claire McGowan (Really enjoyed this little mystery. Some heavy topics, some good twists)
Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger (Cork O'connor series? I hope this one gets turned into a movie. Fucking excellent writing. Super layered story)
Hard to Handle by Steve Gorman of Black Crowes

Time for another! Not sure which direction I want to head though (fiction/non fiction)
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Strat wrote:I love having a kindle. Im reading pretty regularly these days and i couldn't be happier about that.

Since getting my Kindle in June I've read the following:

The Nepali Flat by Gordon Alexander (fun fun fun read for those outdoorsy types)
Born to Run - Bruce
Bloodline - Yea star wars
What You Did by Claire McGowan (Really enjoyed this little mystery. Some heavy topics, some good twists)
Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger (Cork O'connor series? I hope this one gets turned into a movie. Fucking excellent writing. Super layered story)
Hard to Handle by Steve Gorman of Black Crowes

Time for another! Not sure which direction I want to head though (fiction/non fiction)
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wow Joey
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Strat wrote:wow Joey
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There goes my excitement for reading.
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perhaps Ill do one of Chuck Klostermans fiction books.
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Strat wrote:There goes my excitement for reading.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Finished Presto! How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales
by Penn Jillette and it's something. I hope to be at least 30 lbs lighter by the time my birthday comes around - I'm sure as fuck not going as whole-hog as he did - but that would be nice.
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About three quarters through. It's really helping certain puzzle pieces click into place for me.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Strat wrote:perhaps Ill do one of Chuck Klostermans fiction books.
The one about the invisible man was pretty good. Never read Fargo Rock City. Love his non-fiction.

Yeah, the Invisible Man one was pretty good.


Have you read The Postmortal by Drew Magary? It’s pretty good.
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BurtReynolds wrote:Image

About three quarters through. It's really helping certain puzzle pieces click into place for me.
This is making my head hurt, but sounds interesting.
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Reading Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Stephen King.

Pretty interesting so far. I have become a fan of the collecting of short stories into one book in the past few years.

Plus this one is kinda appropriate for the Halloween season.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
Strat wrote:I love having a kindle. Im reading pretty regularly these days and i couldn't be happier about that.

Since getting my Kindle in June I've read the following:

The Nepali Flat by Gordon Alexander (fun fun fun read for those outdoorsy types)
Born to Run - Bruce
Bloodline - Yea star wars
What You Did by Claire McGowan (Really enjoyed this little mystery. Some heavy topics, some good twists)
Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger (Cork O'connor series? I hope this one gets turned into a movie. Fucking excellent writing. Super layered story)
Hard to Handle by Steve Gorman of Black Crowes

Time for another! Not sure which direction I want to head though (fiction/non fiction)

YOU HAVENT EVEN READ IT!!
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BurtReynolds wrote:Image

About three quarters through. It's really helping certain puzzle pieces click into place for me.
so it is a confirmation of ideas you already had kind of book, or is it a I hadn't thought of it that way and now it makes more sense kind of book?
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tragabigzanda wrote:Can you remind me what some of the better stories are in that one? I get that and Skeleton Crew confused all the time
I’ve only read three of the stories so far, but the first and second, Dolan’s Cadillac and The End of the Whole Mess were good.
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