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Sorry, this one is actually old, it's just my favorite I've read this year so far. Opened the year with a disappointment (Station 11), a clunker (The Calcutta Chromosome), and a fun little diversion (Night Train). Lush Life is the first one I've picked up that I haven't been able to put down.tragabigzanda wrote:I didn’t know he had a new book out. Synopsis sounds great. I’ll add it to the list.
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Man, Station Eleven is so much better than Lush Life. And I goddamn love Lush Life.
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I really enjoyed this one.blueviper wrote:The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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Did you read Moonglow?lennytheweedwhacker wrote:I really enjoyed this one.blueviper wrote:The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon
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I still haven't been able to nail down what I was looking for in Station Eleven that it didn't deliver on. I was much more interested in the older characters who were already aged in the "old world" than I was in the youngsters, so those parts--like Clark's and Jeevan's--were my favorites.
Lush Life, the way the dialogue brings the world to life is my favorite part so far. Every character has a unique voice. I also just started rewatching Homicide, which it reminds me a lot of. So it hit at just the right time.
Lush Life, the way the dialogue brings the world to life is my favorite part so far. Every character has a unique voice. I also just started rewatching Homicide, which it reminds me a lot of. So it hit at just the right time.
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He wrote for The Wire didn't he? So it makes sense that this reminds you of Homicide.
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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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I don't think I ever really became aware of who he was until The Deuce came out (maybe The Night Of?) and I've been meaning to read him since.epilogue wrote:He wrote for The Wire didn't he? So it makes sense that this reminds you of Homicide.
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I'm on the last few chapters of the second Wheel of Time Book. Also reading Rick Perlstein's book on the Goldwater campaign.
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How do you like Wheel of Time?
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It's a bit young adult-y in terms of reading level, but I'm enjoying it a lot.
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Gotcha. I didn't know who he was until one of the folks in my writer's group told me that one is my pieces was similar to Price. They thought I'd really like his stuff and recommended Lush Life.Simple Torture wrote:I don't think I ever really became aware of who he was until The Deuce came out (maybe The Night Of?) and I've been meaning to read him since.epilogue wrote:He wrote for The Wire didn't he? So it makes sense that this reminds you of Homicide.
That's all I've read by him.
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Would you recommend it?Norris wrote:It's a bit young adult-y in terms of reading level, but I'm enjoying it a lot.
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yeah if you're into fantasyepilogue wrote:Would you recommend it?Norris wrote:It's a bit young adult-y in terms of reading level, but I'm enjoying it a lot.
beware though, the first third of the first book is a big LOTR ripoff, but then it splits
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Norris wrote:yeah if you're into fantasyepilogue wrote:Would you recommend it?Norris wrote:It's a bit young adult-y in terms of reading level, but I'm enjoying it a lot.
beware though, the first third of the first book is a big LOTR ripoff, but then it splits
I'm not a big LotR guy, so I probably won't even notice!
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Fantastic!epilogue wrote:Norris wrote:yeah if you're into fantasyepilogue wrote:Would you recommend it?Norris wrote:It's a bit young adult-y in terms of reading level, but I'm enjoying it a lot.
beware though, the first third of the first book is a big LOTR ripoff, but then it splits![]()
I'm not a big LotR guy, so I probably won't even notice!
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I've been slowly plodding through this one as back-up bedtime reading for a few months now. It's really interesting but man does he get into the weeds a bit.Norris wrote:I'm on the last few chapters of the second Wheel of Time Book. Also reading Rick Perlstein's book on the Goldwater campaign.
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I'd agree with that.Mickey wrote:I've been slowly plodding through this one as back-up bedtime reading for a few months now. It's really interesting but man does he get into the weeds a bit.Norris wrote:I'm on the last few chapters of the second Wheel of Time Book. Also reading Rick Perlstein's book on the Goldwater campaign.
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More than I ever really wanted to know about F. Cliff White.
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