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bune
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by bune » Mon July 21, 2014 8:02 pm
Bammer wrote: Someone hook me up with a book recommendation please. I have enjoyed Dan Brown and David Baldacci.
Prefer fiction, nothing sappy or uber-intellectual. Looking for a page turner. Gracias.
Finished this a week or so ago and I can't recommend it enough.
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by Bammer » Tue July 29, 2014 5:51 am
I looked up all these rec's and The Martian lools like the big winner. Gracias.
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Dscans
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by Dscans » Tue July 29, 2014 11:55 am
Pastoralia by George Saunders.
I'll be the one in the lobby in the green fuck me shirt. The green one.
Birds in Hell
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by Birds in Hell » Tue July 29, 2014 12:24 pm
Finally reading Ellroy's 'The Black Dahlia'.
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by Birds in Hell » Mon August 04, 2014 3:24 am
Birds in Hell wrote: Finally reading Ellroy's 'The Black Dahlia'.
Halfway through and thinking of putting it aside. Not finding it particularly enjoyable, which is both surprising and a little disappointing.
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by bart » Mon August 04, 2014 11:06 am
Birds in Hell wrote: Birds in Hell wrote: Finally reading Ellroy's 'The Black Dahlia'.
Halfway through and thinking of putting it aside. Not finding it particularly enjoyable, which is both surprising and a little disappointing.
Skip ahead to LA Confidential.
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by Bammer » Mon August 04, 2014 12:41 pm
Birds in Hell wrote: Birds in Hell wrote: Finally reading Ellroy's 'The Black Dahlia'.
Halfway through and thinking of putting it aside. Not finding it particularly enjoyable, which is both surprising and a little disappointing.
How dare you not like a piece of literature that other people tell you you're supposed to enjoy.
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by Birds in Hell » Tue August 05, 2014 8:53 am
Bammer wrote: Birds in Hell wrote: Birds in Hell wrote: Finally reading Ellroy's 'The Black Dahlia'.
Halfway through and thinking of putting it aside. Not finding it particularly enjoyable, which is both surprising and a little disappointing.
How dare you not like a piece of literature that other people tell you you're supposed to enjoy.
It's not that, it's more that I'd recently read tons of Raymond Chandler and thought Ellroy would be a satisfying progression.
It's not like I viscerally hate the book or anything, it's just been kind of a thankless slog so far.
bart wrote: Skip ahead to LA Confidential.
Duly noted.
I think I'll stick with it for now and, once I've got through a few other books I've been waiting on starting, try Ellroy again and see if I have more luck.
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by lennytheweedwhacker » Tue August 05, 2014 7:03 pm
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Chabon...this is one gay a$$ novel.
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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by tommymtcom » Tue August 05, 2014 7:04 pm
Sean Bean's AMA
[–]iheartoptimusprime 32 points an hour ago
Do you have anecdotes about your time filming National Treasure?
[–]RealSeanBean 140 points an hour ago
There was one where I went back to Nic Cage's house, and we'd had a few drinks, we were playing pool and he accidentally knocked over his prehistoric cave bear skull and smashed it. And he was really upset about it, and the next day went and buried it in a field.
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by lennytheweedwhacker » Tue August 05, 2014 7:06 pm
i don't care how many terrible roles he's been in, i'll always love cage
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by Bob Loblaw » Thu August 07, 2014 2:24 am
lennytheweedwhacker wrote: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Chabon...this is one gay a$$ novel.
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by Birds in Hell » Thu August 07, 2014 8:22 am
Birds in Hell wrote: Birds in Hell wrote: Finally reading Ellroy's 'The Black Dahlia'.
Halfway through and thinking of putting it aside. Not finding it particularly enjoyable, which is both surprising and a little disappointing.
So I finished it. Glad I stuck it out, things picked up a bit through the last portion of the book. I'll give this Ellroy fellow another shot.
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by lennytheweedwhacker » Thu August 07, 2014 12:57 pm
Bob Loblaw wrote: lennytheweedwhacker wrote: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Chabon...this is one gay a$$ novel.
am i art and you arthur?
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by lennytheweedwhacker » Fri August 08, 2014 1:39 pm
thinking about going with empire falls next...would mickey approve?
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by Alex » Fri August 08, 2014 1:43 pm
lennytheweedwhacker wrote: thinking about going with empire falls next...would mickey approve?
only if you do it while sticking a finger down your throat
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by lennytheweedwhacker » Fri August 08, 2014 1:46 pm
Alex wrote: lennytheweedwhacker wrote: thinking about going with empire falls next...would mickey approve?
only if you do it while sticking a finger down your throat
that's rude
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by Alex » Fri August 08, 2014 1:48 pm
lennytheweedwhacker wrote: Alex wrote: lennytheweedwhacker wrote: thinking about going with empire falls next...would mickey approve?
only if you do it while sticking a finger down your throat
that's rude
to you or to mickey?
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by lennytheweedwhacker » Fri August 08, 2014 2:34 pm
Alex wrote: lennytheweedwhacker wrote: Alex wrote: lennytheweedwhacker wrote: thinking about going with empire falls next...would mickey approve?
only if you do it while sticking a finger down your throat
that's rude
to you or to mickey?
neither
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by LoathedVermin72 » Tue August 12, 2014 2:57 pm
I read the Blue is the Warmest Color graphic novel last night. It was quite good, which made the movie seem even worse (and I already hated it).