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durdencommatyler wrote:
bune wrote:Jeez guys. Go read this one:
No thank you.
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bune wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
bune wrote:Jeez guys. Go read this one:
No thank you.
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yeah it's obviously in competition with scurry
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durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Image
this was really good...i love the dark humor mixed with the existential bent this book takes as it goes on

i can definitely see the coens' adapting this
:luv:
have you read anything else by him?
No, I haven't.
yeah me either
welp
should i go beloved or song of solomon next?
Beloved.
tbh based on the descriptions i'm leaning song of solomon...i'll probably just check out whichever looks the less gross #librariez
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Image
this was really good...i love the dark humor mixed with the existential bent this book takes as it goes on

i can definitely see the coens' adapting this
:luv:
have you read anything else by him?
No, I haven't.
yeah me either
welp
should i go beloved or song of solomon next?
Beloved.
tbh based on the descriptions i'm leaning song of solomon...i'll probably just check out whichever looks the less gross #librariez
I've read six of Morrison's books so far and I've enjoyed all of them. She's a brilliant writer. But Beloved is my favorite book of all time. It's absolutely breath-taking. It's a right at the top of human artistic achievement.

Song of Solomon is also a really great book, though. You honestly can't go wrong with either. If you're feeling that one, then totally go with your gut.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
bune wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
bune wrote:Jeez guys. Go read this one:
No thank you.
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yeah it's obviously in competition with scurry
a) I just realized that if anyone made a movie about my dad they should get TLJ to play him. Huh.

b) I was more referring to the "have you read anything else by him" conversation, not what you should read next.
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bune wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
bune wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
bune wrote:Jeez guys. Go read this one:
No thank you.
Image
yeah it's obviously in competition with scurry
a) I just realized that if anyone made a movie about my dad they should get TLJ to play him. Huh.

b) I was more referring to the "have you read anything else by him" conversation, not what you should read next.
not that any of this matters, but b) is mostly irrelevant
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durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Image
this was really good...i love the dark humor mixed with the existential bent this book takes as it goes on

i can definitely see the coens' adapting this
:luv:
have you read anything else by him?
No, I haven't.
yeah me either
welp
should i go beloved or song of solomon next?
Beloved.
tbh based on the descriptions i'm leaning song of solomon...i'll probably just check out whichever looks the less gross #librariez
I've read six of Morrison's books so far and I've enjoyed all of them. She's a brilliant writer. But Beloved is my favorite book of all time. It's absolutely breath-taking. It's a right at the top of human artistic achievement.

Song of Solomon is also a really great book, though. You honestly can't go wrong with either. If you're feeling that one, then totally go with your gut.
does she ever get whimsical or overly sentimental?
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
bune wrote:Jeez guys. Go read this one:

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Started The Tailor of Panama this morning and I don't know what I expected, to tell you the truth. I thought it was a spy book (based on what I remember of seeing commercials for the movie) but apparently it's a comedy/satire? Maybe it's more evident further into the book?
i have ttop book lying around here somewhere- i think i read a few chapters...the movie isn't your traditional spy work, but yeah there are comedy/satire elements present...actually mostly satire
I'm going to have to start it over I think.
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
bune wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
bune wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
bune wrote:Jeez guys. Go read this one:
No thank you.
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yeah it's obviously in competition with scurry
a) I just realized that if anyone made a movie about my dad they should get TLJ to play him. Huh.

b) I was more referring to the "have you read anything else by him" conversation, not what you should read next.
not that any of this matters, but b) is mostly irrelevant
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i'm going to miss reading books when i go back to work :(
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Image
this was really good...i love the dark humor mixed with the existential bent this book takes as it goes on

i can definitely see the coens' adapting this
:luv:
have you read anything else by him?
No, I haven't.
yeah me either
welp
should i go beloved or song of solomon next?
Beloved.
tbh based on the descriptions i'm leaning song of solomon...i'll probably just check out whichever looks the less gross #librariez
I've read six of Morrison's books so far and I've enjoyed all of them. She's a brilliant writer. But Beloved is my favorite book of all time. It's absolutely breath-taking. It's a right at the top of human artistic achievement.

Song of Solomon is also a really great book, though. You honestly can't go wrong with either. If you're feeling that one, then totally go with your gut.
does she ever get whimsical or overly sentimental?
I've never found her work particularly whimsical. But I think that word means something different to me than it does to most. I don't think her work is sentimental in that there doesn't seem to be a fondness or tremendous feeling of nostalgia necessarily. But her work is tender and sad. So, yes? I think her work is full of sentiment and power and magic and is appealing and unpredictable and often playful.

Take that for what it's worth.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Image
this was really good...i love the dark humor mixed with the existential bent this book takes as it goes on

i can definitely see the coens' adapting this
:luv:
have you read anything else by him?
No, I haven't.
yeah me either
welp
should i go beloved or song of solomon next?
Beloved.
tbh based on the descriptions i'm leaning song of solomon...i'll probably just check out whichever looks the less gross #librariez
I've read six of Morrison's books so far and I've enjoyed all of them. She's a brilliant writer. But Beloved is my favorite book of all time. It's absolutely breath-taking. It's a right at the top of human artistic achievement.

Song of Solomon is also a really great book, though. You honestly can't go wrong with either. If you're feeling that one, then totally go with your gut.
does she ever get whimsical or overly sentimental?
I've never found her work particularly whimsical. But I think that word means something different to me than it does to most. I don't think her work is sentimental in that there doesn't seem to be a fondness or tremendous feeling of nostalgia necessarily. But her work is tender and sad. So, yes? I think her work is full of sentiment and power and magic and is appealing and unpredictable and often playful.

Take that for what it's worth.
i'm not going to read that but thank you for replying
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Image
this was really good...i love the dark humor mixed with the existential bent this book takes as it goes on

i can definitely see the coens' adapting this
:luv:
have you read anything else by him?
No, I haven't.
yeah me either
welp
should i go beloved or song of solomon next?
Beloved.
tbh based on the descriptions i'm leaning song of solomon...i'll probably just check out whichever looks the less gross #librariez
I've read six of Morrison's books so far and I've enjoyed all of them. She's a brilliant writer. But Beloved is my favorite book of all time. It's absolutely breath-taking. It's a right at the top of human artistic achievement.

Song of Solomon is also a really great book, though. You honestly can't go wrong with either. If you're feeling that one, then totally go with your gut.
does she ever get whimsical or overly sentimental?
I've never found her work particularly whimsical. But I think that word means something different to me than it does to most. I don't think her work is sentimental in that there doesn't seem to be a fondness or tremendous feeling of nostalgia necessarily. But her work is tender and sad. So, yes? I think her work is full of sentiment and power and magic and is appealing and unpredictable and often playful.

Take that for what it's worth.
i'm not going to read that but thank you for replying
whatever
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Re: What are you currently reading?

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durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Image
this was really good...i love the dark humor mixed with the existential bent this book takes as it goes on

i can definitely see the coens' adapting this
:luv:
have you read anything else by him?
No, I haven't.
yeah me either
welp
should i go beloved or song of solomon next?
Beloved.
tbh based on the descriptions i'm leaning song of solomon...i'll probably just check out whichever looks the less gross #librariez
I've read six of Morrison's books so far and I've enjoyed all of them. She's a brilliant writer. But Beloved is my favorite book of all time. It's absolutely breath-taking. It's a right at the top of human artistic achievement.

Song of Solomon is also a really great book, though. You honestly can't go wrong with either. If you're feeling that one, then totally go with your gut.
does she ever get whimsical or overly sentimental?
I've never found her work particularly whimsical. But I think that word means something different to me than it does to most. I don't think her work is sentimental in that there doesn't seem to be a fondness or tremendous feeling of nostalgia necessarily. But her work is tender and sad. So, yes? I think her work is full of sentiment and power and magic and is appealing and unpredictable and often playful.

Take that for what it's worth.
i'm not going to read that but thank you for replying
whatever
jk i read most of it...i'll probably finish it tomorrow
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Man, It is terrifying.
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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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tragabigzanda wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:Man, It is terrifying.
heck yeah. glad to hear it holds up for adults, i haven't read it since i was like 14.
I read IT a few years ago and I wasn't particularly scared by it. The book actually felt really bloated and meandering to me. But I'm glad it's working on VG. I wish I'd had that experience.
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I've long struggled with the appeal of Lethem. And I hate that. I really want to get his stuff.
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durdencommatyler wrote:I've long struggled with the appeal of Lethem. And I hate that. I really want to get his stuff.
i've only read a gambler's anatomy, which was decent

i almost grabbed the dewitt one bune posted, but decided to go another route for now
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:I've long struggled with the appeal of Lethem. And I hate that. I really want to get his stuff.
i've only read a gambler's anatomy, which was decent

i almost grabbed the dewitt one bune posted, but decided to go another route for now
Let me know how this one grabs you. Maybe I'll give it a shot if you can give it a glowing recommendation.
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