Red Mosquito

durdencommatyler wrote:

bune wrote:Jeez guys. Go read this one:

No thank you.

bune wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

bune wrote:Jeez guys. Go read this one:

No thank you.

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

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

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.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

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

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

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

bune wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

bune wrote:Jeez guys. Go read this one:

No thank you.

yeah it's obviously in competition with scurry

bune wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

bune wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

bune wrote:Jeez guys. Go read this one:

No thank you.

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.

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

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

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.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

bune wrote:Jeez guys. Go read this one:



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

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

bune wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

bune wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

bune wrote:Jeez guys. Go read this one:

No thank you.

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

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

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

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?

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:

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

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.

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:

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

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

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:

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

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

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.

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.

durdencommatyler wrote:I've long struggled with the appeal of Lethem. And I hate that. I really want to get his stuff.

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