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Old 01-08-2017, 02:57 PM   #5701 (permalink)
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Old 01-08-2017, 03:09 PM   #5702 (permalink)
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now to try (for the second time) to tackle this beast:
I'm reading a bit of Stephen King lately but I haven't read this yet.

I'm currently reading:



This is my second Stephen King novel after Pet Sematary and I'm enjoying this a lot more. Even though vampires were never really my thing.
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Old 01-09-2017, 04:13 AM   #5703 (permalink)
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While it still has King's somewhat hokey writing, I think It is his best novel conceptually.
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Still gotta give my love to Carrie. It's relatively amateurish but the story tugs at your heartstrings.
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Old 01-11-2017, 04:44 PM   #5705 (permalink)
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first book of 2017 complete:

love this author because he provides an easy read that will still stab you in the heart with it's brutal honesty
I loved The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and have that book and Drown on my short list of books to read soon.
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Old 01-11-2017, 05:00 PM   #5706 (permalink)
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Oh, and I'm reading this when I take breaks from War & Peace:



When You Are Engulfed In Flames—David Sedaris
So far it's not as funny as Naked (the only other book I've read by him), but I'm still enjoying it.
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Old 01-11-2017, 06:40 PM   #5707 (permalink)
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Still fitting in some reading time for Puzo's masterpiece when I can manage it. Just about to start Book II. End of Book one: "The War of the Five Families had begun". LOTR and GoT eat your hearts out!

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^ I've heard a lot of people talk about that book, but never that it was the greatest ever. I'm not doubting that many people do, just that I think it's one of those that split opinion - even if the reader has a certain respect or admiration for it.



This, however, was recommended very highly. I've been hearing lots about it for the past few years but it was Jordan Peterson placing it as his #1 recommend book (with regards to his intellectual development) that finally pushed me to start listening to it.

I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far. But I'm not far enough into it to give any kind of verdict.
I found it engaging at first then I got really bored with it. Probably didn't help that I had just wolfed my way through Nineteen Eighty-Four in three days. Again.
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A tempting offer and a very fair price! Thanks for thinking of me but I've got some multi-hundred dollar book purchases in the works and I'm trying to reel in my recreational spending. I did just buy an Easton Press goldleaf leatherbound autographed edition of Ready Player One as a future surprise gift for my wife! Shhhhh!
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Still fitting in some reading time for Puzo's masterpiece when I can manage it. Just about to start Book II. End of Book one: "The War of the Five Families had begun". LOTR and GoT eat your hearts out!
I really should read that at some point. Are you enjoying it?
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I really should read that at some point. Are you enjoying it?
Oh it is fantastic. And I've seen the movie. Of course. Doesn't spoil it in the least, except I can see Marlon Robert and Al in their roles. But superb stuff.
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I found it engaging at first then I got really bored with it. Probably didn't help that I had just wolfed my way through Nineteen Eighty-Four in three days. Again.
Interesting, I found it engrossing. I had a little difficulty trudging through some of the denser sections of 1984 (the orthodoxy/unorthodoxy compare and contrast section that goes on for like fifteen pages was rough).
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