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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,725
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    The love he receives is the love that is saved
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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Sin killer - larry mcmurtry
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    EnkiduEnkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    I finally read A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. Everyone kept telling me to read it - I don't know why it took so long. It's beautiful. So beautiful I wrote a blog post about it. (About it and other books we have sitting on our shelves we keep meaning to read.)

    http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/2014/10/that-book-sitting-on-your-shelf_26.html
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    oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,844
    F Me In The Brain said:

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    Aaargh - I forgot that was being released end of October! I'm kicking myself now, but will download it on my trusty kindle immediately and get on it.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
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    oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,844
    Enkidu said:

    I finally read A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. Everyone kept telling me to read it - I don't know why it took so long. It's beautiful. So beautiful I wrote a blog post about it. (About it and other books we have sitting on our shelves we keep meaning to read.)

    http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/2014/10/that-book-sitting-on-your-shelf_26.html

    Yes, there's a wonderful satisfaction to it, when everything ties up at the end. I have read it two or three times but not in years, so that will come off my shelf again soon.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
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    oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,844
    And third post in a row for me - currently reading William Gibson's new one, just released - The Peripheral. Been a fan since Neuromancer came out.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,725
    Enkidu said:

    I finally read A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. Everyone kept telling me to read it - I don't know why it took so long. It's beautiful. So beautiful I wrote a blog post about it. (About it and other books we have sitting on our shelves we keep meaning to read.)

    http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/2014/10/that-book-sitting-on-your-shelf_26.html

    Got on am Irving kick and read them all a few years back. The rare author that my wife and I both love.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Our band could be your life - michael azerrad
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
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    oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,844
    "So Anyway", John Cleese's autobiography (or at least, his first autobiography - he has made it clear he is writing another volume, as this one apparently ends just as the Pythons get going). I got a signed copy last night when I went to a reading/interview with Cleese. He's doing a brief US tour prior to his UK tour, so some of you might get a chance to catch him, too. Amusing but not hysterical so far.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
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    23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 18,630
    Howl and Other poems by Allen Ginsberg
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,587
    catefrances said:

    Our band could be your life - michael azerrad

    there's some great stuff in there.......along with a whole bunch of shitty bands!

    If I had known then what I know now...

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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,587
    robertstackarmy said:

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    Russo is one of my all time favorite authors. Bridge of Sighs is a bit more challenging than most of his others.

    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
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    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,587
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    only a couple of chapters in, but.......wow. powerful.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
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    Given To NapGiven To Nap Posts: 150
    ^^^ One of my favorite books. It's really hard for me to pass up a dog book.
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    SD48277SD48277 Woodstock, NY Posts: 12,243
    imalive said:

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    only a couple of chapters in, but.......wow. powerful.

    Very good book. Intense. The author lives nearby and offers memoir-writing classes. I would love to try this sometime, but my schedule never seems to work out for it to happen.
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    Jason PJason P Posts: 19,124
    Just got done with Game of Thrones book 5. Moving onto Dune.

    Fantasy books about great houses fighting with both brute and brain in feudal times.

    After this I want to read "In the Kingdom of Ice" which is the true account of a failed expedition to the article circle in the 1800's
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    JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,217
    I finished The Adventures of Cavalier & Clay a few weeks back and have just started Shantaram.
    I've read about 150 pages and love it so far.
    Pick up my debut novel here on amazon: Jonny Bails Floatin (in paperback) (also available on Kindle for $2.99)
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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,725
    JonnyPistachio said:

    I finished The Adventures of Cavalier & Clay.

    Looks great, added to my list.

    Just started this but I dont know about reading cover to cover. Looks like a sweet 'browser' while I get into something else. Cannot read a book this size in bed before I conk out at night...if I drop it on my face as I doze off it will leave a mark. If I let us fall to the floor it could ruin the beautiful art inside its pages...and there is no room for it on my nightstand.
    :))
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    Pretty amazing piece of work!
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
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    madtowndavemadtowndave Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,012
    JonnyPistachio said:

    I finished The Adventures of Cavalier & Clay a few weeks back and have just started Shantaram.
    I've read about 150 pages and love it so far.

    Both are great reads!!!
    I just started The Drop by Dennis Lehane, which was recommended by one of my best friends.
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    iamicaiamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    I'm reading Jane Eyre right now. So depressing.
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    he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Just finished The Kite Runner. One of my favorites...so heart warming and gut wrenching at the same time.
    We were but stones your light made us stars
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    PJSirenPJSiren Salem, OR Posts: 5,863
    Just started "The Billionaire Wins The Game" on my kindle...my first kindle book...I was so excited when I DLed it last night, I know I'm a dork! lol
    Music is my Religion and Pearl Jam, my Savior!
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    oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,844
    PJSiren said:

    Just started "The Billionaire Wins The Game" on my kindle...my first kindle book...I was so excited when I DLed it last night, I know I'm a dork! lol

    I completely share your kindle enthusiasm.

    I just finished Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. A great book about what life might be like if a pandemic wipes out about 99% of the population; despite that, it's not gory or graphic, as most of the action happens years later. Highly recommended.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
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    23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 18,630
    Inherent vice by Thomas Pynchon..one of my fav writers
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
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    riotgrlriotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,892
    Just started The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters after hearing about it on the NPR book concierge program.
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
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    PJSirenPJSiren Salem, OR Posts: 5,863
    Well, The Bachelor Wins The Game was good, The Bachelor's Dance was the next in the series and was OK, it was almost a carbon copy of the first....up until the end then it had a bit of a different ending...now I'll read the rest of the series anyway because I'm invested....lol but I have to wait til I can get it from the prime library next month sooooo...

    I just started "Rest For The Wicked" by Cate Dean...it's a supernatural/fantasy type book, not a romance novel, so it's from my favorite genre...
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    EnkiduEnkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    I love Nick Hornby.

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    BLACK35BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,548
    Anchorboy - Jay Onrait
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    2018 - Fenway 1&2
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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,725
    Just read this on the plane to LA....loved it.
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    And most of this on the way back....slow at times but some of his stories are touching and others are about touching. I love Bob Saget.
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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    imalive said:

    catefrances said:

    Our band could be your life - michael azerrad

    there's some great stuff in there.......along with a whole bunch of shitty bands!

    yep.


    under the tuscan sun - frances mayes

    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
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