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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Just finished Bossypants by Tina Fey and Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life by Steve Almond.

    Next stop, some fiction: Year One by Colson Whitehead, methinks.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    dankind wrote:
    Just finished Bossypants by Tina Fey and Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life by Steve Almond.

    Next stop, some fiction: Year One by Colson Whitehead, methinks.
    How was Bossypants?
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Newch91 wrote:
    dankind wrote:
    Just finished Bossypants by Tina Fey and Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life by Steve Almond.

    Next stop, some fiction: Year One by Colson Whitehead, methinks.
    How was Bossypants?

    It was good. Very funny. A friend loaned it to me sans dust jacket because I told her that I just couldn't get over how awful and creepy the cover was.
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    dankind wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    dankind wrote:
    Just finished Bossypants by Tina Fey and Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life by Steve Almond.

    Next stop, some fiction: Year One by Colson Whitehead, methinks.
    How was Bossypants?

    It was good. Very funny. A friend loaned it to me sans dust jacket because I told her that I just couldn't get over how awful and creepy the cover was.

    Yeah Bossypants was really funny. I think I read it in a day and laughed out loud multiple times.
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  • mydogmookieblaylock
    mydogmookieblaylock Posts: 2,996
    COMMANDO!
  • MissJam81
    MissJam81 Posts: 1,878
    'On becoming a person' by Carl Rogers and just finished 5x1 :D
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  • Nastasja
    Nastasja Posts: 9,668
    Dead Air - Iain Banks
    You can spend your time alone, re-digesting past regrets,
    Or you can come to terms and realize
    You're the only one who can't forgive yourself
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    "Star Wars: Outbound Flight" by Timothy Zahn
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • righteousbabe
    righteousbabe Posts: 662
    The System of the World-Neal Stephenson
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Tibet, Tibet - Patrick French

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    'Tibet has long fascinated the West, but what really lies beyond our romantic image of a mystical mountain kingdom of peace and spirituality? Patrick French set out to discover the truth, and his extraordinary account has been widely acclaimed.

    Travelling through the country, French meets exiled monks, nomads and a nun secretly fighting Chinese rule, but also young Tibetans with a more pragmatic attitude to their situation. Interweaving these encounters with little-known stories of war and turmoil from Tibet's past, he reveals a more nuanced, fascinating and surprising picture of this complex place than any other book has done.'
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,913
    The Bronx Zoo by Sparky Lyle
  • gunter1976
    gunter1976 Posts: 587
    I think Walking the Tightrope in the Caucasus (free translation of a dutch title), by Olaf Koens will be my next pick...
    "...bring it back someway bring it back, back, back... to the clean form, to the pure form..."

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  • traveljunkie
    traveljunkie Posts: 663
    1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
    About halfway through (of a long 925pp) and getting the feeling that I may be in for a letdown. :?
    “I worked really hard on this set. I just told you we’re gonna have a great night, so I don’t need any fuckin’ help from anybody.” EV, 7/2/09
  • gunter1976
    gunter1976 Posts: 587
    Travelin' Girl wrote:
    1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
    About halfway through (of a long 925pp) and getting the feeling that I may be in for a letdown. :?

    Although there are some enjoyable parts to be found, I find that some ideas are way out there, even for Murakami. Definitely not one of his best or even better writings. For that, I suggest The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle...
    "...bring it back someway bring it back, back, back... to the clean form, to the pure form..."

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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Irvine Welsh Skagboys ... jury's out as to if I am liking it or not
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    im awesome: one mans triumphant quest to become the sweetest dude ever - jason ellis w/ mike tully,
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    The Wind Through the Keyhole- Stephen King
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    rrivers wrote:
    The Wind Through the Keyhole- Stephen King

    How is it so far? I was surprised at how short it was - so used to the DT books being so much longer!
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  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    Helter Skelter: The Manson Murders, by Vincent Bugliosi.

    Very interesting.
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  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    rrivers wrote:
    The Wind Through the Keyhole- Stephen King

    How is it so far? I was surprised at how short it was - so used to the DT books being so much longer!

    Don't tell me you're a Stephen King fan too? It's like we're reading-soulmates! :lol::lol::lol:
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    2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
    2011-09-03 PJ20
    2011-09-04 PJ20
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    2013-11-23 Los Angeles
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    2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
    2014-10-09 Lincoln
    2014-10-19 St. Paul
    2014-10-20 Milwaukee
    2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
    2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
    2018-06-18 London 1
    2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
    2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
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    2023-09-02 St. Paul
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    2024-08-31 Wrigley 2
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