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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,831
    edited May 2015
    Enkidu said:

    I just finished this - it's really great. But really really hard to read. I just did a blog post about it too if you'd like more detail. Not a book to read before you go to sleep at night.

    http://mybookclubforone.blogspot.com/2015/04/difficult-books.html

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    I dont think I can read that....I have no problem reading periods of history that are truly brutal and have read many books dealing with tough subjects but for whatever reason I dodge the modern ones. Maybe they seem to real to me -- but I can appreciate what you shared.

    I finished with 'Time & Again' which was purchased at your suggestion here and I agree with what you had to ask -- how did I not know of this book? What a cool book, I loved it. Recommend.
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    Now I am reading 'As You Wish' after finally getting my 10 year old nephew to watch the movie versions of one of my favorite books (and certainly on my top 5 of movie adaptations of books I liked), The Princess Bride. Enjoying it. Not as much as the book, the screenplay, or the movie....but how could I possibly? :)

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  • andyzoffhegoes
    andyzoffhegoes Posts: 388
    Just finished Band of Brothers. No idea what to start next
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,831
    andyzoffhegoes said:

    Just finished Band of Brothers. No idea what to start next

    Keep the WWII alive...Unbroken
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    A book about the making of Princess Bride? I want it.

    I'm reading the book about the Wright brothers by David McCullough. It's great so far.
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,000
    The Colorado kid by Stephen King
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  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    One More Thing by BJ Novak, so entertaining
  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    Anybody read Narcisa by Jonathan Shaw?

    Looks interesting....
    http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062354990/narcisa
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,327
    RKCNDY said:

    I suppose I should start my book since I joined a book club...I have to finish it by next Saturday, and this weekend is jam packed.

    Fuck...it's like 400 pages. Mr. RK never shuts up when I'm trying to do something that takes concentration...cross stitch, crochet, reading...if I'm playing on the internet he doesn't say anything. Grrrrrr.....

    ease up on Mr. RK :nuh_uh:

    shouldn't he be Mr. RC?

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

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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,975
    edited May 2015
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    the house of hades
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    It's been awhile since I've visited, so let's get caught up:

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  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    dankind said:

    It's been awhile since I've visited, so let's get caught up:

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    How is the Colum McCann? I loved Let the Great World Spin so much.
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited May 2015
    Enkidu said:

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    How is the Colum McCann? I loved Let the Great World Spin so much.
    It was just about as good at LTGWS -- and just as heartbreaking.
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Oh, yeah, and this one falls in there somewhere, too:

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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    imalive said:

    RKCNDY said:

    I suppose I should start my book since I joined a book club...I have to finish it by next Saturday, and this weekend is jam packed.

    Fuck...it's like 400 pages. Mr. RK never shuts up when I'm trying to do something that takes concentration...cross stitch, crochet, reading...if I'm playing on the internet he doesn't say anything. Grrrrrr.....

    ease up on Mr. RK :nuh_uh:

    shouldn't he be Mr. RC?

    No, RK.

    If he just quietly watched his baseball and let me read, it would be nice. I never got to read my book, missed book club, and into another one...

    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

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  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
    Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,831
    he.who.forgets said:

    The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
    Big Sur by Jack Kerouac

    Loved tEKAT. Have a real-life family connection to that story as well, those suckers were crazy.
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  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Yea, I really want to get my hands on the movie they made now after finishing it (the actual movie). Can you imagine living that life style for years straight??? Would love to hear about your connection!
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,000
    The Parenticide club by Ambrose Bierce
    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..
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Seveneves by Neal Stephenson, one of my favourite authors but someone known for long, dense books. I've been waiting for this one for months and wanted to make sure I got the print version, not e-book.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf

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