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I just finished the Jobs bio & Micheal Connelly's 'The Drop' *big Bosch fan*... am now reading Stephen King's 'Lisey's Story'.
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I'm reading E.M. Forster's Howards End.
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I'm currently working my way through the Jasper Fforde catalogue. I was loaned Shades of Grey and then discovered the rest from there - i'm currently on book 5 of the Thursday Next series. They're utterly bonkers and hilarious.
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Just started this:
Winner of the 2011
Scotiabank Giller Prize
Finalist for the Man Booker Prize
Finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
Finalist for the Governor General's
Literary Award for Fiction
Synopsis:
Berlin, 1939. A young, brilliant trumpet-player, Hieronymus, is arrested in a Paris cafe. The star musician was never heard from again. He was twenty years old. He was a German citizen. And he was black.
Fifty years later, Sidney Griffiths, the only witness that day, still refuses to speak of what he saw. When Chip Jones, his friend and fellow band member, comes to visit, recounting the discovery of a strange letter, Sid begins a slow journey towards redemption.
From the smoky bars of pre-war Berlin to the salons of Paris, Sid leads the reader through a fascinating, little-known world, and into the heart of his own guilty conscience.
Half-Blood Blues is an electric, heart-breaking story about music, race, love and loyalty, and the sacrifices we ask of ourselves, and demand of others, in the name of art.
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i recently read duff's book now i'm reading the 4th update of chomsky's 9-11 book, mainly interviews with noam that bring us to the bin laden killing.
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Of course in german, it is called "Der Mandant". Amazing, detailed, very exciting
Sometimes i read books in english just to train my language skills but it is very exhausting especially when laying in bed.
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Japhy wrote:I am a HUGE Kerouac fan so i'm maybe a little biased, but i absolutely love this book... and yeah, i also liked it because it is such a quick and easy read.ant wrote:I'm reading "And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks" by Kerouac/Burroughs. Each writer swapped chapters and also tells the story from a different character's perspective. It's sort of a beat mystery/noir story. I like both writers so I'm finding it to be pretty good and it's a quick read.
I'm currently reading Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde. Very clever theme (your social status is defined by the colours that you can see) and it's also very amusing which was a surprise.
so good. so fucking good. bringing it with me on vacation to reread.
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Which one man... Hippos? Awesome read. Both of them actually so good choice either way!Pure Method wrote:Japhy wrote:I am a HUGE Kerouac fan so i'm maybe a little biased, but i absolutely love this book... and yeah, i also liked it because it is such a quick and easy read.ant wrote:I'm reading "And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks" by Kerouac/Burroughs. Each writer swapped chapters and also tells the story from a different character's perspective. It's sort of a beat mystery/noir story. I like both writers so I'm finding it to be pretty good and it's a quick read.
I'm currently reading Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde. Very clever theme (your social status is defined by the colours that you can see) and it's also very amusing which was a surprise.
so good. so fucking good. bringing it with me on vacation to reread.
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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City...a memoir about an absent ex con father and the son who meets up with him while working at a homeless shelter. Was made into a film recently.
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Just finished the Hunger Games trilogy. It had it's moments, overall not great.
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E.M. Forster A Passage to India
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Currently reading Tony Bourdain's Medium Raw.
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he's a really cool guy. used to love watching his travels to India and such. He got high on hash cookies in one episode in a desert.thoreau wrote:Currently reading Tony Bourdain's Medium Raw.
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Susan Cain "Quiet"-The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Talking
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I just finished It's So Easy by Duff McKagan. Now reading Star Wars Darth Plagueis. Somewhat lowbrow compared to everyone else's reading matter. Oh well.
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Absolutely incredible book.
Even if you have zero interest in running it's still a great read.
Even if you have zero interest in running it's still a great read.
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i was just given this one for my birthday
anybody here read it? i know its not exactly a novelty, but i usually like to get some reviews before getting into a book
so, thanks in advance!
anybody here read it? i know its not exactly a novelty, but i usually like to get some reviews before getting into a book
so, thanks in advance!
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here's what the folks at amazon have to say about itMatov wrote:i was just given this one for my birthday
anybody here read it? i know its not exactly a novelty, but i usually like to get some reviews before getting into a book
so, thanks in advance!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews ... DWL6I6BVXY
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thanks matz! i was actually more interested in reading about what you guys (if anyone had read it) had to say about it, since even though you´re almost as random as the guys who post reviews at amazon, i can relate your reviews to the way you feel about other topics, such as music, politics, etc.Matz wrote: here's what the folks at amazon have to say about it
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews ... DWL6I6BVXY
It still wouldn´t change the way i feel about the book, but its a more complete way of knowing what to expect from it.
not sure that made any sense at all
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Feliz cumpleaños, man!!Matov wrote:i was just given this one for my birthday
anybody here read it? i know its not exactly a novelty, but i usually like to get some reviews before getting into a book
so, thanks in advance!
Veinticuántos?
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Thanks Larry! it's veintiocho for meLarry B. wrote:Feliz cumpleaños, man!!
Veinticuántos?
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Hahaha, sos una semana mayor que yo!Matov wrote:Thanks Larry! it's veintiocho for meLarry B. wrote:Feliz cumpleaños, man!!
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Matov wrote:i was just given this one for my birthday
anybody here read it? i know its not exactly a novelty, but i usually like to get some reviews before getting into a book
so, thanks in advance!
hello and happy belated birthday!
i didn't read that book but i am familiar with some of Hanif Kureishi's work.
i saw the films my beautiful laundrette and sammy and rosie get laid. he wrote the screenplays for both of them. i also read a more recent book called something to tell you.
rom the films and the book i read, he writes about the experiences of immigrants and the children of immigrants growing up in london. he writes about racism, identity(sexual and individual), cross-cultural variation, social commentary.
i think he is a good writer. very smart and witty.
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Thank you Artemis!Artemis wrote: hello and happy belated birthday!
i didn't read that book but i am familiar with some of Hanif Kureishi's work.
i saw the films my beautiful laundrette and sammy and rosie get laid. he wrote the screenplays for both of them. i also read a more recent book called something to tell you.
rom the films and the book i read, he writes about the experiences of immigrants and the children of immigrants growing up in london. he writes about racism, identity(sexual and individual), cross-cultural variation, social commentary.
i think he is a good writer. very smart and witty.
Yeah the same guy who gave me the book reccomended the films... your definition of the themes he explores is spot on, i'm finding the book to be entertaining. its funny how every other page, he'll name drop a rock album from the 70s, which is where he set the story. Its not always fundamental to the story he's telling, but it helps to engage with the main character. He'll tell how the main character gives a handjob to one of his classmates then licks the semen off his hand, while listening to Umagumma by Pink Floyd. They could've been listening to any music, or none at all and the story would be the same. But i do like Pink Floyd more than licking someone else's semen from my dirty hand, so i sympathised a bit more. so far, so good