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Discussion in 'Entertainment Forum' started by Melody Bot, Mar 13, 2015.

  1. wisdomfordebris

    Moderator Moderator

    Still not lovingConfederacy of Dunces but it is starting to make me laugh a bit more. The first scene withMancuso and Irene in the kitchen had me rolling last night.
     
  2. Colby Searcy

    Is admired for his impeccable (food) tastes Prestigious

    I'm this way too mostly and it'll come and go in spurts
     
  3. EarthShifts

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    Just finished “Everything is Horrible and Wonderful” by Stephanie Wittels Wachs. Definitely recommend it, but it is heavy at times as it deals with grief, addiction, family, etc. I found myself tearing up quite a bit.

    Needless to say, I’m in the market for a light funny read. I’ve read too many heavy books in a row. I need a break. Haha.

    Any suggestions? Doesn’t matter what genre.
     
  4. marsupial jones

    make a bagel without the hole

    my immediate thought - pretty much anything by Vonnegut should do the trick while also making you think a bit :thumbup:
     
  5. aoftbsten

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    I just finished The Last Good Man by Linda Nagata. I really enjoyed it, it's a pretty interesting story covering what the rise of automation and private military might look like in the not so distant future.
     
  6. about a year since I started Infinite Jest and now I'm planning to start Ulysses. I finished Portrait last night and I'm so excited to dive in, I've wanted to read this one for a long long time. Planning on going through it patiently chapter-by-chapter and giving myself time to understand and enjoy while also reading other smaller things.
     
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  7. The Lucky Moose

    I'm Emotional, I Hug the Block Prestigious

  8. Dave Diddy

    Grief is only love that’s got no place to go Supporter

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  9. Garrett

    i tore a hole in the fabric of time Moderator

    Scarlet sky. I have it and it looks real good.
     
  10. I’m looking for a good Frank Sinatra biography - any recommendations?
     
  11. Dave Diddy

    Grief is only love that’s got no place to go Supporter

    Alright Scarlet Sky it is!
     
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  12. Marx&Recreation

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    Do you have The New Bloomsday Book? There are a couple chapters of Ulysses that, on the first read through, are borderline incomprehensible, and that companion book is great for providing the more big picture stuff without getting too in the weeds about it.

    And idk how far you are at this point, but the first three chapters are increasingly dense and confusing, and chapter four is where Bloom is introduced and it becomes much more accessible. Stephen is so intellectual that it makes most of his POV chapters really difficult, whereas Bloom is a pretty average guy (though very smart in his own way) and Joyce reflects that in the writing of Bloom's chapters (in the first half of the book, at least)
     
  13. jorbjorb

    7 rings

    Just finishing Amanda Lindhout's memoir "A House in the Sky" .

    A pretty disturbing book if anyone is interested.

    in August 2008, she traveled to Somalia—“the most dangerous place on earth.” On her fourth day, she was abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road.

    Held hostage for 460 days, Amanda converts to Islam as a survival tactic, receives “wife lessons” from one of her captors, and risks a daring escape. Moved between a series of abandoned houses in the desert, she survives on memory—every lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before captivity—and on strategy, fortitude, and hope. When she is most desperate, she visits a house in the sky, high above the woman kept in chains, in the dark, being tortured.
     
  14. Dave Diddy

    Grief is only love that’s got no place to go Supporter

    The Return: Fathers, Sons, and the Land In Between is on sale for 2 dollars. It's a good read.

    WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • The acclaimed memoir about fathers and sons, a legacy of loss, and, ultimately, healing—one of The New York Times Book Review’s ten best books of the year, winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018PD2HIQ/?tag=absolutepunk-20
     
  15. The Lucky Moose

    I'm Emotional, I Hug the Block Prestigious

    Finished this one. Slightly dry but very informative biography of a very interesting public figure. I definitely recommend it.
     
  16. TJ Wells

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    It’s looking like Against the Day is finally gonna be the one that makes me get Pynchon. I am hooked.
     
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  17. Dave Diddy

    Grief is only love that’s got no place to go Supporter

    Highly recommend this, thought it was incredible.
     
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  18. noxee

    Regular Prestigious

    I'm about to dive into the Malazan Book of the Fallen series for a second read through and I'm not sure if my brain is ready...
     
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  19. theagentcoma

    yeah good okay Prestigious

    you are my people.
     
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  20. GBlades

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    Can anyone recommend any Paul Tremblay (or otherwise) horror? I'm looking but there is just so much to choose from and I wanna get scared right out my wits!
     
  21. Vivatoto

    Royal Court of Princess Donut Prestigious

    It's soooooo worth it. Make sure you read all the ICE books
     
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  22. angrycandy Sep 23, 2018
    (Last edited: Sep 24, 2018)
    angrycandy

    I’m drama in these khaki towns Supporter

    I really liked A Head Full of Ghosts
     
  23. GBlades

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    I was thinking of picking this one up, is this standalone or a series? I seen Stephen King liking this one so surely it must be alright!
     
  24. angrycandy

    I’m drama in these khaki towns Supporter

    standalone
     
  25. Vivatoto

    Royal Court of Princess Donut Prestigious

    It's very good. All 3 of his horror books are great
     
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