Almost finished with The Godfather, stuck about 75% of the way through Tolstoy's Anna Karenin (it's fucking arduous), and also reading John Steinbeck's Cannery Row in between.
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
This was recommended in an earlier book thread, and I've had it on my bookshelf for a few months now and am only just getting around to reading it. And it's absolutely fantastic - definitely met the high expectations set by whoever posted it before. The prose is fairly simple, but very rich.
Excellent book and one that has been very popular in Australia. I didn't realise it was popular internationally. The only aspect of the novel that disappointed me was how much of it is bullshit. It's a great story, but a lot of it is heavily embellished or else I suspect completely made-up.
Originally posted by Domesticated
Excellent book and one that has been very popular in Australia. I didn't realise it was popular internationally. The only aspect of the novel that disappointed me was how much of it is bullshit. It's a great story, but a lot of it is heavily embellished or else I suspect completely made-up.
Agreed, though it does help to think of the entire work as a piece of fiction rather than an autobiography. I'd never heard of it before seeing it in a thread here, so I'm not sure whether it's well known in the states or not. Barnes and Noble only had one copy on the shelves.
Currently reading:
Much darker than expected thus far.
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Aug-27-2009 11:10
Teezdalien
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
I've just started reading Andrew Loog Oldham's two part autobiography 'Stoned & 2Stoned'.
He was The Rolling Stones manager throughout the 60's. Interesting read about rock n roll back then.
Aug-27-2009 14:56
woscar
Starstuff
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Location: Guatemala, Guatemala
Halfway through this, and it's one of the best books I've ever read.
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Location: Lower Chernobylstan
reading a bunch of law-related articles atm
Jan-25-2010 21:43
yukii
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Originally posted by woscar
Halfway through this, and it's one of the best books I've ever read.
Lol, im half way through this one:
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that's it, fuck it i'm quitting ta forever.
fuck if i'm gonna get trolled by fucking yukii. dammit!
Jan-25-2010 21:46
Intellekshual
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Just reread Harrison Burgeron by Kurt Vonnegut. I remember reading this nearly 6 years ago. Very good story, even if the ending is miserably predictable.
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Jan-25-2010 22:01
woscar
Starstuff
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Guatemala, Guatemala
Awesome, that is on the queue as well along with "Cosmos".
