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What Are You Reading? Part Deux. (pg. 24)
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| Domesticated |
| Almost finished with The Godfather, stuck about 75% of the way through Tolstoy's Anna Karenin (it's ing arduous), and also reading John Steinbeck's Cannery Row in between. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | 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.
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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 bull. It's a great story, but a lot of it is heavily embellished or else I suspect completely made-up. |
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| Specimen303 |
:crazy: :eyespop: |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | 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 bull. 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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| Teezdalien |
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. |
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| woscar |
Halfway through this, and it's one of the best books I've ever read.
Highly recommended. |
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| boris_the_bear |
| reading a bunch of law-related articles atm |
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| yukii |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
Halfway through this, and it's one of the best books I've ever read.
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Lol, im half way through this one:
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| Esiotrat |
| 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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| woscar |
| Awesome, that is on the queue as well along with "Cosmos". :D |
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| yukii |
| yeah, i also have Cosmos. it looks more like a big picture book tho :p |
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| woscar |
| Have you read "The Demon-Haunted World"? :p |
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