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strongbad

Quote from: infinite luxury on September 02, 2015, 11:24:41 AM
DwightDL whats your goodreads?


uhhhhhhhh idk what my username is but here:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/25030666-david-lowry

i've only read one book in the last year
how pathetic ;-;

snoorkel

Quote from: antmaster5000 on September 02, 2015, 11:57:37 AM
Quote from: infinite luxury on September 02, 2015, 11:24:41 AM
DwightDL whats your goodreads?


uhhhhhhhh idk what my username is but here:
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/25030666-david-lowry

i've only read one book in the last year
how pathetic ;-;

we're frends nyandood;
together we will make strong our good reads

strongbad


silvertone

Quote from: antmaster5000 on September 01, 2015, 04:08:57 PM
Also silvertone wtf is wild boys
I'm 30% into it and I have no idea what is going on and the only common themes are gay eroticism and torture

P good so far
is good jajajajajajajajaja

Socks

you guys ever read any flannery oconnor? i had to read a bunch of her short stories some years ago and i was struck by how particular and lively her characters are, in connection with these heavy themes and twisting plots that all seems to take place in ruralesque America 40s-60s. i was recently drawn to her peacock emblazoned book down in my basement and realized that i missed these gems. it has since moved to my bedside commode, yes, a fucking commode.

i don't know why she and her work does not get as much recognition as other great american writers and short stories. i mean the misfit, a good man is hard to find, and the life you save may be your own, to name a few, are just as good as anything o henry, poe, fitzgerald or salinger ever wrote.

highly recommend checking her out.

strongbad

Finished Valis
Very good! Thanks for the recommendation everyone!

I struggled to get through maybe like the first half of it because it seemed so nonsensical at times but I really like the direction it took. Everything was so well done and well written.

Think I'm gonna tackle Dune next

strongbad

About 100 pages into Dune and I'm really digging it. I tried a few years back and couldn't get into it but it is really striking a cord right now. Glad I'm giving it another shot :)

Samus Aran


silvertone

Quote from: antmaster5000 on November 14, 2015, 12:05:03 AM
About 100 pages into Dune and I'm really digging it. I tried a few years back and couldn't get into it but it is really striking a cord right now. Glad I'm giving it another shot :)
  i love the dune books. they're gr8

strongbad

Quote from: hamfusk on November 14, 2015, 12:48:36 AM
Quote from: antmaster5000 on November 14, 2015, 12:05:03 AM
About 100 pages into Dune and I'm really digging it. I tried a few years back and couldn't get into it but it is really striking a cord right now. Glad I'm giving it another shot :)
  i love the dune books. they're gr8

yeah im stoked about how many i have to read after this first one
do you have a recommended order?

silvertone

they're in chronological order so read em as they were published. the first book is by far the best one. but the last book is probably second best, so it's worth your time to read em all.

i havent read anything the son wrote because fuck HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

strongbad

Finished dune- was amazing
Having trouble finding Messiah in bkk though ;-;

Samus Aran

finished Never Let Me Go

very, very good book, highly recommended

strongbad

Finished Dune Messiah. Not as good as Dune but still good. Ending was good
Reading children of Dune now

Samus Aran

i have been reading Invisible Monsters. the original version, not the "remix." i'm really enjoying it a lot

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