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matthew.odonnell
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i just bought about a millin books. damn it! this place does it to me. every corner i turn there is new friggin' recommendation.

i bought a bunch of grammar and linguistics books. i'm really starting to get this passion for language. i think i'll take some linguistics/language courses in my degree. obviously bought a copy of Elements of Style; i've been meaning to for a while now. also another grammar book, that Clevenger recommends.

AND: Kockroach, reaper, reply, ledfeather, demon theory, sinners, atlas scorched, pilo, a few Best Australian stories editions. jeez! heaps more, too.

SO BLOODY EXCITED!

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Shame: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Shining by Stephen King
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Advertures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of Baskervilles
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Kockroach by Tyler Knox
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut

And then there is the stack of books from my last order. I think I'm set for a while.

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ScribblingDes wrote:
Shame: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Shining by Stephen King
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Advertures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of Baskervilles
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Kockroach by Tyler Knox
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut

And then there is the stack of books from my last order. I think I'm set for a while.

Would you mind taking a photo(s) of your bookshelf?

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ScribblingDes wrote:
Shame: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Shining by Stephen King
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Advertures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of Baskervilles
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Kockroach by Tyler Knox
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut

And then there is the stack of books from my last order. I think I'm set for a while.

That's some list. I see some favorites on it, not just the obvious ones, either. Smile The Haddon book, Cain, Vonnegut, Shields, Kingslover. 'The Poisonwood Bible' is really the only book I liked by Kingslover and it's a doozy, really amazing.

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spacemonkey1888 wrote:
ScribblingDes wrote:
Shame: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Shining by Stephen King
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Advertures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Hound of Baskervilles
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Kockroach by Tyler Knox
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut

And then there is the stack of books from my last order. I think I'm set for a while.

Would you mind taking a photo(s) of your bookshelf?

done and done.
Show me your bookie wooks

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I bought Nausea at the Strand on Saturday. You know when you read a book and it alters your interior monologue?

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this:

which is about a young girl that has super-religious parents that recluse themselves and their daughter. because of this, Hester, The girl, has never, ever been outside and as a result her only friends are Boot, Sack, Door etc etc. one day her friend Handle says to her, "turn me...turn me". and well, the rest his her discovering a world she never though possible, even in her imagination.

AND; this:

about a group of people that meet every week at a cooking class. they learn to cook and their teacher inadvertently has an effect on their person lives. people fall in love and do other inspiring things etc etc. sounds really sweet though. and it's in third-person which i hardly ever read. not sure why. just don't like it that much.

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PGoutis01 wrote:
I just finished Syrup a couple weeks ago. Way better than I thought it was going to be. It might be my favorite of his now.

Don't you think the first few chapters of that would make a great short film? Beginning and ending with Scat daydreaming, first in bed and then on the street, bookended by a fantasy sequence in which he's interviewed by David Letterman...or Oprah.

I must have read the first thirty pages at least a dozen times. Unfortunately, with an opening that great, the novel's quality had no place to go but down.

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Let me flip through them again and I'll get back to you on that. Wink

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Alfa_Romeo wrote:
PGoutis01 wrote:
I just finished Syrup a couple weeks ago. Way better than I thought it was going to be. It might be my favorite of his now.

Don't you think the first few chapters of that would make a great short film? Beginning and ending with Scat daydreaming, first in bed and then on the street, bookended by a fantasy sequence in which he's interviewed by David Letterman...or Oprah.

I must have read the first thirty pages at least a dozen times. Unfortunately, with an opening that great, the novel's quality had no place to go but down.

so, do it?

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matthew.odonnell wrote:

so, do it?

I shall! And, soon enough, I'll be hangin' in hotel lobbies with Max Barry. (Not to mention Winona Ryder.)

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Naww, Winona. Damn. Can I come can I come! I wants to go theivin' with her.

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I bought Tokyo Vice: A Western Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein, today at Borders. I would tell you what it's about, but I think the title's self-explanatory.

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Necrodelic wrote:
I bought Tokyo Vice: A Western Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein, today at Borders.

I've heard good things.

Here, now, for your viewing pleasure: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-november-16-2009/jake-adelstein

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Just went to B&N and bought Pilo Family Circus by Will Elliott and Infected by Scott Sigler.

Stephen King was raving about Infected a while back so I figured, what the hell? It sounded cool either way. And I'm always wanted to find somebody new.

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yeah, i love buying new things (books, cd's) that are unheard of, or not famous and just discovering new talent. it's often where the best of the best lies.

i just bought Pilo, too. awaiting it's arrival. i've read a few shorts from Elliott in Best Australian Stories, and enjoyed them, so looking forward to it. i've heard plenty of good things.

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God Hates Us All - Hank Moody
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Stranger than Fiction - Chuck Palahniuk

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matthew.odonnell wrote:
yeah, i love buying new things (books, cd's) that are unheard of, or not famous and just discovering new talent. it's often where the best of the best lies.

Yes, it's cool to do that. That's why I find the indie press world exciting. I actually created a thread about it, but it died a horrible death, sank like a rock that's tied to a much larger rock.

Publishing Genius is a cool indie press,

http://www.publishinggenius.com/

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The Thanatos Syndrome by Walker Percy
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

Man I spend way too much money on books! lol

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brandon.tietz wrote:

this looks intriguing. i like the cover.

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Shane Jones’s A Cake Appeared just came in the mail from Scrambler Books. Check out the review,

http://www.pankmagazine.com/pankblog/?p=3399

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matthew.odonnell wrote:
brandon.tietz wrote:

this looks intriguing. i like the cover.

I'll let you know how it is

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Just bought The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams, and Handling The Undead by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Adored his book Let the Right One In, so must read his next one.

Did you (or anyone else) read Handling The Undead yet? Is it disappointing?

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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith
Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen
The Princeton Review's Cracking the SAT

I got all of these in fairly good condition for only $2.40 at my local library. A good deal overall in my opinion.

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Picked up:

The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
Peace by Richard Bausch

I found out through facebook that a really good friend of mine passed away. FIt's fucked up when you find that shit out through an internet community. How could I not know? You lose touch for a couple months and stuff happens I guess. But still I'm pissed at myself about it...

Anyway - she was always on me to read The Thin Man because it was one of her favorites. And I kept promising her that I would. And sadly now I will not be able to discuss it with her. But I will post something on her facebook. All her friends treat her facebook like she can see it and read it. It's sad and cute at the same time.

She was a really good writer. She published a book and she's won a few contest.

Here's a link to her book on amazon - Waiting For The Sunrise

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Nachos, every day! Dying sounds great, I don't know why people get so upset about it.
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sorry to hear, man. life can be whacked sometimes. she'd understand.

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Necrodelic wrote:
I bought Tokyo Vice: A Western Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein, today at Borders. I would tell you what it's about, but I think the title's self-explanatory.

Necrodelic, I've seen a bunch of your posts and they all seem to mention books that have to do with Japan. Is it a coincidence, or do you have a fascination with Japan?

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Today I bought

The girl with the dragon tattoo
The girl who plays with fire
Red dragon
Hannabil

im excited to start thease!

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Iv heard so many good thing about Beat the Reaper it was just sitting there. I knew i needed to buy it so I did. I hope it lives up to everything ive heard!

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it will. and when you're done, post in the reaper thread i made to discuss the shit out of it that no one wants to add to.

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Post Office and Factotum by Bukowski.

I'm loving Women and just had to have more. I'm gonna pick up some of his short story collections too next week I think.

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yeah, i want to get some of his poetry and shorts collections, too.

we be lovin' the Bukowski.

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just bought:

Dance Dance Dance and Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

Collected Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges

and; Franny & Zooey by JD Salinger

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and; Franny & Zooey by JD Salinger

quit trying to suck up to mirka.

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Today I'm going to the post office to pick up my order of:

God Hates Us All by Hank Moody
Dermaphoria by Craig Clevenger
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

I think I've got a lot of good reading ahead of me.

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roos.14 wrote:
Today I'm going to the post office to pick up my order of:

God Hates Us All by Hank Moody
Dermaphoria by Craig Clevenger
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

I think I've got a lot of good reading ahead of me.

you certainly do, Sir. although, i have yet to read The Gargoyle, but i keep hearing great things.

i'm totes gonna start a God Hates Us All thread. but i might give it a quick read first.

and;

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matthew.odonnell wrote:

and; Franny & Zooey by JD Salinger

quit trying to suck up to mirka.

i'm not sucking up to Mirka Tongue

although i did become curiouser and curiouser when she mentioned that both her and Baer love it. i' sure she said Baer. and, well, anything Baer loves has certainly got to be worth reading. I've only read Catcher, like a lot of people, haven't read it for a while, but i did enjoy it. and besides, i'm on a bit of bite-sized-lit craze at the moment; loving the one night stands.

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matthew.odonnell wrote:
roos.14 wrote:
Today I'm going to the post office to pick up my order of:

God Hates Us All by Hank Moody
Dermaphoria by Craig Clevenger
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

I think I've got a lot of good reading ahead of me.

you certainly do, Sir. although, i have yet to read The Gargoyle, but i keep hearing great things.

i'm totes gonna start a God Hates Us All thread. but i might give it a quick read first.

and;

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matthew.odonnell wrote:

and; Franny & Zooey by JD Salinger

quit trying to suck up to mirka.

i'm not sucking up to Mirka Tongue

although i did become curiouser and curiouser when she mentioned that both her and Baer love it. i' sure she said Baer. and, well, anything Baer loves has certainly got to be worth reading. I've only read Catcher, like a lot of people, haven't read it for a while, but i did enjoy it. and besides, i'm on a bit of bite-sized-lit craze at the moment; loving the one night stands.

I didn't care for Catcher, but at Mirka's recommendation, I read Franny and Zooey. Completely, completely worth it. I whore it out all the time now.

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Also, books I just ordered through Amazon:

Beat the Reaper
Dermaphoria (I don't know why I'm just now getting to this one)
Rust and Bones

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I can't understand, at the deepest level, why all of you seem to want to mash your faces together. I look at human beings and see the equivalent of a pile of gears.
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i just finished reading Atonement. Mirka, you were so right. It was worth it a million times over. I just bought Ian McEwan's new one, Solar. Can't wait to start it!

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littlemissmcrapey wrote:
Also, books I just ordered through Amazon:

Beat the Reaper
Dermaphoria (I don't know why I'm just now getting to this one)
Rust and Bones

obviosly, there are so many people reading Beat the Reaper of late, but i'm also noticing that a lot of people seem to be either buying, or reading Dermaphoria, too.

it's good stuff. i like Derma more than TCH.

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matthew.odonnell wrote:
littlemissmcrapey wrote:
Also, books I just ordered through Amazon:

Beat the Reaper
Dermaphoria (I don't know why I'm just now getting to this one)
Rust and Bones

obviosly, there are so many people reading Beat the Reaper of late, but i'm also noticing that a lot of people seem to be either buying, or reading Dermaphoria, too.

it's good stuff. i like Derma more than TCH.

I'm moving on to "Dermaphoria" as soon as I'm done with "The Colony." And I really need to jump on this "Reaper" bandwagon.

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yeah, dude, you do.

you'll dig it. it's a lot cruisier to read than Derma, too. and it's fast paced. it's oe of the most exciting openings to a book i've read in a while. it really makes you want to read on.

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I just bought Rework by the guys who run 37signals. It's about second drafts and small business, which is something I promised myself I'd read more of this year. I haven't started it yet. I'm still halfway through Up In The Air, which is weirder than I thought it would be.

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Whammo!

Kerplop!

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the newest book i have gotten is BLACK SUN by edward abbey

im going to go pick up some sherman alexi because he'll be at my campus next week, and i'll get to meet him.

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Found a hardcover copy of "The Contortionist's Handbook", so I jaked that. Also, some bit of fluff called "Transubstantiate" or whatever by this Wicker weirdo.

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Fight Club and Choke

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I can not walk into a booksotre and not buy a book.

Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk
A Million Little Pieces - James Frey
Lamb - Christopher Moore

i was told to get them and it was payday.

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