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Posted: Mar 2, 2015 - 9:34am
I just finished "Homeland" by Sam Lipsyte....a dark humor novel in the same vein as a David Sedaris. One quote from a rant near the end made me chuckle "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him to corner the market on fish and be thankful for the small acts of philanthropy he may perform while depriving most of the world of fish"

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Posted: Jan 23, 2015 - 8:42pm
RichardPrins wrote: Yes...he, William Boyd, and Margaret Atwood are my go's-to lately. Finished this one Wednesday evening. I enjoy the way she explores any world her writing seems to inhabit.

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Posted: Jan 23, 2015 - 4:53pm
ScottN wrote: Am half through this. Great, so far. I usually quite enjoy McEwan.

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Posted: Jan 23, 2015 - 3:50pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Nobody likes what I read and I don't like what other people read so Goodreads and I don't have a lot of use for each other. And I was reading a book that I was enjoying, didn't know where it was going, and stumbled across a synopsis. No spoilers, but the few sentences I saw before turning away sort of left a little cloud of doom over the second half. So I think I'll get out of it altogether. I have better luck judging books by their covers.

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Posted: Jan 23, 2015 - 2:17pm
stolen from Tommie on FB

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Posted: Jan 23, 2015 - 11:49am
ScottN wrote: Am half through this. Great, so far. I usually quite enjoy McEwan. i like him a lot as well. Have read nearly all of his books, didnt like Saturday all that much tho.

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Posted: Jan 23, 2015 - 11:29am
Am half through this. Great, so far. I usually quite enjoy McEwan.

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Posted: Jan 23, 2015 - 11:24am

edieraye wrote:

Well sure, if you are actually reading. I'm avoiding reading by talking about reading. Reading about reading. Commenting about reading. Doing just about everything BUT reading.

I got that down, too. Maybe I'll go look at Goodreads again. I think I have like half a book read according to it...

edit: 2 books. Still not finished with either of them but the Chabon, I doubt I'll pick it up again.

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Posted: Jan 23, 2015 - 11:05am

edieraye wrote:

I need more GoodReads friends. I need more GoodReads friends who update what they are reading/have just read. I need more GoodReads friends who update regularly AND write reviews so I know whether I want to read the book or not. I need more GoodReads friends who update regularly, write reviews AND make comments so we can have, you know, discussions. About books. Or maybe I just need more friends.

Nobody likes what I read and I don't like what other people read so Goodreads and I don't have a lot of use for each other. And I was reading a book that I was enjoying, didn't know where it was going, and stumbled across a synopsis. No spoilers, but the few sentences I saw before turning away sort of left a little cloud of doom over the second half. So I think I'll get out of it altogether. I have better luck judging books by their covers.

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Posted: Dec 18, 2014 - 4:23am
i'm reading abundance again i just picked up a few books bulletproof diet money some stuff from harry browne

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Posted: Sep 9, 2014 - 10:16pm
onlylynne wrote: I just finished reading The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan. It is a very interesting, and well-written novel. ... YES. I read it recently too and highly recommend it.

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Posted: Sep 9, 2014 - 2:37pm
I have to say...for a YA book, adults would enjoy this too. It is both hilarious and heart-wrenching, all rolled into one Absolutely, positively moving. Congrats Kate on the 2014 Newbery Award! It made me cry. (I had to read it for a work assignment....I want Ms DiCamillo's Muses!!!)

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Posted: Sep 4, 2014 - 4:32pm
I just finished reading The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan. It is a very interesting, and well-written novel. This post apparently contained an image that was dragged into the post editor. Sorry, but any text contained in the post after this point has been lost.

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Posted: Aug 28, 2014 - 7:28am

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Posted: Dec 13, 2013 - 10:29am
Just finished Oryx and Crake, the first of Margaret Atwood's "dystopia trilogy". I highly recommend it. I am on to the next two.

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 5:09pm
ScottN wrote: Carlos Ruiz Zafon—-The Angel's Game

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 5:01pm
Carlos Ruiz Zafon—-The Angel's Game

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Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 9:34pm
Ian Tregillis - "The Coldest War"

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