New now reading

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Re: New now reading

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Re: New now reading

Postby Robert » 16 Nov 2017, 14:45

About one fourth in.Like nearly of of his work, a great great read.



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Re: New now reading

Postby Minnie the Minx » 19 Nov 2017, 15:01

Kim Gordon - Girl in a Band
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Re: New now reading

Postby Snarfyguy » 05 Dec 2017, 14:45

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A posthumous collection of otherwise uncollected short fiction, including some juvenilia. The better stuff doesn't disappoint and the rest is harmless and very brief.
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Re: New now reading

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Postby harvey k-tel » 05 Dec 2017, 17:31

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This is great. Interviews with original Life Magazine photographers who worked there in the early days when it was still a weekly. Incredibly, most of them make it sound like they just fell into the job by sheer luck. Some great anecdotes, though.
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Re: New now reading

Postby echolalia » 06 Dec 2017, 01:20

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Watched it tonight - loved it! Those old photos of Didion are fantastic.

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Re: New now reading

Postby Jimbo » 06 Dec 2017, 01:59

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Just finished this audio. Remember that Tom Hanks movie about the guy who was stuck in the airport? This is about a gentleman, a real gentleman, a model of civility, stuck for almost his whole life in the Metropole Hotel in Moscow.
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Re: New now reading

Postby Snarfyguy » 08 Dec 2017, 17:51

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Laundry room score. Looking forward to spending some time with this.
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Re: New now reading

Postby the masked man » 08 Dec 2017, 21:03

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Started reading After Dark, a short novel by Haruki Murakami. So far, it's an interestingly modest mood piece, set in a single night, which I'm enjoying.

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Re: New now reading

Postby Deebank » 09 Dec 2017, 13:56

It's hard to believe that Donna Tartt has only writen three novels.
She really is very good.

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This is as good as the other two - better perhaps.
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Re: New now reading

Postby andymacandy » 09 Dec 2017, 14:22

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Rob Youngs brilliant telling of the story of Englands re-awakening interest in their lost folk heritage.
Good double CD set to go with it too.
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Re: New now reading

Postby Darkness_Fish » 09 Dec 2017, 20:27

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Rob Youngs brilliant telling of the story of Englands re-awakening interest in their lost folk heritage.
Good double CD set to go with it too.

I've got a lot of time for Rob Young, what with him being a former editor of The Wire and all, but I found that book very much a heavy slog. It didn't seem to delve that deep for me, I thought it ploughed a very staid course through the usual suspects. I only bought the comp a couple of weeks back though, and that is pretty good, to be fair.
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Re: New now reading

Postby Jimbo » 10 Dec 2017, 01:21

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Based upon Chabon's introduction which was the free audio sample saying how this book is "really good" I couldn't resist. So far its a looting, raping and plundering adventure with a humane and empathetic set of characters.
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Re: New now reading

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Based upon Chabon's introduction which was the free audio sample saying how this book is "really good" I couldn't resist. So far its a looting, raping and plundering adventure with a humane and empathetic set of characters.


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Re: New now reading

Postby Darkness_Fish » 13 Dec 2017, 20:56

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Re: New now reading

Postby Tactful Cactus » 22 Dec 2017, 21:38

Jolly Christmas read
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Re: New now reading

Postby copehead » 22 Dec 2017, 23:33

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andymacandy wrote:Image
Rob Youngs brilliant telling of the story of Englands re-awakening interest in their lost folk heritage.
Good double CD set to go with it too.

I've got a lot of time for Rob Young, what with him being a former editor of The Wire and all, but I found that book very much a heavy slog. It didn't seem to delve that deep for me, I thought it ploughed a very staid course through the usual suspects. I only bought the comp a couple of weeks back though, and that is pretty good, to be fair.


Deebank bought me this a few Christmases ago, it is a bit of a dense read but very interesting.
Didn't realize their was a comp to go with it I will put that on my amazon list
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Re: New now reading

Postby Darkness_Fish » 27 Dec 2017, 20:45

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Re: New now reading

Postby mentalist (slight return) » 28 Dec 2017, 00:01

Been getting universally positive recommendations on this for the past year or two, so here we go

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