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 Post subject: Official 2009 'Whatcha Readin?' thread...
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i take everything this guys writes with a grain of salt, but it's really tasty salt.

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It's not bad, i did expect a bit more insight into the US involvement in the "war on drugs" (but i'm only half way through), but some of the details of the violence involved is terrifying. I particulary like the "head splitters" lead by Carlos Castano, they mutilated bodies with chain saws, they decapitated and rolled heads like soccer balls.


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Making my through this:

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Followed by this:
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And then this:

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All very interesting, and its very hard not to see parallels in the economic conditions and events talked about in the first book, and today.

We may be headed for a serious reckoning.

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Knowing too well how much of a language geek I am, one of my sons gave me this for airplane reading.

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He inscribed it, "Two my deer dad, your the gratest!"
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and this was fantastic, read it in a day:

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I start school in 2 weeks and then it's all over.
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Just finishing this up. I can't imagine a westerner making this same trip today...

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This is next in the pile, but I might skip it for:

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Mutty - is the Theroux book a compelling read? I've been curious about his work. Adventure travel back then was real adventure.

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I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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Knowing too well how much of a language geek I am, one of my sons gave me this for airplane reading.

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He inscribed it, "Two my deer dad, your the gratest!"


i loved this, but as anyone who reads my posts can attest, the knowledge didn't stay with me.

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Mutty - is the Theroux book a compelling read? I've been curious about his work. Adventure travel back then was real adventure.


It's really great - I highly recommend. He's a fantastic writer, first of all, and seems to be a keen observer of people, too. I've had a strong desire to do some travelling lately, though, so I'm obviously biased towards this kind of book.
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that might take a while... though I feel it's time for it.

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i want to read a lot more (real) books in 2009. i'm still on...

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but have these on deck...

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along with like 30+ other books i've bought and never read over the last couple years.

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When a friend lent this to me in HS, the only thing he said was: "If you get caught with this, you didn't get it from me."

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I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.

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i want to read a lot more (real) books in 2009. i'm still on...

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Im not a huge Pahlanuik fan but this book was surprisingly good. Not excellent but it was definitely weird and twisted, very Pahlanuik... if you enjoy his works, youll enjoy it.
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i want to read a lot more (real) books in 2009. i'm still on...

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Im not a huge Pahlanuik fan but this book was surprisingly good. Not excellent but it was definitely weird and twisted, very Pahlanuik... if you enjoy his works, youll enjoy it.


yeah i think i'm about 1/4 of the way through it and it's pretty enjoyable.

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Pretty funny so far...
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Pretty funny so far...


I really liked this book, he was absolutely hilarious in describing the people in his life... I was a little bummed that I missed Sedaris doing a reading here earlier last year... but yes, you will enjoy this one all the way through.
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