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I am currently revisiting the Tao Te Ching.
Corny as it sounds, it helps me to center myself.
Brilliant writings that just make a lot of sense to me.

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I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.

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btw, regarding the megathread a while back about A Million Little Pieces, I finally chunked it... I took it with me to read at the car dealership while I was getting some maintenance done, and left it there accidentally. I didn't call them to hold it for me. I detested the writing style. I didn't even care how it ended.
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I just ordered this yesterday. who knows when I'll get around to reading it though.


it's a quickie.
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timimoun - rachid boudjedra

all three very good but timimoun was especially surprisingly good. about a guide who drive a tour bus across the sahara and falls in love with one of the passengers who is 20. he's 40. she doesn't like him. just anguish and sexual frustration and good storytelling. basically, the desert sucks.

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How is this? I'm considering picking this up.

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How is this? I'm considering picking this up.



At first I was reluctant to pick it up since the plot seems so lame. I'm actually enjoying it quite a bit, though. I keep noticing all the cell phone use when I'm out in public and it's a little freaky.
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anna karenina and it's great sofar
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various travel books about France and Spain.


did you read candide?
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Stephen King - Cell



How is this? I'm considering picking this up.



At first I was reluctant to pick it up since the plot seems so lame. I'm actually enjoying it quite a bit, though. I keep noticing all the cell phone use when I'm out in public and it's a little freaky.


there are zombies in this, no? I'm such a sucker for those guys.
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I am internet buds with the author from years back. She rocks.

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Grace (33 1/3) by Daphne A. Brooks

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naked lunch...one in a long line of "read at least once" books...

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There's a great quote in that Grace book.

He famously winced at one reviewer's fleeting attempt to liken him to pop singer Michael Bolton. In response to the suggestion that Bolton had "succeeded in taking from the tradition of African American soul and blues singers in a way" that he had "miserably failed," Buckley offered a reply both snide and sophisticated: "Really? But the thing is, I'm not taking from that tradition. I don't want to be black. Michael Bolton desperately wants to be black, black, black. He also sucks."

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how's that goin for ya finger?

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The Ghost in the White City. Very interesting read. I imagine a lot of you Chicobners have read it.


Interesting premise, and appears to have been well-researched. Stylsitically, however, it left a lot to be desired. I have the same problem with Matthew Pearl's "The Dante Club".


My big complaint is that he tries to fill in some blanks where he doesn't have all of the information. He'll talk about the way someone felt while they were walking to their apartment or looking into the eyes of HH Holmes when he was a boy. It can't possibly be backed by research so it's pretty much just him trying to make a scene more dramatic. It's totally unnecessary though. Other than this, I love the book so far.
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cemeterypolka Wrote:
pollysix Wrote:
A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf

and started rereading:

The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway

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various travel books about France and Spain.


did you read candide?


Not yet. I bought it to read on my upcoming trip. :)
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pollysix Wrote:
A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf

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The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway

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various travel books about France and Spain.


you going to spain?

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how's that goin for ya finger?

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