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nr: 'Last Waltz' by Milan Kundera.

This is my first book I've read in several months. When I first started, I was a little disinterested, but then the plot starts twisting and I realized there's more to the story than I had originally figured. I'm almost done with it, then I'm reading 'High Fidelity' by Nick Hornsby.
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Nothing right now, but hopefully Stephen King's last Dark Tower book within the next couple of days.

Have read the first few chapters of Jonathan Strange and Dr. Norrell in the meantime. I can already tell it will be a good one.
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right now i'm wading slowly through these...

Heroes and Monsters - Jess Nevins
The Normals - David Gilbert
Top Ten Book Two - Alan Moore/Gene Ha
Spoon river Anthology - Raymond Lee Masters
Exception to the Rulers - Amy Goodman
The Complete Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabokov*
Kingdom Come - Mark Waid/Alex Ross*

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The Other Side of the River - Alex Kotlowitz
Revolution For the Hell of It - Abbie Hoffman

I need to really buckle down and just get one done. I'm starting to feel sick and have no weekend plans, so Mr. Dylan and I may become close friends very soon. Yes, that sounds lovely - especially since it's SO FREAKING COLD here.

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Long Way Round by Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman [documenting their excursion on motorcycles across the world]. Just getting into it, but so far, very interesting.


They did a show on Bravo for this. I always wanted to see it. Keep us posted on how it turns out for you.
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the lockness lobster Wrote:
I'm almost done with it, then I'm reading 'High Fidelity' by Nick Hornsby.


That's a great book... Hornsby seems like a true music fan, and the "top ten" lists, ect. come off a lot better than they did when they made a movie out of this...

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Dalen Wrote:
Long Way Round by Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman [documenting their excursion on motorcycles across the world]. Just getting into it, but so far, very interesting.


They did a show on Bravo for this. I always wanted to see it. Keep us posted on how it turns out for you.


Yeah, i only caught one episode, found out they had a book, and went right out and bought it.
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the lockness lobster Wrote:
I'm almost done with it, then I'm reading 'High Fidelity' by Nick Hornsby.


That's a great book... Hornsby seems like a true music fan, and the "top ten" lists, ect. come off a lot better than they did when they made a movie out of this...


I'm a little worried about finishing it though since I've seen the movie 8.6 million times. I know the book takes place in London and there are some differences so hopefully those are enough to keep me interested through the entire book.
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Senator LooGAR (D-Krylon) Wrote:
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer


Me too.


How do you like it? Do you find yourself relating to the people written about..b/c this could just as easily have been written about UGA fans or any other SEC school (save Vandy ;) )

I liked the intro, but the first few chapters are dragging, maybe because it's more about mundane shit than actual crazy fans?

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harry Wrote:
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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survivor - chuck palahniuk


Is this about a plane wreck? I think my younger brother read it a while back and loved it.
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survivor - chuck palahniuk


Is this about a plane wreck? I think my younger brother read it a while back and loved it.


I'm a big Palahniuk fan. Survivor is good, but my favorite is Choke...

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survivor - chuck palahniuk

my favorite is Choke...


mine as well.
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