Hey, can we have a rolling What Are You Reading thread? - Page 4

TuralyonW3 · 12-28-2018, 01:15 AM

at home wit owl

D. · 12-28-2018, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by cork_soaker

At Home with Owl or whatever it's called is/was one of my favorite books to read with the kid.

D. · 12-28-2018, 06:26 PM

Also yesterday I started Fear by Gabriel Chevallier and, if you like Catch 22 at all, I think you'll love this.

Same tone, different war.

noyen · 12-28-2018, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by smashingjj

lol, torhurst

I might need to try this. I'm fully millennial nowadays, can't read any book anymore. completely fucked up. I'm just distracted at every sentence

so far I like it, it's like listening to a conversation I guess. I now find myself just wanting to look at the book since I can read a lot faster than someone speaks.

FoolofaTook · 01-01-2019, 07:47 PM

'Many men talk like philosophers, but live like fools.'

slunken · 01-04-2019, 05:45 PM

had to shell out $16 for the original text (not updated and revised) of John Shirley's "Eclipse" in PAPERBACK.

gross.

currently reading Harlan Ellison's "Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled"

D. · 01-05-2019, 08:49 PM

I love paperbacks.

duovamp · 01-06-2019, 09:01 AM

Last week I finished Blue Thunder: How the Mafia Owned and Finally Murdered Cigarette Boat King Donald Aronow.

It was absolutely fascinating and had some of the most incredible investigative journalism. And it gave me a renewed sense of the worthlessness of our justice system and dead-ass George H. W. Bush.

slunken · 01-06-2019, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by D.

I love paperbacks.

Oh don't get me wrong. My library is 90% vtg paperback. I love the format because they're so cheap and the cover art is usually amazing. But $16 is insane to me for a fairly mass produced book (popular library's "questar" imprint). Used to paying no more than $5 even for more rare authors.

Reading "when gravity fails" by George Alec Effinger. Really into it. It's as if Raymond Chandler wrote about the futuristic Middle East modeled after the French Quarter. Lots of body modification.

slunken · 01-06-2019, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by D.

At Home with Owl or whatever it's called is/was one of my favorite books to read with the kid.

My childhood fav was "three Billy goats gruff"

smashingjj · 01-06-2019, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by slunken

My library is 90% vtg paperback.

FoolofaTook · 01-06-2019, 01:18 PM

catering wheel ready to hit da club?

FoolofaTook · 01-06-2019, 01:37 PM

I'm reading this as well. So easy to read and so entertaining.

slunken · 01-06-2019, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by smashingjj

He doesn't read. He aggregates opinions and behaviors from websites to form a loose impression of a personality.

smashingjj · 01-06-2019, 02:50 PM

I don't read either, but my shelves are full of vintage paperbacks

slunken · 01-06-2019, 02:53 PM

Great, you're a cheapy peepy too

smashingjj · 01-06-2019, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by slunken

Great, you're a cheapy peepy too

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Originally Posted by slunken

My library is 90% vtg paperback.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slunken

My library is 90% vtg paperback.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slunken

My library is 90% vtg paperback.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slunken

My library is 90% vtg paperback.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slunken

My library is 90% vtg paperback.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slunken

My library is 90% vtg paperback.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slunken

My library is 90% vtg paperback.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slunken

My library is 90% vtg paperback.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slunken

My library is 90% vtg paperback.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slunken

My library is 90% vtg paperback.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slunken

My library is 90% vtg paperback.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slunken

My library is 90% vtg paperback.

D. · 01-06-2019, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slunken

Oh don't get me wrong. My library is 90% vtg paperback. I love the format because they're so cheap and the cover art is usually amazing. But $16 is insane to me for a fairly mass produced book (popular library's "questar" imprint). Used to paying no more than $5 even for more rare authors.

Agreed

FoolofaTook · 01-06-2019, 03:30 PM

my library is 100% project Gutenberg downloads and illegal pirated shit

that's how i roll, yo

D. · 01-06-2019, 08:11 PM

and now that the copyright law is back on, things will be piling up on project gutenberg and like-minded sites. i'm excited!

FoolofaTook · 01-06-2019, 09:13 PM

what law? gutenberg's only got stuff by dead ppl, as far as i know.

D. · 01-07-2019, 12:35 PM

naw, son, copyrights haven't been released for the last twenty years.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-...ain-180971016/

FoolofaTook · 01-07-2019, 12:41 PM

i know. that's what i'm saying. most of their stuff is pre-20th century or early 20th at best.

D. · 01-07-2019, 12:49 PM

IT'S NOT PERFECT, FOOLOFABOOK

FoolofaTook · 01-07-2019, 12:50 PM

now i am confused. what are we arguing about?

D. · 01-07-2019, 12:50 PM

i would never argue with you.

FoolofaTook · 01-07-2019, 12:51 PM

toase · 01-13-2019, 02:02 AM

Ive been reading about how american missionaries influenced brazil in the 21 century

FoolofaTook · 02-15-2019, 06:38 PM

FoolofaTook · 02-15-2019, 06:41 PM

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12-28-2018, 01:15 AM	#91
TuralyonW3 Immortal Posts: 25,501	at home wit owl

12-28-2018, 06:26 PM	#93
D. Consume my pants. Location: Missouri Posts: 36,065	Also yesterday I started Fear by Gabriel Chevallier and, if you like Catch 22 at all, I think you'll love this. Same tone, different war.

01-01-2019, 07:47 PM	#95
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: cued to the pinnacle Posts: 31,375	'Many men talk like philosophers, but live like fools.'

01-04-2019, 05:45 PM	#96
slunken Virgo Posts: 39,339	had to shell out $16 for the original text (not updated and revised) of John Shirley's "Eclipse" in PAPERBACK. gross. currently reading Harlan Ellison's "Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled"

01-05-2019, 08:49 PM	#97
D. Consume my pants. Location: Missouri Posts: 36,065	I love paperbacks.

01-06-2019, 09:01 AM	#98
duovamp Brazilian Blouselord Location: heavy metal pool party Posts: 35,464	Last week I finished Blue Thunder: How the Mafia Owned and Finally Murdered Cigarette Boat King Donald Aronow. It was absolutely fascinating and had some of the most incredible investigative journalism. And it gave me a renewed sense of the worthlessness of our justice system and dead-ass George H. W. Bush.

01-06-2019, 01:18 PM	#102
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: cued to the pinnacle Posts: 31,375	catering wheel ready to hit da club?

01-06-2019, 01:37 PM	#103
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: cued to the pinnacle Posts: 31,375	I'm reading this as well. So easy to read and so entertaining.

01-06-2019, 02:50 PM	#105
smashingjj spiritual leader Location: My dad is from the Balkans, so he used to wear speedos. Posts: 33,802	I don't read either, but my shelves are full of vintage paperbacks

01-06-2019, 02:53 PM	#106
slunken Virgo Posts: 39,339	Great, you're a cheapy peepy too

01-06-2019, 03:30 PM	#109
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: cued to the pinnacle Posts: 31,375	my library is 100% project Gutenberg downloads and illegal pirated shit that's how i roll, yo

01-06-2019, 08:11 PM	#110
D. Consume my pants. Location: Missouri Posts: 36,065	and now that the copyright law is back on, things will be piling up on project gutenberg and like-minded sites. i'm excited!

01-06-2019, 09:13 PM	#111
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: cued to the pinnacle Posts: 31,375	what law? gutenberg's only got stuff by dead ppl, as far as i know.

01-07-2019, 12:35 PM	#112
D. Consume my pants. Location: Missouri Posts: 36,065	naw, son, copyrights haven't been released for the last twenty years. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-...ain-180971016/

01-07-2019, 12:41 PM	#113
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: cued to the pinnacle Posts: 31,375	i know. that's what i'm saying. most of their stuff is pre-20th century or early 20th at best.

01-07-2019, 12:49 PM	#114
D. Consume my pants. Location: Missouri Posts: 36,065	IT'S NOT PERFECT, FOOLOFABOOK

01-07-2019, 12:50 PM	#115
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: cued to the pinnacle Posts: 31,375	now i am confused. what are we arguing about?

01-07-2019, 12:50 PM	#116
D. Consume my pants. Location: Missouri Posts: 36,065	i would never argue with you.

01-07-2019, 12:51 PM	#117
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: cued to the pinnacle Posts: 31,375

01-13-2019, 02:02 AM	#118
toase Apocalyptic Poster Location: AA meetings Posts: 3,764	Ive been reading about how american missionaries influenced brazil in the 21 century

02-15-2019, 06:38 PM	#119
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: cued to the pinnacle Posts: 31,375

02-15-2019, 06:41 PM	#120
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: cued to the pinnacle Posts: 31,375