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Post by nanatod on Apr 3, 2021 7:35:53 GMT -6
with extra points built up from previous purchases at online bookseller thrift books, the better half got us a hardcover copy of rick reilly's Commander in Cheat for only a couple of bucks for shipping.
it's an easy read, pretty funny at first, as you would expect, but then it just gets exhausting to read about the guy's constant cheating at golf (and life).
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Post by thebosma on Apr 19, 2021 7:31:40 GMT -6
Thought this was pretty great, I learned a lot of history around social systems that I wasn’t previously familiar with. The Krugman endorsement was a bit of a turn off for me initially but after reading it I’m kinda surprised he was chill with a pull quote being on the front  |
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Post by Tweet on Apr 21, 2021 11:50:48 GMT -6
Does anyone know of any good used booksellers that would potentially do a housecall in Chicagoland? I have inherited 50+ bankers boxes worth of books that I don’t know what to do with (besides go through them obviously)
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Post by ten15 on Apr 21, 2021 12:24:07 GMT -6
There is virtually no market for used books these days, unless they are first editions, certain art/coffee table books, etc. Regular novels are difficult to even give away.  |
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Post by claypoolfan on Apr 21, 2021 12:26:26 GMT -6
Yeah I have taken to dumping things in one of the many little free libraries that have popped up in my neighborhood
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Post by neader on Apr 21, 2021 15:24:08 GMT -6
Yeah I have taken to dumping things in one of the many little free libraries that have popped up in my neighborhood read this too fast and skipped over things |
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Post by thebosma on Apr 25, 2021 15:41:34 GMT -6
Highly recommend  |
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Post by scoots on Jun 11, 2021 12:57:20 GMT -6
 I was expecting a challenging read, but this is probably the fastest I'll get through a 500 plus page book. Loving it so far. |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 11, 2021 13:00:50 GMT -6
Highly recommend Just got this from the library! Gonna start today |
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Post by teekoh on Jun 11, 2021 15:11:26 GMT -6
I was expecting a challenging read, but this is probably the fastest I'll get through a 500 plus page book. Loving it so far. It's so good! |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 16, 2021 16:03:03 GMT -6
Highly recommend Just got this from the library! Gonna start today Wow. What an unflinching, heavy, but loving (and lovely) read. Would also absolutely recommend. And here's the song Michelle writes about near the end: |
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Post by scoots on Jun 26, 2021 22:06:23 GMT -6
I was expecting a challenging read, but this is probably the fastest I'll get through a 500 plus page book. Loving it so far. This was incredible. I feel accomplished for finishing this book in less than a month. Are the other books worth reading? Also gonna start the David Lynch Dune soon to see how batshit it is. |
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Post by teekoh on Jun 26, 2021 22:26:44 GMT -6
We just finished Dune Messiah la couple of weeks ago and it is definitely worth it. Helps that it’s about half as long.
We’re still waiting on the one after that to be available through the library.
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Aug 5, 2021 18:58:45 GMT -6
 Just finished this after a year+ of seeing it on recommendation lists. And FUCK. In a word: Haunting - for its depiction of late capitalism as much as an apocalyptic pandemic. Haven't stopped thinking about this book since I started it on Monday. Like, idk, JG Ballard writing an alternative 2020. |
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Post by scoots on Aug 6, 2021 7:33:19 GMT -6
I'm in spot 99 out of 172 for checking out Crying in H Mart at the library. Seems popular! Just got this as well:  |
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Post by scoots on Aug 11, 2021 21:08:44 GMT -6
Blazed through Slaughterhouse-Five in two nights and my god what a terrific book.
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Post by Pale Hose on Aug 11, 2021 21:31:12 GMT -6
Blazed through Slaughterhouse-Five in two nights and my god what a terrific book. So it goes... |
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Post by dij22 on Aug 11, 2021 21:50:17 GMT -6
Blazed through Slaughterhouse-Five in two nights and my god what a terrific book. That book made me want to be an English teacher |
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Post by teekoh on Aug 11, 2021 22:12:34 GMT -6
How does one become a Dune teacher.
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Post by sthubbins on Aug 16, 2021 9:17:02 GMT -6
2021 so far The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell Oranges by John McPhee Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison just started My Mother Laughs by Chantal Akerman Since: Outline by Rachel Cusk The Kingdom and the Power by Gay Talese Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara It Never Ends by Tom Scharpling The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson Citizen by Claudia Rankine Now: The Sellout by Paul Beatty |
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Post by dij22 on Aug 16, 2021 10:15:52 GMT -6
2021 so far The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell Oranges by John McPhee Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison just started My Mother Laughs by Chantal Akerman Citizen by Claudia Rankine Taught this last year and really looking forward to teaching it again. What a powerhouse |
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Post by scoots on Oct 8, 2021 6:26:49 GMT -6
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Post by Tweet on Oct 24, 2021 21:38:12 GMT -6
Finished my reread of Giovanni's Room. Still one of my favorites I've read on a whim. I think I'm finally going to read Our Band Could Be Your Life finally next.
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Post by scoots on Oct 24, 2021 21:45:36 GMT -6
Since this was bumped, let me just say this was incredible. The author mixes a history of 90s rap through the lens on Tribe with letters to the members he wrote while he was younger. Incredibly moving and I learned a ton about some music I missed out on from that era. One of the best books I've read in the last few years. |
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Post by scoots on Nov 10, 2021 9:34:04 GMT -6
Finished book 13 of the year last night:  Dude was a great storyteller. The Tokyo chapter was perfect. There was a brief write-up at the end where he recommended some spots in NYC, and most of them are closed, so that was kind of depressing. Virtually all of the dive bars he talked about in the book have been gone for at least 10 years. |
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Post by alady on Nov 10, 2021 10:50:42 GMT -6
Love that book.
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Post by scoots on Nov 16, 2021 13:15:32 GMT -6
 Honestly went into this with the expectation that it couldn't possibly live up to the hype. Boy was I wrong. What a beautiful, touching book. Breezed through it in less than a week. To continue the theme of #cryingwithscoots I was a blubbering idiot at times reading this book. "When one person collapses, the other instinctively shoulders their weight."  |
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Post by claypoolfan on Nov 16, 2021 14:29:30 GMT -6
I was given the Dave Grohl book and it's not bad. Fun easy read so far. Great to pass the time on flights.
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Post by sthubbins on Nov 19, 2021 9:12:26 GMT -6
2021 so far The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell Oranges by John McPhee Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison just started My Mother Laughs by Chantal Akerman Since: Outline by Rachel Cusk The Kingdom and the Power by Gay Talese Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara It Never Ends by Tom Scharpling The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson Citizen by Claudia Rankine Now: The Sellout by Paul Beatty Since: The Chaneysville Incident by David Bradley Rabbit, Run by John Updike Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Now: My Ántonia by Willa Cather Slightly behind my very modest goal to read 20 books this year. |
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Post by goodson on Nov 19, 2021 9:15:06 GMT -6
did you like a little life?
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