ayayrawn
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Thought about picking that up at the library today, but decided I wasn't ready for it. There's only a couple I haven't read by him and one is Suttree, so I'm gonna bump that up my docket.
The Reader’s Nook - The N&G Book Thread
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BjorgenFjorgen
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About a third of the way through this and thoroughly enjoying it.
Bull Shannon
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Cixin Liu's Three Body Problem is getting the netflix treatment from Benioff and Weiss of Game of Thrones. It's set to come out in Jan '24, and a trailer just came out:
At first I was worried they'd stretch out three books to many, many seasons (and get canceled before finishing the story, as this is netflix) but the presence of a character from the second book gives me a bad feeling in the opposite direction.
At first I was worried they'd stretch out three books to many, many seasons (and get canceled before finishing the story, as this is netflix) but the presence of a character from the second book gives me a bad feeling in the opposite direction.
Bull Shannon
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage reference in the new season of The Bear; you love to see it.
kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
That was my first Murakami! Aside from an excerpt of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle I read in college, at least.
livinsmall
Member
Just finished Blood Meridian.
My God.
My God.
jamieanderson1968
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Your local library thanks you for your patronage.I just went to my library's website to check on the status of my holds and transfers and "accidentally" put another 22 books for me and the kids on hold while I was there!
avecigrec
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I've discovered the "recently ordered" section on the GVPL website and some of my holds are now for books not even due out until next year...
jamieanderson1968
ninniest jackaninny
Smart man. Get in there early before the philistines get their grubby mitts all over those nice new, clean books
BjorgenFjorgen
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I love being the first to read a library book, it feels so luxurious.
avecigrec
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So much so!
livinsmall
Member
Just finished Nick by Michael Farris Smith. Grabbed it on a whim at the library and was kind of blown away by it. A prequel of sorts to The Great Gatsby, it dives deeper into the life of Nick Carraway before he meets Ole Jay.
A really beautifully written, affecting, sometimes heartbreaking novel.
Highly recommend.
A really beautifully written, affecting, sometimes heartbreaking novel.
Highly recommend.
Mr Moore
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I really enjoyed this too, a very lovely piece of contemporary writing.
kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
I thought it was beautifully written! Not flowery but simple and elegant and skillful.
ayayrawn
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I'm about 200 pages into Persepolis Rising, book 7 in the Expanse, and enjoying it soooo much more than the last one. Disliked book 6 so much, it made me take an extended break from the series. The time jump and narrowed scope have really given it a shot of life. May shoot through the final two after this.
Also about 300 pages in Gardens of the Moon, the first in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. It's entertaining, if pretty dense, though I hear it becomes easoer to wrap your head around as they go on. Excited to have found some more stimulating fantasy.
Also about 300 pages in Gardens of the Moon, the first in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. It's entertaining, if pretty dense, though I hear it becomes easoer to wrap your head around as they go on. Excited to have found some more stimulating fantasy.
jamieanderson1968
ninniest jackaninny
I agree about book 6 of The Expanse, it almost finished me off. I enjoyed the last 3 (though I probably would have been happy if they were 2 books instead of 3)