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Radiohead said:
yes, you're the only one.

I'm poor, so I 'suggest a purchase' from the library. From release date, 3 days later, I have an email from the library telling me its reserved for me.

My library likes my requests, and I like it too.

After having to give up 400 kg worth of books, this is what I'm ok with now.
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I don't know if my library will carry this book since it covers issues of sexuality and gender orientation. My local library is across from a corn field. No joke. Censorship is still alive. I've been waiting for Trevor Noah's Born a Crime forever.
 
Fermina_Daza said:
I don't know if my library will carry this book since it covers issues of sexuality and gender orientation. My local library is across from a corn field. No joke. Censorship is still alive. I've been waiting for Trevor Noah's Born a Crime forever.
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I lived near you.

But when I was in backwoods MO I did wonder whether I did borrow half the library in 3 months.
 
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Radiohead said:
That covers IT
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Wait, the book IT or just "it"? Because if we're talking about the book IT, I just got to that part and (1) I'm really disappointed in the people and (2) agreed - could do without the romance.
 
Fermina_Daza said:
Wait, the book IT or just "it"? Because if we're talking about the book IT, I just got to that part and (1) I'm really disappointed in the people and (2) agreed - could do without the romance.
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IT

And I disagree with you, though, the thing in the nineties missed it and I was ok.

The best Stephen King films have been short stories (by his scale) and they still miss a heap.

Any of King;s novels can never be done justice. I'm waiting for LTR to be disappointed and review whatever they called the Dark Tower series.
 
Radiohead said:
IT

And I disagree with you, though, the thing in the nineties missed it and I was ok.

The best Stephen King films have been short stories (by his scale) and they still miss a heap.

Any of King;s novels can never be done justice. I'm waiting for LTR to be disappointed and review whatever they called the Dark Tower series.
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I think we're not talking about the same thing (or at least in part) because I was trying not to give too much away about the book in case anyone else hadn't read it/IT. I'll PM you what I'm talking about tomorrow when I'm not exhausted. It's been a long week and I don't think I can keep my eyes open much longer or handle much more interaction with people. :rose:
 
This image sums it all up so perfectly as of late. My sister texted me to tell me she saw Detroit last night (as she knows I'm reading some books on it) and then to ask me if I had seen any of the coverage regarding the recent protests. I hadn't so I turned on the news briefly - and had to turn it off again. I love books because because they educate when you want education, they take you to far off places when you need an escape, and they can make you laugh when you feel like there is no laughter left to be had.

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Fata Morgana said:
Crikey. It's like Sophie's Choice x 100!



The World I Made For Her - Thomas Moran
She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb
The Witching Hour - Anne Rice
Cloven Hooves - Megan Lindholm
The Enchanted Wood - Enid Blyton
Tully - Paullina Simons
Wuthering Heights
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Nature of Water and Air - Regina McBride
Gone To Earth - Mary Webb
The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey



Fave King - The Dead Zone :heart:
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an impossible task

but if i had to choose 5 to take to a desert island?

a tome of poetry including all my favourite poets
the dark tower series
the complete lord of the rings
the complete narnia set
a survival handbook :rolleyes:

i'd also take Harry along with me so i could read his writings as he creates them, and listen to his voice reading paragraphs aloud to me :heart:
 
Fermina_Daza said:
This image sums it all up so perfectly as of late. My sister texted me to tell me she saw Detroit last night (as she knows I'm reading some books on it) and then to ask me if I had seen any of the coverage regarding the recent protests. I hadn't so I turned on the news briefly - and had to turn it off again. I love books because because they educate when you want education, they take you to far off places when you need an escape, and they can make you laugh when you feel like there is no laughter left to be had.

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I was in Detroit (just visiting) in 1964 and again in 1969. The changes were dramatic.
 
butters said:
an impossible task

but if i had to choose 5 to take to a desert island?

a tome of poetry including all my favourite poets
the dark tower series
the complete lord of the rings
the complete narnia set
a survival handbook :rolleyes:

i'd also take Harry along with me so i could read his writings as he creates them, and listen to his voice reading paragraphs aloud to me :heart:
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I truly love the Dark Tower series. Roland is probably one of my biggest book crushes of all time. I think it is in Wizards and Glass they talk about his story with Susan. I'm not a romance person, but that one.....:heart:


thør said:
I was in Detroit (just visiting) in 1964 and again in 1969. The changes were dramatic.
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My sister and her husband saw the movie Detroit last night. She said it was good but hard to watch knowing the reality behind it. I have two books I am going to read about the summer of 1967 before I see the movie. I wanted to know the history behind it first though since I never learned any of it in farmland, USA.
 
Fermina_Daza said:
My sister and her husband saw the movie Detroit last night. She said it was good but hard to watch knowing the reality behind it. I have two books I am going to read about the summer of 1967 before I see the movie. I wanted to know the history behind it first though since I never learned any of it in farmland, USA.
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I lived in far-away-land, USA. In '64, downtown was a typical vibrant city scene and in '69, it was scarred and dying. In '85, it was dead.
 
Fermina_Daza said:
I truly love the Dark Tower series. Roland is probably one of my biggest book crushes of all time. I think it is in Wizards and Glass they talk about his story with Susan. I'm not a romance person, but that one.....:heart:




My sister and her husband saw the movie Detroit last night. She said it was good but hard to watch knowing the reality behind it. I have two books I am going to read about the summer of 1967 before I see the movie. I wanted to know the history behind it first though since I never learned any of it in farmland, USA.
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my very favourite king books. all the others feel as if they're working notes based around, and towards, the writing of the Dark Tower.

i'm hoping against hope that they don't utterly ruin things with the film as they have with so many of his books-to-movie adaptations. in my head, roland is acted by/written for clint eastwood. shame about the timing. :(
 
butters said:
an impossible task

but if i had to choose 5 to take to a desert island?

a tome of poetry including all my favourite poets
the dark tower series
the complete lord of the rings
the complete narnia set
a survival handbook :rolleyes:

i'd also take Harry along with me so i could read his writings as he creates them, and listen to his voice reading paragraphs aloud to me :heart:
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This is my early adolescence. :heart:

Fermina_Daza said:
This image sums it all up so perfectly as of late. My sister texted me to tell me she saw Detroit last night (as she knows I'm reading some books on it) and then to ask me if I had seen any of the coverage regarding the recent protests. I hadn't so I turned on the news briefly - and had to turn it off again. I love books because because they educate when you want education, they take you to far off places when you need an escape, and they can make you laugh when you feel like there is no laughter left to be had.

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This reminds me of a favorite author's last book who I could have easily included on my list.

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I love all of his stuff including his political cartoons. You may have noticed I'm a little political. I think someone posted one here today.

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The Royal Library in Turin, where (best I could tell), they arrange booked in alphabetical order by author. No Dewey for these guys - the books are then numbered and physical location given...W26/30 is the 26th book by authors starting with "W" and is on shelf 30.

New acquisitions must be a bitch...
 

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I like to pre-order books way ahead of time, preferably new authors, and then forget all about them. Then when they come months later its a fabulous surprise coming through the door.
 
Fata Morgana said:
I like to pre-order books way ahead of time, preferably new authors, and then forget all about them. Then when they come months later its a fabulous surprise coming through the door.
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I have a colleague who does this, and almost got 'hooked' by one of those assholey email phishing scams.

He received an email informing him that a delivery attempt was made, and that he needed to book a delivery time online with FedEx. He was expecting some fresh reading materials, right off the presses, but his 'Spidey' senses started tingling when he saw what info was being asked of him on the provided link.

Called FedEx and checked the tracking number provided in the email...scam-a-lam!
 
If you had to pin me down on a favorite author, it would be a tough choice between Fitzgerald and Gabriel Garcia Marzquez. Both have a way of turning ordinary words into such beauty that my soul aches.

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DesEsseintes said:
I was on a school trip to Dublin recently and visited Trinity College Dublin. The buildings are extraordinarily beautiful - the Book of Kells astonishingly moving. But I thought the visit was over after the latter, and thought that the library might just be the quickest way out. When I saw the library I had to whisper 'Hold me' to my (male) colleague. Jesus wept, it is beautiful.
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That is the library of my dreams. :heart:
 



No one should be considered educated until they have read and comprehended Peter L. Bernstein's Against The Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk.



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Fermina_Daza said:
...So for the meager few who see this, I thought it might be fun for you to list first five (or three or ten) books that come to your mind right away when you think "favorite book." Don't give it too much analysis - that's what makes it fun!...
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A friend once asked, "Why do you have to analyze everything?"

Out of politeness, I didn't respond to the question. He wouldn't have understood the answer anyway. The answer, of course, is: Cogito, ergo sum.

Five favorite books ?
Ten favorite books ?
Are you fucking kidding me ?

I'm going to respond with the five books that had the greatest influence on my life and weltanschauung.



(1) Time Enough For Love by Robert A. Heinlein. I read it when I was young; I was never the same again.
(the book contains "The Notebooks of Lazarus Long," a compendium of aphorisms that provide an excellent, practical guide for life)​


(2) The Vintage Mencken is a collection of H. L. Mencken's writings selected by Alistair Cooke. The book stimulated a thirst to read more Mencken.


(3) Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (15th edition, edited by Emily Morison Beck [daughter of Samuel Eliot Morison ]). This is a gateway book. The quotes and aphorisms it contains are a worthwhile education in themselves. They led me on to other books and authors.


(4) Shōgun by James Clavell. That led me to read Whirlwind by the same author— a work that contains this admonition:
"...Open your eyes to the ways of the world, my son— the promises of kings have no value, they can claim expedience. If this Shah or the next, or even your great general has to choose between your life and something of more value to them, which would they choose? Put no trust in princes, politicians, or generals, they will sell you, your family, and your heritage for a pinch of salt to put on a plate of rice they won't even bother to taste..."​


(5) The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. The awful truth.


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DesEsseintes said:
I was on a school trip to Dublin recently and visited Trinity College Dublin. The buildings are extraordinarily beautiful - the Book of Kells astonishingly moving. But I thought the visit was over after the latter, and thought that the library might just be the quickest way out. When I saw the library I had to whisper 'Hold me' to my (male) colleague. Jesus wept, it is beautiful.
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Beautiful, it rivals the Deering Library at Northwestern. That picture doesn't do it justice. The kids now days call it the Harry Potter Library. :(
 
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