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They put up with so much bs from that drama llama I swear. He does the most and it kills me. I'm glad ur kid likes them! I have kids who ask me to read it every single day and it cracks me up.

 

Finished Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston last night and it was wonderful. Started on A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay afterwards and I'm 10 chapters in so far.

 

Took out William Trevor's Selected Stories since he passed last week. I'm ashamed I didn't read him until now. It's honestly like reading additional chapters of Dubliners.

 

Just started Old School by Tobias Wolff and I love the writing style and literary references popping up throughout.

 

Tobias Wolff is prob my favorite writer

 

Audible is having a pretty amazing sale that you don't have to be a member to take part in.

 

Nice, I'm enjoying his style a lot currently. Which one of his books would you suggest to pick-up next? This is my first from him.

 

I'm actually a bigger fan of his short stories - if you like short stories, In the Garden of the North American Martyr is my favorite collection, but for a standalone story, "Bullet in the Brain" is probably my favorite piece of literature overall

 

Thriftbooks has 20% off 3 books or more with the code THANKS2016 until tomorrow, plus the standard free shipping on orders over $10. Bought 14 books there over the long weekend because I have yet to learn how to exercise control in my life.

 

I'll check that out - I'm a big fan of short stories.

 

Listening to podcast book reviews and book discussions has made me realize how dumb I am. These people use such fascinating language, words and phrases - some of which I've never heard in my life - and when someone asks me why I like a certain book I'm just like, "uhhhh, I liked the order of the words! And it was fun! (Or bleak or depressing or exciting or whatever) and it kind of sort of made sense! And that one character was real good because he was written good. Book is good because is good durrrrrr".

 

Just finished Old School by Tobias Wolff and it's easily the best book I've read this year...maybe for the past couple of years.

 

Have any of you guys read the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant? I've heard mixed things about it.

Also, I've read that the main character does something deplorable. I don't know what that is. Should I find out before I start reading?

 

i personally wouldn't ruin - whether it's good or bad - what a character does in a book i was going to read. now, there are and have been times where i read something and think, "what the fuck. this fucking book. what the fuck." and wish i hadn't read it, but if i would have known ahead of time what was going to happen i may pass on the entire book, which may be a mistake, but i know everyone's different.

however, with everyone being different, what is "deplorable" to people who may have said that may not be deplorable to you.

 

I have a freaking English Lit degree and I'm still awful at articulating why I like certain books. I always feel like I'm just echoing what other people say.

 

Reading Megan Abbott's Dare Me. The writing is beautiful but a bit abstract and hard to follow at times. Hoping to get into the swing of it.

 

Started Lock & Key:The Initiation by Ridley Pearson today

 

Dusted and cleaned my shelves tonight because that's what I do on friday nights.

It's fucking crazy what 550+ books look like when scattered across the floor of my apartment. I'm never moving.

 

At one point or another we probably had that too. We just moved but still have 2 tall bookcases worth of books and I'm the same way, I always love organizing them after each move over the years haha.

 

started Skippy Dies last night, anyone a fan?

 

maybe my favorite novel, just bought somebody a copy as a birthday present lol

let us know how you like it!!

 

Used to recommend this all the time on AP. One of my all-time favorites.

 

Beautiful, hysterical, and heartbreaking. Hope you enjoy it!

 

It would be cool to see what everyone's three favorite books they read this year are regardless of publication date.

I'll post mine just because I kind of kept track:

1. Old School by Tobias Wolff (2003)
2. Empire Falls by Richard Russo (2001)
3. Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal (2015)

 

1. Brandon Sanderson - Words of Radiance
2. Lev Grossman - The Magician King/The Magician's Land
3. Ernest Cline - Ready Player One

It's technically four, but those Grossman novels changed my life.