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    SKT
    見習いボス
    Joined: 26 Aug 2019

    I just finished this and really liked it. @Matt if you enjoyed The Ballad of Black Tom I think you’d like this one too.
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      iammortalcombat
      Haraki san Prodigy
      Joined: 2 Jan 2022

      This was a store clerks recommendation. Honestly I have no idea what I’m reading. It’s essentially a dark,twisted fairy tale, but the author is one of those “let me just use a thesaurus as part of the material” types.

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        popvulture
        見習いボス
        @SKT
        Joined: 2 Oct 2018

        @SKT have you read Perceval Everett’s James? I haven’t gotten to it yet but it’s in my to-read pile.

        WTB
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          EdH
          Iron Heart Deity
          Joined: 2 Jan 2022

          @Nik Really enjoyed The Trading Game, finished listening to it last night. It really helped that the audiobook is read by Gary himself, it's the sort of tale that benefits from the autobiographical voice. He also does a good job with mimicking the accents of the other characters, which helped aid understanding when he's recalling conversations he had with others.

          Take the dive...

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            Nik
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 12 Nov 2020

            Glad you liked it @EdH cool to hear the audio was good. Stevenson definitely has a great voice.

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              SKT
              見習いボス
              @popvulture
              Joined: 26 Aug 2019

              @popvulture I haven’t read this…will check it out.

              Put a hold on it for my Kindle…I’m 31st in line! Sheesh

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                Inorganic
                Haraki san Student
                @iammortalcombat
                Joined: 7 Sept 2022

                @iammortalcombat oopff.. I don't think I could slog through it, those type of authors are off putting to me.

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                  iammortalcombat
                  Haraki san Prodigy
                  @Inorganic
                  Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                  @Inorganic I finished it quickly…not because it was amazing, but rather I just wanted to get it over with. I hate not completing books. 3/10 do not recommend it.

                  I started this last week as my first audiobook. I needed something to be background noise while I’m painting my plastic army men and this feeds the lore behind my army.

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                    Tago Mago
                    Mod Squad
                    Joined: 16 Jan 2021

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                      Aetas
                      見習いボス
                      Joined: 19 Jun 2013

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                      After ‘OK Computer’ the next release of Radiohead was ‘Kid A’ in 2000.
                      Perhaps one of the most curious metamorphosis of a band seen.
                      Took me years to connect with Kid A.

                      More 33third books here.

                      Music from Radiohead-Kid A to The Smile-Live in Montreux in the Music thread!.

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                        Tago Mago
                        Mod Squad
                        Joined: 16 Jan 2021

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                        Light Holiday reading, in part inspired by @steelworker

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                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                          I'm doing a load of Simon Winchester this trip. So far, Land (which amply illustrates what a horrible race we are), Precision and Atlantic (quite apposite because of where we are)....

                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            ARNC
                            啓蒙家
                            Joined: 13 Dec 2020

                            Following on from this discussion, @EdH and @endo might enjoy the novel “Q”, set in the time of the German Peasants’ War and the Münster Rebellion. It’s been a while since I read it but it left an impression!

                            “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                              endo
                              見習いボス
                              @ARNC
                              Joined: 29 May 2020

                              @ARNC said in Books:

                              @endo might enjoy the novel “Q”,

                              ✌🏻 It's already on my bedside table, going to be one of the next I'll read.

                              si tacuisses

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                                Aetas
                                見習いボス
                                @ARNC
                                Joined: 19 Jun 2013

                                “Q” is definitely a great read @ARNC
                                Have a second copy laying around. If any German is interested, just drop me a PM. I’ll send it out for free!
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                                  Tago Mago
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                                    hbg1
                                    Haraki san Student
                                    @Tago Mago
                                    Joined: 15 Nov 2022

                                    @Tago-Mago great one, my favorite Stephen King book by far!
                                    Might have to pull this off the shelf tonight and revisit.

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                                      SKT
                                      見習いボス
                                      @Tago Mago
                                      Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                                      @Tago-Mago one of, if not THE first book I ever read by him and still one of my favorites. Reread it just last year. Classic

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                                        tody
                                        啓蒙家
                                        Joined: 24 Feb 2021

                                        Read some newer Stephen King lately and enjoyed that. The thought of revisiting the classics crossed my mind more than once. Might start with the Dark Tower series...

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                                          Tago Mago
                                          Mod Squad
                                          @tody
                                          Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                                          @tody enjoyed the Dark Tower, especially book 4

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