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agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 04 Oct 2017, 16:45

recommended

User · Post by **User** » 06 Oct 2017, 08:18

Ninny wrote:My mum gave me 'Dokter aan de wisselmeren', written by a doctor in Papua new guinea early 50's. It describes Papua daily life, very interesting It has a touch of colonialism, things have changes so fast. My daddy visited these lands while he was in the navy, he didn't talk much about these days so now I have a picture

i have never been to PNG but have some family connections there, my grandparents met there

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 06 Oct 2017, 16:57

you should find the sheets

vO)))id · Post by **vO)))id** » 12 Oct 2017, 19:09

Book 5 of HP.

-M- · Post by **-M-** » 13 Oct 2017, 00:16

iamgoat wrote:Book 5 of HP.

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 16 Oct 2017, 15:37

the book of hit points

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 17 Oct 2017, 21:39

User wrote:
Ninny wrote:My mum gave me 'Dokter aan de wisselmeren', written by a doctor in Papua new guinea early 50's. It describes Papua daily life, very interesting It has a touch of colonialism, things have changes so fast. My daddy visited these lands while he was in the navy, he didn't talk much about these days so now I have a picture
i have never been to PNG but have some family connections there, my grandparents met there

After a war these Papuans count casualties and then kill among their group to settle scores. In this way making the number of dead even

This seems a fair deal, a tip for the UN maybe

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 20 Oct 2017, 17:28

that seems untenable

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 21 Oct 2017, 12:23

reading posts, mainly

vO)))id · Post by **vO)))id** » 25 Oct 2017, 00:34

Book 6 of HP

When I'm done with 7 (second time reading all this), Imma start with GoT.

malgoth · Post by **malgoth** » 01 Nov 2017, 20:10

just started this one. pretty good so far.

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 03 Nov 2017, 17:45

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 05 Nov 2017, 23:35

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 06 Nov 2017, 00:43

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 06 Nov 2017, 02:06

from now on, all black

-M- · Post by **-M-** » 10 Nov 2017, 01:04

Haruki Murakami - 1Q84

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 12 Nov 2017, 00:33

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 12 Nov 2017, 01:33

a chokeweb

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 17 Dec 2017, 07:38

A scanner darkly

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 28 Dec 2017, 17:02

Inverted Crosses And Gorebongs · 30 Dec 2017, 10:23

Misery Obscura - Eerie Von. Lots of very cool old Misfits and Samhain photos.

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 02 Jan 2018, 16:29

i am exactly halfway through a pretty illustrated version of a christmas carol

had never read it before

vO)))id · Post by **vO)))id** » 02 Jan 2018, 23:21

Still in HP book 6.

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 04 Jan 2018, 00:21

Ninny wrote:A scanner darkly

Close to the end and I'm lost

-M- · Post by **-M-** » 04 Jan 2018, 03:09

Milan Kundera - Powolność. Polish translation of Slowness (La Lenteur)

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 17 Feb 2018, 06:05

hitch 22

Holocaust · Post by **Holocaust** » 18 Feb 2018, 21:20

Profiles in Courage

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 02 Dec 2018, 19:13

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Paste Human · Post by **Paste Human** » 02 Dec 2018, 20:22

Ninny wrote:Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The ending of that one is tattooed into my mind. Was it used for any of the films? It's beautifully written, but visually I think it would be kind of clunky.

I've been re-reading parts of Blood Meridian after discussing it with a fellating lover at work. I should probably find out if he actually wants to borrow it because I always worry that when I lend someone a book they'll feel obligated to read it regardless of how much free time they have, and then for whatever reason before finally handing it off I always develop a strong desire to re-read it.

Some day I'll pull out a dictionary and look up the hundreds of words in that one that I've never even seen before (most are contextually obvious) but for now I'm content following the narrative on a basic level and being in awe over every aspect of the delivery.

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 02 Dec 2018, 20:48

Strangely enough I can't remember any of the movies

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 03 Dec 2018, 00:40

Paste Human wrote:
Ninny wrote:Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
The ending of that one is tattooed into my mind. Was it used for any of the films? It's beautifully written, but visually I think it would be kind of clunky.

I've been re-reading parts of Blood Meridian after discussing it with a fellating lover at work. I should probably find out if he actually wants to borrow it because I always worry that when I lend someone a book they'll feel obligated to read it regardless of how much free time they have, and then for whatever reason before finally handing it off I always develop a strong desire to re-read it.

Some day I'll pull out a dictionary and look up the hundreds of words in that one that I've never even seen before (most are contextually obvious) but for now I'm content following the narrative on a basic level and being in awe over every aspect of the delivery.

this reminds me that i lent my copy out to a coworker like 2.5 years ago and never got it back

things i have read recently or am currently reading:

surveillance valley by yasha levine
capitalist realism by mark fisher
k-punk by mark fisher
the city & the city by china mieville
the great transformation by karl polanyi

User · Post by **User** » 03 Dec 2018, 08:42

i am reading "the history of south africa" and i just finished "i gave my life for thee"

vO)))id · Post by **vO)))id** » 26 Feb 2019, 14:31

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, book 4 of 6 from the bundled stories.

So good

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 16 Mar 2019, 17:04

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 21 Mar 2019, 19:34

just finished this a few days ago

my reading muscles have atrophied considerably, i must exercise them

zim · Post by **zim** » 21 Mar 2019, 23:08

i read slow these days

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 01 Apr 2019, 18:50

nothing adam but i have a book coming in the mail

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 10 Jul 2019, 04:32

i sometimes consider reading non text books

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 10 Jul 2019, 16:25

currently reading the handmaid's tale

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 19 Jul 2019, 07:02

that is also a tv show

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 19 Jul 2019, 16:14

i finished reading the handmaid’s tale yesterday

the epilogue is intensely unnecessary and unsatisfying but everything that came before the epilogue is the exact opposite of those two things

i will be reading more books by margaret atwood now

zim · Post by **zim** » 19 Jul 2019, 17:06

i'm reading lord of the rings for the first time

only two chapters in and I'm sick of hobbits

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » 19 Jul 2019, 17:17

i never got past chapter 1 of the hobbit

User · Post by **User** » 30 Aug 2019, 16:53

did you know President Abraham Lincoln enjoyed chloroform, a recreational drug back in the day

Shredlord · Post by **Shredlord** » 17 Sep 2019, 02:29

Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale. So far, so good.

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 02 Oct 2019, 03:38

Paste Human · Post by **Paste Human** » 31 Mar 2020, 10:30

In the rare occasion I hear anything about A Confederacy of Dunces it's given tons of praise and regarded as hilarious. Has anyone here read it? I was thinking of ordering a copy, but I'm hesitant to buy more books given that I still have a few sitting around that I haven't gotten to yet.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 31 Mar 2020, 12:00

i don't have any input on that book

but i am absolutely shaken by the fact that i had k-punk, city & great transformation in 2018. i have not finished any of them. also added jia tolentino's trick mirror & matt stoller's goliath to the list of "books i have acquired and started and will probably never finish" though what little i've read of both are wonderful

agony bagony · Post by **agony bagony** » 08 Apr 2020, 19:48

leadership in turbulent times

by doris kearns goodwin

it is a worthwhile book, even if it is a reshaping and repackaging of several of her other thoroughly good books

User · Post by **User** » 15 May 2020, 19:58

i jut finished THE TALL MAN and now reading SHAMEFUL FLIGHT