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loslakersss
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| Thanks for sharing the book and the excerpts, Greyhound. I will definitely be picking this one up. It sounds absolutely enthralling. |
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Steinbeck's East of Eden was one of my favorite books growing up. I owe it a re-read.
I recently read Murakami's Norwegian Wood and (bleep) loved it. It's a very particular kind of book that really aligns with my personality. |
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loslakersss
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| Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2019 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| tox wrote: | Steinbeck's East of Eden was one of my favorite books growing up. I owe it a re-read.
I recently read Murakami's Norwegian Wood and (bleep) loved it. It's a very particular kind of book that really aligns with my personality. |
I think I'll be re-reading EoE soon as well.
Also I just got into Murakami, read some short stories in the Men Without Women book and also picked up IQ84 which I've been excited to read. |
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tox
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| loslakersss wrote: | | tox wrote: | Steinbeck's East of Eden was one of my favorite books growing up. I owe it a re-read.
I recently read Murakami's Norwegian Wood and (bleep) loved it. It's a very particular kind of book that really aligns with my personality. |
I think I'll be re-reading EoE soon as well.
Also I just got into Murakami, read some short stories in the Men Without Women book and also picked up IQ84 which I've been excited to read. |
Curious on your thoughts on 1Q84 when you have the chance to read it. One of my friends who's a big Murakami fan called it his magnum opus. I'm about to read Kafka on the Shore -- I've never really been into magical realism but hopefully it's something I grow into. |
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loslakersss
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| tox wrote: | | loslakersss wrote: | | tox wrote: | Steinbeck's East of Eden was one of my favorite books growing up. I owe it a re-read.
I recently read Murakami's Norwegian Wood and (bleep) loved it. It's a very particular kind of book that really aligns with my personality. |
I think I'll be re-reading EoE soon as well.
Also I just got into Murakami, read some short stories in the Men Without Women book and also picked up IQ84 which I've been excited to read. |
Curious on your thoughts on 1Q84 when you have the chance to read it. One of my friends who's a big Murakami fan called it his magnum opus. I'm about to read Kafka on the Shore -- I've never really been into magical realism but hopefully it's something I grow into. |
I'm just over 700 pages into the book (it's divided into 3 parts and I just finished part 2) and what I will say is I spent most of my weekend reading 1Q84. The characters are very interesting because they're very human - even if they're doing extraordinary things you feel like they're a real person.
I definitely recommend checking it out. From my experience so far, the story only gets better and better the deeper you get into it. And the little details matter. |
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loslakersss
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| I forgot to get back to you when I finished but I really enjoyed 1Q84. It's probably in my top 5 most I-dont-want-to-put-this-down-but-also-want-to-savor-its-greatness. |
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| Finally got around to The Brothers Karamazov and it was fantastic. Currently reading Anna Karenina and it may become my favorite book. |
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| loslakersss wrote: | | tox wrote: | Steinbeck's East of Eden was one of my favorite books growing up. I owe it a re-read.
I recently read Murakami's Norwegian Wood and (bleep) loved it. It's a very particular kind of book that really aligns with my personality. |
I think I'll be re-reading EoE soon as well.
Also I just got into Murakami, read some short stories in the Men Without Women book and also picked up IQ84 which I've been excited to read. |
I have a copy that I gave to my son. I read it in high school and in fact read every Steinbeck novel prior to hs graduation. I love Steinbeck. I even picked up his The Log from the Sea of Cortez, though I never found the time to read through it.
EoE is endearing, though I'm partial to In Dubious Battle, which won my heart. I enjoyed Travels with Charlie, but had a lingering suspicion that it was contrived. That suspicion was later confirmed. |
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| I started reading Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World while on vacation recently. It's a tad dense at times, but it is without a doubt the most lucid interpretation on our ongoing financial crises. |
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Barack's new memoir is very good. Really enjoying it.
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