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by Bella Fortuna » Mon Nov 05, 2012 12:57 pm
We got this yesterday:
http://www.amazon.com/So-You-Created-Wo ... 0425245586
I've only taken a cursory glance, but can't wait to read it, it's really funny.

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by SteveB » Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:37 pm
Reading
Folklore Fights: The Nazis Humor in Occupied Norway 1940-1945
I found this pretty funny:
Norwegians were ordered to sit by a Nazi on the train if all other seats were occupied (they weren't allowed to stand), cuz it made the Nazis feel bad.

Twit, twat,
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by fretmeister » Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:42 pm
A coin magic manual. And it's damn hard stuff!
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by Animavore » Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:43 pm
A Clash of Kings.
Libertarianism: The belief that out of all the terrible things governments can do, helping people is the absolute worst.
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by SteveB » Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:45 pm
Animavore wrote:A Clash of Kings.
Find it a tad boring, like I did?

Twit, twat,
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by Animavore » Wed Nov 14, 2012 8:46 pm
Nibbler wrote:Animavore wrote:A Clash of Kings.
Find it a tad boring, like I did?

Dunno. I'm on page 25.
Libertarianism: The belief that out of all the terrible things governments can do, helping people is the absolute worst.
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by SteveB » Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:05 pm
Well then, I won't keep you.

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by Bella Fortuna » Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:09 pm
I'm reading Dance Night by Dawn Powell. It's OK but I'm kind of ready for it to be over.
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by amused » Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:35 pm
I just finished The Hunger Games trilogy. It was better than I expected.
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by amused » Thu Nov 15, 2012 1:34 pm
I'm working out a series of stories that roughly uses characters like Nick and Nora Charles as a point of departure. So I downloaded Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man to read his vaunted dialogue. He's good at it.
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by Sean Hayden » Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:33 pm
annoying, the science of what bugs us
"With less regulation on the margins we expect the financial sector to do well under the incoming administration” —money manager
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by anna09 » Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:52 pm
I just gave up on
White Teeth by Zadie Smith. I really hate not finishing a book but I was 70 pages in (out of 448) and bored as fuck.

Anyone else read this?
Oh well, now starting
Under the Net by Iris Murdoch.
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by Cormac » Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:55 pm
is reeding this buk.
FUCKERPUNKERSHIT!
Wanna buy some pegs Dave, I've got some pegs here...
You're my wife now!
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by macdoc » Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:48 pm
Breathe by Tim Winton - had no realized this crafter of fine prose was shortlisted on the Booker TWICE!!!! Good literature - adventure and solid prose - akin to Deliverance in that regard
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Nov 24, 2012 1:10 pm
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