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08/20
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Running Dog (Vintage Contemporaries) by Don DeLillo bookshelves: 2008, currently-reading |
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05/27
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Under the Volcano: A Novel (Perennial Classics) by Malcolm Lowry bookshelves: 2008, currently-reading |
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Zeroville (Paperback) by Steve Erickson bookshelves: 2008 |
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Our Ecstatic Days: A Novel (Paperback) by Steve Erickson bookshelves: 2008 |
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Pirate Freedom (Hardcover) by Gene Wolfe bookshelves: 2008 |
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read in August, 2008
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"A good story, well told.
Does seem to be a bit of a rut, structurally speaking, for Wolfe, but it's a pleasant rut. Surprisingly straightforward for him, but refreshingly so. " |
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"I've hit page 199 of 'The Sparrow' and the viscosity of the text is increasing. By page 12, I had alot of hope for this book. By page 88 I was really into the book, and thinking there was a good chance this was a 4 or 5 star book. At this point ...more " | |||
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The Possibility of an Island (Vintage International) by Michel Houellebecq bookshelves: 2008 |
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read in August, 2008
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"Relentlessly misanthropic and depressing, and sometimes sacrifices its (at times considerable) readability for the sake of being even moreso--turns into more of a treatise and less of a novel. Still, very well written and, I'd assume, translated.
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Sword & Citadel: The Second Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' (New Sun)
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Shadow & Claw: The First Half of 'The Book of the New Sun' (New Sun)
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