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Gravity's Rainbow 05/28 Travis is currently reading:
Gravity's Rainbow (Paperback)
by Thomas Pynchon
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May 28
Gravity's Rainbow Travis is currently reading:
Gravity's Rainbow (Paperback)
by Thomas Pynchon
bookshelves: currently-reading
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May 06
11987 New comment on Travis's review of The Myth of Sisyphus, and Other Essays
Nophoto-m-25x33 Travis wrote: "My rating system is a little stringent:
5 Stars: Masterpiece, perfect book.
4 Stars: Work of Art,...more
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May 02
Last Night at the Lo... Travis gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Last Night at the Lobster (Hardcover)
by Stewart O'Nan
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read in February, 2008

Travis Travis said: "A wonderful book about a man who loves running in a local Red Lobster restaurant, and the fundamental challenges he and his employees face in their lives and as part of the corporate machine. Though he is committed to the small mall establishment, he...more "
Then We Came to the... Travis gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Then We Came to the End (Hardcover)
by Joshua Ferris
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read in March, 2008

Travis Travis said: "A pretty good book in the same style of the "Virgin Suicides", where the narrator is a collective "we" and details the decline of a Chicago advertising agency during the downturn of the dotcom collapse. There was nothing fundament...more "
All the Pretty Horse... Travis gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
All the Pretty Horses (Border Trilogy, Vol 1)
by Cormac McCarthy
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Travis Travis said: "I read it, and liked it. But the story was so overwrought and dense, like the end of the world. It appeals to those dark souls whom see the worst in all people. Kind of like all his books. At least Faulkner (who clearly inspires him) had tremendous h...more "
The Sirens of Titan Travis gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
The Sirens of Titan (Paperback)
by Kurt Vonnegut
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Slaughterhouse-Five Travis gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by Kurt Vonnegut
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The Myth of Sisyphus... Travis gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
The Myth of Sisyphus, and Other Essays (Paperback)
by Albert Camus
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Travis Travis said: "A book about the argument against suicide. I saw Sisyphus - and life, I guess - in a completely different light after reading it. "
Steppenwolf Travis gave 2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars to:
Steppenwolf (Paperback)
by Hermann Hesse
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Travis Travis said: "Ugh, I did not like this book at all. I found the protagonist's viewpoint to be completely opposite my own on most of the points of the book. And I'd like to think I'm open to other POVs, but seriously, get a grip - bourgeois society is not the stifl...more "
Siddhartha Travis gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by Hermann Hesse
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Travis Travis said: "Liked it, but definitely not a book I'd affix my philosophical outlook to (as some have). "



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