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Humboldt's Gift (Paperback) by Saul Bellow bookshelves: fiction |
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Puddinheadjoe said:
"Since I personally wasn't born a genius, it's nice that Bellow gives us this opportunity to feel what it's like by putting us in the skin of a genius. The jealous but humbled companion is also beautifully written.
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The Adventures of Augie March (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow bookshelves: fiction |
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"Any book that makes you want to read more books is good in my book. This book makes me wish I was immortal so I could have more time to read. Kind of makes me feel stupid because I can't keep up with all the ideas and thinkers that are referenced, ...more
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A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback) by John Kennedy Toole bookshelves: fiction |
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Why Orwell Matters (Paperback) by Christopher Hitchens bookshelves: nonfiction |
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The Body Artist: A Novel (Paperback) by Don DeLillo bookshelves: fiction |
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Puddinheadjoe said:
"Not recommended for dolts like myself. I'm sure there is a message here but the form of the message is a boring academic exercise. For smart people only.
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Libra (Contemporary American Fiction) by Don DeLillo bookshelves: fiction |
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Puddinheadjoe said:
"Everything good in a book--challenging, funny, curious, unstable. Mocks the "truth" by creating a shimmering, smoky mirror of our phantom past. History in a brown paper bag.
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| October 09 | ||
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At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68 (Paperback) by Taylor Branch bookshelves: nonfiction |
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Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63 (Paperback) by Taylor Branch bookshelves: nonfiction |
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Puddinheadjoe said:
"I have never torn through a history book like I have this trilogy. Dense with the fundamentals as well as the details, Branch gives an unflinching portrait of an America coming to terms with one aspect of its dark history. Heroes and villains have ...more
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The Guns of August (Mass Market Paperback) by Barbara W. Tuchman bookshelves: nonfiction |
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Puddinheadjoe said:
"This book only focuses on the outbreak and first couple of months of world war I. If all history was written this well, I would renounce my worldly possessions (both of them) and take up residence in the NYPL. Disturbing how close the war came to ne...more
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Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson (American Icons Series) by Gore Vidal bookshelves: nonfiction |
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Puddinheadjoe said:
"AWESOME. Vidal writes like no one else has ever taken a look at the birth of the U.S. and the ideas of its leaders before. I took notes on this book, it was so fucking good. Manages to comment on current boondoggle while talking about our dense his...more
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