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Post by chickenpoop on Feb 15, 2021 8:06:52 GMT -7
It's good weather for a blanket and a book.
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Post by noclevername on Feb 15, 2021 9:06:11 GMT -7
Sorry if this was posted on here, but abebooks.com is legit for used books - just picked up a copy of something that’s $17 on Amazon for $7 with free shipping! You can pretty much find everything on there
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Post by bear on Feb 17, 2021 9:25:26 GMT -7
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Post by bear on Feb 17, 2021 9:26:04 GMT -7
this one is a little dense because it references a lot of critical theory, but im going to try.
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Post by chickenpoop on Mar 4, 2021 14:35:04 GMT -7
I'm almost to the end of my book about rats.
Next up, for women's month, I am going to start Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde. It's a book of essays and speeches about feminism, classism and racism written by a black queen woman in the 1980s.
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Post by bear on Mar 11, 2021 5:34:17 GMT -7
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Post by frododoknobo on Mar 11, 2021 6:42:20 GMT -7
I'm almost to the end of my book about rats. Next up, for women's month, I am going to start Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde. It's a book of essays and speeches about feminism, classism and racism written by a black queen woman in the 1980s. If you have Netflix, watch Pretend It’s a City. Martin Scorsese doc series about Fran Leibowitz, a feminist writer and icon. |
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Apr 11, 2021 7:53:08 GMT -7
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Post by saulgoodman on Apr 11, 2021 7:53:08 GMT -7
Since my last book report, i have read Canada by Richard Ford (which I liked a whole lot), Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon (which i didn't like very much) and am finishing The Sellout by Paul Beatty.
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Apr 11, 2021 9:46:31 GMT -7
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Post by deadphishbiscuits on Apr 11, 2021 9:46:31 GMT -7
Lil dude is on book 2 of Artemis Fowl
He digs em so far
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Post by bear on Jun 4, 2021 7:16:39 GMT -7
Catching up on canon/classics
Read Anne Frank's Diary last month
Just finished Cathcher In The Rye in 2 days. I couldn't put it down because the endless monogue was so well written. It actually was kinda boring with random details and an influx of various characters, but that was comically contrasted by Caulfield's complete indifference for learning the details of other people's lives. I kept wanting to know what he was going to do next and where he was going to go. It was like reading a teenage Shia LaBeouf's thoughts in Rodney Dangerfield's voice. A quintessential novel for outsiders; depressed youth who hate school, need companionship, and are disillusioned about their future.
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Post by frododoknobo on Jun 4, 2021 8:16:27 GMT -7
Catching up on canon/classics Read Anne Frank's Diary last month Just finished Cathcher In The Rye in 2 days. I couldn't put it down because the endless monogue was so well written. It actually was kinda boring with random details and an influx of various characters, but that was comically contrasted by Caulfield's complete indifference for learning the details of other people's lives. I kept wanting to know what he was going to do next and where he was going to go. It was like reading a teenage Shia LaBeouf's thoughts in Rodney Dangerfield's voice. A quintessential novel for outsiders; depressed youth who hate school, need companionship, and are disillusioned about their future. That’s the only book I have ever read multiple times. I read it every 3-4 years. Same dog eared copy that I boosted from my English class sophomore year. |
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Post by bear on Jun 4, 2021 8:20:19 GMT -7
"That kills me. What a goddam book. I hate not reading. It's making me depressed."
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Post by EddieBlake on Jun 4, 2021 8:24:30 GMT -7
Catching up on canon/classics Read Anne Frank's Diary last month Just finished Cathcher In The Rye in 2 days. I couldn't put it down because the endless monogue was so well written. It actually was kinda boring with random details and an influx of various characters, but that was comically contrasted by Caulfield's complete indifference for learning the details of other people's lives. I kept wanting to know what he was going to do next and where he was going to go. It was like reading a teenage Shia LaBeouf's thoughts in Rodney Dangerfield's voice. A quintessential novel for outsiders; depressed youth who hate school, need companionship, and are disillusioned about their future. That’s the only book I have ever read multiple times. I read it every 3-4 years. Same dog eared copy that I boosted from my English class sophomore year. Mark David Chapman'd |
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Jun 4, 2021 8:25:46 GMT -7
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Post by bear on Jun 4, 2021 8:25:46 GMT -7
It would be a great screenplay.
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Post by frododoknobo on Jun 4, 2021 8:26:03 GMT -7
It’s a people shooting cap.
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Post by frododoknobo on Jun 4, 2021 8:26:49 GMT -7
It would be a great screenplay. Apparently they made a movie a long time ago that wasn’t very good. |
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Post by bear on Jun 4, 2021 8:34:06 GMT -7
Mark David Chapman definitely didnt get the memo that Holden is not a hero. He's super depressed and cant get out of it until his kid sister luckily gives him something to hope for. Looking back on it now with our current society's knowledge of mental health, its obvious to me what is happening. That boy needs therapy (and one of his friends who's dad is a psychoanalyst mentions it in the book towards the end) but the Holden character is very accessible and I get why people would identify with him. But the takeaway is not supposed to be that we should kill people we perceive as phony...
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Post by bear on Jun 4, 2021 8:36:31 GMT -7
Depression squared
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Post by frododoknobo on Jun 4, 2021 9:12:33 GMT -7
Mark David Chapman definitely didnt get the memo that Holden is not a hero. He's super depressed and cant get out of it until his kid sister luckily gives him something to hope for. Looking back on it now with our current society's knowledge of mental health, its obvious to me what is happening. That boy needs therapy (and one of his friends who's dad is a psychoanalyst mentions it in the book towards the end) but the Holden character is very accessible and I get why people would identify with him. But the takeaway is not supposed to be that we should kill people we perceive as phony... Wait, it’s not? |
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Post by ancientchad on Jun 4, 2021 9:23:45 GMT -7
I read it on a roundtrip cross country flight when I was in my 30's. I remember thinking "man I wish somebody would have made me read this when I was a teenager..." I think it's incredible.
I did have a really cool 8th grade teacher who made us read all of the SE Hinton books.
Stay golden Pony Boy.
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