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Just finished Mr Mercedes.
Now I'm reading the sequel (fingers keepers)
 
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Finished the first two The Lies of Locke Lamora. The first was better than the second but both had some very funny stuff.

Trout, the humor is up your alley. Listen to the first and tell me what you think.
 
I finally got around to finishing The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks. Very easy read that I would put close to being as entertaining as the first Fitz book. The opening chapters are disturbing with the young teen on child rape insinuations. It sets an incredible landscape for the rest of the book without going over the top gory.
 
Anyone read A Land More Kind than Home or The Son?

I just bought both of those recently. Very well-acclaimed and sound sort of McCarthy-ish.
 
moevillini said:
a very disturbing book, written by a Dutch author and set in the Netherlands (or whatever the natives call it...)
made me think of our resident dutchman, and not in a good way

the book is sort of annoying to read, but overall very good in a disturbing way...

I recommend it highly

The Dinner by Herman Koch

a reivew (I'm not sure how much of the story it gives away... I skimmed through the review and it didn't reveal much of anything...)
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/books/review/the-dinner-by-herman-koch.html

the author (he kind of looks like that character from 3rd Rock from the Sun or some show...)
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at any rate, READ IT and let me know what you think!!!

(it's a pretty quick read by the way)

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Read this on your recommendation Moe. I found it just ok. Seemed to be kind of shallow, just not enough room for great character development in this format. Although it was fairly intriguing, and it might say more about me than the story, but I found the reveal to be somewhat flat and kind of "that's it?"-ish. Anyway, it was a decent diversion from reading so much crap in German right now.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Read this on your recommendation Moe. I found it just ok. Seemed to be kind of shallow, just not enough room for great character development in this format. Although it was fairly intriguing, and it might say more about me than the story, but I found the reveal to be somewhat flat and kind of "that's it?"-ish. Anyway, it was a decent diversion from reading so much crap in German right now.
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Definitely agree with your assessment as to the depth of character development - - plus some of the character development and background story created more confusion than understanding. But it was more the intrigue and mystery and the way the story unfolded that had me hooked. It was one of those books that you "love to hate" - - sort of like the "DaVinci Code" or "Gone Girl" or something.

And my book group had a really good discussion about it - - probably one of the best discussion books we've read in a long time.

anyhow, just finished another pretty good book - - at least from a historical perspective, and in light of world events, somewhat insightful: A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER by Ishmael Beah

He's now in his mid-thirties and living in the United States, but he's from Sierra Leone and at age 13 (or thereabouts) he became separated from his family when he went with friends to take part in a talent show and ended up spending two years as a child soldier in the civil war that was taking place in the mid-90's, perpetrating all sorts of violence and mayhem.

In a way, it makes me think of the young people (mostly men/boys) who become radicalized ISIS participants.

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VINYLONE said:
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She's a really good writer. The book is like 500+ pages, but stays interesting. Just picked up her book on Operation Paperclip from the library this morning to read over Thanksgiving actually. So yeah, I like her style a lot. Definitely worth a shot if you are interested in that kind of stuff.
 
How have I not noticed this thread?
Perfect timing. Was looking for some new books to read.

Has "Open" by Andre Agassi been discussed yet?
 
just started this book, I'm about 60 pages in (about 330 pgs)and it's pretty fascinating

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so far it's primarily about the mob, but I think it also goes in depth into the Cuban revolution

anyhow, I'm thinking that between the last book I read (..."memoirs of a boy soldier") and this one, there might be some parallels to the current situation with the Islamic State and terrorists, and how people become radicalized
 
Anyone read Anne Rice? I just finished:

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I liked it enough that I might pick up her famous series The Vampire Chronicles (Interview with the Vampire; Queen of the Damned).
 
I'm reading the Wheel of Time series. I'd say I'm meh on it. On the one hand, it has unbelievably rich world-building and mythology. On the other, the main characters are mostly 17 year olds with "large bosom". But I'm 7 books in, so I might as well finish it.
 
I'm reading "A Little Life" by Hanya Yanagihara. A lot of people are calling it the best book of the last 10 years. It's pretty dece so far.
 
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