IMO he is 1 of the best authors ever. Period.
I tried 1. It was horrifically bad. I forget what it was called.
I enjoyed The Flight Attendant.
what do you read?
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IMO he is 1 of the best authors ever. Period.
I tried 1. It was horrifically bad. I forget what it was called.
I enjoyed The Flight Attendant.
Not too promising. I Saw a recommendation for Eye of the Needle which is a WWII story which is a genre that I enjoy reading, so hopefully that one pans out.
I picked up the Flight Attendant based on a couple of recommendations in this thread, so far so good. It's a pretty easy read and the story hooks you right away.
He has a few good books.
Mahnken
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I was never a good student in high school, always took the easy way out. Never read any books that were assigned, just went and got the cliff notes from the library instead.... Then we had to write a paper on a randomly selected author and Vonnegut was my pick. After writing the paper I decided to read one of his books, can't remember which, but ended up reading a bunch of them that year and have enjoyed reading ever since.
The Worst
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Vonnegut is my favorite author. If you haven’t gotten through Mother Night, Galapagos, Sirens of Titan, and God Bless You, Mr Rosewater I highly recommend them all.
The Worst
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Since there’s been a bunch of Vonnegut talk lately, I’ll add a couple recommendations from authors I think you’ll enjoy if you already like Vonnegut.
Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami
This will take a bit of adjustment. It reads like a fever dream compared to Vonnegut, but philosophically has similar themes.
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Backman has a very similar voice in his writing style. There’s no fluff in his sentence structure, it’s very brief and direct, like Vonnegut, he says what he means to say; however, that does not take away from the emotion and impact of the book.
Not trying to turn this into a reddit-level trigger-warning, but since it’s such a impactful topic you should know that both of these books deal with the subject of suicide.
Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami
This will take a bit of adjustment. It reads like a fever dream compared to Vonnegut, but philosophically has similar themes.
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Backman has a very similar voice in his writing style. There’s no fluff in his sentence structure, it’s very brief and direct, like Vonnegut, he says what he means to say; however, that does not take away from the emotion and impact of the book.
Not trying to turn this into a reddit-level trigger-warning, but since it’s such a impactful topic you should know that both of these books deal with the subject of suicide.
I've read several by Murakami, Kafka included. Felt that book was outstanding. Have also read maybe 5 Backman books but not Anxious people. I would suggest Life of Pi if you have nt read that already.
The Worst
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Surprisingly, I didn’t love Life of Pi. Definitely similar theme, but it just didn’t click with me as well.
Beginning to feel like this guy with all these books and not enough time to read.
I'm a firm believer that there are different times & phases of life where books resonate more, or less. I think I read it at a good time for me to read that book. There was a time when I read a few Salman Rushdie books. I felt at the time they were incredibly well-written. I feel like Rushdie may be 1 of the most intelligent AND cultured people to ever pick up a pen. I am not sure I would have the patience to read his stuff right now, though I would love to pick up 1 of his classics (Midnight's Children; Satanic Verses) again.
Also, see the coffee thread.
The Worst
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Totally agree.
And good call with the coffee thread. I’ve been watching it for a while, but I only have so much time to comment about the things I obsess over. Pourover is my addiction.
I wound up buying this from the bookstore in town today... but i also picked up The Shards from the library so I have to plow thru 600 pages in 3 weeks before I can tackle Take Me To Your Leader. I also pre-ordered the third book in the How to Survive Camping series and that comes in September so I have a lot of reading to do in the next two months.
Can't you just renew it? Somerset County auto-renews a bunch of times for you (unless someone else puts the book on hold).
Just started The Evening and the Morning which is the 4th book in the Kingsbridge series Pillars of the Earth). No way I can knock out 1000 pages without a few auto-renewals!
Yes but there's a new TV show out based on that and a lot of times there's demand for the books shows/movies are based on when they premiere... So I'm not sure if I will be able to auto renew this one
Edit: I edited this like 4 times and I'm not sure that sentence is correct or makes sense but 🤷♀️
Yep it makes sense. New movie/TV show increases demand thus someone is likely to have it on hold after you.
I mean, how many people in your town can read? 6? 7? Inclusive of Steve and you?
Says the man from hunterdon county
Technically I grew up in Hunterdon county and Bloomsbury certainly does not add to this statement, at least not when I was there. But Hunterdon county is 1 of the wealthiest counties in the country. Carson just happened to spend a lot of time in the armpit of said county. And he wasn't anywhere near Bloomsbury.
Ian F
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Currently working my way through this:
The author is a friend I met through the local MINI club. It was interesting as she struggled to get traction after publishing her first few books (the above is her second one), but she kept at it despite threatening to quit a few times. I guess the urge to write was too strong... and she recently released her 11th novel.
BTW - if you're looking for an online alternative to buying books from the "Large River Site", try bookshop.org.
Eventually I need to completely reorganize my book shelves... I have books stacked on top of each other because the shelves are so poorly organized. In reality... I really need to reorganize this entire room...
The author is a friend I met through the local MINI club. It was interesting as she struggled to get traction after publishing her first few books (the above is her second one), but she kept at it despite threatening to quit a few times. I guess the urge to write was too strong... and she recently released her 11th novel.
BTW - if you're looking for an online alternative to buying books from the "Large River Site", try bookshop.org.
Eventually I need to completely reorganize my book shelves... I have books stacked on top of each other because the shelves are so poorly organized. In reality... I really need to reorganize this entire room...