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The Book Thread
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Walter Sobchak
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11-09-2020, 12:48 PM -
Also, my wife is listening to one of the strike books. Absolute drivel (before you even touch on the weird, pointed centrism of rowling).

Divorce papers imminent.
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11-09-2020, 10:44 PM -
He mentioned the accursed centrists, get him Acey!
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11-11-2020, 09:33 PM -
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Captain Oates Sob

Scott's letters he writes to his friends and family while he's waiting to die in his tent Sob
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11-15-2020, 02:39 AM -
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Read this in one go. Laughed out loud every few pages. Different class.
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11-15-2020, 03:03 AM -
You are getting through some amount of books Mikey Laugh
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11-15-2020, 05:58 AM -
Only so much harry horn you can watch Monty Smug
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11-24-2020, 12:00 PM -
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Posted this a while ago but only just got around to reading it. Absolutely superb Quite Good The range of people he’s met and spent time with is honestly ridiculously impressive, and he’s got a real knack for using those anecdotes for helping you understand the bigger sociological causes of what makes China and its people.
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11-24-2020, 04:09 PM -
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Really great book but also Fat Cunt
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12-16-2020, 11:33 PM -
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Just finished this. Follows a high school debate champion and his parents and touches on toxic masculinity etc. Less than 300 pages so fairly quick read.
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12-17-2020, 12:24 AM -
Shorter than a Lawson thread on Twitter Quite Good
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12-17-2020, 12:29 AM -
(11-09-2020, 12:48 PM)Walter Boycechak Wrote: Also, my wife is listening to one of the strike books. Absolute drivel (before you even touch on the weird, pointed centrism of rowling).

Divorce papers imminent.

(11-09-2020, 10:44 PM)Makween Wrote: He mentioned the accursed centrists, get him Acey!

Weird, pointed centrism Pinilla

The Strike books are naff but an easy enough read. Rowling really should've just put the pen down at the end of the Deathly Hallows and retired quietly. Warnock
(08-02-2018, 09:04 AM)Mags Wrote: A resposta é Sim.

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01-12-2021, 01:43 PM -
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Finished this other one by Ben Lerner. Again it's short at only 180 pages but it's about an American poet / writer living in Madrid
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01-12-2021, 01:46 PM -
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On this now, wee bit topical as it's set before & after a pandemic has spread and wiped out most of the worlds population. Monty Chuckle
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01-12-2021, 01:48 PM -
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Just started this. Book starts with Trump being notified of the Covid outbreak. He's actually surprisingly well informed on it but determined not to cause panic according to the author.
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01-12-2021, 02:33 PM -
That actually looks good. Is it written by somebody inside the White House I take it?
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01-12-2021, 02:37 PM -
I believe he wrote a book a few years ago where trump refused him access and he hammered him so this time around Trump gave him 17 hours of interviews for some reason.

Got it for a quid on the kindle, it’s highly rated on goodreads.
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01-12-2021, 03:27 PM -
(01-12-2021, 02:33 PM)Kash Wrote: That actually looks good. Is it written by somebody inside the White House I take it?

Woodward is a big dick journalist. He was central in bringing the watergate scandal to light. He's a pretty big deal.
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01-29-2021, 12:15 AM -
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Terrific read this and a good companion to The Corpse Walker.
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01-29-2021, 11:06 AM -
Currently reading theb5th book in the magelands epic by Christopher Mitchell. He was living in Edinburgh while writing these books and a lot of place names are Edinburgh places.
Mind you, even without that fact, the books are still a really enjoyable read.
Shoes offffffff if you hate the h1b5.
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02-20-2021, 07:00 PM -
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Just read this. Highly recommend it. So interesting.



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