Schnitzel Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 currently reading this book because it's something I've always wanted to do. The book is pretty good but I'm a little disappointed it's only the first part. They had a charity book fair up the road from me so I bought a shit stack of books for a total of $43.00 and got almost 20 paperbacks with it. Unfortunately if the sequel to this book was there I didn't find it next up is if you haven't read any of Eric Newby's books they are pretty good! fully recommended Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Barbaric Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Read anothe Anthony Bourdain book Nasty Bits Good Guy's a prick or, at best, highly misguided... http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jun/12/anthony-bourdain-war-fast-food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FruityLexia. Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 ^^I know youre not suppose to judge a book by it's cover, but judging by the cover that looks like a pile of absolute shit. 3rd Murakami book i have read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 This book is good shit Im not even a fan of his music but this book was fucking dope Im currently reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Guy's a prick or, at best, highly misguided... http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jun/12/anthony-bourdain-war-fast-food i'm confused as to why you would call him misguided? that excerpt is great. i have his new book on my bed stand. hopefully i'll get to it in the next couple weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pos Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 This book is dope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pos Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 currently reading this book because it's something I've always wanted to do. The book is pretty good but I'm a little disappointed it's only the first part. They had a charity book fair up the road from me so I bought a shit stack of books for a total of $43.00 and got almost 20 paperbacks with it. Unfortunately if the sequel to this book was there I didn't find it next up is if you haven't read any of Eric Newby's books they are pretty good! fully recommended I loved A Walk Across America. I enjoyed living vicariously through the main character, as I'm with you, it's something I've always wanted to do. One day... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrasivesaint Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 havent even started it actually, but its next.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DISTRACT Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 I admittedly laughed a number of times reading this, but it was definitely a regretful purchase. Not that interesting and Brand hasn't accomplished enough to warrant an autobiography. Absolutely loved this book and couldnt put it down. A very sad and graphic story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earl broclo ESQ Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 According to my girlfriend, I only like to read books about bitter assholes. I recommended this one in the past: I love that book. Right now I'm reading "The Fuck Up": So far so good. I'm blowing through it pretty fast actually. It's about a guy living in NYC in the early 80's. He's just constantly fucking up and his life goes to shit. So far he's gotten dumped, fired from his job only to end up working in a gay porn theater because that's all he can find, beaten up by his only friend and his drunk white trash girlfriend, and now he has to act gay because he's homeless and some weird movie director will let him house sit his loft for free --but only trusts gay men. The shit is actually pretty funny though. Reading it is like a non-stop mental face palm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Earl, you ever read The Peter Principal? Think you might like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Barbaric Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 i'm confused as to why you would call him misguided? that excerpt is great. i have his new book on my bed stand. hopefully i'll get to it in the next couple weeks. If he carries on like that, he'll give his daughter a complex & she'll probably end up eating nothing but McBastards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorRamon Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Reading this right now. It's pretty good so far. Finished this the other day and thought it was great. Recommend it if you're into fantasy type novels with magic but it also has a dirty harry western vibe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugboatTimmy Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silly_kelly Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 women: charles bukowski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemFailure Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Well I stopped reading Quicksilver, yet again. Finished this Vonnegut clashic Bout to finish Salinger's bullshit I'm halfway done and I'm finishing it to see if there's some redeemable elements to it. Until I'm done I'm not gunna go on record sayin fuck this overhype but fuck this overhype whiny shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorRamon Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Hell ended up pissing me off. I'm not really sure what I expected out of the ending but it wasn't that. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 just finished reading this biggie's biography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOOGLE? Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_gacy Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemFailure Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I saw that at Barnes and Noble while looking for Tokyo Vice. Mind givin me a yay or nay on it thus far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecarwreck Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 on to exam #3... a whole grip of post-1960 american poetry (fuck your /nh)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_gacy Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I saw that at Barnes and Noble while looking for Tokyo Vice. Mind givin me a yay or nay on it thus far? I suppose if I had to choose between yay and nay I'd go w/ yay. On a scale of 1-10 maybe a 6 or 7. Entertaining read though, perhaps better than the more expensive Mexican Mafia book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 currently reading this book because it's something I've always wanted to do. The book is pretty good but I'm a little disappointed it's only the first part. They had a charity book fair up the road from me so I bought a shit stack of books for a total of $43.00 and got almost 20 paperbacks with it. Unfortunately if the sequel to this book was there I didn't find it next up is if you haven't read any of Eric Newby's books they are pretty good! fully recommended to follow up "A Walk Across America" was interesting but I'm not going to bother with the next part of it. The reason to be honest was that while intersting the book wasn't too well written and all his bollocking on about churches and stuff was pretty monotonous. there were parts where the story really got you in but overall it was meh and felt like walkign across america. "The big red Train Ride" is starting off good probably loses a bit now that communism is dead in russia but still pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dranx0 Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 havent even started it actually, but its next.... NO ANGEL, Jay Dobyns We watched a telementary on a similar story. Very interesting. Maybe the same dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keepitrail Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Just started this. My girl just started that walk across america. looks preachy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemFailure Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Just started this. One of the greatest military scifi novels ever written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecarwreck Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Re: Defoe's "general History..." check out the contemporary version: much more readable and just as informative. and Catcher in the Rye is one of those books that you need to read throughout your life... I try to read it every 5 years or so and it always hits me differently. So far it's "Fuck YEAH!" (age 15), "Fucking Asshole" (age 22), "Hmm, interesting approach; dickish but interesting" (age 27), and "Oh man, ha, yeah" (age 31). It's been a minute but I still love the part early on when he says something iike "he handled my paper like it was a turd"... because "turd" is always a funny word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackfatsoe Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 ^ I feel that way about Tortilla Flat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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