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  1. Truman

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    You just email the book to your kindle email. You have to approve whatever email youre sending from.

    https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle/email
     
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  2. Daniel Ocean

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    I feel like when I started to do torrance so I don’t download I just hit “share >>> email>>> my kindle email address?
     
  3. Truman

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    Yep. Ive never done it from my phone before, but it should work. As long as youve added whatever email youre sending from to your amazon account.
     
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  4. Mix

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    Check out the black count. Biography of dumas father who somehow held real power in France despite being black. Lot of the story of count is based on his father, found it very interesting and that got me to re-read monte Cristo which is excellent
     
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  5. Truman

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    Will definitely check that out. Thanks!
     
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  6. TC

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    Been a while but I enjoyed the Dark Half. That was his heavy cocaine era right?
     
  7. The Blackfish

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    I think it was right after he got off.
     
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  8. TC

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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is my favorite parable about drug abuse and addiction.
     
  9. Cornelius Suttree

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    - Early dismissal from work
    - Snowstorm
    - 30 MG of full-spectrum edibles
    - Black tea
    - Elite fiction

    That's my idea of a Friday afternoon/evening
     
  10. TC

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    -work from home, no afternoon appointments
    -book
    -dog
    -couch
    -blanket

    How I’m getting down this fine February Friday
     
  11. Truman

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    I too finished a book today

    look at us
     
  12. Upton^2

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    Wife is on a bachelorette trip in Vermont, I’m working my way through some Cormac

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  13. Cornelius Suttree

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    Girl I work with came in with a copy of A Visit from the Goon Squad today

    I love her
     
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  14. Cornelius Suttree

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    completely missed this a couple weeks back, one of the negatives of deleting Twitter I guess

    2024 National Book Critics Circle Award finalists:

    Fiction
    Tremor by Teju Cole (Random House)
    North Woods by Daniel Mason (Random House)
    I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore (Knopf)
    Vengeance Is Mine by Marie NDiaye, translated by Jordan Stump (Knopf)
    Blackouts by Justin Torres (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

    Nonfiction
    We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
    Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs by Kerry Howley (Knopf)
    Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
    The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War by Jeff Sharlet (W. W. Norton)
    Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn’t Enough by Dina Nayeri (Catapult Books)

    https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw...ritics-circle-awards-finalists-announced.html
     
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  15. Truman

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    Owsley have you read The River and/or The Guide by Peter Heller? They’re great and seem like they’d be right up your alley.
     
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  16. PeterGriffin

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    Enjoyable read. Definitely liked the first more than the second though.
     
  17. Owsley

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    Haven’t read either, but just added both to my list :heythere:
     
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  18. Cornelius Suttree

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    Was sitting at the counter eating breakfast when a lady came up to me and asked if I'm the guy who she always sees reading during timeouts/halftime at basketball games. Was like yup that's me :smug: and she said she brings a book to games now too

    Starting a trend
     
  19. Gallant Knight

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    The nerdiest trend of all time
     
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  20. Truman

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    Didn't someone just read I Am Pilgrim? Just say Hayes finally released a 2nd novel. It is an 800 page chunk that i'll read eventually
     
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  21. Mix

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    Never heard of him so looked him up and this review on the new one made me laugh and want to read it.

    "The Year of the Locust starts promisingly with vivid descriptions, some terrific action sequences and lashings of suspense, there is plenty to entertain and distract you while you drum your fingers. But around three-quarters of the way through and with no prior warning, the plot takes a sideways leap and lands in an entirely different genre, which may leave you not so much intrigued as utterly bewildered."
     
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  22. Pharm

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    Finished book one of gentlemen bastard. I enjoyed it but I kinda found it weird there wasn’t much of a cliff hanger. I’d like to dive more into the society that built everything and maybe more of the mage powers. I’m not like dying to read book 2 based on how book 1 ended to see what happens if that makes sense.
     
  23. Gallant Knight

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    books read this year: 25

    books ordered this year: 63

    i have a problem
     
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  24. Cornelius Suttree

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    I spend most my disposable income on books, weed and shitty motel rooms :ohgosh:
     
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  25. The Blackfish

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    Got your intellectual, mental and sexual wellbeing covered I guess.
     
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  26. Cornelius Suttree

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    If you're looking to buy some books and you wanna support a great women-owned and operated store tomorrow is a good day to do so

    Wednesday, February 21st is Community Appreciation Day!

    For Bright Side Bookshop's 7th Birthday, enjoy 25% OFF in-store and online all day.* Use online coupon code HAPPYBIRTHDAY to save on web orders. Start browsing at brightsidebookshop.com.

    *Gift cards not included. Discount only applies between 12:00 AM and 11:59 PM Wednesday, February 21st.
     
  27. Gallant Knight

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    I just read the first 20 pages of Ulysses and I can tell I will hate this
     
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  28. The Blackfish

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    I read a companion guide right along with every chapter. Increased my enjoyment of it.
     
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  29. Gallant Knight

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    I gave up
     
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  30. Gallant Knight

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    Like I just don’t have time for authors that make stuff purposely unenjoyable
     
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  31. Gallant Knight

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    Alias Emma by Ava Glass is a p good spy thriller for anyone who is looking for one. I gave it an 8.5, immediately ordered the second book in the series and have a preorder in for the third.
     
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  32. Cornelius Suttree

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    Just ordered 5 books. Nice little $26 savings
     
  33. TC

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    You can safely skip Finnegans Wake then
     
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  34. Truman

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    Has anyone read Shogun? Im completely invested in the show after the first two eps and want to read the book. But also - the book is 1200 pages. Not sure I have that in me. :donotwant:
     
  35. Kevintensity

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    A YouTuber, Mike's book reviews, has started reading it, I think it's 5 parts and he's reading one part a month for 5 months. Pretty good way to break it up
    Edit maybe 3 parts over three months but you get the idea
     
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  36. Gallant Knight

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    Yeah every long book I’ve read I’ve broken it up by taking a break and reading something light in the middle of it
     
  37. Truman

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    Yeah since that post I DL'd it. Saw the how it's arranged. Will probably do that.

    Ok Im doing it after I finish my current book
     
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  38. TC

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    1200 pages is long but doesn’t seem like it should take 5 months
     
  39. Gallant Knight

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    6 days imo
     
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  40. Truman

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    These book tube people read like 5 books concurrently. Sounds miserable to me. If he read it straight through it wouldnt take that long
     
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  41. Truman

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    I think it took me about 5 weeks to read Count of Monte Cristo, with is probably similar in length. I did take a break half way through though.
     
  42. Gallant Knight

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    The fuck is book tube
     
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  43. Truman

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    A pocket of Youtube for readers. People read books, give reviews, rank best of X genre ect.

    I dont watch a lot of it, but every once and a while I'll seek out YT reactions or podcast discussions on books i just finished. I like it
     
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  44. Kevintensity

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    Currently reading Fairy Tale by Stephen King, pretty fun book so far, about halfway through. Recently got a library card, and Libby, this was my first rental, pretty easy system.
     
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  45. Truman

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    Dont want to poison the well - but that one did not hit at all for me
     
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  46. DeToxRox

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    Finished the Berrybender Narratives - absolutely fantastic. Now reading Undaunted Courage because of the vibes.
     
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  47. TC

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    Sorta like BookTok lol
     
  48. Fargin'

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    Read a brief synopsis of Adam Sandler's Spaceman. Parts at least seem to have been inspired by Project Hail Mary. I'm irritated because I was hoping for a well done version of it like they did with The Martian.
     
  49. Truman

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    Pretty sure they're making a PHM movie. Gossling is playing Ryland.

    Maybe it got tossed in the strikes. Idk
     
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