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 Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:25 am
So, especially on weekends, my job at the clinic is SUPER boring because a) there is only one other person working (the nurse at the dispensary window, and I'm at the front checking patients in, so we can't really amuse each other) and b) hardly any patients come in because nearly everyone who gets take-home doses chooses to get their weekend doses to take home, which means that probably less than half of our total caseload comes in on Saturday and Sunday.
Reading is pretty much the only way to pass the time, so...give me some book titles to check out, please and thank you. Fiction, non-fiction, doesn't matter, I'll read anything that's interesting.
Oh, but if it's written by Oscar Wilde or William S. Burroughs, I've already read it (that's probably true of a few other authors, too, but I know for a fact that I've read everything by Wilde and Burroughs that ever made it to a printer...and maybe even a few things that didn't).
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Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:37 am
I'm currently reading Harry Martinson's "Aniara".
It's a collection of poetry that tells the story of a spaceship that becomes hopelessly lost after earth is destroyed. It's....quite depressing. And very difficult to find in English (even in the original Swedish, it's kind of a rare find). But it is soooo good. If you like sci-fi, I'd give it a try.
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High-functioning Werewolf
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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:56 pm
I do indeed love sci-fi, and I also enjoy depressing, so I'll definitely try to find it. I have a few secret weapons when it comes to tracking down rare books, whether they're contemporary or 400 years old.
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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:43 pm
Ahahahaha.
So, I recently either lost or misplaced my copy of Middlesex. Again. For the past five or so years since I first purchased and read it, I feel like I've been in a near-constant state of losing and re-buying it. Part of this is because I'm often lending it out, frequently to people I've recently met and never end up seeing again (and thus not retrieving Middlesex from them), and probably also because it's sort of become my default novel that I re-read whenever I can't find something new to commit to. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it. It's easily the best contemporary American I've ever read, and it won the Pulitzer about ten years ago, so that's not just my own subjective opinion. It really is an excellent book.
But anyway, today I went to get myself a replacement copy, and I just noticed that on the cover of this particular edition, it boasts "Over three million copies sold!" I can't help but feel that I've contributed about a third of these sales.
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Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 2:24 pm
I'm currently working on The Butlerian Jihad. Yeah, I know, it isn't Herbert, but I've already read everything after Dune. I loved Dune so much that I'll read anything if you tell me it happens in that universe.
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Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 6:37 pm
I actually haven't read Dune. I'm pretty sure there's more than one copy floating around in my flat, so I don't even have a good excuse for not having read it. SO many people have recommended it to me, so I'll have to try to find it.
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Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 8:03 am
I've never read Dune either, but it's been recommended to me on more than one occasion. I had a friend growing up that was OBSESSED with Dune. While everyone else was rambling about Harry Potter, my 14-year-old friend was freaking out over hard sci-fi. She was like the anti-cool. So awesome.
I'm between books at the moment. I put Aniara on hold. The copy I found online was only a partial fan translation and not very good. The print edition I finally found for a reasonable price and should be delivered in a few days. In the meantime, I've been re-reading Terry Pratchet's "The Hogfather" for Christmas.
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Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:22 am
I started Demian by Herman Hesse yesterday. I've been meaning to read it for years and years, but I've just honestly never been a huge fan of Hesse. He's one of those writers that I feel like I should like, but I just don't. I almost feel like maybe his work just goes over my head and the reason I don't like it is because I don't "get it," but....I don't know how to say this without sounding really arrogant, but I sincerely doubt Herman Hesse goes over my head. I'm good with literature. I'm married to an English professor. I "get" pretty much everything, the singular exception possibly being Finnegan's Wake, and nobody "gets" that.
But Demian is quite short, and I'm getting kind of sick of my friend constantly shoving it in my face, so I'm giving it a shot. I'll probably finish it today.
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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 5:21 pm
SinfulGuillotine So, especially on weekends, my job at the clinic is SUPER boring because a) there is only one other person working (the nurse at the dispensary window, and I'm at the front checking patients in, so we can't really amuse each other) and b) hardly any patients come in because nearly everyone who gets take-home doses chooses to get their weekend doses to take home, which means that probably less than half of our total caseload comes in on Saturday and Sunday. Reading is pretty much the only way to pass the time, so...give me some book titles to check out, please and thank you. Fiction, non-fiction, doesn't matter, I'll read anything that's interesting. Oh, but if it's written by Oscar Wilde or William S. Burroughs, I've already read it (that's probably true of a few other authors, too, but I know for a fact that I've read everything by Wilde and Burroughs that ever made it to a printer...and maybe even a few things that didn't). Check out Why Revival Tarries by Leonard Ravenhill and The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom.
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:19 am
Adalido Riftscribe SinfulGuillotine So, especially on weekends, my job at the clinic is SUPER boring because a) there is only one other person working (the nurse at the dispensary window, and I'm at the front checking patients in, so we can't really amuse each other) and b) hardly any patients come in because nearly everyone who gets take-home doses chooses to get their weekend doses to take home, which means that probably less than half of our total caseload comes in on Saturday and Sunday. Reading is pretty much the only way to pass the time, so...give me some book titles to check out, please and thank you. Fiction, non-fiction, doesn't matter, I'll read anything that's interesting. Oh, but if it's written by Oscar Wilde or William S. Burroughs, I've already read it (that's probably true of a few other authors, too, but I know for a fact that I've read everything by Wilde and Burroughs that ever made it to a printer...and maybe even a few things that didn't). Check out Why Revival Tarries by Leonard Ravenhill and The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom. Forgive me, I have not heard of those titles or authors. What are they about, and perhaps more importantly, what did you like about them?
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Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:55 pm
SinfulGuillotine Adalido Riftscribe SinfulGuillotine So, especially on weekends, my job at the clinic is SUPER boring because a) there is only one other person working (the nurse at the dispensary window, and I'm at the front checking patients in, so we can't really amuse each other) and b) hardly any patients come in because nearly everyone who gets take-home doses chooses to get their weekend doses to take home, which means that probably less than half of our total caseload comes in on Saturday and Sunday. Reading is pretty much the only way to pass the time, so...give me some book titles to check out, please and thank you. Fiction, non-fiction, doesn't matter, I'll read anything that's interesting. Oh, but if it's written by Oscar Wilde or William S. Burroughs, I've already read it (that's probably true of a few other authors, too, but I know for a fact that I've read everything by Wilde and Burroughs that ever made it to a printer...and maybe even a few things that didn't). Check out Why Revival Tarries by Leonard Ravenhill and The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom. Forgive me, I have not heard of those titles or authors. What are they about, and perhaps more importantly, what did you like about them? Both are works of non-fiction. The Ravenhill title is a theological work wherein he talks about the many reason why revival in the church is so long in coming (relatively speaking, from the time of the great revivals of the 19th century). The ten Boom title is an autobiography focusing on the author's time during WWII (it gives some space to early childhood, but mostly as back story for the rest of her life during and immediately following WWII) and her and her families experiences during that frightful time in Holland.
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Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:18 pm
Those both sound really interesting.
I've actually been on a bit of a World War II history kick recently, most specifically from the perspective of Asian countries (most notably China and Japan) since what I learned of the war in compulsory education was heavily euro-centric, but I always enjoy a good war memoir.
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Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2013 5:28 am
SinfulGuillotine Those both sound really interesting. I've actually been on a bit of a World War II history kick recently, most specifically from the perspective of Asian countries (most notably China and Japan) since what I learned of the war in compulsory education was heavily euro-centric, but I always enjoy a good war memoir. The Hiding Place had me in tears by the end of the book, so be warned.
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