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This is a nice thread. Let's have a book edition.
I just read my first book by Haruki Murakami, "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle". Murakami gets a lot of praise in these parts, and after reading this book, I can confirm that it isn't unfounded. The book to me felt a bit weaker towards the end, but I really liked hearing the stories of Nomonhan, Siberia, and such.
Escape from Freedom, Erich Fromm
I have mixed feelings about this book. A practical analysis of Nazism at times. but just as often a wishy-washy romanticization of the practical limits of freedom. In his hurry to point out that human beings are so often alienated and controlled externally, Fromm neglects to point out the even internally the individual is controlled. His descriptions of alienation however, are top notch. One cannot help but draw comparison during to Elull's The Technological Society.
I gave up on the collected works of Alexander Pope. He's got some excellent epigrams, but anything longer bores me to death.
I just finished The Maltese Falcon, it was pretty good.
Finished The Girl Who Played With Fire.
>>57
I loved that series except for the last book. The author suddenly starts shoving science fiction into the magic and Eragon gets fucking squat for everything he went through. I love the series so much but it ended so badly.
Finished The Wall by Jean Paul Sartre. I haven't read fiction in a while and my critical reading skills have gone to shit. Did enjoy several of the character studies though.
[i]No simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939-1945[/i]
Norman Davies REALLY hates Stalin. And Norman Davies REALLY wants to let you know all about it. Over and over and over again.
>>64
somehow I knew that was going to happen. Hey, can't say I tried
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Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman.
Zipped through it. It was fun what with the Niel Gaiman and mythology and gods intersecting with real life.
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk.
It's a murder mystery novel set in Istanbul in the 1500s, and every bit as bizarre as that sounds. I rather enjoyed it, despite the bits about sticking needles in people's eyes.