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Originally posted by wormwood
washed-up, on shore, the old yellow notebook
out again
I write from the bed
as I did last
year.
will see the doctor,
Monday.
"yes, doctor, weak legs, vertigo, head-
aches and my back
hurts."
"are you drinking?" he will ask.
"are you getting your
exercise, your
vitamins?"
I think that I am just ill
with life, the same stale yet
fluctuati ...[text shortened]... floor
toward
me.
oh, it's just
my cat
this
time.


was that it?
No.

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Originally posted by XanthosNZ
I'm currently reading through House of Leaves for the second time. It's great. A little strange at first but it's even better this time now that I can see the foreshadowing for what it is.
I've been reading it off and on for months now. I'm around pg.150-200 (forget exactly) and would have finished it much sooner if I weren't so busy with school.

BTW: The first page with "This is not for you." has to be the best attention grabber I've seen at the beginning of any book.

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i've just started reading Guillermo Martinez The Oxford Murders at the request of my mother. she has read it twice, and has no idea who did it...

EDIT: i'm also simultaneously reading Marcus du Sautoy The Music Of The Primes. excellent book.

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Originally posted by reader1107
Dang! I know that quote!!! My first thought was Catch-22 or One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Next, but I can't remember if either of them were writtin in first person. That's going to drive me nuts now.
Catch-22 is written from the point of view of Yossarian.

EDIT: Actually, no, it's in third person.

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Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman. Just finished it. Someone recommended it on a RHP thread and if they happen to read this, thank you very much. It was phenomenol.

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Originally posted by badmoon
Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman. Just finished it. Someone recommended it on a RHP thread and if they happen to read this, thank you very much. It was phenomenol.
Read House of Leaves - you can thank me later. And here's an early "you're welcome".

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Originally posted by reader1107
Yeah, but do you have many leather-bound books and does your office smell of rich mahogany?
I have many paperback books,and my office smells of beer and bong water.Does this count?

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Originally posted by cmsMaster
Read House of Leaves - you can thank me later. And here's an early "you're welcome".
Overrated.

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Originally posted by Palynka
Overrated.
So is your mom.


Back to maturity...How so?

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Originally posted by rbmorris
Ok, reader...can you tell me what my profile quote is from? No googling. 😉
Dang! I was wrong. (Yes, I had to resort to googling) Shame on me. And I was an English Major, too! 🙁

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Originally posted by reader1107
Dang! I was wrong. (Yes, I had to resort to googling) Shame on me. And I was an English Major, too! 🙁
You still didn't post the answer.

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Originally posted by cmsMaster
You still didn't post the answer.
Wow, ironic, after reader said "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" I thought of the Catcher in the Rye. Even more ironic is the fact that I'm yet to read it!

Hm...

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Originally posted by cmsMaster
Wow, ironic, after reader said "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" I thought of the Catcher in the Rye. Even more ironic is the fact that I'm yet to read it!

Hm...
Those books do tend to all go together in our heads! Yes, I didn't post the answer because I wanted to see if anyone else would try. 🙂

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Don Quijote

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Originally posted by RookRAK
Don Quijote
I actually have that one! Might even open it soon!