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capricorn_friend

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"If you win the rat race. If you come in first place. Then a rat is all you will be" - DeVotchka-
  • Chicago, IL, US
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  • Dave Gaston

    Dave Gaston says

    Hi. Thanks for the tip. I ordered Olive Kitteridge online a min. ago. People take walks in the spring, it seems I buy books. I bet I've bought 4 in the last two days. In answer to your question, I purchase used books via Amazon.com (most are from independent book stores). As a rule I never spend more then ten bucks. This typically precludes any new releases or NYT best sellers... but they are not likley my first draw anyway. If a book turns out to be one of my favorites I keep it. If it was average I friend it to someone. If it was a poor choice I donate it to the library. That way, my book shelf is really the best of the best. Have a great day. How can you not when it is the first 70 degree day in Chicago! Dave

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Dave Gaston

    Dave Gaston says

    Hi. Thanks for the tip. I ordered Olive Kitteridge online a min. ago. People take walks in the spring, it seems I buy books. I bet I've bought 4 in the last two days. In answer to your question, I purchase used books via Amazon.com (most are from independent book stores). As a rule I never spend more then ten bucks. This typically precludes any new releases or NYT best sellers... but they are not likly my first draw anyway. If a book turns out to be one of my favorites I keep it. If it was average I friend it to someone. If it was a poor choice I donate it to the library. That way, my book shelf is really the best of the best. Have a great day. How can you not when it is the first 70 degree day in Chicago! Dave

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Mark V

    Mark V says

    Hi, Capricorn,

    I see that you were an English major at some time in your life.
    Welcome!
    Reading is thinking.
    Thinking is making choices.
    Choices bring life, that existential moment of--
    I am.

    Join me?
    Mark

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Aussieargie

    Aussieargie says

    hey there! I was browsing you shelf and I saw we have 20 something books in common. I'm intrigued to know how come you're interested in literatures from other parts of the world
    ok, cu!

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • M@ri$$@

    M@ri$$@ says

    hey wats up?

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Dan

    Dan says

    Hi,

    Thanks for the add! I hear Edward Gorey was from Chicago, before he moved out east. He was a great artist/writer. Without his example, the Lemony Snicket guy & Tim Burton would be very different...

    Do you go to any poetry readings or other stuff here in Chicago? We're getting ready for Chicago Calling (www.chicagocalling.org).

    Cheers,

    Dan

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • owloff :Saeed Tahernezhad

    owloff :Saeed Tahernezhad says

    owl
    sleep
    eye

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  • Jason D

    Jason D says

    Hey there. I'm an artist and I'm really into Philosophy. I was wondering if you have any books you can recommend? Here is my website by the way if you want to check out my work.
    http://web.mac.com/jasondraine/Site/Welcome.html

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • rajrao365

    rajrao365 says

    Hey,
    Thanks for accepting my invite. How did you like "The words you should know"?? Is it worth a read?

    Thanks,
    Raj

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • J.M. Hannam

    J.M. Hannam says

    Hey!!! Thanks for the reading ideas! As for you..I would read Shardik by Richard Adams, if you loved Watership Down you'll love this book. Also read Pan another classic bu Knut Hamsun and for fun try a Stephen King Novel, maybe the Eyes of the Dragon. All good reads....

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Ricky

    Ricky says

    How is it that I never even heard of Pessoa? "The Book of Disquiet": the title alone qualifies it to join my stack of one-of-these-days books.
    This summer, when my semester of all-non-fiction-all-the-time ends, I'll read it. And you? You have a few wish list books that are on my all-time favorite list: Brother's Karamazov, Hunger, and nearly anything by Beckett (though I'd be happy to make a specific recommendation).

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • rob

    rob says

    no, not anytime soon...and no, not yet, but I have Radcliffe's The Italian waiting in the wings, I suppose I'll get to it sometime this year...

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • J.M. Hannam

    J.M. Hannam says

    Hey Friend! What do you recommend?

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • J.M. Hannam

    J.M. Hannam says

    Hey Friend! What do you recommend?

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Ricky

    Ricky says

    Lots of books in common. If you liked the Richard Powers on your shelf, you might try Galatea 2.2. I think it's his best

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Jason Mashak

    Jason Mashak says

    ah, but we HAVE to add books - we just need to pick new books that we know the other would never read. ;-)

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Andrew P

    Andrew P says

    Found the shelf through your comments on House of Leaves.

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
  • BGK

    BGK says

    Thanks for the add! We have some of the same tastes, especially with some of the books about writing per se.

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Dawnelle P

    Dawnelle P says

    Hey there! I noticed on an older post that you were reading Blindness. Did you finish it? I read that in college for an Literature Interpretation theater class. I had to act out a part of the book for that class. I loved the book and the performance! I will never forget that book. Hope you liked it. Miss and love ya!

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )

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