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Gravity’s Rainbow

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

Thomas Pynchon, 1973 When I first read Gravity’s Rainbow nearly 14 years ago as part of my senior seminar I was only 20 years old and not very wise in the ways of the world. I had written a rather … Continue reading →

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The Rough Guide to Bali & The Lonely Planet Guides to Singapore & Bali

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

If you’ve been following this blog, my apologies for the lack of posts in April.  The delay in posting has been due to my lack of extensive reading during the month.  For one, I’ve taken on a very long read … Continue reading →

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New Bookshelf!

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

It has been over a year and a half since I finished my reading challenge and granted myself the freedom to buy a new bookshelf to expand my library. In that time the old shelves were getting quite overcrowded with … Continue reading →

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Gravity’s Rainbow Part One: Beyond the Zero

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

You: What are you reading? Is that a book about rockets (referencing the schematics on the cover)? Me: No. Yes. Well, it is a book with rockets in it. The rockets are kind of a character that make their first … Continue reading →

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Factotum

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Charles Bukowski, 1975 Charles Bukowski is a diversion into the mind of an outsider living the beaten-down edge of life. Bukowski is a man of wit that doesn’t strive to speak to the learned class. His writing speaks from a … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Sold the World

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Peter Doggett, 2012 I was a David Bowie fan. After reading Doggett’s chronicle of the iconoclastic decade of Bowie’s creativity and stardom I have been converted to a David Bowie fanatic.  Reading through this account of Bowie’s prolific period spanning 1969-1980 … Continue reading →

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Sanctuary

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

William Faulkner, 1931 It has been at several years since I’ve read any Faulkner, but once upon a time I read a lot of him. Although my early high school summer reading of Absalom Absalom left me bewildered and grasping … Continue reading →

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Death In the Andes

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

Mario Vargas Llosa, 1996 Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman “Great troubles need great remedies. That’s the history of man” (235). Death in the Andes is a stylistic treat that blends mystery with both the supernatural and the political … Continue reading →

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Eating Animals

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

Jonathan Safran Foer, 2009 The title of this book is bold and to the point. Eating Animals explores the forgotten and often hidden costs of the carnivore lifestyle. Foer is upfront about his personal choice to eschew carnivorism for the … Continue reading →

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House of Earth

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

Woody Guthrie 1947/2013 House of Earth is a previously unpublished novel by the prolific musician and artist, Woody Guthrie, most famous for the American ballad, “This Land is Your Land.”  Guthrie apparently wrote over three thousand songs but this is … Continue reading →

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