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    Since 1929 Morris Schæffer's Avatar
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    Quote Quoting Mara (view post)
    I seriously disliked it, and KF had mixed feelings about it. Unusual, though, because pretty much the entire rest of the world loved it. Let us know what you think when you finish.
    Will do, but bear in mind I love Dan Brown. That oughta tell ya something.
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    The final four books I will be purchasing for a year:








  3. #453
    It's all in the caffeine EvilShoe's Avatar
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    Last movies seen
    Frank: Good
    Mistaken for Strangers: Good
    Guardians of the Galaxy: Good


    Last TV seasons watched

    Treme (S04): Good
    The Legend of Korra (S03): Good

    Currently reading
    This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    It's all in the caffeine EvilShoe's Avatar
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    (Have read before and loved, but did not own yet.)

    The rest:

    (Had completely forgotten there was a book on which the movie/TV show are based. Thanks for reminding me, K_Fan!)

    Last movies seen
    Frank: Good
    Mistaken for Strangers: Good
    Guardians of the Galaxy: Good


    Last TV seasons watched

    Treme (S04): Good
    The Legend of Korra (S03): Good

    Currently reading
    This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    It's all in the caffeine EvilShoe's Avatar
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    Did some shopping today, came back with some more secondhand books (18 euros in total!)






    So so happy I found Neon Bible.
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    Mistaken for Strangers: Good
    Guardians of the Galaxy: Good


    Last TV seasons watched

    Treme (S04): Good
    The Legend of Korra (S03): Good

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    This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    Quote Quoting EvilShoe (view post)
    Did some shopping today, came back with some more secondhand books (18 euros in total!)

    Awesome, this is my favorite Graham Greene. That opening line is worth it alone!

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    Quote Quoting Mara (view post)
    I seriously disliked it, and KF had mixed feelings about it. Unusual, though, because pretty much the entire rest of the world loved it. Let us know what you think when you finish.
    Well, 300 pages in and I love it (Larsson's first millenium novel). The central mystery is one of the most captivating ever conceived, but I concede that journalist Blomkvist seems to deceipher some clues through luck rather than genuine investigation. His daughter's offhand remark sparking an idea for example. Nonetheless, I'm certainly, at this point, a bit stunned that it could provoke as strong a reaction as hate. The translation is at times a tiny bit clunky, but it's a cracking read so far.
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    yesterday i found this on a street of bangkok and bought it for 500 baths or about 15 dollars.

    this transaction feels so good it should be illegal.
    "Over analysis is like the oil of the Match-Cut machine." KK2.0

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    Lovejuice, this is the first time you've ever made me angry. That purchase is a steal, and I'm so jealous I'm practically spitting fire right now.

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    Quote Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
    Lovejuice, this is the first time you've ever made me angry. That purchase is a steal, and I'm so jealous I'm practically spitting fire right now.
    just so you know, they are second-handed. some torn and some loose pages, but totally worth it.
    "Over analysis is like the oil of the Match-Cut machine." KK2.0

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    Quote Quoting lovejuice (view post)
    just so you know, they are second-handed. some torn and some loose pages, but totally worth it.
    Well, I'm less mad. But for $15, I'm still mad.

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    For $15, I would have bought ten of them.

    Which means I should probably just buy it outright. I also want the Far Side Juggernaut.
    ...and the milk's in me.

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    Quote Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
    Lovejuice, this is the first time you've ever made me angry. That purchase is a steal, and I'm so jealous I'm practically spitting fire right now.
    I know! WTF Lovejuice?!

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    So... bought this with the 25 dollars coupon Amazon gave me for cancelling that Daredevil omnibus thing they messed up:

    Last movies seen
    Frank: Good
    Mistaken for Strangers: Good
    Guardians of the Galaxy: Good


    Last TV seasons watched

    Treme (S04): Good
    The Legend of Korra (S03): Good

    Currently reading
    This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    Cloud Atlas is really good.

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    And in October, I will most def buy:

    The first book, based on A New Hope was just a total blast to read with a ton of detail & anecdotes & amazing pictures and and and...

    Btw, if anyone can point me in the direction of similarly exhaustingly researched books about specific motion pictures that would be awesome. I've already read Rinzler's Indiana Jones one however.
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    Time to knock the dust off this old thread. Bought a book for the first time in a long time that had nothing to do with school:


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    Holy shit.

    Has anyone ever slept on a hybrid mattress before?
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    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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    I have not.

    Been spending some of my winnings from my fantasy movie league winnings (facebook group). I really only buy movies November-January anymore. Thats when all the deals make it worth it.

    Blu-rays:
    Cloud Atlas
    Edge of Tomorrow
    Elysium
    Enders Game
    Everly
    Punisher: War Zone
    Red Lights
    Sin City 2
    The Drop
    Dallas Buyers Club
    Godzilla
    Kite (2014)
    The November Man
    The Signal
    Transformers 4

    Grand total spent: $30. Some of these are blind buys obviously, so they may be headed to another exchange store, but its tough to pass up on $2 blu-rays!

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    Two dollars in a second-hand shop, a bit beat-up. As soon as I picked it up, the guy standing next to me started raving about it.
    Just because...
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    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
    The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain


    The (New) World

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