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by Shakespeare
Mon Feb 28, 2022 12:41 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

http://board.theannextm.com/uploads/monthly_2022_02/image.png.6c3f1bca4b3d3daf5a06f1c0274d7c77.png this guys got a few books id really like to read but this is the only one my libraries have. i liked it enough to still want to read some more, but it was unfinished and showed. good protagonist and d...
by Shakespeare
Sun Feb 27, 2022 9:21 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

Stefan Zweig - beware of pity Mixed feelings about this. On the plus side it had a great plot. Dude somehow lands an invite to some rich guys party, hits it off well, then asks rich guys daughter to dance without realizing she's paralyzed. Proceeds to try and make it up and just digs a deeper and de...
by Shakespeare
Mon Feb 21, 2022 12:42 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

catching up https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1462515889l/26245850._SY475_.jpg was curious how his novels compared to something like fargo. answer seems to be roughly the same, both strengths (a captivating and non-linear plot around a solid web of characters pull...
by Shakespeare
Mon Dec 06, 2021 2:41 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

http://board.theannextm.com/uploads/monthly_2021_12/cf001825adf52b38a28f53018dbacf8e.thumb.png.4298db9dc7c830fa07e411d051f28234.png Actually haven't seen the movie so this was all new to me. Dude was not a great writer at all and this had some truly bizarre side plots (the oceanographer/police chie...
by Shakespeare
Sun Nov 28, 2021 11:04 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/f/181/570/9780394570181.OL.0.l.jpg this had some potential as a sorta feminist take on a drugs and sex thriller. problem was it just wasnt thrilling at all. by the end it was desperately grasping for any twist but none of them satisfied at all. enough here i ma...
by Shakespeare
Sun Nov 07, 2021 10:53 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

catching up again, last few weeks: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51GAYUQCFeL._SX334_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg this was a blast. it started out like a dopey lifetime movie (this woman is poor, abandoned by her husband, pregnant, and after a train crash shes mistaken for a rich pregnant ...
by Shakespeare
Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:09 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Last Movie Watched
Replies: 3934
Views: 1238394

Re: Last Movie Watched

https://flxt.tmsimg.com/assets/p27790_p_v10_aa.jpg wanted to see this for a while and it was as good as id hoped. amazing how it felt like they were running through a list of noir conventions and checking them off one by one, but it was still an extremely entertaining story. thornton and his incred...
by Shakespeare
Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:19 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Last Movie Watched
Replies: 3934
Views: 1238394

Re: Last Movie Watched

http://board.theannextm.com/uploads/monthly_2021_10/MV5BOTgzMzE4MGItZDgxYS00ZGEwLWE3YTctZWY3ZDAyMTk0ZGU4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkxNjUyNQ@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.thumb.jpg.487b243e1c612620b9db309cb48f9b16.jpg lived up to the hype i came very close to tapping out on this around the half hour mark, as some of t...
by Shakespeare
Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:15 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

Another fine, meaty list, Shakespeare. Thanks. Still disappointed that Chandler and Hammett don't work for you, but are you familiar w/ Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther novels? A different take on noir, set in Nazi Germany before and during the war featuring a colorful, smart, wise cracking PI. Kerr's ...
by Shakespeare
Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:44 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

catching up again http://board.theannextm.com/uploads/monthly_2021_08/71ul4AMQ7YL.thumb.jpg.a4325826187958c5d17a6272b5a392dc.jpg this took a lot longer than i like any book to take, but i absolutely loved it. comparisons to marjorie morningstar were fairly superficial but it shared a lot of traits, ...
by Shakespeare
Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:21 pm
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: What's Everyone Listening to?
Replies: 62372
Views: 13951630

Re: What's Everyone Listening to?

i know it, but not super well. lush life is one of my favorite songs so anyone covering that pretty much has my interest right off the bat

kinda independently gotten very into joe since i first heard that album, so its a good time to revisit that one
by Shakespeare
Tue Aug 03, 2021 12:27 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

i think this should catch me up. some of these id kinda forgotten about, even if i liked them. needless to say there is a trend here (i had all these reviews saved elsewhere so if nobody reads this thats fine!) some spoilers, fair warning http://board.theannextm.com/uploads/monthly_2021_01/978014310...
by Shakespeare
Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:59 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

thank you sir. i just might test that by catching this thread up on everything since january
by Shakespeare
Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:43 am
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: What's Everyone Listening to?
Replies: 62372
Views: 13951630

Re: What's Everyone Listening to?

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1340575444_16.jpg been really enjoying getting into zeitlins piano playing lately. i may be reading too much into his dual careers as jazz pianist/practicing psychiatrist, but his stuff is so dreamy even at its most far out. this is another one that does exactly what it s...
by Shakespeare
Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:35 am
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: What's Everyone Listening to?
Replies: 62372
Views: 13951630

Re: What's Everyone Listening to?

https://e.snmc.io/i/600/s/3e41d2d7deb5ebae79ff856d23abef89/2473642 i've been obsessed with this album for bout a year and counting. its exactly what it says it is. billy strayhorn taking a rare spotlight to deliver 10 of his best songs his way. some are solo piano, some add the slightest amount of ...
by Shakespeare
Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:08 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

long time no post. might catch up on what else ive read recently but for now, i finished this yesterday https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49980124796_93c97e7125_b.jpg spoilers ahead enjoyed this one a lot. third hughes book ive read after in a lonely place (stunning), and the so blue marble (withh...
by Shakespeare
Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:22 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Last Movie Watched
Replies: 3934
Views: 1238394

Re: Last Movie Watched

http://board.theannextm.com/uploads/monthly_2021_01/519ydZSF2bL._AC_.jpg.ef59e8423e478ff140e480184c230eee.jpg In which some cruise ship wreck survivors unknowingly take shelter on an abandoned nazi torture ship not a good movie for a lot of reasons (biggest being there was really no reason it had t...
by Shakespeare
Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:13 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

couple of recently finished books: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91SjunT-KeL.jpg didnt really like this much, certainly less than sister carrie. decent enough story to keep interest despite its length and general wordiness (but oh god, the wordiness. there were some sentences in h...
by Shakespeare
Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:02 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Last Movie Watched
Replies: 3934
Views: 1238394

Re: Last Movie Watched

http://board.theannextm.com/uploads/monthly_2021_01/MV5BMjEzMjcxNjA2Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjAxMDM2NzM@._V1_.thumb.jpg.57b21025278e09a597dd64a3726e12a0.jpg Made it about 15 minutes and couldn't stand molly any longer. Clearly a well intentioned movie and a perspective hollywood could certainly explore...
by Shakespeare
Mon Dec 28, 2020 3:06 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Last Movie Watched
Replies: 3934
Views: 1238394

Re: Last Movie Watched

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2I5NzM3Y2QtNGY4NS00Njg5LWI2OGYtZDhlN2UzOWJjMDUxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODE0OTU5Nzg@._V1_.jpg terrible. had some potential (this teenager kills her friend and the parents help cover it up) but it did an awful job selling it as an escalating thriller. even for horror ...
by Shakespeare
Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:54 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

catching up here: https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1284764976l/9329582.jpg Loved this. 1946 noir, and the more stuff like this I read the more it's becoming my go to if I want something Im about guaranteed to finish in short order. This one was started a friday n...
by Shakespeare
Thu Dec 10, 2020 10:20 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

next up and exactly halfway through so far http://board.theannextm.com/uploads/monthly_2020_12/28251250._SY475_.jpg.6121495177d0499454ef55094a49199e.jpg first of his ive tried. more thoughts when im done but certainly some timely aspects to this one i enjoyed the hell out of this i thought the endi...
by Shakespeare
Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:24 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

http://board.theannextm.com/uploads/monthly_2020_12/685.jpg.49af2101509e31b0e19db11cf65874c3.jpg Very good. Felt like it had a lot more to it than just a baseball book. Wouldn't say it quite stuck the landing (ending was incredibly rushed and I thought it could have taken things beyond the playing ...
by Shakespeare
Tue Dec 01, 2020 10:36 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: The TV thread
Replies: 3663
Views: 1036386

Re: The TV thread

idk when exactly i gave up on the season coming together as anything close to good but i kept watching anyway and now im so stoked to be done with this season of fargo. what a complete piece of shit. amazing how it managed to have at least half a dozen characters too many and yet remain an absolute ...
by Shakespeare
Mon Nov 16, 2020 12:50 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

took about two weeks but i finished this on saturday: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1FOVyZwvhL.jpg where to even begin! ive found his movies hit or miss (most recently a miss on im thinking of ending things) but i did actually like this a lot. its absolutely charlie kaufman, a ju...
by Shakespeare
Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:43 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

http://board.theannextm.com/uploads/monthly_2020_10/Augustusbookcover.jpg.e89880b8c9f8b1eaf5b8b59985b24342.jpg Loved stoner but not sure I'll finish this. It's well written but between its story (basically a history of the roman empire post-caesar) and it's format (short letters and observations to...
by Shakespeare
Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:00 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

i also finished this over the weekend but wouldnt say i enjoyed it much at all https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41q-8sfK3RL.jpg good writer and im sure the satire in here (its a barely veiled commentary on some literary peers) is sharp for its goals, but it all just felt kinda empty. just not the...
by Shakespeare
Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:06 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

speaking of time capsule books https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Fear_of_Flying_(novel)_1st_ed_cover.jpg went back and forth on this a lot while reading but ultimately i think i liked it with some substantial reservations. some of it hasnt aged all that well (the upper class navel gazin...
by Shakespeare
Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:37 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Books Thread
Replies: 2415
Views: 778659

Re: Books Thread

ive been curious how that would read a second time. ive only read it once, several years out of peak-salinger fandom age, so it was pretty easy to take it warts and all without needing it to mean the world or whatever. i enjoyed it then and probably still would to some extent now but its at the very...