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mjtwo
Praiseworthy | Alexis Wright
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25 Sep-6 Oct 24 (audiobook)
Such a chore, but I felt I could not be too critical without pursuing it to the end. I wish I hadn‘t.
I quite liked magical realism at uni - Rushdie in particular but others also. Maybe I have lost my patience for it with age.
This book needed a brutal editor. It was repetitive to the point that it could have been a good short story or novella. But as is, was a bloated 700+ pages. I do not understand the acclaim.

LeeRHarry I picked this one up when I went to hear the author speak at the Melbourne Writers Festival - now I‘m not sure I‘m going to like it and it feels pretty intimidating. 1mo
mjtwo @LeeRHarry I think I am being harsh. I don‘t usually mind a long book but the audio seemed to go forever and was so slow and repetitive. I expect it may have been better in print, but it has been sitting on my shelf for a while and I was too intimidated by its girth. Curious to hear what others think. 1mo
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AnneCecilie
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Pickpick

This is the 4th book in the series and Tara has been stuck in 18th November for years. She isn‘t the only one. Several people who is experiencing the same is living in a house in Bremen. They begin to discuss what has happened, what to call it, what is the real time - the ones doing the same thing every day or this group. And if they can find answers to these questions and understand what has happened will it be possible to start time again?

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The_Penniless_Author
The Skin of Dreams | Raymond Queneau
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Pickpick

This is a difficult one to rate. The narrative weaves back and forth between the MC's rather tedious and impoverished existence and his daydreams, which are so vivid as to sublimate reality. As someone given to vivid daydreaming, I completely relate to this, even if it can make for a disorienting reading experience at times. Queneau's wordplay is dazzling at times and very funny, even in translation. It's not quite like anything I've ever read 👇

The_Penniless_Author ...before, and the experimental qualities that make it such an interesting and admirable book also keep me from loving it unabashedly. Definitely worth reading once, though I'll be interested to see if I ever feel compelled to revisit it. 3mo
Aimeesue Nice review! 3mo
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The_Penniless_Author
The Skin of Dreams | Raymond Queneau
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#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Garbage tumbled out of the metal bin and fell in a torrent into the trash can, eggshells, cores, greasy paper, peels.

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AnneCecilie
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Pickpick

This is the 3rd book in the series

Tara is still stuck in 18th November, but now she‘s not the only one. She has met a man who is also stuck. They share experiences and discover that they are not the only ones. How many people might be stuck with them?

I‘m already waiting on the 4th book from the library. I can‘t wait to find out where Balle is taking this story

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JenP
Praiseworthy | Alexis Wright
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I am really trying to get through this. Trying being the key word here.

Tamra I hope it pays off. I understand it‘s a chunkster. 4mo
JenP @Tamra I hope it doesn‘t make the longlist for the booker so I can abandon it. I‘m sure it‘s very good but I think it does require a certain baseline knowledge of Australian politics and sociopolitical conflicts to truly appreciate. It‘s a very challenging book to read. Also satire isn‘t my favorite genre within literary fiction 4mo
Tamra @JenP hmmmmm, I might need to unstack it. 4mo
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JenP @Tamra it‘s just very dense and requires a significant amount of concentration. 4mo
squirrelbrain It‘s high up on the Booktubers‘ Booker predictions at the moment. I imagined it being more accessible, so I‘ll hang fire on starting it until I know if I ‘need‘ to. 😬 4mo
JenP @squirrelbrain yes, I am debating whether I want to put it on my prediction list but even though it‘s won lots of awards, that doesn‘t always match up with longlist nominees. 4mo
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GatheringBooks
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TheSpineView ❤️❤️❤️ 4mo
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AnneCecilie
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Pickpick

A year has passed and Tara is stuck in November 18 and the only one who knows it. She decides to celebrate “Christmas” at her parents. Then she starts to travel and expanding her circle until she decides to experience all the seasons on the one day and travel to where that is possible. Until she ends up in Düsseldorf, where something might change.

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TheSpineView
New Collected Poems | George Oppen
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IndoorDame ❤️❤️❤️ 6mo
dabbe 💙🩵💙 6mo
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The_Penniless_Author
The Skin of Dreams | Raymond Queneau
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#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. I have about a dozen books in the on-deck circle to read next, but I'm not sure which I'll choose. Most likely The Skin of Dreams or Portnoy's Complaint (thanks @RaeLovesToRead 😊).

2. No, between the NYRB bookclub and all my local used bookstores I have more than enough to read at the moment.

Tag @RaeLovesToRead @CBee @BarbaraBB @eeclayton @dabbe

RaeLovesToRead Fair warning: he complains a lot.. 🤣 7mo
TheSpineView Let's not talk about how much we have to read. 😳😬📚📚📚📚📚📚📚 7mo
dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 😘 7mo
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