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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.. 🤣 3w

TheSpineView Let's not talk about how much we have to read. 😳😬📚📚📚📚📚📚📚 3w

dabbe Will do; thanks for the tag! 😘 3w

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Augustdana

Near to the Wild Heart | Clarice Lispector, Alison Entrekin, Benjamin Moser

I‘ve been in quite the slump lately. Just finished one, and really enjoying this too! Hope this slump is over!

CatLass007 Slumps are no fun. I‘m in hopes that your slump is over. 1mo

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GatheringBooks

Ether Dome and Other Poems: New and Selected 1979-1991 | Allen Grossman

#PoetryMatters Day 11: #Truck

TheSpineView

TheSpineView Great choice!👍🤩😍 1mo

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Darklunarose

Sweet Days of Discipline | Fleur Jaeggy

so-so

I read about 3/4 of this book but lost interest. I don‘t think it was anything to do with the book more so life has been super busy this last week and I have not had the time to just read read read like normal.

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Leftcoastzen

In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories | Delmore Schwartz

#NewYearNewBooks #Dream I read this years ago and am surprised I can‘t find my copy. I remember feeling like I was becoming a more serious reader when I found Delmore as an influence of some writer I was enamored with. Believe me you had to do some looking for books in the pre internet age. There is a newer edition with a forward by Lou Reed , who was his student at Syracuse. I need to find that one , haven‘t read that introduction.😁

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

vivastory I can't recall which book, but I know that one of Saul Bellow's books is about him. I used to read Schwartz's poetry all the time. Esp. loved “The Heavy Bear Who Goes With Me“ 3mo

Leftcoastzen @vivastory love that poem. I read it quite recently and it seems it‘s more about the Bellow type character than the Schwartz like one! Par for the course!😀

Humboldt's Gift

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Eggs Absolutely fascinating 👏🏻👏🏻 3mo

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Darklunarose

Sweet Days of Discipline | Fleur Jaeggy

Downloaded and ready to start tomorrow.

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GatheringBooks

Selected Writings of Guillaume Apollinaire | Guillaume Apollinaire

#PoetryMatters Day 16: #Toward

TheSpineView

TheSpineView Beautiful 3mo

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BarbaraBB

Weasels in the Attic | Hiroko Oyamada

so-so

Apparently there‘s a max to how much Japanese weirdness I can handle. Reading this one just after Oyamada‘s The Hole turned out to be just a bit too much. It is a short book with three chapters in which a man meets his friend in different circumstances and accompanied by different characters. Very atmospheric though nothing much happens. Weird again and I don‘t know what to make of it.

#52BookClub24 - Picked without reading the blurb

Kristy_K, LaraReads, KarenUK, Hooked_on_books, BarkingMadRead, Crazeedi, brittanyreads, Magpiegem, BookBelle84, Larkken, jenniferw88, julesG, MidnightBookGirl, triplem80, Tove_Reads, Read4life, Bluebird, kwmg40, eeclayton, hissingpotatoes, Book_Lover95, TheAromaofBooks

Librarybelle The cover is intriguing, at least! 3mo

LeahBergen I find that sometimes “Japanese weird” can be very weird indeed. 😂 3mo

vivastory Second @leahbergen . I have to know, what did you think of “The Hole“? (edited) 3mo

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vivastory Nvm, I just saw your lovely review 🙂 3mo

BarbaraBB @vivastory I really liked The Hole and I think I would have liked this one just as much had I not read The Hole just a week ago! 3mo

squirrelbrain It‘s a cute cover though! 3mo

Hooked_on_books I‘m with Helen. What a cute cover! @squirrelbrain 3mo

TheAromaofBooks I always wonder about books that are translated... like is this average Japanese fare, or did it get picked for translation BECAUSE it's weird? 3mo

BarbaraBB @TheAromaofBooks Good question! I have the feeling it‘s Japanese fare yet I can‘t be sure of course! 3mo

Megabooks That‘s an excellent question @TheAromaofBooks ! I didn‘t care for this Japanese memoir I finished yesterday. Just so bizarre but in a very Japanese way.

Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir

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BarbaraBB @Megabooks Never heard of that one. But it does sound Japanese for sure. I also read lot of Japanese thrillers, they are less weird @TheAromaofBooks (I keep thinking of your question). Do we know Japanese Littens we can ask? (edited) 3mo

TheAromaofBooks I can't think offhand of any Littens from Japan. But the general concept may apply to other languages as well? German, French, etc. It's even interesting to me what books make it here from Britain and vice versa. I love reading cheesy romances - do they have those in Scandinavian countries, and “they“ (whoever they are haha) just choose to only translate “Nordic Noir“ types of books? Or do people from those areas really prefer that style of book? 3mo

BarbaraBB @Megabooks @TheAromaofBooks By the way, books from my country that have been translated are hardly ever the quiet, character driven ones 3mo

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BarbaraBB

Weasels in the Attic | Hiroko Oyamada

#WeeklyForecast 02/24

I am reading and thoroughly enjoying The One! What a suspense, I can‘t stop reading! Next will be another Oyamada, the tagged one. If there is time I‘d like to start Flights, which I‘ve been meaning to read for years!

CBee I loved The One!! 4mo

squirrelbrain Have a great week! 😘 4mo

rockpools Flights is on my ‘books I‘d like to get to this month‘ list too. Maybe you can spur me on? 4mo

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BarbaraBB @CBee I loved The Passengers but this one‘s just as good! I need to read more by Marrs! 4mo

BarbaraBB @rockpools I will let you know what I think! 4mo

TrishB Have a good week- I have 3 Marrs on my kindle, need to get them. 4mo

BarbaraBB @TrishB Have you read anything by him? He is really good and I am in need of another one 😀 4mo

CBee @BarbaraBB I agree! You‘ve now read the same ones I have. There are a bunch more I‘d love to get to! 4mo

ChaoticMissAdventures Flights seems to be one people love or hate because of the formatting, it is a bit disjointed, it was one of my top books of last year I hope you enjoy it! 4mo

BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures I remember you r review and the quotes you shared. I hope I‘ll feel the same! 4mo

Megabooks I‘ve stacked Weasels in the past, so I‘m interested to read your review! 4mo

Suet624 I have Flights hanging out on my shelf too. I guess the reviews stopped me. 4mo

TrishB I‘ve read The Good Samaritan and enjoyed it. 4mo

BarbaraBB @TrishB Thanks! Haven‘t heard of that one 4mo

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ArlenaStuart

The Stream of Life | Clarice Lispector

“But the skeleton is free of life and when I'm alive I shudder all over. I won't get the final nudity. And I still don't want it, it seems.

This is the life seen by life.”

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