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Taylor
The Secret of Evil | Roberto Bolao
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Outstanding, I love stuff like this. A composite of the works found on Bolaño‘s hard drive after he had passed. These are stories; the beginnings of novels; lectures; experiments.

A lot of the reviews I read say these are supplementary writings, for Bolaño completists. For me that‘s not the case, as I find it to be work in which he‘s pushing himself the most, constantly striving for something fresh and interesting to put on the page.

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Taylor
The Secret of Evil | Roberto Bolao

“and then I lay down and spent a while trying to decide whether to go into the sea or not, I could think of lots of reasons to go in but also some not to (the children playing at the water‘s edge, for example), until at last it was too late and I went home, and the next morning I bought some sunscreen and I went to the beach again, and around twelve I headed”

I had to chop this from a large sentence; I love this type of writing for some reason.

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GatheringBooks
The Secret of Evil | Roberto Bolao
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Apologies for spamming you #ScreamsByMail #HorrorPostalBookClub book tribe. Here is round two (and final one, promise!) of my book picks, including the two novels that seemed ok for most. Lemme know if there‘s anything here you‘d like me to avoid. Top picks? Special requests?

MStew 😍 6y
scripturient All fine with me. 6y
danibolahood I just finished the Alienist and I wouldn't call it horror... Actually I'd say the blurb calling it a thriller on the cover is a bold faced lie lol. Otherwise I'm good with all the others :) 6y
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BeansPage How can I be a part of this book club please? 6y
GatheringBooks @TheReadingMermaid hello!! this was originally set up by the amazing @teebe - she organized this international #horrorpostalbookclub. we are two books away from finishing our first round, and we are currently working our way backwards. perhaps there will be another one soon? 😍🧚🏼‍♀️📚 6y
BeansPage @teebe please let me know how I can join 😃 6y
Reggie I‘m good with any of these. 6y
ephemeralwaltz Fine with all! Anything that neither of us have read is fine with me :)! 6y
ephemeralwaltz Maybe not Bolaño but just because it's translated and I'm lucky enough to be able to read him in Spanish! 6y
GatheringBooks @ephemeralwaltz hi clara! will it work if you read him in the original spanish version (do you have access to this particular title there?), and we read the english version, and still send the notebook along? 6y
ephemeralwaltz @GatheringBooks that would be awesome!! I could find a copy, no worries! 😘😘 No problem with me if that's the book you pick. You can still send it to me and I would send it along! 6y
ephemeralwaltz I'm jealous of the English cover 😍😍😍👏 6y
GatheringBooks @ephemeralwaltz you are the awesomest! leaning towards this one, as it‘s not too thick, and just snippets of narratives, i think. plus, i bought my copy of the book in madrid! 😍📚 6y
ephemeralwaltz @GatheringBooks oh that's lovely!! We should definitely give it a go 👏👏👏 6y
GatheringBooks @ephemeralwaltz let‘s wait and see what @BookishTrish and @kamoorephoto have to say. they may have an aversion towards bolaño ?????‍♀️? 6y
BookishTrish I‘m good for any of these and super interested in 6y
GatheringBooks @BookishTrish leaning towards this too as it has the highest goodreads ranking out of all titles. 6y
kamoorephoto I‘m starting ‘Halloween Tree‘ right now for a group read on Goodreads (Horror Aficionados, if you want to find the group!)...I think I want to say ‘Rot and Ruin‘ too! I have nearly picked it up a bunch of times because it‘s in the YA section and it looks like loads of fun. Bolaño kind of intimidates for some reason. 6y
GatheringBooks @TheReadingMermaid will def tag you the minute i see another call for a #horrorpostalbookclub :)🤞🏼📚🧚🏼‍♀️ 6y
BeansPage @GatheringBooks looks like I'm hosting one of my own 😉 #HorrorGoesPostalBookClub #HGPBC 6y
GatheringBooks @TheReadingMermaid i will join you then! awesome!!! 🧚🏼‍♀️😍📚 6y
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KetoReader
The Skating Rink | Roberto Bolao
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This is a tiny book that's making me wrap my brain in new directions. 😏

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GatheringBooks
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#QuotsyMarch18 Day 2: This is the kind of #Exile I think I can live with. I am still hoping I can read my Bolaño soon. I have several of them unread books on my shelves.

merelybookish Someday I'll tackle 2666... 7y
tournevis @merelybookish If 2666 is ever released in French in ebook form, I'll finish it. As it stands, I read the first section. And that's it. 7y
GatheringBooks @merelybookish and @tournevis - you think 2666 will ever be adapted into a film? if the french version comes out for you - then let‘s consider a #buddyread for such a behemoth novel, so it‘d be fun!! :) 7y
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tournevis @GatheringBooks There is a Fr version, le n paper form, which s what I own. I cannot hold it in my hands it's so heavy. 7y
tournevis @merelybookish @GatheringBooks Also, I'm in, but not during book prize season, please. 7y
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Pat1287
2666: A Novel | Roberto Bolao, Natasha Wimmer
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Only in chaos are we conceivable. #robertobolano #2666

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Pat1287
2666: A Novel | Roberto Bolao, Natasha Wimmer
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...starting a new trip today ❤️ #robertobolano #2666

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