The Syndicate

Matrix by Lauren Groff. It is about nuns in the 1100s and it is SO compelling. An imagining of the adventures of Eleanor of Aquitaine's real half-sister Marie.

I just finished The Overstory for a book club and WOW it is so good!

I am starting the new Josh Malerman book Inspection.

The last thing I read was "Leaving the Atocha Station" -- the guy observes himself observing his life in Spain, where he is sojourned as a poet. His Spanish isn't the best and this gets him into some uncomfortable situations (or does it).

Charlie Blackmon wrote: ↑Thu Jun 07, 2018 11:05 pm That's awesome, Mongoose.

Ahhhh I just figured out your true identity. Is Tropic of Cancer worth the time I think it is?

Today I'm reading Roth's novella The Ghost Writer. Someone read it and discuss with me!

I'm reading The Oracle Year.

HOLY BANANAS, GUYS

To Kill a Mockingbird inspired me to become an attorney.

I am currently reading the genre-bending fantastic The Last One by Alexandra Olivia

A Person wrote:

Mongoose wrote:I just finished Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra, which is a novel told completely within the confines of Chilean SAT questions. It really depressed me (content not format).

What time period did the book cover?

I am interested in reading Latin American literature, particularly magical realism.

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I just finished Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra, which is a novel told completely within the confines of Chilean SAT questions. It really depressed me (content not format).

The newest Justin Cronin book, which is the last of The Passage trilogy, kazam!

I'm reading Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore woooo.

I'm reading Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. It's the first part of a trilogy. Think Indiana Jones but an all women group and now it's a horror instead of an adventure.

I'M OBSESSED

My favorite book is Popco by Scarlett Thomas.

I am currently reading The End of Mr Y, also by Scarlett Thomas.

You SHOULD be reading Vomps' Diary: https://www.facebook.com/vompsdiary

I'm reading Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her

Also. The Imperfectionists. So good. You might like if you are fans of either Franzen's work or A Visit from the Goon Squad.


//We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town, beep beep!//

bea wrote:

Mongoose wrote:Freedom by Jonathan Franzen is hands down the best book I've read in the last 5 years. It literally changed my life.

Going to read The Corrections by him soon. So sad that the HBO series based upon that book got canned.

I also really liked the imaginative world of Super Sad True Love Story.

Great House was really solid.


linki - A Person. Sounds good

Guess who has an autograph copy of Freedom?

Ironically, as much as I loved Freedom, I think I like the corrections better. I haven't read anything from Franzen that I haven't just adored though.

Hells bells. What's he like? If I like The Corrections more than Freedom, my head will explode. Gonna read The Family Fang soon too because it seems to have that vibe, but with an overwash of Wes Anderson.

My only autographed book is by Carl Hiaasen. I went to UF's Journalism school, and he came and guest-lectured so I hit him up to autograph my copy of Hoot, which had just come out. He was nice, but not overly friendly.

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen is hands down the best book I've read in the last 5 years. It literally changed my life.

Going to read The Corrections by him soon. So sad that the HBO series based upon that book got canned.

I also really liked the imaginative world of Super Sad True Love Story.

Great House was really solid.


linki - A Person. Sounds good

Dude, seriously, dude. You have got to read The Casual Vacancy. It's so good. It reads a bit more like Jonathan Franzen's tragicomedies than Harry Potter.

So good.

A Person wrote:I'm reading The Cuckoo's Calling because it was recommended to me and because not having any way to listen to music or watch videos forces me to rely on books for entertainment at the moment. So far it's pretty much what I expected, which is a good thing I think. I had an ebook version of Lolita on my other computer that I was halfway through before my computer's untimely demise, so I'll probably try to start reading that again.

Is that the book under JK Rowling's pseudonym?

bea wrote:Your library sounds awesome.

Also - please tell me someone else besides me finds the irony of the poo being in the Philosophy section hysterical.

Library of Congress takes some time to get used to when all you know is Dewey. To this day, I can eventually find what I'm looking for with the Library of Congress system, but it's not near as easy for me to understand as the Dewey system is. I've just had more time navigating it.

It's like the difference between MLA and APA styles (MLA only thank you very much. ) I would get angry when I had the odd class that forced me to use APA style because I almost NEVER used it except for the rare proffie who made me do it.

I actually never had to use APA! I feel lucky. However, it seems like all the kids coming in to get citation help all need APA help.

By the way, if anyone else is curious - Library of Congress is two letters followed by by numbers. Then a letter and more numbers. Then a year. Dewey is straight up numbers for non-fiction (0 - 999.99999) and fiction is alpha by author's last name.

We've definitely been on the LOLLercoaster about the poop in the philo section. I'm glad I don't have to clean it up.

I live in Florida, where everything bad that happens in the US happens.

Working at a library is legit crazy. We've had to call security every day this week! Nuts. This one guy eventually got trespassed because he was keeping logs of how often I left the Reference Desk to go to the bathroom.

But I really enjoy the creative side of it because I don't get that in law. I make all the announcement slides and promo posters for the library and organize a lot of the events.

Right now another librarian and I are trying to start a Roaring 20s party. We are going to show Great Gatsby (Redford version), have swing dance lessons, 20s-inspired food, and have the bookmobile come to visit. I'm trying my hand at grant writing a bit, so I'm procuring free magazine subscriptions for the library.

It's joint use, so the top floor is technically a college library and the bottom is the public library. So downstairs we have Dewey Decimal and upstairs we have Library of Congress system. Library of Congress makes people angry. I don't know why.

We've also had a big problem lately with people pooping in the stacks. Morning crew will open up and their will be a pile of poop over in this philosophy section.

I can't complain too much because I read Gone Girl at work this week.

I'm currently House of Leaves (see other thread in this forum for details.I think a group of us on here are going to read and analyze it together).

For more on what I'm reading (I moonlight at a library and run its book club as well as my own local personal one -- PM me if you live near me and want an invite), check out my GoodReads account and add me on there.

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8210498-alison