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summer 05.30.2009 11:57 PM

really i WONDER WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO READ SUCH A THING

joe11121 05.30.2009 11:59 PM

Hhaa! I know, cliche, but whatever its still a good book.

Kuwa_Slayne 05.31.2009 12:21 AM

 

chairman of the bored 05.31.2009 12:26 AM

so what'd you get? can it be the new sy gossip book club book?
i need somethign to read after this proust business

summer 05.31.2009 01:07 AM

Again:
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Originally Posted by summer
I ended up buying a couple video games instead, because this mall's bookstore didn't have shit. The good stuff it did have was overpriced a bit, too. Now I remember why buying books online is so much better. I mean if I wanted to read Catch-22 I could get it for a much cheaper price. I couldn't find a single Murakami novel, you'd think you could at least find one of those. I was tempted to buy Bob Dylan's Chronicles, Vol. 1 the most, but I haven't actually heard most of his music so maybe it would have bored me. But yeah, the women working there bugged me too. They were talking amongst themselves and said they'd never read Stephen King. Now, while he isn't amazing, how could someone have never read one of his books? What do they read?

Oh and the sad part is how the more well-known books were the minority and under this small stack labeled "Literature", which seems a tad bit insulting, if you ask me. ._. Fuck Waldenbook's. It's kind of odd, actually, considering the place seems to be linked to Border's. If this is true, and they're both owned by the same people, why is it Border's is so much better?


LifeDistortion 05.31.2009 11:28 AM

I haven't been to a Waldenbooks in forever. I'm surprised they are still around. I remember when CrownBooks tried to become a megastore and opened up a few SuperCrowns, but they were no match for the Borders' and Barnes & Nobles' of the world. I still love browsing bookstores. Its the same with recordstores. That's the bad thing about internet sites like Amazon, they are shutting down bookstores and record stores and taking away the pleasure of the browse.

LifeDistortion 05.31.2009 11:33 AM

My kick ass reccomendation is "The Drifters" by James A Michener

Sonic Youth 37 05.31.2009 03:30 PM

Waldenbooks is a substore of Borders now...and has been for a while I guess. I really love Borders.

Recommendation:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov


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