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I'm sad. I finished Valley of the Dolls the other day and love-love-LOVED it!

Also for the King fans'; he's got a brand spankin' new short story in the July issue of Esquire mag that I picked up and read as well. Morality. :)

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I'm about 1/2 way through Valley of the Dolls right now. HA. I keep forgetting about it and coming back to it though...... But I got the movie like 6 months ago and I won't let myself watch it till I finish the book, so now I'm on a mission!
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Been reading The Stranger weekly and all of it's dripping nepotism. Articles, reviews and opinions written by a few people, pretty much about themselves and their bands. Awesome. So much self back patting and reach arounds, it's almost like watching other people have sex. Reading people write disguised in a third person point of view about their coke filled scenester lives, in their scenester bands and their scenester clubs makes for a good five minute shitter read. Who's growing an awesome beard? Who's dreads are smellier? Read this week's The Stranger to find out!

Good thing it's free.

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Born in a Casket wrote:I'm about 1/2 way through Valley of the Dolls right now. HA. I keep forgetting about it and coming back to it though...... But I got the movie like 6 months ago and I won't let myself watch it till I finish the book, so now I'm on a mission!
Haha rad. I was planning on watching it again also. I saw at least part of it as a kid, but I'm not so sure I want to now. The book I have has a pic of the 3 women from the movie and nothing is right about that picture.

I'm thinking I'll be very unhappy should I watch it now. To me, the book read like a black and white 1940's Hollywood movie and THAT is how it should have been done, had they done it right. (It's also the very reason I was surprised into loving it so much.)
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Evil Red wrote:Haha rad. I was planning on watching it again also. I saw at least part of it as a kid, but I'm not so sure I want to now. The book I have has a pic of the 3 women from the movie and nothing is right about that picture.

I'm thinking I'll be very unhappy should I watch it now. To me, the book read like a black and white 1940's Hollywood movie and THAT is how it should have been done, had they done it right. (It's also the very reason I was surprised into loving it so much.)
Well, you kind of expect it, cuz Hollywood always fucks up everything. No art anymore only what sells. Sad that real art doesn't sell like shitty actors and fancy sets. I'd much rather have unknown TALENTS then "popular" douchebags who can't act their way out of a speeding ticket.... (that wasn't really directed at anyone in Valley of the Dolls since I've never seen any of them act that I can recall..... just a general comment)
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I take it back, I'm going to watch it anyhow. I just discovered the author is in it.
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Evil Red wrote:
Also for the King fans'; he's got a brand spankin' new short story in the July issue of Esquire mag that I picked up and read as well. Morality. :)

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*ahem*

Did anyone see this?
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Reading several at the moment, to name a few:

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Just read this which was an unusual, but really cool gift from my dad.

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And I'm now poping my Palahniuk cherry with:

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*Note to Casket~ Did you finish reading Dolls yet? I've discovered no one around here has the movie for rent, so I'm gonna have to order it. Damn. :(
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Evil Red wrote: And I'm now popping my Palahniuk cherry with:

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weird fucking book.
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not reading anything, but been listening to lots of Jello Biafra and Henry Rollins spoken word albums lately.
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Current Bathroom Reading Material: "Things You Never Knew Exhisted"...also has a website. :D
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a beautiful angel appeared upon my front stoop bearing this gift in hand:

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i do believe i'm in love...
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Irrylath wrote:weird fucking book.
Begins here, 5400 and something account of operative me, agent number 666 this today following howling banshee hours eight at tender legal place slave, pre-liberation following day of Sat. Advanced quickly paper turnings, facial hole many turned ups until time and time of over was became sudden death to bibliophoilia. Cover hard long grow seeming dust while eyes bleed, dermis splattered pale, hues unflattering base latex. Everywhere Fucking!

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so i finished the mammoth book of zombies, which by the way features artwork by vincent locke who does cannibal corpses artwork!
here is my next endeavour:
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Wiki link for info
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^^ heh. I looked at that. Read the first few pages.

Currently reading this series:
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(this is the 2nd)

I tell ya, it's all medeival, but there's zombies lurking along the fringes...and dragons. Great read anyway. Nom nom.
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-deathboy- wrote:so i finished the mammoth book of zombies, which by the way features artwork by vincent locke who does cannibal corpses artwork!
Rad! I'll have to check it out. :metal:
I was just eyeballin' that at Border's last week. Tell me how it is.
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For some reason, I had this book title stuck in my head from hearing it on TV or something and... had to go find a copy of the most brutal story ever just to exorcise the thought of it away. I believe it's banned in most countries... :eek:












































































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I finished Held Captive (the story of Elizabeth Smart) and was so outraged by the fucked-up Morman religon, that my mom loaned me STOLEN INNOCENCE. The story of Elissa Wall who was raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints. (polygamous')

The first thing to strike my anger is a picture of her with a caption underneath that reads....
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mickey brown-eye wrote:Still Life with Crows
Finally done.
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Now I am preparing for Elk Season with Elk Essentials.
A nice book overview regarding Elk history/behavior/general habitat in the USA.
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I'm busting through The Lost Works of Stephen King (A reference guide to the master's rarest writings) by Stephen J. Spignesi.

I was actually a bit torn when I got it since it strait up says 'not authorized by Stephen King or any related entity', but there's actually some surprisingly interesting information in it. Hmmm! Cool!

http://www.stephenkingshop.com/books/ab ... enKing.htm

On a not-so-related note, I keep hearing 'Scagenetti On Scagnetti' when I read the word; Stephen Spignesi. :D
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For diehards only ~ this tuesday.

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http://blog.veryfinebooks.com/2009/08/1 ... -the-dome/

Stephen King “Under the Dome” Signed Limited Edition
August 13th, 2009 by vfb | Filed under New Arrivals, Stephen King
Straight from the official stephenking.com website:

SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of the COLLECTOR’S SET

Pre-orders accepted starting 9/15/09, 9:00am EDT
Available while supplies last.

$200.00 plus shipping and handling

This collector’s edition of Under the Dome, Stephen King’s tour-de-force new novel about a Maine town suddenly cut off by an invisible, impenetrable Dome, has a belly band around the jacket, a stamped case, four-color printed endpapers, 27 part title illustrations of characters in the book drawn by renowned New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee, and a ribbon marker. The edition also contains a deck of 27 special collector’s cards featuring the Diffee caricatures. Printed on specialty paper. Shrink-wrapped.

DETAILS FOR PRE-ORDERS
Available to comsumers only. No retail accounts
Limit one book per customer

Available for sale Domestic US only
Books ship 11/19/09.


I'm buying two! :metalhead
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