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  1. marshmallow
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    marshmallow

    Aug 28, 2018
    13 books completed so far
     
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  2. Joshua Smoses
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    Joshua Smoses Pink fur, looking like Cam

    Aug 28, 2018
    August 2018:
    Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
    The r--- of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich by Lynn H. Nicholas
    Institutes of the Christian Religion: Book 2 by John Calvin

    I try to read at least one fiction, one non-fiction, and one work of theology each month. That's been my personal goal since the beginning of 2017, and I've managed to stick to it pretty well. Sometimes I get through more books if one of those 3 is relatively short or easy to breeze through, but The r--- of Europa was so dense I almost didn't get through it. Really interesting material and fascinating accounts, but it's not an easy read.

    Highly recommend Galapagos though. For me it's easily on par with Slaughterhouse 5, so if you enjoyed it I'd give Galapagos a try.
     
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  3. DKC
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Aug 28, 2018
    I've read 21 books so far this year. My goal last year was 24 and I hit 28, so this year my goal is 30 as well.

    Just finished J Prince's memoir which has some cool hip-hop anecdotes/stories but was overall kinda flat to me. Glad I didn't buy it and found a pdf.

    Currently in the middle of reading The Sellout, The Wise Man's Fear, and The New Jim Crow. Also listening to Dark Tower III on audiobook.
     
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

    Aug 28, 2018
    I'm trying to get to 30.

    Chapo Trap House - The Chapo Guide to Revolution 3/5
    Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis + The Judgement 5/5
    JG Ballard - High Rise 4/5
    Jane Mayer - Dark Money 3/5
    Jim Thompson - The Killer Inside Me 3/5
    Jonathan Ames - You Were Never Really Here 2/5
    Jose Saramago - Blindness 3/5
    Jose Saramago - The Gospel According to Jesus Christ 5/5
    Lester K Spence - Knocking the Hustle 2/5
    Louis-Ferdinand Celine - Journey to the End of Night 4/5
    Nancy MacLean - Democracy in Chains 5/5
    Philip K d-ck - Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said 3/5
    Upton Sinclair - The Jungle 4/5
    Walter M. Miller Jr - A Canticle for Leibowitz 3/5
     
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