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Stack thread? Rate and give critiques.

>> No.13229047

>>13229042
>walden
into the trash

>> No.13229051

blurry

>> No.13229061

all I own are military journals and US army field manuals
tell me what books I should get for stack threads

>> No.13229066

>>13229061
The ones you're most interested in reading.

>> No.13229100

>>13229066
I dont know books though

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>>13229042
Yeah kind of blurry, what is the china book about?
>>13229061
Any interesting detail in those field manuals?

I have to finish Gravity Rainbow before I begin any of these so is going to take a while.

>> No.13229115

>>13229102
Its a history of China from the Qing Dynasty to today.

>> No.13229118

>>13229100

Pick a genre and then pick a book

>> No.13229153

>>13229118
historical fiction

>> No.13229161

>>13229102
>on killing
you got scammed my dude

>> No.13229162

>>13229100
Why are you on /lit/?

>> No.13229165

>>13229153
war and peace my dude

>> No.13229175

>>13229165
I dont want romantic girly shit though

>> No.13229178

>>13229162
I got lost on my way to /tv/

>> No.13229179

>>13229162
for the gay drama desu

>> No.13229199

>>13229102
Added the Bunch and Torishima to my list, thanks anon. Also want to rebuy CCRU for that green cover

>> No.13229202

>>13229175
Oh Paths of Glory then?

>> No.13229203
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Are shelves allowed?

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These are the books i'm reading the next two weeks or so, I have another stack of books i'm planning on reading afterwards though

>> No.13229235

>>13229203
>how to get rich
do you really read that or is that bait?

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>>13229207
Not really a stack but here it is

>> No.13229241

>>13229202
sounds boring

>> No.13229245

>>13229237
>Harper Perennial Classics Moby Dick
Every fucking book I've ever bought with that imprint has absolutely fucking TERRIBLE printing quality.

>> No.13229264

>>13229245
Really? This edition seems fine, I've only eyed the book but I see no problems with it

>> No.13229270

>>13229264
Maybe I've just had bad luck. That still implies they have bad quality control though.

>> No.13229293

>>13229235
I found it in a donation bin a few years ago and decided to read it. I've read the first 20 pages or so but couldn't bother because I started reading Fast Food Nation and Dune.

>> No.13229299

>>13229245
I read their edition of V. and it was fine, but I might just have low standards from reading so many ancient trade paperbacks.

>> No.13229331

read something fun you loser

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>all those paperbacks with wear and tear

>> No.13230940

>>13229042
cool posters, got a bigger pic?

>> No.13230944

Picking up The Invention of Morel along with something else this week. Do I get Maldoror or The Ice Trilogy? Both are books I've been after for a long time.

>> No.13231359

>>13230944
Ice trilogy is kino but kind of pulpy

>> No.13231408
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>>13229042
tear me a new one. also, get yourself a girl who appreciates having the bookshelf above the bed

>> No.13231544

>>13231408

Book fall on head pain bad

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I'm a newfag on /lit/. What exactly makes a stack? is it a bunch of books you've bought in 1 go or the last bunch of books you've read?

>> No.13231643

>>13231613
It's supposed to be the stack of books you're going to read, i.e. your "to-read" stack. But retards in some of these threads post their shelves for some reason.

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>>13229042
Between the books I stack my weed. Hate the sky blue color of the room, can't change it because I share it with my brother and a pile of boxes from other relatives. I use the wheelchair of my passed grandfather as a desk chair heheh

>> No.13232453

>>13229061
Start reading US Military History then.
Do you have a particular field with these US Army Journals?

>>13229042
No pic, here goes r8 pls
1. Blood and Iron-- Turtledove
2. Homeward bound-- turtledove
3. To Open's One Heart-- Michel Evodkimov
4. Way of a Pilgrim
5. Armenian Golgotha-- Grigoris Balakian
6.Hitler's Volkssturm-- Yelton
7. At War's Summit-- Statiev
8. Tigris Gunboats-- Wilfred Nunn
9. Air Combat on the Eastern Front and Korea-- Kramarenko
10. Barbarossa to Moscow-- Drabkin
11. Red Sniper On the Eastern Front-- Pilyushin
12. Eden to Armageddon: ME in WW1-- Roger Ford

>> No.13232474

>>13229042
What happened Dimanche 18 novembre 1984 ?

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>>13231597
can i have one of your On the Roads?

>>13229237
gelatinous of that Paradiso. my library has it ref only so i'll probably read it lol. reading his Selected Poetry (pictured) instead, which isn't that good desu.

>> No.13232570

>>13232557
*probably will never read it

>> No.13232713

>>13231597
Think and Grow RICH

Was it usefull : what things did you change after reading this ?

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Going to show off my shelf. There's also a second row, but it's mostly esoteric slavic pagan stuff and Stalker novels.

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These are the ones i've had the most fun reading so far.

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>>13233381
and this pile i actually want to read but never seem to get myself too. (Almost finished of mice and men but stopped for...some reason & dorian gray i read for maybe 4 chapters before stopping with that too for....reasons)

>> No.13233816

>>13232557
>reading his Selected Poetry (pictured) instead, which isn't that good desu.
Nice, I had looked for months for the book but to no avail, in the end I ended up renting it from my library, i'm really excited on starting it. I will keep an eye on his poetry too, haven't seen any edition in spanish but it shouldn't be so hard to find one.

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The shit on my desk before I moved out a month ago

>> No.13234177

>>13231597
Clarissa is depressingly rare on /lit/ bookshelves, nice stuff anon

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>> No.13234491

>>13233381
>>13233391
are you 15yo lmao

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>All of these stacks not in alphabetical order

Explain yourselves

>> No.13234717

>>13234712
i am not a fuck

>> No.13234959

>>13234293
>>13234157
>>13233391
>>13233381
>>13232817
>>13232557
>>13232453
>>13232306
>>13232202
>>13231597
>>13231408
>>13229237
>>13229207
>>13229203
>>13229102
>>13229042

Hard mode: post what % of these books you've actually finished

>> No.13234978

>>13234959
Why would you post books you have already read in a stack thread? I have a huge bookshelf near my desk of all the books I haven't read. All the ones I have read I throw in the corner of my bedroom til I give them to friends.

>> No.13234980

Who's ordered a copy of Jacob Rees-Mogg's new book?

>> No.13235037

>>13234959
You fundamentally misunderstand the purpose of stack threads.

>> No.13235072

>>13234959
imagine being this stupid

>> No.13235091

>>13234959
I'm >>13234157
I finished all of those but TPK and TCoL49, although I didn't read the two books of poems straight through, I may have only gotten through about half of those
That's because it's an older stack though, normally my desk stack is all currently reading/just finished/about to start

>> No.13235109

>>13234978
"reading" books once and being done with them

>>13235037
>>13235072
I'll admit i don't completely get the circle jerk of validating each others taste/culture/sophistication but humour me why asking for a small marker of progress is a slight against your idea of a 'stack' thread

>> No.13235123

>>13235109
Once a book has been read, it no longer belongs in teh stack.

>> No.13235159

>>13235109
A stack thread is for posting what you're currently reading, as well as what you're planning on reading in the immediate future.

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bottom one on mine is 20th century chinese art. I've read about half of these
>>13229042
6/10, good books tho
>>13229061
ngl the jim mattis reading list is actually good
>>13229102
7/10, moderan is pretty sick
>>13229203
4/10
>>13229237
5/10
>>13231408
2/10 but you seem to be self-aware
>>13231597
8/10
>>13232202
comfy/10
>>13232306
3/10
>>13232557
7/10
>>13232817
my rating is irrelevant bc you know what you're about
>>13233381
>>13233391
4/10
>>13234157
6/10
>>13234293
5/10

>> No.13235252

>>13235225
3/10

>> No.13235287
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recent used finds

>> No.13235348

>>13235225
6/10, deducted a point for land
>>13234293
5/10
>>13234157
6/10
>>13232557
nigger don't check out more books than you can read what if someone else wants it
>>13232306
cringe/10

>> No.13235358

>>13235348
a couple of land's writings take a cool direction with cyberpunk but i find his cult of personality despicable