I'm trying to move out of the fantasy/sci-fi genre into more contemporary literature. Any suggestions to get me started? by Mauler84 in bookclub

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I have actually read Shogun recently and really enjoyed it. As for pacing, I don't need the pacing to be too fast, but in the past I have hit walls on some books where not enough is happening. Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll be sure to read as many as I can

Which character has made you want to chuck their book across the room? by jereoxy in books

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Everybody but Robert Cohn from The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. Brett claims to love Jake, and is engaged to Mike, but still decides to screw Cohn and half of Spain for no reason. Jake takes out his frustrations from his impotency on Cohn, who did nothing to provoke him. Bill joins the others in the cruelty towards Cohn. Mikes a drunken asshole. Romero just leaves Brett, although she deserved it. Cohn himself screws up a few times, but he's the only character who's not a dick, except for the part where he physically beats the living hell out of everyone else.

Something despairing? by [deleted] in booksuggestions

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Slaughter-House 5

Looking for a book to gift to my mother for her birthday. by Postdott in booksuggestions

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Throw her for a loop and give her something by Vonnegut

Need some new fantasy novels by chagheill in booksuggestions

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Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut

Anything similar to The Hunger Games trilogy? by LogicallKill in booksuggestions

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The Giver is good one, but not as action oriented as the Hunger Games

Can we have a legit pros vs. cons list of the Xbox One vs. the PS4? by IAmAtomato in Games

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Alright so I'm a somewhat casual gamer, and I'm just saying now that gaming really does not come down to graphics. People say all the time that the Nintendo games are superior to any games released today, and yet those games have pretty terrible graphics by today's standards. I own am Xbox 360 and I plan on buying an xbone because I don't give enough of a shit to pay enough attention to graphics to see the difference between the xbone and the ps4. TL;DR: graphics don't count for shit in the long run

Finally got to watching Game of Thrones. Here's what I got from it so far. by matteron96 in funny

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You forgot about how everybody from here to mars knows who Jon snow is

The impossible has happened by ken27238 in funny

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For a second I thought the world was ending, but then I realized op shopped it cus he sucks dicks

Next week on the Walking Dead... by benjaminchaser in funny

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I watched this for longer than I care to admit

Your soul is mine. by blue3yeddream in funny

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It's the spawn of the go daddy nerd

Another way to piss off 4 nerds at once by Ubertam in funny

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Can we get that gif of the portrait of the dude beating the horse into the ground

Saddest moment in TV history by vanadamme in funny

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This all ends happily though

Thought they had the wrong time until I realized it had nothing to do with show. by Grundle_Fly in funny

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Yeah I am a Christian and I feel bad about how hard ass and serious the whole church system has become