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The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

I Lost it at the Movies by Pauline Kael

Libra (Contemporary American Fiction) by Don DeLillo

Edgeworks Vol II: Spider Kiss & Stalking the Nightmare by Harlan Ellison

The Double by Jose Saramago

Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs

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CollectionsYour library (1,405)

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GroupsBBC Radio 3 Listeners, Pynchon Pandæmonium

Favorite authorsJorge Luis Borges, Harlan Ellison, John Irving, Jonathan Lethem, Norman Mailer, Ed McBain, Haruki Murakami, Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut (Shared favorites)

About meJust your normal guy who enjoys books, film, music, games, the works. However, I generally don't like books based on films, films that have been based on books, games based on books or films, films based on games, books based on games, or Holland. Damn you Holland!

About my libraryAs much as I like to think of myself as an eclectic, well-rounded individual who enjoys all the finer things classic literature has to offer, I do dance and squeal like a little school-girl when it comes to pulp SF and crime from the 40's to the 60's.

There's a little bit of everything (as it should be) in my library. With VERY FEW exceptions, nothing read can stay in the house (wife's orders), so 99% of the books in my house are books I haven't read. Makes thinking of the house as an actual library that much easier.

The website below (Geek Monkey) contains (among many other things) reviews for every book I've read this year, as well as additional reviews and articles from both myself and friends. From time to time I'll be posting some of those reviews up to Librarything.com.

Homepagehttp://www.geekmonkeyonline.com/books/

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Real nameChris Voss

LocationValley Stream, NY

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Common KnowledgeSeries (266), Awards (394), Characters (6999), Places (1586)

Member sinceDec 1, 2005

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squeakjones reviewed, rated, added:
Slumberland: A Novel by Paul Beatty

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Everyday Zen: Love and Work (Plus) by Charlotte J. Beck

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The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment by Philip Kapleau Roshi

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Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem

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An Introduction to Zen Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki

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Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen by Shunryu Suzuki

Hi, Nice avatar

posted by OliviaBrooks123 at 4:51 am (EST) on Jul 18, 2009

Thanks for being my friend

posted by OliviaBrooks123 at 2:25 am (EST) on Jun 22, 2009

Noticed you liked The Virgin Suicides, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my book since it's also about a dysfunctional family and a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm out of physical copies at the moment). Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:13 pm (EST) on May 19, 2009

actually my first thought was, if we marry, then divorce, could I get half his books? Library envy seemed less...psychotic. lol.
Sharing LT does seem obvious now.

posted by hagelrat at 6:03 pm (EST) on Jan 17, 2009

Dude, library envy.

posted by hagelrat at 3:54 pm (EST) on Jan 14, 2009

Awesome, what book did you get? I did not get one but there is always next month.

posted by seasaw432 at 2:27 pm (EST) on Dec 5, 2008

Hi there, I did not snag an early reviewers book for October!

posted by seasaw432 at 1:06 pm (EST) on Nov 6, 2008

Howdy, friend.

Enjoyed your blog, by the way. Your review of the NOTLD remake was about spot on. Nice to see we share a number of favorite movies and music (Zappa rules) as well as books.

Cheers.

posted by coffeezombie at 9:58 am (EST) on Oct 17, 2007

Tanstaafl - I think your warning about bears fell on deaf ears. According to his reviews, Squeak Jones likes stories of bears.

posted by Pdore at 10:36 pm (EST) on Apr 12, 2007

You have great taste, amigo!

posted by RSHabroptilus at 3:37 am (EST) on Feb 26, 2007

If you like Chandler you'll enjoy Richard Morgan's Altered Carbon; If you like PKD's Three Stigmata you will like it even more. Its good to see a book on Zappa (Electric Don Quixote is on my must read list), and, I just bought Jack Finney's Invasion of the Body Snatchers at a thrift shop and look forward to reading that in the next day or two. Happy Holidays.

posted by jayqq1953 at 2:37 pm (EST) on Dec 20, 2006

No Rex Stout??? Run, don't walk...

posted by nsnix at 1:20 pm (EST) on Aug 3, 2006

Why is it that everyone who chooses the Groucho Marx photo for their profile has a collection I like? Noticed we share a pretty good stack of books and a few favorite authors. Have you read Kobo Abe's "Woman in the Dunes"? Sounds like something you might like, given your collection.

Happy cataloging.

posted by coffeezombie at 12:36 pm (EST) on Jul 22, 2006

This is very cool.

posted by seasaw432 at 9:18 am (EST) on Jun 29, 2006

You know what is worse than Holland? Bears! They are godless killing machines!!!!

posted by tanstaafl at 3:26 am (EST) on Jun 8, 2006

I love finishing a book and browsing through my library to find the next one! It feels so wonderful to know I still have unexplored books in my library that are all mine!

posted by starria at 5:49 pm (EST) on Mar 29, 2006

What a great photo!

posted by vidalia11 at 5:11 pm (EST) on Jan 23, 2006

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