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LWolf

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35. The only thing that comes to mind is

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 11:43 AM

Mar 2012

"I Just Kept On Smiling," by Simon Burt. It's a short story. It's odd because it's left entirely to the reader to try to analyze the un-named protagonist's actions and motivations, with very few clues to go on.

I "got" "Ishmael." I didn't "get" A Confederacy of Dunces; at least, I didn't get why so many people seemed to find it worth reading. It wasn't odd, though; just irritating.

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The oddest book you ever read? [View all] Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 OP

In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan...The Ghost in Love by J. Carroll. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2012 #1

I sort of remember In Watermelon Sugar. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #2

Hmm! Besides the Bible, which of course is many "confusing" books Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #3

LOL. Was it well worth it. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #4

Definitely worth it. Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #5

Oh no, another book on the bookshelf Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #6

Huxley borrowed the line from Tennyson Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #7

Swooning Beauty, by Joanna Frueh. BlueIris Mar 2012 #8

LOL, Bradbury on meth! Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #10

I understand your feelings about The Shipping News. Laurian Mar 2012 #9

Your memory is correct. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #11

Not one single complete sentence in the whole book. mainer Mar 2012 #43

Iliad YankeyMCC Mar 2012 #12

Oh god! You said a mouthful with one word! Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #15

LoL YankeyMCC Mar 2012 #21

LOL..... Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #24

The Odyssey was much better! mainer Mar 2012 #44

The only thing I can think of is BEOWULF MaineDem Mar 2012 #13

I tried that one too. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #16

Naked Lunch was pretty weird. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2012 #14

That one is totally new to me. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #17

I enjoyed the book when I was in highschool. ZombieHorde Mar 2012 #19

Naked Lunch Moe Shinola Mar 2012 #27

Love that book. Goblinmonger Mar 2012 #22

The Women's Room by Marilyn French Laurian Mar 2012 #18

I know just what you mean....there have been books Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #20

I remember that book. It was a Doubleday book of the month selection. closeupready Mar 2012 #23

John Connally's The Book of Lost Things japple Mar 2012 #25

It really does matter how we feel about the characters. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #26

The Carnivorous Lamb. closeupready Mar 2012 #28

That title is enough to scare me. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #29

Well, that I could mention here, perhaps "A Voyage to Arcturus." David Lindsay. dimbear Mar 2012 #30

Improbable books always annoy me. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #31

Distributed Proofreaders getting old in mke Mar 2012 #32

Ah, now I get it. I remember looking into it Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #34

I'd forgotten that one. getting old in mke Mar 2012 #33

The only thing that comes to mind is LWolf Mar 2012 #35

Oh no, give me a break! Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #36

I had to TEACH that story. LWolf Mar 2012 #37

Flood by Steven Baxter YellowRubberDuckie Mar 2012 #38

Is that a flood as in Noah's Flood? Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #40

Second. YellowRubberDuckie Mar 2012 #42

He's written a followup book called "Ark"......if you liked Flood you should definitely read Ark.... Rowdyboy Apr 2012 #45

I know. I have just been so wrapped up with some other things... YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #47

I really looking forwrd to them....probably will start this week..... Rowdyboy Apr 2012 #49

Money, by Martin Amis Habibi Mar 2012 #39

I have not heard of that one. Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #41

Giles Goat Boy or the Revised New Sylabbus by John Barth (1966) Rowdyboy Apr 2012 #46

Ontogeny recapitulates cosmogeny getting old in mke Apr 2012 #50

Its really tough to slog through....I'm glad I finished but to be honest Rowdyboy Apr 2012 #51

Valis, by PK Dick JitterbugPerfume Apr 2012 #48

It is interesting how many oddest book Curmudgeoness Apr 2012 #52