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Joseph

@thejoestermn.bsky.social

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I read, cook, eat, drink, seek nature/city, listen to awesome music, all with the best woman ever. Deadhead. Jam bands. Jazz. Modern and postmodern literature. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 😎

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 2d

A joy to read. Still one of my favorite authors. Loved it.
#BookSky 💙📚
#ThomasPynchon
#ShadowTicket

Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 5d

About two thirds through. Just so Pynchonesque at this point. Surreal. Perfect.

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 5d

Good night ahead. Loving this book (and the IPA).
#BookSky 💙📚
#ThomasPynchon
#ShadowTicket
#BeerSky
#TownHall
#MasalaMama
#Minneapolis
#Minnesota
#IPA

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 6d

One of my favorite authors of all time! Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket. Loving it!

Cover of book Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 11d

"Will you go to bed now? If I set the mood organ to a 670 setting?"
"What does that bring about?" he asked.
"Long deserved peace," Iran said.
#BookSky 💙📚
#PhilpKDick
#PKD
#DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 13d

Starting the week with Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Cover of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 13d

Mircea Cărtărescu’s Solenoid. Starts as a memoir, and morphs into a fantastical absurdist exploration of the man’s life in Bucharest. Stunning writing throughout. Read this. Worth it. Trust me.
#BookSky 💙📚
#MirceaCărtărescu
#Solenoid

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 15d

Yes. Have a few queued up for the near future.

Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 20d

Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu. A very deep and introspective memoir of a hopeful poet, his dreams destroyed by the powers that judge talent, to live life as a school teacher. Amazing.

Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 23d

Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu. This book is absolutely fascinating. Loving it.

Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 24d

Well then, it goes on the list! Thanks!

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 25d

New author for me. Loved the novel. Great usage of making the reader doubt reality again and again. Leaves you guessing as to what really is.
#BookSky 💙📚
#PhilipKDick
#Ubik

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 27d

A new author for me. Philip K. Dick’s Ubik.

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 29d

The Hemingway Library Collection read continues with The Old Man and the Sea. As a kid I picked this book to write a report due to the small size of it. As an old man, I deeply appreciate the book. Loved it.
#booksky 💙📚
#ernesthemingway
#theoldmanandthesea

Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · 29d

The Hemingway Library Collection read continues with For Whom the Bell Tolls. This one hit hard. Beautiful book.
#booksky 💙📚
#ernesthemingway
#forwhomthebelltolls

Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · Sep 15

Continuing my Hemingway revisit with For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Cover of Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · Sep 14

The Hemingway revisit continues. A Farewell to Arms shows his fully developed minimalist tip of the iceberg style. A pleasure to reread as an old man.
#booksky 💙📚
#ernesthemingway
#afarewelltoarms

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · Sep 11

Nice backyard evening.
#minneapolis
#minnesota
#flowers

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · Sep 11

We do have a few that are primarily yellow, but have red portions. This one however is just brilliant compared to those.

Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · Sep 11

My wife grew one of these that flowered this week.

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · Sep 10

Working through my Hemingway revisit as an old man. I do remember reading this as an assignment somewhere back there in my education past (~45 years ago). The lost generation on full display in an idyllic Basque region I dream about. Solid first novel!
#booksky 💙📚
#ernesthemingway
#thesunalsorises

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Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · Sep 10

My wife’s sunflowers have been amazing this year.
#sunflower
#flower
#minnesota
#minneapolis

Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · Sep 8

I get that all the time.

Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · Sep 8

Great book!

Joseph @thejoestermn.bsky.social · Sep 8

Starting a run through The Hemingway Library Edition. Starting with The Sun Also Rises. I’m fairly certain I read these when I was in my teens and twenties. Glad to revisit them.

Cover of Hemingway’s book The Sun Also Rises

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