last book i bought was elements of style by strunk & white.
i got it b/c my writing is not very articulated. plus i am in an ap english class. so might as well sharpen my writing skills. my teacher recommended it to me.
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last book i bought was elements of style by strunk & white.
i got it b/c my writing is not very articulated. plus i am in an ap english class. so might as well sharpen my writing skills. my teacher recommended it to me.
15/09/2012
Libra (Don DeLillo)
Regeneration (Pat Barker)
Cider with Rosie (Laurie Lee)
Billy Liar (Keith Waterhouse)
Le Voyageur Enchanté (Nikolaï Leskov)
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Currently reading: Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
"Thomas Müntzer" by Gerhard Wehr. I bought it because I am interested in the german Peasant-War of the 16th Century.
21/09/2012
Life is a Caravanserai (Emine Sevgi Ozdamar)
La Promesse de l'Aube (Romain Gary)
Exercices de Style (Raymond Queneau)
Home (Toni Morrison)
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Currently reading: Selected Stories (Nadine Gordimer)
W ou Le Souvenir de l'Enfance (Georges Perec)
Sons and Lovers (D. H. Lawrence)
The Last September (Elizabeth Bowen)
Burger's Daughter (Nadine Gordimer)
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
A Kestrel for a Knave (Barry Hines)
Cancer Ward (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
The Catcher in the Rye (J. D. Salinger) - to reread; lent my first copy to somebody and it has never come back.
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Currently reading: THE TRUSTING AND THE MAIMED and other Irish stories (James Plunkett)
'God's Grammar'. Never heard of it before, bought it just because of the title. Wasn't bad.
I will re-read Sons and Lovers in December and I have always wanted to read Cold Comfort Farm. If you let me know when you decide to read it, I might tag along.Quote:
Originally Posted by bouquin
Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim. Had already heard about the book, but nothing more than that. When reading the book flap in the store, I simply decided to buy it. Seems an interesting story, I certainly appreciated Heart of Darkness, so why not this one
alThe Prize - Daniel Yergin
Because I couldn't find a copy at any of my local libraries.
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Originally Posted by Scheherazade
I 'll keep you posted.
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Currently reading: Mercier et Camier (Samuel Beckett)
Just bought The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Even though I know Coelho is very acclaimed, I've never read anything from him.
Keep it that way, I'd say! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by FROADS
This makes me want to know why :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
It was a great read from start to finishQuote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
what?
my father's tears john updike
freedom jonathan franzen
rum diary hunter thompson
why?
grand total: $15 (what a bargain)