A Bastarda by Violette Leduc, don't know the name in english, sorry.
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A Bastarda by Violette Leduc, don't know the name in english, sorry.
Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead.
How's that for irony?
The Mother of Dreams: Portrayals of Women in Modern Japanese Fiction and The Poems of Charlotte Bronte.
The Woman in the Fifth Douglas Kennedy
Matters of Life and Death Bernard MacLaverty
Eclipse John Banville
The Kennedy book was DIRE - so disappointed because it came recommended for those who love Paris.
Really enjoying the MacLaverty short stories...
*how to find non fiction for dummies*
I don't go to the library that much, but the last book I honestly read was....
*drumroll*
Odd Thomas- by Dean Koontz
There's a story behind Dean Koontz, which I will share at a leter date...on a different thread.
Libraries are pretty cool when all is considered, what could be much better than free books? Though I am always disappointed with the central library (In Sheff) and the Uni libraries are mostly short loan so...
The last book I borrowed I think was something about good writing for journalists which I skimmed through for a few pointers and gave back. However the other day I got a letter reminding me that they are going to kill me (or something like that) if I don't bring the book back. I phoned the woman and told her that I had took it back to a different branch and she mumbled something along the lines that if it might be hidden on the bookshelf and if someone takes it out they would let me off!
I have ordered Michael Thomas CD's about learning French because they are really good. I have had them before but not had the time to follow them though. They are going to contact me when the other person brings them back. :) Though they don't know when that will be...
Ian McEwan The Daydreamer
Michael J Fox Always Looking Up
JM Coetzee Disgrace
George Orwell Animal Farm
I tend to borrow paperbacks form the "new" shelf as older paperbacks in UK libraries are generally too old, yellow, and smelly to contemplate borrowing (and I have quite a high tolerance to biohazards!) Last book I borrowed, and well worth reading:
North & South by Gaskell
Nice Work by David Lodge.
Easy to read but thought-provoking.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ~Douglas Adams
suppossed to be part of a travelogue on New England.
Seven Science Fiction Novels of H.G. Wells
The Graphic novel "Lupin the Third"
The Fall by Albert Camus. I made a reservation on this almost a month ago and today I was finally able to collect it. It's a little late for the November Book of the month discussion.
Majorie Garber's Shakespeare After All was probably the last book I borrowed from the library before they froze my account due to overdue fines.