I do! My friend owns a copy, but because I liked it so much I decided to buy it myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by grace86
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I do! My friend owns a copy, but because I liked it so much I decided to buy it myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by grace86
I think you will like it very much, it's such a lovely interpretation. And the music was great, I will try to find it. I hadn't thought of buying the soundtrack before, it's a great idea ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
I love going there and I am always impatient in December. But with so much books at one place it's hard to decide what to buy. Well, I am not complaining of course :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
There are some especially for you, JanineQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz
How true about heavy books! I even have a few here that are hard to hold up in bed when reading, like my old Shakespeare collected works edition...my poor arms get tired out...anyone have a solution? I did pick up some Shakespeare in paperback - individual plays because they are so much more portable, so I know what you mean, Grace. I picked up these two large textbooks at my library with hardly any wear to them - they are over 2000 pages long and no wonder someone got rid of them but they do contain great stuff. I had to have pity for any student trying to carry these books to class - one would get a herniated disk in their back.:(Quote:
Originally Posted by grace86
Grace,...and two very good choices. Start with "Sons and Lovers" of course, and work up to "The Rainbow" - which is Virgil's favorite. "Women in Love" is still my favorite. However I recently bought a new copy of "The Rainbow" and plan on re-reading it sometime next year. It has been years since I read it, so I feel it is important to refresh my memory of it since, we all have been into reading Lawrence recently and also I can debate it with Virgil - :lol: ,I want to compare the two books - WIL and TTR.Quote:
Then I bought:
The Rainbow - D.H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence
*These were to help complete my collection of major works of D.H. Lawrence, seeing how we're all so fond of reading them recently! ;)
Hang in there, Grace, eventually we will get to "Lady Chatterly's Lover"!;)
Alexei, Oh, now I can't wait to see the film and to own it. I looked last night on Amazon but could not decide on a seller; I will look again tonight. I don't know, if I will get a better price, after the holidays or before. There are a lot listed and available, but not too cheap yet. It seems so many people like it, that it might actually go up in price, so maybe I should order it now. You will love the soundtrack. It is so beautiful, with the touches of Japanese melodies intermingled...it is very atmospheric and lovely - one of Doyle's best, I think. Do you own any of his other soundtracks? I collect them and have enjoyed all that I have, over and over again. I am adicted to the "Hamlet" and the "Henry V" ones! I love dramatic scores, so these really appeal to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexei
I went to one booksale (outside) in the fall, in a small town near me, but it seemed that they had tons and tons of Nora Roberts and other 'Best Seller' writers who I just hate, and so I felt a bit ill, after awhile. I was able to come up with a few winners though, like a nice edition of "Frankenstein";I forget what else, now. I like routing for things, so it was kind of fun, anyway.
A, I bet that one you go to is amazing! I can imagine how I would feel and would not be able to decide what to buy either. I would go broke at that sale!
Thanks so much for the line of dancing bananas! They are so cute, aren't they? and somehow one feels so happy when you see them dancing their little hearts away!:DQuote:
There are some especially for you, Janine
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev
The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope (I had declared that I wasn't going to read anymore Trollope for awhile but I guess I lied. :p)
Gunner's Daughter by Sigrid Undset
When Neitzsche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom
Generations of Winter by Vassily Aksyonov
I just went to one of my faveorite book sales and picked up
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allen Poe
The Curst of the Blue Tattoo by L.A. Meyer
I just bought The Master and Magarita. Christmas is coming so I hope there will be a few new ones then too!
Yesterday I made a trip to the book store, I wanted to buy a few Christmas presents and, of course, I ended up buying in addition something for me :lol:
"Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo" by Mary Douglas. It was recommended by one of my teachers for my culture studies, so I buy it. It seems interesting :)
"The Kreutzer Sonata" by Margriet De Moor. I've wanted to buy since I first saw it in September, but I wasn't able to find it till now.
I just bought 'Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man', Moby Dick and this book containing three short stories of Franz Kafka. I know they are going to lie around, unread, till I finish the ones I haven't already, but couldn't resist.
By the way, Alexei, just out of curiosity, how can you read six books together? Thats phenomenal! I can at the most manage two, lol.
It's a question of habit, I am just used to it. I am very easily distracted :blush: and I usually read one or few chapters of one book per day and that means I can do this quite a lot of books. it's very useful when I don't like the book I am read but still I want to or have to finish it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hira
Robin Hood by Henry Gilbert
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Monsieur Ibrahim et Les Fleurs du Quran by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (An Arabic translation)
I bought this book two years ago, but I never get around to finishing it, it was on French and it was a little hard for me, but I like it and I got to the middle of it. Yet I am not sure whether I should try rereading it, I will be glad if you tell me what you think when you finish it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nossa
Chuck Palahniuk - Lullaby
"The Four Loves" by C. S. Lewis. It is necessary reading for my philosophy classes. It is additional to our discussion of Plato's "Symposium".
Alexei, how do you like "The Rainbow" so far? I am planning on reading it early this coming year. We will be discussing it sometime next year, also. I read it before - but it has been years ago now and I hardly remember it.
I have started it long ago, but I haven't even finished the first chapter so far :bawling: For now I know only that I like it :D I think the greatest impression on me made the description of Tom's years in school. I am not exactly surprised, but once again I was stroked by the richness of the description when it comes to emotions. Everything seems so based on the senses and emotions and yet it is perfectly logical and rational. I think Lawrence is the only author I've read that can depict so rationally emotions and the irrational in human nature.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
The last book I bought was Knit Together by Debbie Macomber. Very good book, Christian based and very motivating.........not just for Christians, but anyone trying to accomplish goals and dreams in their life. Lori
I bought the book in Arabic, so it was an easy read. I liked it a lot actually, I liked the idea of two people from different religions, bonding together and having a great friendship. It's the kind of thing that we miss these days very much. So I'd really recommend it, not sure about the book being in French though..I was never that good in French..lol..but you already got to the middle of it, I think you should def. finish it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexei
Thank you, I will definitely finished it. May be you should try reading it on French if you like, it wasn't so hard, it was only my second year of studying, so it was a hard reading for me, but if you have studied more than two years I suppose you will menage easily :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Nossa
After pouring over several sources (The Story of Philosophy, An Incomplete Education, and even this forum) for recommendations, I have narrowed down my searches and bought the following from BarnesandNoble.com.
The Bible (King James Version)
Rights of Man by Thomas Paine
Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer
Ethics by Benedict Spinoza
On the Improvement of Understanding by Benedict Spinoza
Confessions by St. Augustine of Hippo
The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Seven more books to add to Mount TBR. :D All of this was purchased with the $50 B&N Gift Card I recieved as an early Christmas present today.
For Christmas I recieved:
Von Braun; Dreamer of space, Engineer of War
The Portable Dorthy Parker
Well, today I bought:
Alexander Hamilton - Ron Chernow
Talk to the Hand - Lynne Truss
Got them both at a drugstore for 2/$10. That is a very good deal considering Alexander Hamilton is hardcover and goes for $35.00 regularly. I only got it for $5!! :D
The Secret Diary of Miss Miranda Cleever - Julia Quinn
Children's books :blush:
the first two books in the Leven Thump series.
For Christmas, I recieved a handful of money and a B&N gift card. With this, I bought:
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary ~ Samuel Johnson
Virtues of War ~ Steven Pressfield
Caesar: A Biography ~ Christian Meier
The Divine Comedy ~ Dante; trans. by Henry W. Longfellow, illustrated by Gustave Dore
Then I bought five books from Barnes and Noble's Library of Essential Writers. I bought:
Jules Verne: Seven Novels (Five Weeks in a Balloon, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Mysterious Island)
Gustave Flaubert: Five Novels (Madame Bovary, Salammbo, Sentimental Education, The Temptation of Saint Anthony, Bouvard and Pecuchet)
Bram Stoker: FIve Novels (Dracula, The Mystery of the Sea, The Jewel of Seven Stars, The Lady of the Shroud, The Lair of the White Worm)
Charles Dickens: Five Novels (Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, The Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Great Expectations)
James Fenimore Cooper: Five Novels (The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer)
All of this costed me around $85. Not too bad, I think. The most expensive book was the illustrated version of the Divine Comedy.
I just bought heart of darkness and the secret agent by joseph conrad.
anyone ever read or heard of conrad?
I have recieved only one book until now(I usually get my presents after Christmas)and it is "The Fifth Child"by Doris Lessing.It is quite good unitl now...And I'm also hopeing for more books in the days to come...
I've read Heart of Darkness...not an incredibly easy one to get through but it is definitely worth the read.
I unfortunately did not get any new books for Christmas except one. My uncle gave me some cash for Christmas and since I was finished with the books I brought with me, I knew that I would need one for the plane trip back home on Friday, so I bought Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I've never read anything by him.
But for Christmas my boyfriend did get me a second bookcase to match the one I currently have!!! I get to put more of my books out.
It was either The Riverside Shakespeare or Madame Bovary in the original; they were both a few weeks ago...
I bought the "Complete Works of Oscar Wilde" ^^ I got it at a second hand bookshop/cafe that's around the corner from my house, quite nice.
I love him, so it's great to have everything he ever wrote (I'm re-reading him now to find quotes for some essays I'm writing as well...).
I can't usually buy that many books so I make more use of the library :P
collected stories by lord berners
The Genius of America
last book i bought: girl with a pearl earring. not halfway through it yet. bought it with a bunch of books we had to buy for my cousin.
Last book I bought was Burning In Water, Drowning In Flame by Bukowski. There was God, and God sits at the right hand of Bukowski. :p
Have you ever heard Modest Mouse's Bukowski? It's a good song, you should check it out. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jon1jt
Hey Idril, long time no see! I'll check them out, thanks!
And for Christmas I got:Quote:
Originally Posted by thelastmelon
JPod by Douglas Coupland
1984 by George Orwell
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Høeg
The last book I bought was Think for Yourself! by Steve Hindes. The book has some great points, but I find the author's anti-God rhetoric tiresome.
I remember reading the secret agent at school. I think it is his best book and the furthest away from what he normally wrote... it's one of the books that make him an early modernist. It has big, commedia del arte type characters and a cruel, nonsensical plot.Quote:
Originally Posted by watuknocankillu