Just ordered Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac.
Slowly building up my book collection, but running out of space for the buggers! :p
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Just ordered Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov and The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac.
Slowly building up my book collection, but running out of space for the buggers! :p
I went bookshopping again:
The Family ~ Mario Puzo
The Dollmaker~ Harriette Arnow
Atlas Shrugged ~ Ayn Rand
Whip Hand ~ Dick Francis
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.Bought it yesterday.
My library just sold some old books. I bought:
1. Intruder in the Dust by W. Faulkner
2. J. Kerouac: On the Road (My second copy. Love the novel.)
3. S. Rushdie: Fury
4. H.G. Wells: The History of Mr. Polly
5. B. Easton Ellis: American Psycho
I read this a few weeks ago, definitely worth the hype... and while there are some sections that are fairly esoteric, it is to Hawking's credit that he makes pretty difficult concepts digestible to the non-physicist...Quote:
Originally Posted by johann cruyff
I think you probably need to have a basic interest/curiosity in astro-physics and cosmology though otherwise it could be pretty hard work ..
Obviously...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hank Stamper
The vindication on the rights of women by mary wollsencroft ( well actually im in the process of putting the amazon order in right now... so it sort of counts doesnt it?
I've bought several books recently
1 - Merle's Door : lessons from a freethinking dog
2 - Of Men and Their Mothers
3 - Mean Girls Grow Up
4 - Tell Me Where It Hurts: a day of humor, healing and hope. In my life as an animal surgeon
Could have sworn I posted this already, but:
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Tolkein
Mythology - Edith Hamilton
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates - Tom Robbins
The Great Hunt - Robert Jordan
I just got Millicent Bell's Meaning in Henry James in the mail today and have pre-ordered the forthcoming new Penguin editions of The Wings of the Dove and The Ambassadors...
It's only a trick to mislead you about my username... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
Seriously...all of it? *very impressed* :thumbs_up :) :DQuote:
I love his writing, too, but I have to confess I've not read The Ambassadors or The Bostonians. I think I've read everything else, though. The Golden Bowl is my favorite, though it all began with Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw.
I bought The Collected Short Stories of William Faulkner. After reading "A Rose For Emily" here on lit net, I decideed I needed to have a book of Faulkner's short stories in the house. ;)
You will enjoy the Tom Robbins book, one of my favorite contemporary humorous writers. Can't say the same about James. I think I have Fierce Invalid somewhere. Isn't it the one with the old lady's pet bird, some sort of a parrot? I once started reading it and then never finished. Naught wrong with the book, I was distracted by other things at that time. His Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas is hilarious and so is Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Good writer, that Robbins fellow is, he is mad!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesian
Received the delivery of Fifty Poems by Boris Pasternak chosen and translated by Lydia Pasternak Slater.
Red Dragon - Thomas Harris
I got a big stockpile to read...so I think I won't be taking a trip to a bookshop anytime soon, though I am looking forward to reading Hannibal Lector's first outing after I've read the big pile.
Hehehe. Is the Uncollected much different than the Collected?Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
You know I would love to go through a Henry James work here on lit net. I don't know which one, and I would hate to do a real long one, but it's been ages since i read a James novel or novela. The Ambassadors is very good by the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
Likewise. :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
My whole summer is going to be spent reading as much as I can of his major works (nearly done with The Wings of the Dove finally!), so I would very much be up for this. Something in the vein, perhaps, of Maisie or Poynton?Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
*sorry for double posting*
There is definitely a parrot involved somewhere. My cousin was passing through town and told me a bit about Robbins's books and read a little to me. He sounds very interesting. Looking forward to it...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kafka's Crow
Italian Journey by J.W. von Goethe.
One of my favorite stories ever. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
Talk Talk - T.C. Boyle
Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes
A Burnt-Out Case - Graham Greene
Morality for Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith
Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations - Alexander McCall Smith
Enduring Love - Ian McEwan
Nausea - Jean-Paul Sartre
The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields
I accidentally bought more books today
HG Wells - The country of the blind and other stories
Jules Verne - Around the world in 80 days
Patrick Suskind - Perfume
Hemingway - The sun also rises
and a bunch of Shakespeare (Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo & Juliet - read this about 15 years ago at school so looking forward to returning to it)
Oh, yes? Who do you think you are kidding, HS? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hank Stamper
I've tried that one and none of my friends believe me. I've also tried 'It just jumped off the shelf into my hands', and 'It called out to me'. The only one they even begin to let me get away with is 'I bought it because I'll never see it again' and that only works with some really out of the way title.
I've got £25 worth of credit waiting for me on Amazon (belated birthday present). What to buy? Oh, decisions, decisions.....
It's a play, but:
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
I brought Trainspotting with me on the plane but quickly realized it is written in an accent. I really liked the movie buit I just can't see myself reading a whole book like that so while waiting for my connecting flight I bought Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman.
I almost bought You Suck by Charlie Moore, has anyone read it? any good?
Today my husband got me my vacation reading- Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini and Silence by Shusaku Endo.
LOL - anticipating driving 11 hours by myself with my kiddos and then having to stay at my *gulp* parents' house--those titles become kinda funny :D
Thanks for the suggestion, Antiquarian - it seems I can't get it through Amazon.co.uk, only through Amazon.com, priced in dollars, so I'm not sure if my credit will pay for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
Goethe - The Poems
Alice Walker - The Colour Purple
Luncheon Of The Boating Party by Susan Vreeland, an interesting (at least, I hope so) novel about the famous painting of Renoir.
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.
I decided to get it since I've read many positive reviews of it from this forum.
American Sea Writing - A Literary Anthology, pub by Library of America. Just found it onsale and bought it at the LOA website. Beautifully made book. Sixty-eight entries, 671 pages.
Three Cups of Tea. Looked like an interesting story so I picked it up as a spur of the moment deal.