Sense and Sensibility, because JBI said it was the only Austen novel he wouldn't recommend.
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Sense and Sensibility, because JBI said it was the only Austen novel he wouldn't recommend.
But of course you are dear boy.Quote:
Originally Posted by pagebypage
I'm reading more non fictions these days and these are the last 3 books I bought in the last few days.
The Economic Naturalist: Why Economics Explains Almost Everything by Robert H. Frank
More or less like the series of Why Pinguin feet don't freeze. The book contains questions on many practical things that we found in every day life, which probably most people in general wouldn't know the answer. Maybe because we, in general, already have lots of important questions to answer, or simply because we just don't care about why milk is sold in rectangular container boxe yet soda drink is packed in a cylindrical can, or why cleaners charged more on women's clothes than men's, or why DVD box is larger than CD box though the two CDs are in the same size.
Why don't Spiders Stick to their Webs? by Robert Matthews.
Same genre, if I may call it genre. Questions and answers on practical things in life or things that we often found or heard every day from epxlained from scientific point of view. And it's pretty good for me personally as some of the explanations in the book deal with things that I used to believe to be true just because my mom told me while I was still a kid :) (don't read with dim light, you'll ruin your eyes!).
Falling off The Edge: Globalization, World Peace & Other Lies by Alex Perry
Award winning journalist shared his investigations and foundings on the victims of globalization, economic disparities, and the international efforts to achieve world peace.
:lol::lol::lol:outta the ballpark!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
Hubbub: Filth, Noise and Stench in England 1600 - 1770 by Emily Cockayne
How can you not buy a book with a title like that?
I just ordered following books:
Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis
The Elder Gods - David Eddings
Grass for His Pillow - Lian Hearn
Brilliance of the Moon - Lian Hearn
The Harsh Cry of the Heron - Lian Hearn
Heaven's Net is Wide - Lian Hearn
Has anyone read any of these books, and have an opinion about them? :) No spoilers though, thanks.
The last two books I bought were "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" by Haruki Murakami and "The Master of Petersburg" by J.M. Coetzee. I loved Murakami's "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" so I wanted to read more of his works and I read about Coetzee on wikipedia and thought he would be interesting to read.
Narrative of the Life - Frederick Douglass
I had just read Invisible Man and found it really interesting and wanted to read more African American literature, so I started with Douglass, since I had already read some of his work.
Green Lantern/Green Arrow Volume 2. Adams/O'Neill
Very good read.
'Nights in Rodanthe' by Nicholas Sparks
I bought it because I wanted to watch the movie, but I had to read the novel first. The novel was waay better!
A book from Ryszard Kapuscinky, I think that the English title is "Encountering the Other: The Challenge for the Twenty-First Century", but I'm not sure. I bought it because I see a lot of intolerants and xenophobics around me, and I wanted to think about it.
Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth - by Naguib Mahfouz.... because I love Mahfouz .... and I was in Egypt, with my head full of the breath-taking monuments I was visiting & of the stories of pharoahs and their gods.
The Good Earth, mostly because I really liked it back when I read it the first time.
Wallace Stegner - Collected Stories
I started reading Stegner some years ago, first his Pulitzer-winning Angle of Repose, followed by Big Rock Candy Mountain and non-fiction. He is certainly an American master. I wanted to read more of his short fiction and have been rewarded by more interesting tales.
Red Cavalry ~ Isaac Babel
Collected Stories ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Case of Comrade Tulayev ~ Victor Serge
Serious Game ~ Hjalmar Söderberg
Soul ~ Andrey Platonov
The Song of the Red Ruby ~ Agnar Mykle
The Brothers Karamazov, and Notes from the Underground because Crime and Punishment was excellent.
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Luxe Series
Some manga.
Watership Down- Adams
A required read. :)
1. W. Somerset Maugham - The Moon and Sixpence
2. Heard good things about it here.
3. "I confess that when i first made acquaintance with Charles Strickland I never for a moment discerned that there was in him anything out of the ordinary."
4. 130/215
5. I love it so far, there are some really funny passages and some really poignant ones, great writing.
Paul Auster New York Trilogy, I gave it as a present so I don't have it :D
One of my favorites as a child. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by eyemaker
I got that as a present for christmas, haven't read it though.Quote:
Originally Posted by sofia82
Bought myself "The book of disquiet" by Pessoa yesterday, wanted to get it for some time now.
Anne Bronte - Agnes Grey
James Joys - Dubliners
E.M. Remarque - Black obelisk
A few days ago, I bought:
Jason Goodwin: The Janissary Tree.
Neil Gaiman: Stardust.
Inger Edelfeldt: Juliane och jag (Translation: Juliane and I)
Bought 3 books together recently: Eon, Eternity, and Legacy, all by Greg Bear.
When it comes to novels I like two kinds of books. First, anything with a complex and grand plot; second, anything particularly laden with scientific facts. Those 3 books fall into the latter category :)
The Adolescent by Fyodor Dostoevsky, simply because I love Dostoevsky; I have read his Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov (by far my favorite so far), Notes from the Underground, and The Double. He has not disappointed me once.
Lost Illusions by Honore de Balzac. I read The Black Sheep by Balzac a long time ago, and remember loving it! A friend of mine recommended this one as a good 'next step.'
A collector's edition of Anton Chekov plays!
I went to the only bookfair our town has had for ages and couldn't resist as I used to study Chekov at uni and wanted a keepsake!
I have read all of Dostoevsky's novels, except the one that you note... and I have read most of his stories as well. So I bought The Adolescent for the very same reason as you... and I cannot seem to get through it. D has never before disappointed me, but I fear there is a first time for everything... let me know what you think of it... I have yet to finish it, or actually get past the first 150 pages. For some reason it just does not appeal to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by mono
Have you read The Possessed (or sometimes translated as The Devils)??? I love that one, though it is more political than his other works. Also, I love The Gambler and his short story "White Nights". Those are my recommendations... as well as THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD, and even POOR FOLK. Ah, so many great ones! :)
Good to know - thanks! Oddly enough, I had a bit of trouble with The Idiot, but still enjoyed it; I practically flew through everything else he write, including, your worthy mentions, The House of the Dead and Poor Folk, which I read loooooong ago - nothing has beaten The Brothers Karamazov, however. :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by PoeticPassions
I have not gotten around to The Possessed/The Devils yet, but have seen them on the bookstore shelves. Would you recommend any specific translator?
Brothers Karamazov is definitely my favorite Dostoevsky, followed by Notes from Underground
as for a translator, I read this edition: http://www.amazon.com/Demons-Fyodor-...5724486&sr=8-2
Two translators on that one... I am not sure if I have a recommendation. Or whether having two translators complicates things, or makes it better... all I know is that I really enjoyed it.
I think I have always read different translators, which might not be a good thing either.
Just picked up a copy of Don DeLillo's Underworld, hardcover, mint condition, first edition, with a price tag of $34CAD on the dust jacket, all for the great price of $3CAD at a university sale - a great find, if I've ever seen one. The book's been read maybe once, and I doubt in its entirety.
Trio- Robert Pinget (of the Noveau Romain group)
Planetarium -- Nathalie Sarruate (ditto)
A Dreambook for Our Time--- Tadeusz Konwicki (old out of print penguin)
Wizard of the Crow-- Ngugi Wa Thiongo
Crossing the Sierra de Gredos--- Peter Handke
Dom Casmurro-- Machado De Assis
Eternal Curse of the Reader of These Pages-- Manual Puig
A Palm-Wine Drinkard--- Amos Tutuola
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone--- Sasa Stanisic
My mom and stepdad got me as a present for dogsitting last weekend while they were on thier honeymoon. The entire graphic novel of Watchmen. Haven't gotten into it yet.
P.G.7.
Daughter of the Empire - Janny Wurts and Raymond E Feist.
Why? I love me some high fantasy. Must say, I assumed wrongly about the series. They're more about political intrigue and the complications of running and maintaining and ailing empire. Can't win everytime.
I got a Barns and Nobel gift card for my brithday originally I had gone hoping to find 20 Years After since I just finnished the Three Musketeers but they did not have it so I picked up a couple of other things I wanted to read plus found an interesting sounding book in the bargin books section.
In the Company of the Courtesan ~ Sarah Dunant
Thirsty ~ M.T Anderson
The Age of the Gladiators ~ Rupert Matthews
One flew over the Cuckoo's nest - Ken Kesey
Just happened to pass the bookstore on my way to grocery shopping. Just another of those books I've read somewhere but never owned...
Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn.. It's a must for us to read her works- a fellow Filipino writer. I adore her works actually, which perhaps is one of the reason why I plead for money for my mother. :)
For some reasons, I like the "title" it captures the nature of Filipinos which is eating "dog meat".. Don't get me wrong- I never ate any cuisine with such ingredient.
Added The Great Gatsby to my collection a week ago...great classic. I love Fitzgerald and it was pretty cheap haha. Also, I bought a play called Par for the Corpse...hilarious. Read it...
Hey - me too :)Quote:
Originally Posted by eyemaker
Watership Down... I saw the (cartoon) movie as a child and I still don't dare to watch it again. It is scary/sad as can be! I still see that one scene where... Nevermind. Maybe I should read the book to get past it.
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
I needed a book to read on my journey to and from work. It seemed interesting enough on the first glare, it wasn't too thick and it wasn't too expensive. And the cover was OK: something I wouldn't mind holding in my hands :)
I'm not that far in the book yet, but I think I'll enjoy it ;) Really curious about what is gonna happen next.