AH! I completely forgot that she loves Little House!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
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AH! I completely forgot that she loves Little House!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
I purchased some classics, have to use up my membership at the store before it expires.
So I got A tale of Two Cities and The Scarlett Letter and let me see, oh my I can't remember, I am very tired to day. Whatever it was it was wonderful! :)
Both you mention are fine books, indeed. I loved them both. Happy reading, Eugenie and hope you get some rest!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Eugenie
Yes, *Classic*...for sure, LadyWentworth will be tracking you down to steal those paper dolls! :lol:
Capital vol. I
Just kind of seemed like the right time.
Only if you have some capital to worry about! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by blp
'The Drinking Den' - Emile Zola
'King Solomon's Mines' - H. Rider Haggard
'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' - Mark Twain
I bought the first and latter because I love the authors, and 'King Solomon's Mines' sounded very interesting. I can't wait until they arrive!
Mariamosis, I have read the second and last and enjoyed them both; been years now. I love Haggard's book "She". I would think the Zola would be a very good read, too. My father loved his work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mariamosis
Unless you are one of those masochistic readers who subject themselves to the most turgid of texts in the name of some spurious ideal, my advice would be, don't bother. I know whereof I speak, for when I was young and innocent ( I almost said stupid but it is often the same thing), I too delved into Das Kapital thinking that it had something important to say about economics, but after struggling to read the importance of part-time widget producers in Saxony to the well-being of the world community as a whole, I stopped dreaming and got on with my life. I suspect that in the current economic collapse many of the old copies of Das Kapital are being dusted off by wishful thinkers looking for that Utopia where everyone earns the same salary and the world is full of brotherly love but, realistically, it would be better to return Das Kapitel to its former usefulness as a doorstop.Quote:
Originally Posted by blp
Thank you Janine, I have been looking thru the books and honestly I cannot make my mind remember at the moment. that is really sad.
But don't worry I do plan to have rest in about oh,,,,,six months or so.
Now back to those books. :(
Actually, that doesn't sound like a bad idea at all. I really do seriously regret cutting them out. But like I said, what else was I going to do with them then? It just irritates me that I ruined them like that. Also, if I hadn't cut them out I wouldn't have somehow lost one of the dresses for the Marily Monroe set!Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Oh, it is fantastic! One of the best in the world! :pQuote:
What fun that will be and I love the smell of the Crayola crayons, don't you?
Well, if they are the ones that I think they are, she doesn't have to worry because I already have them. :D And I didn't cut those out, by the way. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
http://www.treeoflifeathome.com/miva...housepaper.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by LadyWentworth
Those the ones?
Yes, actually. :) But I found out that there are some Christmas Little House dolls, too. So I will probably have to get those at some time, too. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
The ground beneath her feet - Salman Rushdie. Er, I bought this because the title and the cover appealed so much to me... I'm the worst at judging a book by its cover! jesus. No self control.
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby - because lots of people have recomended it to me and I am reading all the 50 penguin classics and its one!
I just bought Armageddon In Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut because he is awesome. And I was waiting in the airport for my cousin's plane to get in.
Last Book Purchased: Collected Stories by Franz Kafka (HB ISBN 0-679-42303-6)
Why? I like Kafka so much I decided to "upgrade" my PB to HB; mostly it was an impulse purchase since I almost always buy used HBs from Amazon.
Bonus Q&A:
What's next on my list? Amerika: The Missing Person: A New Translation, Based on the Restored Text Also by - who else? - Kafka. Altho I might wait awhile to get a better deal on the HB than Amazon has now, and they have a decent deal now...but I try to avoid buying new books at all costs, to save costs!
I just finished The Hunchback of Notre Dame. My mind needs a rest. I bought The Associate by John Grisham and The Choice by Nicholas Sparks. For fun.
The Way of Chuang Tzu - Thomas Merton translation
I read it for class and loved it. I bought a copy just to keep in my bag and read whenever I have a few extra minutes.
The last book I bought was Spud - Learning to Fly by John van de Ruit. It's the third one in the series and I LOVED the previous ones, so I couldn't say no to this one.
I'm waiting for my next order to arrive (tomorrow) and that will include:
The Hobbit, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Asterix the Gaul...
I'm going through a kiddies' fiction phase and buying all my old favourites from waaaay back :D
Even though I'm not for book-snobbery I will refrain from mentioning some others I have in mind :p
Memoirs of Margaret Thatcher -- The Downing Street Years.
Why? It was on sale at the thrift shop for $1
The Pearl by John Steinbeck. I enjoyed reading Steinbeck when I was younger, but I don't own any of his books for some reason. I thought I did. I thought I should try reading him as an adult to see what I think of them now. And I still love the stories!
:lol: I've done that before. Don't you hate when that happens?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chava
Is that the book that got him that big price on his head?
The New Oxford Book of English Verse, because it was on sale!
:thumbs_up
Today I bought "Ballad of the Sad Young Men and Other Verses" by Fran Landesman. I heard someone compare her to Dorothy Parker and I really love her writings. Anyone read her? I suppose I should ask in the poetry section...
Two books: 'The Holy Terrors' by Jean Cocteau and 'Guignol's Band' by Louis-Ferdinand Celine. Why? Because I'm curious about Cocteau and Celine is my favorite writer. Plus I got a $25 Borders gift-card, that helped.
Loamhedge by Brian Jacques (my 15th book from the Redwall series). Why? Simply because I adore his works although the plots are pretty similar and I plan to collect his works.
Yesterday I went to a 2nd hand book shop I've heard about recently, and there wasn't as much as I expected. Half of the shop is filled with Mills & Boons. But I bought:
Where Angels Fear to Tread - E.M. Forster
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
As You Like It - William Shakespeare...another one...
Dune - Frank Herbert...I've wanted my own copy for a while now, and I got it for really cheap! :D
Yesterday I bought "Heart of Darkness"-Joseph Conrad and "My Bondage and My Freedom"- Fredrick Douglass. My friend and I were at B&N and they were having a buy 2 get one free sale on the classics. I've been meaning to read those two books anyway so I bought those and for the free one she picked out a D.H. Lawrence book.
And then I bought a G.I. Joe step into reading book for my 6yr old and "Harry the Dirty Dog" for my baby
Well, what a good mommy you are! I love it when people buy their kids books and take them to the library! :p
Star, good for you and finding a good sale. I wonder if B&N here is having the same sale. I will check their online site. I think I bought "Heart of Darkness" awhile ago, with an order from Dover. We should read it the same time and comment on it. I don't think it's very long. Which D.H.Lawrence book did you get free? I am a big fan of the author, although I don't subscribe to all his ideas. He's still was emensely talented and wrote beautifully, poetically. I have read all his novels, so let me know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stargazer86
I went to my library after a long absense these past few weeks. Mostly I got movies and CD's but I also happened to check their sale shelf and found out they had just added many books recently. The two visits combined I picked up these:
Dubliners ~ James Joyce (SB)
The Last of the Mohicans ~ James Fenimor Cooper (HB)
The Last of the Mohicans ~ James Fenimor Cooper (SB copy)
Sea Wolf ~ Jack London (HB)
Burning Bright ~ Tracy Chevalier (SB)
Merchant of Venice ~ Shakespeare (SB)
The Keys of the Kingdom ~ A.J.Cronin (SB)
Leaves of Grass ~ Walt Whitman (HB)
Hardbounds were 50 cents and softbounds were 25 cents. I would say I got a bargain! All are in new condition. If I added right, this all cost me $3.50. I guess I will keep my eyes open when I go back to my library; which will be soon to return the DVD's. Now I just have to get reading!
Turquoise Sunset, good for you, too. I love used book stores. I like the list of books you got. I read "A Prayer for Owen Meany" - we discussed it on here a few years back. I would love to read that particular Forster novel. I love his work. I have read 3 I believe: "A Room with a View", "Howard's End", and "Passage to India". Likewise I own all three film adaptations which are marvelous.
You can hardly go wrong with Shakespeare's "As You Like It". I love all Shakespeare. "Dune", I have not read but it sounds good if its anything like the movie. I saw that years ago and thought it was interesting.
I have to confess I've never read any novels by E.M. Forster, but this story looks like something I'd enjoy, and I've heard so many good things about his books, so I had to buy this one! Likewise for Owen Meany.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
About Dune: I'm not sure which movie you saw, but I saw the mini-series, so if they are of the same quality you will definitely like the book!
I've never read Lawrence but I have browsed your thread on him a bit and have heard that he was controversial which usually makes for interesting reading. I told my friend to pick out the 3rd book for herself. I think it was a novel of his but I'm not sure of the title.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
They had several classics on this sale on the same display. I really like the ones that B&N publishes as they tend to give a lot of background info on the author/time period/story (including timelines), and fairly extensive translator notes where applicable. I'm not sure if the sales are regional or national. They were selling both novels and some short story anthologies. I ended up getting 3 brand new lovely books for $10. I'll look up the website and see if I can find the sale
*edit*
Here you go :)
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/classi...linkid=1412380
Star,That is really great that you browsed the Lawrence thread; thanks for doing so. That's my baby on Litnet. Virgil and I collaborated to start it; he came up with the introduction; it has gone so well. We are taking a month or so break and will start a new short story after. I hope you can join in when we announce the next one. I just completed reading all 48 of Lawrence's short stories. Yes, Lawrence's work is absolutely controversial. You will find it very interesting, I am sure. I bet your friend picked "Lady Chatterly's Lover"...everyone not quite familiar with Lawrence chooses that one first....of cource in Lawrence's day it was banned; in fact a whole courtroom drama unfolded bring up pornography; nowdays the novel is mild and would not cause such a stir. LC is actually a much later work for the author. It's a very good book. I figure it's that one, since I saw it listed on the B&N site, under the booksale deal. I hope she enjoys it. Tell her the BBC movie version with Sean Bean and Jolie Richardson is quite admirable, as well. It was directed by Ken Russell and he's a very contraversial film maker, as you may know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stargazer86
They are really nice editions. I agree. I went to the site you provided and I do see a few books I would not mind buying. I just may go out to B&N near our mall this week to check it out. Maybe I will call first to make sure this sale is on this whole week. Great price - $10 for all three - wow! You are so generous giving one to your friend.Quote:
They had several classics on this sale on the same display. I really like the ones that B&N publishes as they tend to give a lot of background info on the author/time period/story (including timelines), and fairly extensive translator notes where applicable. I'm not sure if the sales are regional or national. They were selling both novels and some short story anthologies. I ended up getting 3 brand new lovely books for $10. I'll look up the website and see if I can find the sale
Thanks again for the link! If the store doesn't have what I want I might consider even purchasing them from the online site. Looks like a really good deal.Quote:
I went to the library Saturday morning and spent 3.50 on two movies and several books.
Movies:
Scaramouche (Movie adaptation for Rafael Sabatini's novel)
Wuthering Heights (I bought the movie because my dad saw it in college and cried!)
Books:
The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver - don't know if it's good but it looked interesting.
Joy in the Morning - Betty Smith
The Adolescent - Dostoevsky
Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott
Kim - Rudyard Kipling (wonderful hardcover edition for .50!)
Janine I have to get back to Lawrence!!!!!!! I'm currently reading Gone with the Wind though!! I've not yet gotten to Lady Chatterly!
I'm in a classical book club so the last time I bought books it was moby dick and an Icelandic book called angels of the universe, very good, a true story about men in an insane asylum here in Iceland so good...
Wow, Grace, you made out at your library, too. I have to go back to mine tonight to return some films. I will have to check the sale shelf again, although I am running out of space to store all these books. We never have movies, not on DVD, but they do have some VHS tapes worth picking up. I still own a player, so it works for me. You located some great finds. I loved "Ivanhoe"; been years since I read it. "Kim" was one of my father's favorite books. "The Adolescent" sounds interesting. I have only read D's novel "The Idiot" and found it to be a very gripping story. Wow, which version of "Wuthering Heights" is it? You did get lucky!Quote:
Originally Posted by grace86
Hey, GWTW is excellent. I got that one from my library, also, awhile back...onsale really cheap. I am yet to read it, but I loved the movie of course...it's on my 'someday reading list'... You should talk to Downing. That's her favorite book.Quote:
Janine I have to get back to Lawrence!!!!!!! I'm currently reading Gone with the Wind though!! I've not yet gotten to Lady Chatterly!
Hahahhehe...humm...."Lady Chatterly" eh...you're still determined to read that lusty book!:lol: haah...I am sure in this day and age, it's relatively mild, compared to some modern books.
Janine all the movies were on vhs...50 cents! I bought the 1939 version with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon (my dad saw the later one it turns out), man was it sad! I immediately wanted to pick up the book!Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
I've wanted to read Ivanhoe, but I remember, I think mtpspur didn't like one part of it, I'll have to ask him. I've never read Kipling and I think his stories would be right up my interests so I can't wait to read Kim. I've not read the Idiot, but I really enjoyed reading Crime and Punishment so I thought I'd pick the Adolescent up. And GWTHW, I've only seen the movie...the book is good so far!
The only Lawrence books I have left to read are The Rainbow and Lady Chatterly...and frankly, the latter one is shorter so I'm more apt to read it with my schedule! :D
Oh wow, you were lucky getting that one. It's a classic and nearly impossible to get online, I believe. I will check out Amazon later tonight. I imagine if it is available, it's super expensive, even for a tape. It's Olivier's signature role.Quote:
Originally Posted by grace86
I love the Timothy Dalton/Anna Calder version and own it. I think it's a fine film and Dalton is super young in it; he was a fine classic actor with very mesmerizing, captivating dark eyes.
The book is truly amazing and heartbreaking. You will love it. It's a very dark novel though, so be prepared. The moors were a dark dismal area of England back then; guess they still are, right?
I was super young when I read "Ivanhoe" and I couldn't put it down. I just bought the film adaptation with Anthony Andrews and loved it. It's still good after all these years, a little dated but non-the-less good.Quote:
I've wanted to read Ivanhoe, but I remember, I think mtpspur didn't like one part of it, I'll have to ask him. I've never read Kipling and I think his stories would be right up my interests so I can't wait to read Kim. I've not read the Idiot, but I really enjoyed reading Crime and Punishment so I thought I'd pick the Adolescent up. And GWTHW, I've only seen the movie...the book is good so far!
Well, I am impressed. That's right; you did read "Sons and Lovers" and "Women in Love" with us here, didn't you? I bet though, you didn't read his other more obscure novels. I read those recently, being a big Lawrence buff. I just finished reading all 48 of the short stories. No doubt, eventually I will read them a second or third time. I started "The Rainbow" again, but didn't get too far this time around; I read it years ago. I will read it again eventually, too. "Lady Chatterly" is much shorter, so go with that one; I think I read it twice - slightly different versions. Now you worked up to it; enjoy all your reading.Quote:
The only Lawrence books I have left to read are The Rainbow and Lady Chatterly...and frankly, the latter one is shorter so I'm more apt to read it with my schedule! :D
Edit: Went to my library and found a few more to add to my sale book list from the library shelves; they must stock the shelves daily...yippee. Tonight I was thrilled to find a copy of "Shackleton's Way". I already own a few Shackleton books and find them all fascinating. I loved the movie and own it. So, now one more item for my Antarctic explorer collection - wow, and it's brandnew looking with dust jacket - perfect! I also picked up an older paperback copy of Orwell's "1984". I have been meaning to read that book for years; I have only seen the movie which was classic. Great purchase today for total of 75 cents!
Just ordered the 1st volume of Letters of Samuel Beckett
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...ref=sib_rdr_dp
I've been waiting for this one to come out for almost five years now. Put it on my wish-list on Amazon who did not notify me of its availability earlier. Just realized that it was finally here! Expensive, but well worth every penny. Now I can't wait. Come on Mr postman!
"Shock Value" by John Waters. I haven't read it yet, but a friend on another site I frequent recommended it to me as I'm becoming increasingly more of a John Waters fan. It's no classic, but it promises to be a highly amusing and enjoyable read.
Yesterday I bought The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and Native Son by Richard Wright. Why? Because I heard that they were good books, why else?
http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlib...estnovels.html
They were on this list and I plan to purchase most of the novels on here (I'm not really interested in Ayn Rand's work). Most of the fiction that I've read has been science fiction so I'm trying to expand.