Beowulf..:)
for our Anglo-Saxon discussion.
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Beowulf..:)
for our Anglo-Saxon discussion.
Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
Good in bed - Jennifer Weiner
Succubus Blues - Richelle Mead
The Tragic Sense of Life -Miguel de Unamuno
I highly recommend it. A must read I dare say.
Molly Fox's Birthday Deirdre Madden
Fasting, Feasting Anita Desai
Tenderwire Claire Kilroy
Just rejoined my local library after years of buying books (English degree spoiled me - I felt I HAD to own every book I read!!).
Greetings all
My first post in a year in a half!!!!
Visited "The Lancaster Public Library" today and checked out the following;
"Heart Of Darkness" Joseph Conrad
"One The Road, The Original Scroll" Jack Kerouac
"Crime And Punishment" Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Leather Maiden" Joe R. Lansdale
Ink Exchange and Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
I don't borrow from the library because I own a library.:lol: Seriously the last books I borrowed were some hefty tomes on Islamic, Persian, Indian, and Middle-Eastern art that I needed to write a term paper on Middle-Eastern art back in 2008.
I'm not very good at returning books. The last time I used a library was in 5th grade when I got "The Biography of Thomas Edison". I forgot to return that and lost my membership. From that day forward, I bought all of my books from my local bookstore which sells hardcover vintage books for about 5 dollars.
The Gift - Cecelia Ahern
The Thing Around Your Neck - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Audition Speeches for Young Actors 16+ (need to find a monologue!)
The Raw Shark Texts - Steven Hall
The War In The Air - H.G. Wells
The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
The Quest For Anastasia: Solving the mystery of the lost Romanovs
The Secret Plot to Save The Tsar
Les Miserables. I'm determined to finish it this time around.
Ooh jealous.Quote:
Originally Posted by stlukesguild
I took out The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher recently.
I used to always borrow literature from the library, but now I seem to buy these books more, so I can add them to my collection. Now, I usually just get geography and travel books from the library, as they're often around $50 at local bookstores, which I think is an insane price to pay for books with, as is often the case, very little information.
A Walk Across America, Peter Jenkins
such a great summer read...
Wings of the dove by Henry James
And People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks.
A Death in the Family by James Agee
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
Various books revising for exams
'impressionism'
'impressionism and post-impressionism'
are the two titles i remember
Katherine Mansfied -The Garden Party, and other short stories.
Chose it for a bit of light reading. "The Voyage" is a really wonderful short story.
I think it is an excellent collection of short stories... And very "summery".Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Hope you enjoy it too! :)
'Thinks' by David Lodge.
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.
a u.s. history book and a children's book and I'm a month late in returning....
Engleby Sebastian Faulks
The Oxford Book of Essays edited by John Gross. This is a wonderful selection of essays, that is going to cost me a fortune. There are several essayists who I now must read more of...
Frankenstein - Shelley.
Mmmm i think it was "The Devils:The possessed" by Dostoyevsky but i haven't read it all because of my exams.