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My recent literary adventure is The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and the Charterhouse of Parma, which both add to my French literature reading list for the summer.
The reason for selecting these books was due to Borders having a sale. Notre-Dame was only two dollars in the Borders Classics format. Haha.
Always Magic In the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era - Ken Emerson
King Cohn: The Life and Times of Hollywood Mogul Harry Cohn - Bob Thomas
Not In Kansas Anymore: A Curious Tale of How Magic is Transforming America - Christine Wicker
A Great and Godly Adventure: The Pilgrims and the Myth of the First Thanksgiving - Godfrey Hodgson
700 Sundays - Billy Crystal
Books that total up to about $113.00, and I only paid $1.00 each for them. 4 out of the 5 are Hardcover, too. So $5.00 for all of these. Not bad, huh? :) You gotta love the Dollar Store! :thumbs_up :p
I picked up Vladimir Nabokov's "Ada" today at a used book shop.
Gate of the Sun by Lebanese writer Elias Khoury (an Arabic Edition)
Actually I bought three - I can never control myself :)
The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follet
Mort - Terry Pratchett
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne
I recently compiled a 'Top' list using all the Top 100 lists and similar must read lists that I could find on the Internet in one sitting. I did it mainly out of interest and to find new titles to add to my wishlists. Ironically I went to the bookstore and bought 2 books that featured on said bookstore's 101 Books to Read Before You Die list (although looking at the list it seems like more of a I've-just-read-this-book-and-loved-it list)...and therefore they are not books people would consider classics or "books to read before you die". The third book's author (Verne) didn't even feature on any of the lists :)
The last book I bought was Gunnar by the Swedish poet/author Bob Hansson. I'd only read some of his poetry before, and it's quite original, and when I saw this novel in the store I just couldn't keep my eyes from it. I just had to buy it.
I've bought a few books recently:
"Hygiène de l’assassin" by Amélie Nothomb
That's the first Nothomb's book I've bought, but I have serious expactations. I've seen some good reviews on it and I hope I'll like it.
"Ask the Dust" by John Fante
It was recommended to me by a friend. I wasn't so sure if I am going to like it, but I decided to give it a try it was worth it definitely. I've finished reading it yesterday, just the day after I've bought it :lol:
"Foam of the Daze" by Boris Vian
It was an easy choice - to get the last copy on the shelf of the book by one of my favorite authors, especially after it supposed that the edition to be depleted.
"Tke Brooklyn Follies" by Paul Auster
"Timbuktu" by Paul Auster
"Moon Palace" by Paul Auster
"The Book of Illusions" by Paul Auster
What could I say? Paul Auster is definitely on of my favourite authors.
"Dreams of My Russian Summers" by Andreï Makine
This one caught my interest in the shelf with newly published books, so I decided to try something new ;)
I ended up buying quite a couple books yesterday.
Two new books
Bram Stoker - Dracula
Stephen King - The Dark Tower vol 2 (The dawning of the three)
and a couple of 2nd books at a bookmarket.
Bernard Shaw - Play's Pleasant
Mark Twain - The Prince and the Pauper
Ernest Hemingway - A farewell to arms
The Short stories of H.G. Wells
I got two books printed in Barcelona in 1861 and like 1910 respectively, while I was in Barcelona a couple of weeks ago. Very exciting...
But as far as ones I'm planning to read...I got The Catcher in the Rye, The Martian Chronicles, Candide, and (on a different note) Guns Germs and Steel recently. I've read the first three and have yet to pick up the fourth because I got out a few C.S. Lewis books from the library...
And...Quote:
Originally Posted by EricP
The Decameron ~ Giovanni Boccaccio
The Last September ~ Elizabeth Bowen
Life Before Man ~ Margaret Atwood
Lady Oracle ~ Margaret Atwood
All the Kings Men ~ Robert Penn Warren
Stories Selected from the Unexepcted
Don Quixote by Cervantes, because it was only fifty pence and I couldn't possibly not buy it at that price. I'm a bit scared of starting it, though. Could anyone who has read it here tell me what they thought of it? :) .
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Hi Loike!
I started it a while back (and was scared of it at first as well), but couldn't finish it because I took to long with it and it had to go back to the library.
I suppose it all depends on the translator - I read the Edith Grossman translation and it was really good, so I decided to buy it (next payday :)). But the story is really easy to get into and very readable - I was pleasantly surprised... So don't let the size of the book or its age put you off! It's nothing to be scared of :)
I got all of these books from the thrift store.
Saffron Skies by Lesley Lokko
Legion by William Peter Blatty
Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Omen by David Seltzer
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Why? Because I love reading, that's why!
The last book I bought was Homeros' Ilias.
You choose your books due to the author's gender? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesian