Last Book You Bought and Why

Oh yes, I do intend to recommend it! I was reading it in boring lectures and sometimes found it hard to suppress fits of laughter. Takes full advantage of the 'shock value' factor :D

Sadly I haven't read any other Roth (though I do have three of his novels in the reading queue) so I'm not the one to give recommendations. Started reading his Everyman but had to abort it because of pressing course work. Did seem to have a completely different tone to it (in relation to Portnoy's, that is).

'Tis a pity the Marxist thinkers of the likes of Adorno and Benjamin aren't as easy to read as Marx. Engel on his own I've never read, will add to my list :)

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Light in August by William Faulkner

I bought Light in August to participate in the reading exercise that *Classic*Charm* & Joreads decided to start up. As for the other books they were on the top 100 book list and I had simply not read them yet.

Lets see..
I bought Choke by Chuck Palahniuk, author of the fight club,
for my eng 102 class and absolutely hated it. It has it's points
and views but just disgusting and disturbing. So I want to
scratch that out and say MacArthur Study Bible. Well it was a
gift but I was going to buy anyway. I usually do not buy books
but maybe I will :D

The Colony of Unrequited Dreams- Wayne Johnston
In the Skin of a Lion- Michael Ondaatje
Unless- Carol Shields

Whittier's Poetry
Milton's works (x2)...These three were old collectible-types

I just purchased a big boxed set entitled, Japanese Woodblock Prints. It is comprised of three separate volumes, each devoted to one of the three major Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock masters: Utamaro, Hiroshige, and Hokusai. The volumes are lavishly illustrated with the most marvelous quality reproductions, and the text is an modern edit of the essays of Edmond de Goncourt. The set was fairly expensive... but after having seen it with envy yesterday, it seemed but fate that today I received a differential check in the mail for my position as department chairman in my school. Combined with a 20% off coupon I just had to have it. And how could I refuse it? My own work has been profoundly impacted by Japanese art as of recent, and I am currently preparing for a return to grad school and the completion of a Masters in Art History which will involve a unit on non-Western art (or so I say to myself to justify the expense:lol:)

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I just purchased a big boxed set entitled, Japanese Woodblock Prints. It is comprised of three separate volumes, each devoted to one of the three major Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock masters: Utamaro, Hiroshige, and Hokusai. The volumes are lavishly illustrated with the most marvelous quality reproductions, and the text is an modern edit of the essays of Edmond de Goncourt. The set was fairly expensive... but after having seen it with envy yesterday, it seemed but fate that today I received a differential check in the mail for my position as department chairman in my school. Combined with a 20% off coupon I just had to have it. And how could I refuse it? My own work has been profoundly impacted by Japanese art as of recent, and I am currently preparing for a return to grad school and the completion of a Masters in Art History which will involve a unit on non-Western art (or so I say to myself to justify the expense:lol:)

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stlukes, that set sounds marvelous. I think it was worth every penny. How much you will enjoy it and be enriched by your viewing. Fortunate that fate allowed you the pleasure of buying it today and this way you won't feel guilty for your expensive purchase. Coupons always help, too.

Also marvelous that you will be returning to school for completion of your Masters in Art History. That fits you perfectly. You seem to have such a storehouse of thought and knowledge of the arts and artists. I wish you all the luck in the world and great success!

The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Biography of Thomas Hardy

Bought them because they were 3 for 2 in the shop. The 1st two had the movie tie-in covers, which I HATE, but I've wanted to read them for a while so bought them anyway!

Have since finished The Reader and will launch into one of the other two once this week of work is over.

First edition of The Playboy of the Western world.
Why? Because its a First edition of The Payboy of the Western World!!!!!

The selected works of Virginia Woolf

Because I've wanted to get it for about a year so I finally decided to buy it.

The Hellbound Heart by Cliver Barker

I've been meaning to get ahold of a copy for years then I saw it in a supermarket for £1 so I thought I'd buy it.

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The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett (because it had to be done)

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Yes it did.:nod:

Sean O'Casey
Three Dublin PLays

The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and Paycock, The Plough and the Stars

Can't wait to read it. Saw the first play performed for the BBC on Youtube; I was highly impressed with the material.

Salome and Other Plays- Oscar Wilde.
Why: for the boy. He loves Oscar Wilde, and this was a really fantastic, gorgeous leather bound book.

A Passage to India- E.M Forster
Why: because I loved it when I read it in grade eight or so, but lost my copy a few household moves ago.

I bought 4 new books this past Sunday at WaldenBooks in the mall.
1. Frankenstien- Mary Shelly. (I've been wanting it.)
2. Breaking Dawn- Stephenie Meyer (I have the other 3 and have been wanting this one.)
3. Harry Potter: Tales of Beedle the Bard. (I've been wanting it.)
4. A Joker graphic novel called Going Sane. (I only got it because I couldn't find the 4th book I was looking for.)
P.G.7.

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Salome and Other Plays- Oscar Wilde.
Why: for the boy. He loves Oscar Wilde, and this was a really fantastic, gorgeous leather bound book.

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Becca, I read all of Oscar Wilde's plays, but this one. I love his work! I really must do so. Lately, I have been into plays; I saw one on a DVD the other night. Just curious, who is 'the boy'?

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A Passage to India- E.M Forster
Why: because I loved it when I read it in grade eight or so, but lost my copy a few household moves ago.

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Great book and a cool movie, as well. Have you seen the film based on it? It is an older film and quite good. Another author I totally adore - Forster. His books are wonderful.