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'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.
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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