Last Book You Bought and Why

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Originally Posted by Janine

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!

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.

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.

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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!

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

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Originally Posted by grace86

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!

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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.

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?

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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!

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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.

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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

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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.

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.

Recently I bought Mann's Magic Mountain. At a garage sale I found a red Complete Works of Shakespeare from 1909 for $5! I also got a better translation of Cervantes Don Quioxte.

The Red and the Black by Stendahl. I always buy used books on-line and this was a nice one in half red leather amd black linen. Haven't read it since 1963 so it will be like a first read. Anyway, I am tired of reading Mickey Spillane.

Richard Dawkins - "The Greatest Show on Earth". Half price in Border's! (Not the only reason...)

The last book I bought was Notes On A Scandal by Zoe Heller. Why did I buy it? It was a pound, bargain!

Demons, by Dostoevsky.

Why? Because I have been eyeing it for a long time, and finally got enough money.

Either of these: Mad World...Evelyn Waugh and the secrets of Brideshead by Paula Byrne.
The secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings.
I went into Foyles with the intention of buying the Waugh biography but I couldn't resist getting the Maugham also.

The book: The Complete Poems - John Keats
Why? It's like you don't know me anymore.:bawling:

Went to B & N the other night to browse the discount books. I bought a rather nice large size book of Dali prints (portfollio) - suitable for framing. Lynne50 got the same book and showed me the other night when we got together socially and I wanted a copy as well. We both went to the Philadelphia Museum special Dali exhibit a few years ago - marvelous! Very nicely printed works in this book. A few I am interested in framing eventually.

I also picked up this neat book of arial shots all throughout Europe. It showed a lot from the UK, England, Wales, Scotand, Ireland; I loved the various ruins and castles so much, I had to have this book. A thick hardbound book for only $8.49 - a cool photo book I will enjoy emensely. A shame I didn't have this before Petrarch's Love went on her trip. It gave me a lot of good idea on places she could visit.

I also picked up this neat little book called "Must-See Movies"...hahah.. I thought this would aid me in the movie game threads. Each page is a movie with stills and information on the cast, director, etc. I was happy to realise that about 80% of these films, I have seen....guess I do have good taste in films afterall. It also gave me ideas on the ones I need to seek out and see in the near future. It's a mix of older and newer films - all classics in their own right. It was a neat find.

I bought these at my library recently - over 8 volumes of a set of books on various actors...just some of the ones I got were - Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, Ingrid Bergman and one thicker one of Cecile B. DeMille films. I was thrilled to find these and found I could even sell them later on Amazon, if I grow tired of them. For now, I am keeping them to browse through. They are large hardbound editions and in really great condition - hey, 50 cents each - you can't beat that!

I also got Butler's "The Way of all Flesh" and "An American Tragedy" by Dreisler. I also bought Emerson's Essays to give to my friend Lynne. I have a book of his essays already. All hard bound books were only 50 cents. I think I get the best buys at my library! hahah....

"A Farewell to Arms" by Hemingway. Aside from the fact that it's a classic, also because it was mentioned in the movie "The Mirror has two faces". One of the movies I watch from time to time. Probably my favorite romance movie.

was Little Dorrit because I wanted to read it and it was not at my library.