Last Book You Bought and Why

[capek]

The most recent books I've bought are the Cambridge Texts version of Nietzche's On the Genealogy of Morality (listening to a couple of Robert Rodderick's lectures about the post-modern condition via TTC got me to wanting to read some Nietzche, and Genealogy was one of his books I'd never got around to reading back when I was reading that kind of stuff). And Taschen's Alchemy & Mysticismart book, which is a completely awesome collection of about 550 pages worth of medieval mystical art, which I found on sale at B&B for $10.

[Janine]

"Rainbow" by D.H. Lawrence
"Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Hi Alexei, good for you! You bought another Lawrence book....great! I just love Lawrence's writing. Virgil knows all about "The Rainbow" - it was his favorite L book, but not sure now if it still is, since we all read and disgused "Women in Love". I read both and liked them both very much. I need to re-read now "The Rainbow", I think I would understand it better now. I usually read Lawrence's books at least twice. I am glad you enjoyed the last one, wasn't that "Women in Love" or was it "Sons and Lovers"?
Several of us plan on reading "Sons and Lovers" in soon and disgusing it. I read something about your enthusiasm for Lawrence's style of writing in another thread. I have to recruit you for the Lawrence short story thread. Currrently we are on break and will start up in October on the story that we picked last month..."Odour of Chrysanthamums" - it is one of his most well known and acclaimed stories. Please join us if you have time... also in the "Sons and Lovers" discussion. I will let you know by email when we will start it.

[Janine]

Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
Just bought it this morning

Nossa, hi - you will have to ask Malwethian all about "Northanger Abbey" - she loves that book and thinks it is hilarious. I also read it twice now. It is quite amusing! You will enjoy it.

[Nossa]

Nossa, hi - you will have to ask Malwethian all about "Northanger Abbey" - she loves that book and thinks it is hilarious. I also read it twice now. It is quite amusing! You will enjoy it.

I LOVE Jane Austen I'm sure I'll enjoy it..lol
I've decided that I'm gonna read all of her works...including the ones I've read before..I'm almost done with perusasion...then I'll start Northanger Abbey then the rest of couse..lol

[Janine]

I LOVE Jane Austen I'm sure I'll enjoy it..lol
I've decided that I'm gonna read all of her works...including the ones I've read before..I'm almost done with perusasion...then I'll start Northanger Abbey then the rest of couse..lol

I love her books, too... and I enjoy the film adaptations, as well. I had to watch "Northanger Abbey" again after discussing how humorous it was with Malwethian. She had me laughing out loud. I would like to buy the film version of "Persausian". I really liked that book emensely. On second readings one gets so much more out of the text, don't you think?

How funny, Nossa, I just re-read your profile - to refresh my memory and see you want to learn violin. I am now listening to Joshua Bell - an early album, it is so lovely. Good for you - do learn the violin - wonderful instrument....so emotional, don't you think?

[Woland]

Dante's Purgatorio

[Granny5]

I just bought a new copy of Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. I read it years ago and loved it so I thought I'd read it again and see what I've forgotten.

[malwethien]

Case Files - Kate Atkinson

[Poppy]

I just bought a new copy of Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. I read it years ago and loved it so I thought I'd read it again and see what I've forgotten.

Woodrow Call: "What do you want legs for anyway? You don't like to do nothing but sit on the porch and drink whiskey! "
Gus McCrae: "I like to kick a pig every once in a while. How would I do that? "

[Nossa]

I love her books, too... and I enjoy the film adaptations, as well. I had to watch "Northanger Abbey" again after discussing how humorous it was with Malwethian. She had me laughing out loud. I would like to buy the film version of "Persausian". I really liked that book emensely. On second readings one gets so much more out of the text, don't you think?

How funny, Nossa, I just re-read your profile - to refresh my memory and see you want to learn violin. I am now listening to Joshua Bell - an early album, it is so lovely. Good for you - do learn the violin - wonderful instrument....so emotional, don't you think?

Yup..that's actually why I decided to learn the violin..something about it is so captivating and charming...though it's a bit hard to play..but I'll manage I think I should have started playing it years ago, cuz being 19 is a bit old when it comes to learning musical instrument..but it's so much fun..and it's also relaxing, after a long day in college...

About Jane Austen, she's my favorite female writer of ALL time...Actually, when I plan on reading Jane Austen, it's like a date, I can't wait to get to the book and read it. I just love her style, her characterization, her wit, the plots and complications she creates...she keeps me hooked up till the end. But mainly, what I like most about her, is how she portraits the characters in the novels, you can almost see them moving and talking in front of you.
And you're SO right..re-reading the novels makes you see and notice things that you didn't know before..this is part of her greatness as well, you'll never get bored while reading Jane Austen..no matter how many times you read even ONE of her works, it's still charming.

[manolia]

"Three men in a boat" Jerome K Jerome
"A portrait of the artist as a young man" James Joyce

[blazeofglory]

What was the last book you bought?

I got two today, one that I'm especially proud of.

The Life and Opinions of
Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Lawrence Sterne

and

Don Quixote, by Miguel Cervantes

The last book I bought was of Kiran Dersai's the inheritance of loss, the booker prize winner writer. I like the book immensely.

If you have read the book, please share what you like of it.

[aabbcc]

A book of poems by Francis Ponge (bilingual edition, French original with translation). Andrić's A Bridge Over Drina, which I own already, but the price was so ridiculously low that I had to buy another copy. A book by some psychiatrist on variety of topics.

All three bought today, on used books fair.

[metal134]

Underworld by Don DeLillo

[thelastmelon]

Gentlemen And Players - Joanne Harris