Last Book You Bought and Why

[jon1jt]

From Where We Stand: Recovering A Sense Of Place, Deborah Tall

[stlukesguild]

My last book purchase consisted of four art books: one on Caspar David Friederich, one on Whistler, one on J.M.W. Turner, and one on Monet. As an artist I can almost honestly tell people I don't read 'em, I just look at the pictures. My last literary purchase was of The Curved Planks, a collection of poetry by Yves Bonnefoy which I discovered was a marvelous book.

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

Perhaps you shouldn't be proud... but rather a bit embarrassed to admit to not having read them already. They are both fabulous novels. I try to read them each again every few years. My next foray with Cervantes should be with Edith Grossman's highly praised new translation. I see it there calling to me from my shelves.

[manolia]

"The Master and Margarita" , Mikhail Bulgakov

[Nossa]

Perhaps you shouldn't be proud... but rather a bit embarrassed to admit to not having read them already. They are both fabulous novels. I try to read them each again every few years. My next foray with Cervantes should be with Edith Grossman's highly praised new translation. I see it there calling to me from my shelves.

I'm impressed that you're called to read Tristram Shandy more than once I'm sorry to say, but it's one of the most boring books I've ever came across..lol

[andave_ya]

Perhaps you shouldn't be proud... but rather a bit embarrassed to admit to not having read them already. They are both fabulous novels. I try to read them each again every few years. My next foray with Cervantes should be with Edith Grossman's highly praised new translation. I see it there calling to me from my shelves.

LOL...no, I'm notoriously strange about my reading. I never found Tristram Shandy before. I tried to read Don Quixote before I was ready and it was mind-boggling for me. I started Shandy but had to put it aside because I've got around eight already-started books to finish, and am saving the Don until I have absolutely nothing else to read.

[Alexei]

"The Master and Margarita" , Mikhail Bulgakov

I love this book! Wonderful choice, Manolia. I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as i did.

[manolia]

I love this book! Wonderful choice, Manolia. I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as i did.

Thanx Alexei I have heard a lot about it. I think i will enjoy it

[bibliophile190]

My last purchases were:

The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James
The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux

And all for only a couple of dollars. I was very proud of myself.

[Alexei]

My last purchases were:

The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James
The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux

And all for only a couple of dollars. I was very proud of myself.

I read "The Phantom of the Opera" few months ago and I really like it. It's an intriguing reading

My newest book is "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera. I have already started reading it and find it wonderful. I think that there is no way to be disappointed.

[vheissu]

My newest book is "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera. I have already started reading it and find it wonderful. I think that there is no way to be disappointed.

I read that a few years ago, it was quite good! If you like Kundera, you should also try The book of laughter and forgetting

[Idril]

I read that a few years ago, it was quite good! If you like Kundera, you should also try The book of laughter and forgetting

And The Joke...and Life Is Elsewhere...and Immortality.

[Alexei]

I read that a few years ago, it was quite good! If you like Kundera, you should also try The book of laughter and forgetting

Cool! I have bought it last month, but I haven't read it yet. I thought to read it after finish my previous reading, but somehow I bought and started with "The Unbearable Lightness of Being".

And The Joke...and Life Is Elsewhere...and Immortality.

Thanks, Idril, I plan to read them tooq especially after you have recommended them

[manolia]

"Barnaby Rudge" Charles Dickens
"Our mutual friend" Charles Dickens
"Northanger Abbey" Jane Austen
"The man in the iron mask" Alexandre Dumas

[ClickForth]

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[papayahed]

I know I said I wasn't going to buy anymore books until I got rid of some books but I couldn't help myself.

The Call of Cthulhu and other Weird Stories - HP Lovecraft
This is your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession - Daniel J Levitin

The first is for the book club and the second because it looked really interesting, the author is a sessions musician turned nueroscientist.