Last Book You Bought and Why

[Dori]

Dori let me know if you enjoy An Incomplete Education, I've been thinking of picking it up.

I do! My friend owns a copy, but because I liked it so much I decided to buy it myself.

[Alexei]

Alexei, Thanks for you mini-review; I have wanted to know if the film was any good. I am dying to see it; in fact, I really want to buy it, to add to my KB collection - I am an avid fan of KB's and of Shakespeare, so you can imagine my film collection, by now. Ok, so I went and bought the soundtrack and I have been listening to it ever since - it is grand and so lovely - I love Patrick Doyle's soundtracks and own all the ones from KB films and others as well. Immediately, after hearing the music, I knew I must also love the film; and what I have read about it from reviews makes it sound totally delightful and beautiful.

I think you will like it very much, it's such a lovely interpretation. And the music was great, I will try to find it. I hadn't thought of buying the soundtrack before, it's a great idea

How lovely - a whole book fair...and what fun! You must have had a time choosing just 'a small pile'... That Shakespeare book sounds terrific...it seems like something I would fully appreciate being an artist. I must look into it.

I love going there and I am always impatient in December. But with so much books at one place it's hard to decide what to buy. Well, I am not complaining of course

I like your dancing bananas very much, A !

There are some especially for you, Janine

[thelastmelon]

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz

[Janine]

Some books I bought recently:

King Lear - Shakespeare (Penguin Paperback)
Macbeth - Shakespeare (B&N Paperback)

*These first two were for school. Complete collections of Shakespeare are awesome to have, but not when you have to lug a dictionary size book to class every day along with three other textbooks and a notebook!)

How true about heavy books! I even have a few here that are hard to hold up in bed when reading, like my old Shakespeare collected works edition...my poor arms get tired out...anyone have a solution? I did pick up some Shakespeare in paperback - individual plays because they are so much more portable, so I know what you mean, Grace. I picked up these two large textbooks at my library with hardly any wear to them - they are over 2000 pages long and no wonder someone got rid of them but they do contain great stuff. I had to have pity for any student trying to carry these books to class - one would get a herniated disk in their back.

Then I bought:

The Rainbow - D.H. Lawrence
Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence

*These were to help complete my collection of major works of D.H. Lawrence, seeing how we're all so fond of reading them recently!

Grace,...and two very good choices. Start with "Sons and Lovers" of course, and work up to "The Rainbow" - which is Virgil's favorite. "Women in Love" is still my favorite. However I recently bought a new copy of "The Rainbow" and plan on re-reading it sometime next year. It has been years since I read it, so I feel it is important to refresh my memory of it since, we all have been into reading Lawrence recently and also I can debate it with Virgil - ,I want to compare the two books - WIL and TTR.
Hang in there, Grace, eventually we will get to "Lady Chatterly's Lover"!

I think you will like it very much, it's such a lovely interpretation. And the music was great, I will try to find it. I hadn't thought of buying the soundtrack before, it's a great idea

I love going there and I am always impatient in December. But with so much books at one place it's hard to decide what to buy. Well, I am not complaining of course

Alexei, Oh, now I can't wait to see the film and to own it. I looked last night on Amazon but could not decide on a seller; I will look again tonight. I don't know, if I will get a better price, after the holidays or before. There are a lot listed and available, but not too cheap yet. It seems so many people like it, that it might actually go up in price, so maybe I should order it now. You will love the soundtrack. It is so beautiful, with the touches of Japanese melodies intermingled...it is very atmospheric and lovely - one of Doyle's best, I think. Do you own any of his other soundtracks? I collect them and have enjoyed all that I have, over and over again. I am adicted to the "Hamlet" and the "Henry V" ones! I love dramatic scores, so these really appeal to me.


I went to one booksale (outside) in the fall, in a small town near me, but it seemed that they had tons and tons of Nora Roberts and other 'Best Seller' writers who I just hate, and so I felt a bit ill, after awhile. I was able to come up with a few winners though, like a nice edition of "Frankenstein";I forget what else, now. I like routing for things, so it was kind of fun, anyway.
A, I bet that one you go to is amazing! I can imagine how I would feel and would not be able to decide what to buy either. I would go broke at that sale!

There are some especially for you, Janine

Thanks so much for the line of dancing bananas! They are so cute, aren't they? and somehow one feels so happy when you see them dancing their little hearts away!

[Idril]

Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev
The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope (I had declared that I wasn't going to read anymore Trollope for awhile but I guess I lied. )
Gunner's Daughter by Sigrid Undset
When Neitzsche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom
Generations of Winter by Vassily Aksyonov

[Dark Muse]

I just went to one of my faveorite book sales and picked up

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allen Poe
The Curst of the Blue Tattoo by L.A. Meyer

[*Classic*Charm*]

I just bought The Master and Magarita. Christmas is coming so I hope there will be a few new ones then too!

[Alexei]

Yesterday I made a trip to the book store, I wanted to buy a few Christmas presents and, of course, I ended up buying in addition something for me

"Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo" by Mary Douglas. It was recommended by one of my teachers for my culture studies, so I buy it. It seems interesting
"The Kreutzer Sonata" by Margriet De Moor. I've wanted to buy since I first saw it in September, but I wasn't able to find it till now.

[Hira]

I just bought 'Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man', Moby Dick and this book containing three short stories of Franz Kafka. I know they are going to lie around, unread, till I finish the ones I haven't already, but couldn't resist.

By the way, Alexei, just out of curiosity, how can you read six books together? Thats phenomenal! I can at the most manage two, lol.

[Alexei]

By the way, Alexei, just out of curiosity, how can you read six books together? Thats phenomenal! I can at the most manage two, lol.

It's a question of habit, I am just used to it. I am very easily distracted and I usually read one or few chapters of one book per day and that means I can do this quite a lot of books. it's very useful when I don't like the book I am read but still I want to or have to finish it

[andave_ya]

Robin Hood by Henry Gilbert
Common Sense by Thomas Paine

[Nossa]

Monsieur Ibrahim et Les Fleurs du Quran by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (An Arabic translation)

[Alexei]

Monsieur Ibrahim et Les Fleurs du Quran by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (An Arabic translation)

I bought this book two years ago, but I never get around to finishing it, it was on French and it was a little hard for me, but I like it and I got to the middle of it. Yet I am not sure whether I should try rereading it, I will be glad if you tell me what you think when you finish it

[Beijing-Doll]

Chuck Palahniuk - Lullaby

[Alexei]

"The Four Loves" by C. S. Lewis. It is necessary reading for my philosophy classes. It is additional to our discussion of Plato's "Symposium".