Oh, I love used book stores - sound like you got lucky and made a killing - twenty bucks for all those - wowy. Those are all good novels to find. I simply adored the Hardy book "Return of the Native". I love all of Hardy's work especially. In fact my first Hardy book I found at a local yardsale - I had not even heard of the author and that reading really launched me on a quest to read most or all of his work.Originally Posted by Dr. Hill
Welcome to the forum, Dr. Hill!
"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Road by Cormac McCarthy and Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk.
Why? Because I read McCarthy's book Outer Dark and thought The Road looked interesting, as I do like apocalyptic stories. Chuck Palahniuk seems like a fun author and I wanted to start with something that wasn't his most well-known work (Fight Club) so I decided on Invisible Monsters, especially after I saw that the publishers initially rejected it for being too disturbing or something like that.
"The Structure of Evolutionary Theory" by Stephen Jay Gould.
I did not get much this time becasue I could not find the books I was looking for, but I picked up a couple of things
Women In Love and The Complete Short Stories of D.H. Lawrence Volume 3
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Alright - Dark Muse! Good for you.I thought you read and discussed with us "Women in Love". If not you can look up the discussion we had a year or so ago. It was excellent. Enjoy the book.
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
No I have not. I know it feels like I have been here forever. Haha!
But I have only read The Rainbow and Sons and Lovers as far as novels go.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe
Yeah, really it does to me; that is because you stay up late like I do.
Well, now you have the three most noted ones. I love "Women in Love" - it probably is my favorite of all of Lawrence's novels. The discussion went quite well here; in fact, manolia wants to us to discuss "The Rainbow" sometime next year. We had thought of doing it this year but already the year is at an end. Virgil agreed that late winter/early spring would be a good prediction. I hope you can join in the discussion group at that time. It is great book.
Dark Muse, you would laugh if you saw my 3 editions of the short stories - two are completely fallen appart. In fact, it got to the point where I simply took them appart; that way I could read each story, without being bothered with the whole book in pieces. I wish Cambridge would come out with one edition containing all the short stories, of which there are 3 editions currently. You were lucky to find the 3rd. Those are not easy to come across. I bought mine off Amazon and as I say, two are now in pieces.
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Philip Pullman's "The Amber Spyglass" and "Crystal Legends" (I forgot the name of the author, but the book's a compilation of stories related to crystals.)
La France contemporaine - I forget the author
Daniel Deronda - George Eliot
Pudd'nhead Wilson - Twain
Huckleberry Finn - Twain
A Connecticut Yankee - Twain
All for classes.
Everyman - Philip Roth
It was only $6!
Today i purchased:
Jude The Obscure - Thomas Hardy: because of all the recommendations on here (the lady at the bookshop said "It's good to see someone reading Hardy")
All Quiet On The Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque: because i wanted a book on WW1.
and two lovely hardbacks of The Trial - Franz Kafka and The Portrait Of A Lady - Henry James.
For a total of 30NZD(15USD).
I love that book! The movie was pretty good, but there is so much more to the story with the book, of course. It is excellent.
I just bought Joyce's "Ulysses". The Modern Library edition with the interesting dust jacket photo of Joyce with an eyepatch. He saw the human condition truer with 1 eye and glaucoma then most. The minutiae, the ego, the absurdity of existance. I'm hoping a good long read over these winter months, and help understanding the complexity of the text from new friends here, will quell my anxiety and make me feel good about the accomplishment.
Leviathan by Paul Auster
because I need my fix!
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You know, I never did read this book, but I loved the movie; I saw it not long ago, since my library owns it. Amazing film. I do understand that there has to be so much more in the book though; there always is. Maybe I should put that one on my reading list.
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Did you see the 1930 film? There is one from '79 that stars Richard Thomas, too. I searched and searched for this book, but I could never find it anywhere until I got a job at B&N. I was thrilled to find it there (and The Lost Weekend - have you read that book or seen the film?). After I finished AQOTWF I was very depressed and I remembered thinking "Why did I just read this?". There is something about this novel, for me, that brings me so down, but I love it at the same time. The point of view through the eyes of the narrator is so realistic and, at times, quite haunting. That is how I felt about this. I loved it. I think it is worth a read. Definitely.
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