I just bought Armageddon In Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut because he is awesome. And I was waiting in the airport for my cousin's plane to get in.
I just bought Armageddon In Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut because he is awesome. And I was waiting in the airport for my cousin's plane to get in.
Last Book Purchased: Collected Stories by Franz Kafka (HB ISBN 0-679-42303-6)
Why? I like Kafka so much I decided to "upgrade" my PB to HB; mostly it was an impulse purchase since I almost always buy used HBs from Amazon.
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What's next on my list? Amerika: The Missing Person: A New Translation, Based on the Restored Text Also by - who else? - Kafka. Altho I might wait awhile to get a better deal on the HB than Amazon has now, and they have a decent deal now...but I try to avoid buying new books at all costs, to save costs!
I just finished The Hunchback of Notre Dame. My mind needs a rest. I bought The Associate by John Grisham and The Choice by Nicholas Sparks. For fun.
The Way of Chuang Tzu - Thomas Merton translation
I read it for class and loved it. I bought a copy just to keep in my bag and read whenever I have a few extra minutes.
The last book I bought was Spud - Learning to Fly by John van de Ruit. It's the third one in the series and I LOVED the previous ones, so I couldn't say no to this one.
I'm waiting for my next order to arrive (tomorrow) and that will include:
The Hobbit, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Asterix the Gaul...
I'm going through a kiddies' fiction phase and buying all my old favourites from waaaay back
Even though I'm not for book-snobbery I will refrain from mentioning some others I have in mind
Memoirs of Margaret Thatcher -- The Downing Street Years.
Why? It was on sale at the thrift shop for $1
The Pearl by John Steinbeck. I enjoyed reading Steinbeck when I was younger, but I don't own any of his books for some reason. I thought I did. I thought I should try reading him as an adult to see what I think of them now. And I still love the stories!
Originally Posted by Chava
I've done that before. Don't you hate when that happens?
Is that the book that got him that big price on his head?
The New Oxford Book of English Verse, because it was on sale!
docendo discimus
Today I bought "Ballad of the Sad Young Men and Other Verses" by Fran Landesman. I heard someone compare her to Dorothy Parker and I really love her writings. Anyone read her? I suppose I should ask in the poetry section...
A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.
-- Winnie the Pooh
Two books: 'The Holy Terrors' by Jean Cocteau and 'Guignol's Band' by Louis-Ferdinand Celine. Why? Because I'm curious about Cocteau and Celine is my favorite writer. Plus I got a $25 Borders gift-card, that helped.
Loamhedge by Brian Jacques (my 15th book from the Redwall series). Why? Simply because I adore his works although the plots are pretty similar and I plan to collect his works.
Vanitas vanitatum, dixit Ecclesiastes, vanitas vanitatum, et omnia vanitas.
Yo sé quién soy, y sé que puedo ser no sólo los que he dicho. - Don Quixote
Yesterday I went to a 2nd hand book shop I've heard about recently, and there wasn't as much as I expected. Half of the shop is filled with Mills & Boons. But I bought:
Where Angels Fear to Tread - E.M. Forster
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
As You Like It - William Shakespeare...another one...
Dune - Frank Herbert...I've wanted my own copy for a while now, and I got it for really cheap!
Yesterday I bought "Heart of Darkness"-Joseph Conrad and "My Bondage and My Freedom"- Fredrick Douglass. My friend and I were at B&N and they were having a buy 2 get one free sale on the classics. I've been meaning to read those two books anyway so I bought those and for the free one she picked out a D.H. Lawrence book.
And then I bought a G.I. Joe step into reading book for my 6yr old and "Harry the Dirty Dog" for my baby
Well, what a good mommy you are! I love it when people buy their kids books and take them to the library!
Star, good for you and finding a good sale. I wonder if B&N here is having the same sale. I will check their online site. I think I bought "Heart of Darkness" awhile ago, with an order from Dover. We should read it the same time and comment on it. I don't think it's very long. Which D.H.Lawrence book did you get free? I am a big fan of the author, although I don't subscribe to all his ideas. He's still was emensely talented and wrote beautifully, poetically. I have read all his novels, so let me know.
I went to my library after a long absense these past few weeks. Mostly I got movies and CD's but I also happened to check their sale shelf and found out they had just added many books recently. The two visits combined I picked up these:
Dubliners ~ James Joyce (SB)
The Last of the Mohicans ~ James Fenimor Cooper (HB)
The Last of the Mohicans ~ James Fenimor Cooper (SB copy)
Sea Wolf ~ Jack London (HB)
Burning Bright ~ Tracy Chevalier (SB)
Merchant of Venice ~ Shakespeare (SB)
The Keys of the Kingdom ~ A.J.Cronin (SB)
Leaves of Grass ~ Walt Whitman (HB)
Hardbounds were 50 cents and softbounds were 25 cents. I would say I got a bargain! All are in new condition. If I added right, this all cost me $3.50. I guess I will keep my eyes open when I go back to my library; which will be soon to return the DVD's. Now I just have to get reading!
Turquoise Sunset, good for you, too. I love used book stores. I like the list of books you got. I read "A Prayer for Owen Meany" - we discussed it on here a few years back. I would love to read that particular Forster novel. I love his work. I have read 3 I believe: "A Room with a View", "Howard's End", and "Passage to India". Likewise I own all three film adaptations which are marvelous.
You can hardly go wrong with Shakespeare's "As You Like It". I love all Shakespeare. "Dune", I have not read but it sounds good if its anything like the movie. I saw that years ago and thought it was interesting.
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Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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