Isa
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Post by Isa on Jan 5, 2010 10:46:51 GMT -5
Just making up some new threads for those that were getting a bit long.
So which book(s) did you recently buy?
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lindsay
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"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us." - Franz Kafka
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Post by lindsay on Jan 5, 2010 19:49:27 GMT -5
I just bought The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe for a class I'm taking.
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annak
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Post by annak on Jan 5, 2010 22:07:28 GMT -5
A biography of Pope John Paul II for $1.50! The library has some sweet deals
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Post by Hanna on Jan 7, 2010 11:21:19 GMT -5
A biography of Pope John Paul II for $1.50! The library has some sweet deals My library too! I got The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich for about the same
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Post by whitegold on Jan 7, 2010 21:35:45 GMT -5
I bought Peony in Love by Lisa See
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mv
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Post by mv on Jan 13, 2010 1:16:05 GMT -5
Airhead: Being Nikki by Meg Cabot
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sylviaplath
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Post by sylviaplath on Jan 14, 2010 22:32:55 GMT -5
I just received from Amazon: Reborn: Journals and Notebooks of Susan Sontag A Room of One's Own (Annotated) by Virginia Woolf The Group by Mary McCarthy
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Post by belle on Jan 15, 2010 2:11:04 GMT -5
The Little Locksmith by Katharine Butler Hathaway
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Post by whitegold on Jan 22, 2010 23:20:43 GMT -5
Today my mom bought me Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom!
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unnormahl
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Post by unnormahl on Jan 23, 2010 6:02:38 GMT -5
I still had a gift card from Christmas so I bought The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers, Girl with Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace and The Tokyo Diaries by David Schumann (all in German, though).
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Jan 23, 2010 8:30:52 GMT -5
I still had a gift card from Christmas so I bought The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers, Girl with Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace and The Tokyo Diaries by David Schumann (all in German, though). I saw The City of Dreaming Books at library and it looks good, I've added it to my tbr list.
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Post by belle on Jan 23, 2010 9:44:11 GMT -5
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Post by whitegold on Jan 25, 2010 22:26:29 GMT -5
Today i picked up the Cyanide and Happiness book to mail off to a friend. Now i must go back to pick up a copy for myself! haha I looove C&H!
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Post by whitegold on Jan 27, 2010 19:46:14 GMT -5
Today I picked up a copy of Cyanide and Happiness for myself! haha also: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson and Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje
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Post by Carma on Jan 30, 2010 8:26:15 GMT -5
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick. The story sounded interesting, not sure if it is any good though.
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