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Post by Dominique on Feb 27, 2009 21:12:42 GMT -5
None, I rediscovered the library this month
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Isa
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Post by Isa on Feb 27, 2009 21:20:06 GMT -5
lol, same here!
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sylviaplath
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Post by sylviaplath on Feb 27, 2009 22:37:39 GMT -5
I found a fabulous used bookstore this month, so I bought more than usual:
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood Living with the Savages and Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson The Second Sex by Simone De Beauviour Sula by Toni Morrison Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
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Bad Kitty
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Post by Bad Kitty on Feb 27, 2009 23:29:50 GMT -5
February book purchases:
"Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" by Barack Obama "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" by Barack Obama "Gilead" by Marilynne Robinson "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" by JK Rowling "Housekeeping Vs. the Dirt" by Nick Hornby "Shakespeare Wrote for Money" by Nick Hornby "Dawn of the Dumb: Dispatches from the Idiotic Frontline" by Charlie Brooker "The Eden Express: A Memoir of Schizophrenia" by Mark Vonnegut "Hello Kitty: The Remarkable Story of Sanrio and the Billion Dollar Feline Phenomenon" by Ken Belson & Brian Bremner "Nervous System: The Story of a Novelist Who Lost His Mind" by Jan Lars Jensen "Crooked Little Vein" by Warren Ellis "Sign Language Link: A Pocket Dictionary of Signs" by Cath Smith & David Hodgson "Female Chauvinist Pigs: Woman and the Rise of Raunch Culture" by Ariel Levy "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman "Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania" by Andy Behrman "Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years" by Sue Townsend "The Jane Austen Book Club" by Karen Joy Fowler "The Death of Vishnu" by Manil Suri "Dance Dance Dance" by Haruki Murakami
Less than last month! I managed to read just three of them (two of them being childrens books.)
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Feb 28, 2009 10:40:53 GMT -5
Without counting the two books I bought as birthday presents for two friends, I purchased only Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. Actually, I ordered some books online but they haven't arrived yet, so they'll count as March purchases.
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Mar 1, 2009 12:44:41 GMT -5
February The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Lawyer Boy by Rick Lax The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2009 14:24:34 GMT -5
I bought today: 'Of mice and men' by John Steinbeck (in english) ' Let the northern lights erase your name' by Vendela Vida (in english) ' Q and A' by Vikas Swarup (the movie 'Slumdog millionaire' is based on this book)
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sagedautumn
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Post by sagedautumn on Mar 15, 2009 19:01:25 GMT -5
Nothing!
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Mar 31, 2009 9:55:01 GMT -5
March
* A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson * The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger * The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse * Bridget Jones' Diary by Helen Fielding * Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Not bad, but Ben got a ton.
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Bad Kitty
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Post by Bad Kitty on Mar 31, 2009 15:12:33 GMT -5
March book purchases:
"What Is The What" by Dave Eggers "Stranger In A Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein "Notes from Underground & The Gambler" by Fyodor Dostoevsky "I Capture The Castle" by Dodie Smith "Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader" by Anne Fadiman "Possible Side Effects" by Augusten Burroughs "Poppy Shakespeare" by Clare Allan "Atonement" by Ian McEwan "Novel With Cocaine" by M. Ageyev "Bachelor Girl: 100 Years of Breaking the Rules" by Betsy Israel "One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn "The Sorrows of Satan" by Marie Corelli "Running With Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer "New Moon" by Stephanie Meyer "Eclipse" by Stephanie Meyer "Growing Up With Chico" by Maxine Marx "The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky: Unexpurgated Edition" "Peaceful Piggy Meditation" by Kerry Lee MacLean
(updated April 1st. A book I ordered 2 weeks ago finally showed up today. Still counts as a March book purchase, imo.)
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Mar 31, 2009 16:40:53 GMT -5
March:- Bleak House by Charles Dickens
- The Witches by Roald Dahl
- The History Boys by Alan Bennett
- An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
- Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sanditon by Jane Austen
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Post by Dominique on Mar 31, 2009 22:38:33 GMT -5
March: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. Hokkaido Highway Blues by Will Ferguson.
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bookishgirl
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Post by bookishgirl on Apr 26, 2009 8:37:20 GMT -5
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks Romeo and Juliet What Happens Next by Susan Colasanti The Awakening by Kate Chopin The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger The Other Boleyn Girl by Philipa Gregory
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Post by Dominique on Apr 30, 2009 4:56:33 GMT -5
The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littel. The Map of Love by Adhaf Soueif.
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Post by Hanna on Apr 30, 2009 6:44:43 GMT -5
Not one! I'm so proud:)
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