neh
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
"I live in two worlds; one is a world of books"
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Post by neh on Oct 9, 2006 0:17:13 GMT -5
I hope work's not too bad LG, my friend. You deserve a Beauty and the Beast-esque library - wall-to-wall of books galore, complete with ladders to swing from genre to sub-genre!
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Post by Dominique on Oct 9, 2006 1:24:58 GMT -5
I went on a bit of a second hand book shopping spree today. I got: Light in August by William Faulkner Tender is the Night by F.Scott Fitzgerald A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch Innocent Erendira by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Bina
First novel published
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Post by Bina on Oct 9, 2006 5:58:50 GMT -5
Great selection ;D
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neh
Collection of short stories published by an independent editor
"I live in two worlds; one is a world of books"
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Post by neh on Oct 9, 2006 6:57:08 GMT -5
Those first two titles are lovely; i'm a sucker for beautiful titles! and pretty/artistic covers... i guess you could say in that sense i'm quite the superficial book-buyer!
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Post by Dominique on Oct 9, 2006 7:42:46 GMT -5
Thanks I remember a couple of people recommended Tender is the Night in the Great Gadsby thread, that's why I picked up that one. It sounds interesting!
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Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Oct 9, 2006 16:42:51 GMT -5
I've decided that for every week I make it through at work I'll stop at the bookstore on my way home on Friday night and treat myself to a book. I bought The Historian las Friday based on a friend's recommendation. I'm only a few chapters into it though because I was reading Avalon by Anya Seton in the meantime.
I really liked The Historian. It was sorta odd though because I hadn't read Dracula and had had no idea what the rules were that applied to vampires, but it turned out to be easy to understand even with no background knowledge. And right after I read that book, I read Dracula and it was just a vampire party.
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lostgirl
First short story featured in regional newspaper
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Post by lostgirl on Oct 9, 2006 20:44:18 GMT -5
^I'm enjoying the Historian a lot so far. I read Dracula but I don't usually read a lot of vampire related stuff. But people had been recommending this to me for so long I figured I'd better see what the big deal was!
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Bina
First novel published
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Post by Bina on Oct 12, 2006 13:23:19 GMT -5
Today I bought: -cat and mouse by Gunter Grass -short stories by Vladimir Nabokov -she´s come undone by Wally Lamb
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Post by bookaddict on Oct 12, 2006 13:51:02 GMT -5
She's come undone was great!
Today I bought: Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood The Newsboy's Lodging House by Jon Boorstin (historical novel...great for my Modernist New York History Course) Adultery Richard B Wright Clara Callan Richard B Wright Final Things Richard B Wright
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phishhead42
First piece published in the school’s newspaper
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Post by phishhead42 on Oct 12, 2006 14:31:19 GMT -5
Jules Verne - Journey to the center of the earth Arthur miller- The crucible Arthur miller- Death of a Salesman
haven't been able to start reading any of these yet. Reading the last half of a Tree grows in Brooklynn by Betty Smith currently.
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Isa
Administrator
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Post by Isa on Oct 12, 2006 20:30:45 GMT -5
The Crucible is one of my favorite plays! Makes for a great Halloween read too!
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Post by Dominique on Oct 12, 2006 21:16:32 GMT -5
She's come undone was great! Today I bought: Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood I found the Edible Woman a bit slow in the middle, but it's still quite good. Interesting feminist stuff in it.
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Post by bookaddict on Oct 12, 2006 22:02:37 GMT -5
I'm not a big fan of Atwood...so I thought I'd try another one just to see. I took a Margaret Atwood class...and the prof was horrible. So i'm trying to give her another chance.
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lostgirl
First short story featured in regional newspaper
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Post by lostgirl on Oct 12, 2006 23:16:13 GMT -5
It is really great, and I just found out that it's out in paperback, so I may just go buy it and read it again or something
Yeah, I took another couple books from the advanced reading copy shelf at work: Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier (looks really fantasy like, but that's okay every now and then for me) and The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies (WWII german POW camp set in Wales with a romance popping up...sounds like Summer of My German Soldier almost) I love Juliet Marillier. Have you read anything else by her?
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