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10/07
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Emma (Hardcover) by Jane Austen bookshelves: classics, currently-reading |
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10/28
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Out (Paperback) by Natsuo Kirino bookshelves: crime-fiction, currently-reading |
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01/29
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You Must Be This Happy to Enter (Punk Planet Books) by Elizabeth Crane bookshelves: currently-reading, fiction, short-stories |
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The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse (Paperback) by Robert Rankin bookshelves: fantasy |
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recommended to Purple by:
3 people in one day
recommended for: Any adults with more than a little active inner-child read in June, 2008 
Purple said:
"Oh, what fun!
A very smart, self aware book, that disguises itself well as a pulp detective novel. Whilst clearly being a book for adults, it's the little bits that are written as if they are for kids that endear the reader most to the style o...more " |
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A Short History of Nearly Everything (Paperback) by Bill Bryson bookshelves: non-fiction |
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Mother dearest.
recommended for: Very few, actually - it's the kind of information I want to keep to myself and wow people with.
Purple said:
"Woohoo! History in a can. It's true that a book like this has been needed since the beginning of time, and now we have it in an exceptionally easy to read tome. The only problem is taking it all in. Clearly this is a book that needs re-reading every ...more
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The Well of Lost Plots (Paperback) by Jasper Fforde bookshelves: fantasy, fiction |
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An architect's mother.
recommended for: Douglas Adams fans, M.C.Escher fans, and people who like their world twisted into a Mobius strip. read in April, 2008
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"A very enjoyable read! Best in the series so far. Jasper opens up his world a lot more, and plays with it extremely well as he clearly hits his stride. Now confident that his readers sit comfortably in the world he's created, he takes us to explore t...more
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Y: The Last Man Vol. 1: Unmanned (Paperback) by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra bookshelves: graphic-novels |
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recommended for: Pretty much anyone I meet.
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"I took a chance on this whilst passing my local comics supplier (I was in a funny mood, and pretty much bought it solely because it has a monkey on the cover) only to find out that it was exactly what I'd been waiting for - an adult comic that combin...more
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Hardcover) by Scott McCloud bookshelves: graphic-novels, non-fiction |
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recommended for: Anyone who's ever enjoyed a comic
Purple said:
"Wow.
An extremely clever deconstruction of the comic book as an art form and serious literary medium, using it's own self as an example. Sort of like shouting about shouting, I suppose. If you're really thinking about reading it, don't go on what ...more " |
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The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback) by J.D. Salinger bookshelves: classics |
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recommended for: Satan, because he always needs more implements of torture.
Purple said:
"There is a book, sitting in my parents bathroom, entitled 'In the Beginning...' It's a great toilet book which consists of the first lines of many of the greatest books ever written. And 'The Catcher in the Rye'. It is, I have to say, a great opening...more
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Purple's favorite quotes
"Build a Man a Fire, and He'll Be Warm for a Day. Set a Man on Fire, and He'll Be Warm for the Rest of His Life."
— Terry Pratchett (Jingo: A Discworld Novel (Mass Market Paperback))
— Terry Pratchett (Jingo: A Discworld Novel (Mass Market Paperback))
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"Mother, who has an absolute belief that it is not the cards that one is dealt in life, it is how one plays them, is, by far, the highest card I was dealt."
— Kay Redfield Jamison (An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness)
— Kay Redfield Jamison (An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness)
"One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honour or observation."
— Sir Walter Scott
— Sir Walter Scott
Purple's groups (recent posts)
On Reading Graphic Novels
— 456 members
— last activity 17 hours, 29 min ago
Let's talk about the wide array of graphic novels and which ones you enjoy reading. Maybe you like reading memoirs in the graphic format like Brookly...more
jasper Fforde and the Thursday Next series
— 37 members
— last activity 17 hours, 57 min ago
To Discuss the Delightful world of Jasper Fforde and the Thursday Next series.
The Toilet Books Collective
— 6 members
— last activity 04/10/2008 04:44AM
The most visited room in the house, so one of my loo books informs me, is the toilet. And where better a place is there for personal development? Okay...more
Christopher Brookmyre (& Jack Parlabane)
— 3 members
— last activity 01/28/2008 03:43AM
A place for fans of Christopher Brookmyre and his unique style of hardboiled tartan-noir to gather and discuss anything from the finer plot points to ...more
Douglas Adams (incorporating The Hitchhiker's Guide)
— 16 members
— last activity 01/22/2008 07:19AM
Pop in your babel fish and come converse about the late, great Douglas Adams. Whether it be the Hitchhiker's guide, Dirk Gently, or the Meaning of Lif...more
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