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[Darren]

Aragorn's wrote: "I'm slowly building my library of all-time favorites..."

me too! and Fahreheit 451 is one I got a while back:

[Darren]

Katy wrote: "Darren wrote: "omnibus edition of Evangeline Walton's Mabinogion Tetralogy

glad to have finally bagged this at a reasonable price"

That's one I really hope to get to read in 2022."

I really liked Book Two The Children of Llyr and so am keen to read the other three

have you got copy(ies) of this Katy? it can be a bit tricky to get hold of...

[Katy, Old School Classics]

Darren wrote: "...have you got copy(ies) of this Katy? it can be a bit tricky to get hold of..."

I have this omnibus edition:

The print is tiny, but hoping it will be a readable edition anyway.

[Darren]

Katy wrote: "Darren wrote: "...have you got copy(ies) of this Katy? it can be a bit tricky to get hold of..."

I have this omnibus edition:

The print is tiny, but ..."

excellent!
I'm intending to read at least Book One Prince of Annwn in 2022, so maybe we can compare notes...

[Dave]

Nicolas Nickleby, Les Miserables, The Illiad, The Aeneid, The Golden Notebook, Beyond Good and Evil, The Custom of the Country, The Master and Margarita, and Dead Souls. All audio books, most already on the group bookshelf.

[Katy, Old School Classics]

Darren wrote: "I'm intending to read at least Book One Prince of Annwn in 2022, so maybe we can compare notes...."

And that might be what I get read - Definitely compare notes.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

I totally forgot about this thread! I have been driving my iPad insane with all of the books I've bought this year! I have bought some paper books but I've gotten so used to reading ebooks most of my purchases have been ebooks. I've gone crazy on the true crime front, and I've started the purchasing of the books on my LISTS that I can't find at my libraries. This year I finally exceeded in reading more books than what I own.

[Darren]

Dream Of The Wolf by Scott Bradfield
spotted a hardback going cheap on eBay...
just arrived...
First Edition! (with deckled edge!)
:oD

[Janice]

I stopped at the most wonderful Little Free Library in my town yesterday and picked up: Christmas at Rosie Hopkins’ Sweetshop by Jenny Colgan, It's Not the End of the World by Judy Blume, Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume, Iggie's House by Judy Blume. These books all look new and I have never read any of them. :)

[CindySR]

Today at Savers I found Villette and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Both were $2. My year of classics is haping up nicely!

[Wreade1872]

My copy of the The Gormenghast Trilogy arrived. Not sure when i'll get to a reread but it was 33% off so :) .
Really wasn't expecting it this early, i think i only ordered it day before yesterday but i finally found a decent online bookshop thats in my own country, and i'm in ireland so there isn't too far to go in any direction ;) .

Also picked up a random book from a store during a closing down sale purely on the cover and the fact the pages are red-sided.
The Martian Girl: A London Mystery no idea if its any good but it was cheap hardback so :P .

[Peter]

Stopped by my local Half Price Books today to pick up some gift cards and found a Folio Society edition of Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady, both volumes, still in the slipcase, for only thirty bucks! It's like a Christmas miracle…

[Darren]

difficult to get hold of in Blighty, so sourced from USA, recently alighting from its journey across the Pond, and completing my buying up of Alfredo Véa's back-catalogue:
The Silver Cloud Cafe
happily in "best-looking-cover" edition :oD

[Darren]

Ballard's The Drowned World in 1981 "Dragon's Dream" edition
large format hardback with copious/lush illustrations by Dick French:

[Gavin]

Chapterhouse: Dune and Gwendy's Button Box should be arriving soon.

[Tara]

Just got 2 books I ordered from the Mysterious Bookshop:

Hildegarde Withers: Final Riddles? by Stuart Palmer

The Blue Door: Stories of Murder, Mystery, and Detection by Vincent Starrett

[Janelle]

Darren wrote: "Ballard's The Drowned World in 1981 "Dragon's Dream" edition
large format hardback with copious/lush illustrations by Dick French:



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Wow! That looks wonderful Darren!

[Lynnie]

The Golden Couple - Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
Vladimir- Julia May Jonas
Bringing Down the Duke - Evie Dunmore

I’m all over the place… lol

[Luke]

I bought this a while back, but while putting up my library at my new place, I discovered that the previous owner of my copy of Twenty Letters to a Friend by Svetlana Alliluyeva, Stalin's only daughter, kept clip-outs of a newpaper review of another of her books from 1969 in it. Pretty good bonus material for the fifty cents I paid for the book.

[Kathleen]

Aubrey wrote: "I bought this a while back, but while putting up my library at my new place, I discovered that the previous owner of my copy of Twenty Letters to a Friend by [author:Svetlana Alliluy..."

Wow! Fantastic, Aubrey. This makes me want to hide a little something inside the books I give away to the library ...

[Darren]

Visitants by Randolph Stow
bagged a nice vintage 1981 copy:

[Janice]

Some more great finds at a Bibles for Missions consignment shop in my town. :)
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott

Birdie by Tracey Lindberg

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin

Winter of the World by Ken Follett

[Tara]

A new used bookstore opened up around the corner from me, and of course I just had to get something during my inaugural visit. I haven't read this author before, but I fell in love with the cover:

[Gavin]

Got these a whileago:

The Outsiders
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
The Poisonwood Bible
Family Happiness and Other Stories
Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus

[Wreade1872]

Finally got a copy of The Certain Hour by James Branch Cabell.
Ordered one over a year ago but it was from england and the seller couldn't work out brexit so it ended up going around the world and back to the shop.

This one i got from south africa. Although the sellers description of the dustcover being 'a little shelf rubbed' seems like it was a bit generous to say the least.

Still its from 1931 so i'll take it having any cover.


I now own 5 Cabell books, none of which i've ever read :lol , i read them as ebooks originally, looking forward to the reread :D .

[Kathleen]

Wreade1872 wrote: "Finally got a copy of The Certain Hour by James Branch Cabell.
Ordered one over a year ago but it was from england and the seller couldn't work out brexit so it ended up going aroun..."

This really intrigued me, Wreade, and I found one Cabell in my library system I may try. Had never heard of him before--thanks!

[Kevin]

I got Klara and the Sun last week. Not a classic...yet.

[Wreade1872]

Kathleen wrote: "This really intrigued me, Wreade, and I found one Cabell in my library system I may try. Had never heard of him..."

Hope you like it! i love his writing style. Making my way through all 19 or so of his Biography of Manuel novels, still 6 left before i can reread :P .

In fact i like him so much i'm also working on a little project over on LibraryThing, https://www.librarything.com/topic/34... :) .

[Kathleen]

Wreade1872 wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "This really intrigued me, Wreade, and I found one Cabell in my library system I may try. Had never heard of him..."

Hope you like it! i love his writing style. Making my way throu..."

Wow, what a project! Have to say--it looks crazy-fun though.

[Wreade1872]

OMG! i just found something i've been looking for for ages. A complete english translation of Orlando Furioso WITH the complete set of Doré illustrations!

I actually tried to add those drawings to the early Harrington translation but i never managed to finish the project. Too much work.

And this ones free! at PoetryinTranslation.com.
Of course its not a hardcopy, but i can read it on my ereader... i can technically buy a copy too but i'd need to have it shipped from america and stuff.

However it does come in pdf/doc... and i'm actually considering maybe, possibly (this is a terrible idea) perhaps trying to homeprint the entire thing... :) .

That would be quite a lot of effort and i'd have to learn bookbinding etc. on the fly but i might try it :D .

EDIT: :lol the ebook alone of this thing is 192mb, my ereader is only 210mb .Even if i got it on there i think my old sony-505 would explode if i tried to open the file :P .
Luckily calibre has tools for such occasions, 5 mins with the splitter and i have a bunch of sections each about 3 cantos long and around 10-14mb.
Readers still a little slow to open some pages but it at least it works.
I can fall back to the ereader if my tentative plans for a hardcopy fail.

[Darren]

one of my pricier purchases (but still a bargain!)
a 1972 GB first edition of Patience & Sarah:

[Wreade1872]

Titus Awakes by Maeve Gilmore just arrived, not the biggest fan, but i do think it makes a solid denouement to the trilogy/tetralogy.

[Luffy Sempai]

The Gormenghast series are enjoyed by a select few. I'm not one of them though. Never made it past the first book's first page.

[Tara]

I've done a bunch of small book purchases over a wide range of book stores over the past few weeks:

4 Christie paperbacks:
Endless Night
Murder with Mirrors
The Pale Horse
Poirot Investigates

A few classics, Heritage Press editions in a slipcase:
David Copperfield
The Mayor of Casterbridge


Some bibliomysteries:
Crime and Mr. Campion
Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn
The Bookman's Tale: A Novel of Obsession

Some books from a "speakeasy" bookstore inside a bodega:
The Gentle Hangman (Dell Mapback version)
Dragons

A few random others:
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
The New Compleat Angler
The Pilgrim's Progress/The Lives of John Donne and George Herbert
The Secret Garden
The Norse Myths
The Illustrated Gospels
The Hog's Back Mystery
The Silmarillion (I already own several illustrated/collectible copies, this is my paperback reading copy)
Robert Morley A Reluctant Autobiography

[Lynn]

Tara wrote: "I've done a bunch of small book purchases over a wide range of book stores over the past few weeks:

4 Christie paperbacks:
Endless Night
Murder with Mirrors
[book:The P..."




That's a nice collection.

[Richard]

Tara wrote: "I've done a bunch of small book purchases over a wide range of book stores over the past few weeks:

4 Christie paperbacks:
Endless Night
Murder with Mirrors
The P..."</i>

Sorry to blow my own trumpet, but I actually wrote this full length parody of or homage to The Mayor of Casterbridge: [book:Pretty Poli: Monsieur Perroquet's Ascent to a High Perch. It's about a parrot which becomes the Mayor of Bristol through the machinations of a depressive provincial merchant banker, and is a satire of Bristolian degeneracy.

[Tara]

Lynn wrote: "Tara wrote: "I've done a bunch of small book purchases over a wide range of book stores over the past few weeks:

4 Christie paperbacks:
Endless Night
[book:Murder with Mirrors|3251044..."

It seems like quite a lot, but I've been depriving myself for months, and I just couldn't go any longer without getting more books! I totally recognize I have a problem here.

[Lynn]

Tara wrote: "Lynn wrote: "Tara wrote: "I've done a bunch of small book purchases over a wide range of book stores over the past few weeks:

4 Christie paperbacks:
Endless Night
[book:Murder with Mi..."



I think that is a problem we all share!! lol

[Janice]

I got some wonderful books at 2 Little Free Libraries in my town and a second-hand store.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe by Tsh Oxenreider

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Fight Night by Miriam Toews

Our Lady Of The Lost And Found: A Novel by Diane Schoemperlen

The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

[Richard]

I'm reading Thérèse Desqueyroux. I'm not a fluent French speaker, and find myself resorting to the translation dictionary more often than I did when reading Camus's La Peste a few weeks ago. It's a fulfilling read though, and thematically speaking reminds me somewhat of Madame Bovary - both male writers describing a trajectory of stifled female ennui leading to transgression.

[Wreade1872]

Just ordered Truth of the Divine the second book by youtuber filmcritic Lindsay Ellis .
Wasn't really planning too get it yet.. but it was 28% off and i probably would have got it eventually.
First book was 5-stars but i am worried a lot of that was due to having no clue what i was getting into.
This is a sequel so, i guess i'll see how it fairs without the element of surprise on its side.

[Kevin]

I just got Kurt Vonnegut novels 1950-1962. Time to re-read them.

[Terry]

I just got a copy of Whose Names Are Unknown by Sanora Babb.

[Wreade1872]

My copy of the sequel to Lindsay Ellis’ debut novel arrived . Brought some books to the secondhand store and picked up a copy of the complete novels of Flann O’Brien . Mine doesn’t have a dust jacket, which is good, saves me the moral dilemma of deciding whether to toss it or not :P .

Also ordered a hardcopy of the free new verse translation of Orlando Furioso by PoetryinTranslation.com.
Completely free pdf WITH complete Doré illustrations .But i really wanted a hardcopy.
In fact i wanted a hardback but that's not possible. Was going to try and home-print a copy and try to make a hardcover but my printers not working properly anyway. Probably just as well the paperback should be fine.

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And i’m dipping my toes into the murky world of print-on-demand. I have a had a couple of these things as gifts and they’re generally bad, but i especially hate the covers the paperbacks use. However, the one i’ve ordered is a hardback, with leather spine and corners, from india, 21 euros with no delivery charge for a copy of my current read, the book of Cabell’s poetry, From the Hidden Way.
If this thing is even remotely decent i might buy a few more of his hard to get books this way. But we’ll see, right now i’m writing it off as an experiment ;) .

[Wreade1872]

OMG!, my copy of Orlando Furioso arrived a lot quicker than i expected and its... not exactly what i thought, :lol, its a4 size! I mean... i guess its very legible but :lol, not the easiest to read, full a4 size and about 2 inches thick.
This doesn't even completely suit the Doré woodcuts. They're not bad looking at all but you can kind of telll with the full page ones that they were designed for something about 70% of this size at most.
Also the paper has some of that wavynes you can get sometimes, i think its a moisture thing, it might work itself out but its not really noticable when reading anyway, you have more important things to worry about while reading like, how to manuever the monster :D . (hobbit used for comparison)

[Darren]

recently arrived eBay bargain capture:
early 30s Hazell, Watson & Viney edition of Bleak House:

with Phiz illustrations, eg:

[Richard]

Darren wrote: "recently arrived eBay bargain capture:
early 30s Hazell, Watson & Viney edition of Bleak House:

with Phiz illustrations, eg:
"

Superb acquisition of one of the greatest novels of all time.

[Lynn]

Darren wrote: "recently arrived eBay bargain capture:
early 30s Hazell, Watson & Viney edition of Bleak House:

with Phiz illustrations, eg:
"

Lovely!

[Darren]

Bleak House is my fave Dickens (so far!) and I was feeling like a re-read might be coming on
I read it on Kindle the first time, but felt I really needed a nice hunk of dead-tree in hand for the re-read

[Laurie]

Very nice purchase, Darren.