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What Book(s) have you just Bought, Ordered or Taken Delivery Of?
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Mar 17, 2017 01:03AM
Oh you're doing well with your editions, that looks another good one :)
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siriusedward wrote: "Nargus , I loved The Plague and the Warership Down....And Piyangie I am reading The Black Tulip too. It is very different from Three Musketeers.But its not bad."
Oh I'm glad you are reading it too. :) Yes different from the Three Musketeers but absolutely brilliant. I read the e book but want my hard copy for a reread :)
I just got my delivery of
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for myself. Plus
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as birthday gifts for my dad, though I'll most likely borrow them :)
It's been a hectic period. But finally a free weekend is about to begin.A few days ago I received my new copy of Moby Dick with explanatory notes, glossary of nautical terms, maps and illustrations. :o))))
It's "high time to get to sea".
I wish a great weekend to all fellow readers.
Milena wrote: "It's been a hectic period. But finally a free weekend is about to begin.A few days ago I received my new copy of Moby Dick with explanatory notes, glossary of nautical terms, maps and illustratio..."
You too Milena! :)
Just ordered: Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden FruitJust bought on Kindle: The Miseducation of Cameron Post
I don't get time enough to update my kids' bookshelf, with all the books my son is given by all the friends and relatives )and the ones I buy myself, to be honest). Two books in two days: some Little Mole tales and a collection of fairy tales from different countries.
Clooney-free copy of Solaris
finally
(this was the one I was after that mysteriously didn't turn up a while back - so I bided my time and hunted down another one!)
My god, how did you do it! I've been looking everywhere for a clowney-free cover!
it wasn't easy! the next cheapest edition is actually the current brand-new version
which I tried asking for for xmas/birthday but to no avail :'o(so I then started stalking eBay/Amazon on an almost daily basis(!) checking for other editions being listed at bargain price...
...and reminding myself that patience is a virtue!
Hello, I'm new in this community chat. I just two new books, the first one is Women Who Run With The Wolves and the second one is Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. I got it delivery by myself hehe
Mentari wrote: "Hello, I'm new in this community chat. I just two new books, the first one is Women Who Run With The Wolves and the second one is Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. I got it delivery by myself hehe"Welcome Mentari, i've never gotten around to reading any more austen other than Pride and Prejudice but i did like that one.
Women Who Run With the Wolves seems pretty interesting.
I've come across a few stories with the 'Wild Woman' archetype in them. Green Mansions with Rima the birdgirl . There was one in The Secrets of Dr. Taverner and the book all about archetypes Mythago Wood .
aaannd...a remarkably good condition copy of the 1982 edition of Zazie in the Metro
this will be the 1959 book in my 101 Year Challenge, and there are surprisingly few English editions, so pleased to have bagged this one!
I have ordered The Professor, Four Major Plays: A Doll's House / Ghosts / Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder and Crime and Punishment
Piyangie wrote: "I have ordered The Professor, Four Major Plays: A Doll's House / Ghosts / Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder and Crime and Punishment"Piyangie I have read The Professor by Charlotte Brontë and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. I enjoyed them both. Your comments reminded me that I'd like to read more Ibsen. Thanks for the reminder and enjoy your books! :)
A couple of recent purchases: All's Well That Ends Well and King John - I'm getting pretty close to a complete collection of the Folger Library editions though it'll take me quite awhile to find the more obscure ones.
I also found this interesting thing:
Seven Taoist Masters: A Folk Novel of China, which says it's a translation of a 15th/16th century novel. But I just can't figure out what it's a translation of. Nowhere does it actually give the untranslated title and all my attempts at googling lead right back to this translation. Does anyone have an idea?
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I work in a bookstore and I have to wonder how many other local readers are in this group. Yesterday I had to reorder Villette (Old School read for April, and that book doesn't sell often) for the store and today, Moby Dick (2nd Quarter Challenge). And it wasn't me because I already have them :D
I work in a bookstore and I have to wonder how many other local readers are in this group. Yesterday I had to reorder Villette (Old School read for April, and that book doesn't sell often) for the store and today, Moby Dick (2nd Quarter Challenge). And it wasn't me because I already have them :D
Interesting! I know that sometimes a book makes the rounds of several similarly themed groups at once, but I haven't noticed any other groups getting ready to read Villette or Moby Dick lately.
Melanti wrote: "Interesting!
I know that sometimes a book makes the rounds of several similarly themed groups at once, but I haven't noticed any other groups getting ready to read Villette or Moby Dick lately."
I noticed that with "The Handmaid's Tale" lately being in several groups. It's flying off the shelves here but I attribute that to (1) Hulu series (2) politics and (3) Margaret Atwood will be speaking locally next week.
I know that sometimes a book makes the rounds of several similarly themed groups at once, but I haven't noticed any other groups getting ready to read Villette or Moby Dick lately."
I noticed that with "The Handmaid's Tale" lately being in several groups. It's flying off the shelves here but I attribute that to (1) Hulu series (2) politics and (3) Margaret Atwood will be speaking locally next week.
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I work in a bookstore and I have to wonder how many other local readers are in this group. Yesterday I had to reorder Villette (Old School read for April, an..."
That is amazing!
continuing quest to read books inspiring all my fave films, brings me to Richard Stark's 1962 crime thriller The Hunter, which was made into the 1967 film Point Blank directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvinthought I was getting this edition:
Point Blank
but received alternate cover version (not listed in Goodreads):
pretty cool, and nice condition, so well chuffed!
...and thanks to good/speedy work by our friends over in the Librarians group, my copy of Point Blank is now immortalised!https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
that's ma boy!
Looks great! Similar but much better than the one you ordered :)
am I the only one buying books atm?2 more received!
one for another book group, Invisible Man, a lovely "inviting" copy (soft cover, feels nice in hand, wide margins, attractive font) with the only decent cover I could find:
and one for my "Sensible 60" main 2017 challenge, Rogue Moon - a cracking little copy of the 1960 sci-fi classic, with glossy 80's artwork cover!
oh wait, I seem to have bought yet another edition that Goodreads don't have the image for - time for another visit with the Librarians!
although bit easier this time, as it appears on amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/000615409...
Fixed, Darren. Used The Abe books cover, though, since it's closer to straight on.
I'm not buying books, but I did receive one for Mother's Day from my son A Brief History of 1917: Russia's Year of Revolution
. I always asks my kids to buy me books for gifts, but don't offer any advice, so it's a complete surprise what I'll receive. Sometimes they're a hit, sometimes a miss, but it's great to try something I wouldn't choose myself. This one looks interesting to me!
Would you believe, Pink, that I have just read bits of 1917 by Bainton? My son has been writing an essay on the Bolshevik Revolution, and this was chosen at the library. I have not read nearly all of it, so cannot place it on my read list, but I think you should enjoy it. It seemed very readable.
I haven't bought any book but today I got a pleasant surprise when my colleague and friend gifted me the first book of the Outlander series. She kept telling me she would lend me her copy to read but I never thought she would gift me my own copy! :D
Tahera wrote: "I haven't bought any book but today I got a pleasant surprise when my colleague and friend gifted me the first book of the Outlander series. She kept telling me she would lend me her c..."Nice friend Tahera! :)
What a lovely surprise, unexpected book gifts are always welcome!
This weekend, the mall is having its annual used book sale. I am looking forward to it, hoping I get my paycheck before I go. It is kind of like Black Friday. You have to get there early and grab what you want quickly. People fill up boxes with the books.
Cindy wrote: "This weekend, the mall is having its annual used book sale. I am looking forward to it, hoping I get my paycheck before I go. It is kind of like Black Friday. You have to get there early and grab w..."That sounds like a great event Cindy! Good luck finding some gems! :)
Cindy wrote: "This weekend, the mall is having its annual used book sale. I am looking forward to it, hoping I get my paycheck before I go. It is kind of like Black Friday. You have to get there early and grab w..."That sounds fun! I missed the one here this year.....
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I went a little crazy last week at the library book sale. 39 books, about half of them writing reference books, but the vast majority of the remaining were literature/fiction
Four Great Plays: Ghosts; The Wild Duck; An Enemy of the People; A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner
Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sanctuary by William Faulkner
The Hamlet by William Faulkner
The Killing Ground by Mary Lee Settle
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason
East of the Mountains by David Guterson
The Other by David Guterson
Raintree County by Ross Lockidge, Jr.
Merry Men by Carolyn Chute
Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris
I think I should be good on Faulkner, and David Guterson.
Four Great Plays: Ghosts; The Wild Duck; An Enemy of the People; A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner
Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sanctuary by William Faulkner
The Hamlet by William Faulkner
The Killing Ground by Mary Lee Settle
Hunger by Knut Hamsun
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason
East of the Mountains by David Guterson
The Other by David Guterson
Raintree County by Ross Lockidge, Jr.
Merry Men by Carolyn Chute
Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris
I think I should be good on Faulkner, and David Guterson.
Kathy wrote: "Received LaRose in the post today. Other books might just be taking a backseat until I read this one. Friends have recommended it highly and I'm looking forward to the read."
That is a good book.
That is a good book.
Pam wrote: "I went a little crazy last week at the library book sale. 39 books, about half of them writing reference books, but the vast majority of the remaining were literature/fiction[book:Four Great Play..."
Wow Pam! Great haul! :)
Pam wrote: "I went a little crazy last week at the library book sale. 39 books, about half of them writing reference books, but the vast majority of the remaining were literature/fiction[book:Four Great Play..."
I love library book sales. What a great haul!
Updating what I bought at the used book sale in the mall. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide by Douglas Adams
5 complete Hitchiker novels and one extra story
Didn't get much because crowds were huge before doors opened. Got tired of the huge lines.
Cindy wrote: "Updating what I bought at the used book sale in the mall. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide by Douglas Adams
5 complete Hitchike..."
The books you got, in spite of the huge lines, sound really good Cindy! :)
latest book-read-for-free-in-electronic-form-which-was-so-good-I-had-to-have-a-paper-copyMrs. Dalloway
couldn't find a nice vintage hardback, so settled for a cheap paperback with the cover I liked most:
it also has a long scholarly introduction and is annotated, so I should appreciate it all the more next time round!
recently bought Love in a Cold Climatethought I was getting this cover:
but received one which was the same ISBN but with different artwork, which I thought was so gorgeous that I took a photo and sent it to our marvellous Librarians, and hey presto!
my book immortalised!
here it is in its full glory:
Wow Darren! What a gorgeous cover! 🤗
That is a pretty cover, Darren! It almost has me convinced to give her a try! For myself, I just got back from the book store where I found a ton of Graham Greene on the clearance rack. I ended up getting The Power and the Glory, The Tenth Man, and Loser Takes All.
I also found July's People, which is on my Old & New challenge.
The one I'm the most excited about is The Annotated Lolita. Loved this book when I listened to it in audio a few years ago and have been itching to find a copy of the annotated version ever since. Just in time for the revisit, too!
Melanti wrote: "That is a pretty cover, Darren! It almost has me convinced to give her a try! For myself, I just got back from the book store where I found a ton of Graham Greene on the clearance rack. I ended ..."
What is the difference between Lolita and the annoted version?
Darren, that cover is balm to a frozen heart!
I just purchased over thirty books in one of the biggest book sale of the year. What sport! I had to wrestle with old ladies with either one or two canes, they browsed like furies!
Emerson wrote: "What is the difference between Lolita and the annoted version?..."A long intro and ~100 pages of end notes.
It should help with the French passages and track down the literary references & allusions.
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