Last book i purchased were Michael Chabon's A Model World (I can't seem to get enough of Chabon, gawd) and Donald Barthelme's Sixty Stories, which is very funny.
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What was the last book you purchased?
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I have Model World and reallly liked it..a great collection of short stories. You won't be disappointed.
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I bought a couple of books in the last weeks: Balzac and the little Chinese Seamstress (Sirie Dai) Small World (Martin Suter) The Life of Pi (Yann Matel) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Alexandr Solschenizyn) A brand-new huge library has opened on Monday. The best part is, its around the corner from where I live! hooray! - Time to go there and become a member   mags*** |
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saundrakane |
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich(Alexandr Solschenizyn)...that is excellent..I read it a few years ago!
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Posts: 246 (04/10/03 09:43) |
The Da Vinci Club by Dan Brown. I am so looking forward to reading it. The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl is next after it.
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I don't often buy books, but was prompted to purchase a newly published novel called "The Legacy" by Stephen Richardson for sentimental reasons. Steve Richardson worked for the same organization that I do, and in 1999 he decided to take a 1 yr. sabbatical from his very stressful executive position. During that year he did some travelling, and also wrote "The Legacy"; his first novel. It's a story partly set in my city (Ottawa, Ontario), and is about a man who inherits a manuscript collection which involves him in a bizarre case that spans from 1880 in France to present day Ottawa.
Unfortunately, Steve Richardson died of a massive heart attack at the age of 43 about 2 weeks after returning to work. His wife has made the arrangements to have his book published. I haven't started the book yet, but the blurb from the back cover sounds interesting, and the book will always remind me of this friendly and hardworking man that died way too young. Pam |
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magusachan |
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Posts: 12140 (04/11/03 11:46)
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Thank you for posting that sad, moving story on here. For you, then, this book is more than just a novel. It is a beautiful memory of a person you have known ... mags *** |
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magusachan |
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Posts: 12140 (04/11/03 11:50)
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TODAY, I bought... What I Loved (S. Hustvedt) The Lovely Bones (A. Sebold) White Teeth (Z. Smith) When The Emperor Was Divine (J. Otsuka) The Virgin Suicides (J. Eugenides) *** If anyone has read any of the books mentioned above, please let me know if you liked/disliked it. mags *** |
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Posts: 50779 (04/11/03 12:18)
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Pam..I wanted to say too..what a moving story that is about your co worker and how nice it must be to have something like that book to remind you of him.
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Posts: 6010 (04/11/03 12:50)
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mags, I have read White Teeth and Lovely Bones and really enjoyed both of them and have recommended them to my friends and family.
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magusachan |
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Posts: 12140 (04/11/03 12:54)
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MERCI! Im so glad I came to know you through this board  Its so nice to meet people you can share your interests with ... mags *** |
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mangorita |
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Posts: 6010 (04/11/03 12:59)
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I totally agree.
Its great to have a place to go to hear other people's opinions on stuff.
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Today the postman brought me Carl Sagan's COSMOS (4th printing hardback) and CONTACT (1st printing hardback) - should keep me busy for a couple weeks, since I'l lbe slowing down in Cosmos every now and then to digest.
I also recieved HB 1st printings of Arthur C. Clarke's RAMA II and GARDEN OF RAMA - but I've already read those, just upgrading from PB. Speed Racer (Daniel Gwozdz)
Water-Cooled Volkswagen World The Online Readers' Society Email: speed A T wcvw.org |
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magusachan |
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Posts: 12140 (04/12/03 11:40)
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Hi VW Speed Racer, do you often order books online? *** My purchase today was: MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides mags *** |
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mangorita |
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Posts: 6010 (04/13/03 11:45)
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Here is my evil list of books that I purchased yesterday:
 Shiva's Fire by Suzanne Fisher Staples American Pie: Slices of Life (and Pie) from America's Back Roads by Pascale Le Draoulec Choke: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk Open House by Elizabeth Berg The House of Blue Mangoes: A Novel by David Davidar The Fourth Hand by John Irving How to Lose Friends & Alienate People by Toby Young Ordinary Life by Elizabeth Berg Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories by Alice Munro Fury by Salman Rushdie Transplanted Man by Sanjay Nigam French Lessons by Peter Mayle Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth Prisoner in a Red Rose by Jeffrey Moore |
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Posts: 12140 (04/13/03 12:29)
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WOOOW! Yeah, indeed! A great, long list  *** ... and all I know is "CHOKE" by Chuck Palahniuk. mags *** |
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mangorita |
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Posts: 6010 (04/13/03 02:19)
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I thought of you when I saw that book on the discount shelf..
(Don't worry I don't associate you with the wod Choke... I just remembered that you said that you had read something by him and enjoyed it!) |
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Posts: 12140 (04/13/03 02:45)
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I dont want to spoil anything, so I will keep my mouth shut Just be prepared for a really weird way of storytelling, very weird, strange characters, too ... !mags *** |
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Posts: 8434 (04/23/03 12:37)
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Hi, guys...sorry I haven't been by too much lately. Here's the last 3 books I have bought...
The Life of Daniel Boone by Lyman C. Draper, LL.D.--Edited with an Introduction by Ted Franklin Belue. This is said to be the best book ever written on the famous explorer and was actually written in the 1800s but never published. It consisted of over 800 pages so the editing (and introduction) is of some importance. That doesn't even end in this volume until page 100. At any rate, I've thought off and on about buying this book for several months but wasn't sure I wanted to spend $40 on it...I finally found it for little more than half-price online so now I finally have a copy. The other two books I bought were paperback westerns. One has this blurb on the cover: "America's Greatest Western Classic: Over Four Million Copies In Print". Would anyone like to venture a guess what this book could be? The other book I bought was "The Quick and the Dead" by Louis L'Amour. |
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hi Roger..great to see you..hope you have been well!!
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