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The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston. Historical fiction about the first Premier of Newfoundland? Yeah right. But damn what a gorgeous book.

These are in no particular order. Las Light of the Sun, Guy Gavriel Kay 1491, Charles C. Mann Ulyssess, James Joyce Barnaby Rudge, Charles Dickens Mystery of Edwin Drood, Charles Dickens Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy - I am waiting for the Pevear & Volokhonsky...

Snow by Orhan Pamuk. The Nobel award convinced me.

I just picked up Snow. Read the first page and I enjoyed the style.

Would you bother picking it up again?

Do you not enjoy his books? I had never heard of him but with the announcement yesterday I took a look at Snow and The Black Book. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to stop myself from buying one of the two tomorrow with the store credit I have.

Forgot about a non-fiction book. No Logo by Naomi Klein. I like her message but she's a very dry writer. It was like reading an incredibly long newspaper article. In a bad way.

Thomas Pynchon's Mason and Dixon. I had never heard of it but it was a remainder so it should be a cheap way to check out an author I'm curious about. Mark Zuehlke's For Honour's Sake: The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace. A history book on the War of 1812 based on...

That book has been in the desperately want to buy column for a long while. Hopefully I'll get to it sometime soon.

Quality. And no, not cooler. You just have better taste.

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

Hmmm does this thread so far state that H.P Lovecraft did not write at least one of the five best horror novels or does it say that most of the posters aren't very versed in Horror literature? I know Stevie himself would not leave Lovecraft out if he were asked this question.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061010.DESAI10/TPStory/Entertainment A little bit about her and her book.

$13.20 would be 40%. Which is odd because usually they take 30% and then the iRewards 10% which would end up at about $20 instead of the $19 and change. I work there and I've had to explain to customers many times how it's not a true 40%. Maybe, hopefully, they're doing it the way they should...

Some copies of War and Peace come with a bookmark with all the characters listed on it.

30% and 10% iRewards? Actually you get the 10% off the 30% discounted price. So it's not quite 40%.

direstraits! You should be ashamed! This is the perfect thread to push some Guy Gavriel Kay! So, I will. digitalninja, look into Guy Gavriel Kay. Tigana, The Lions of Al-Rassan and Last Light of the Sun are good starting points.

Consumption by Kevin Patterson. It was a freebie from the Random House Fall preview I attended in August. Still expecting two more. The Random House reps were fawning over it heavily. Their enthusiasm convinced me to give it a chance. There's a lot of buzz around this book. Not sure of...

If you have a problem with a lot of characters stay away from George R.R. Martin's fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire.

I forget...who recommended that book to you MonkeyCatcher? :cool: