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  • The Birds, Tarjei Vesaas
  • The Ice Palace, Tarjei Vesaas
  • The Boat In The Evening, Tarjei Vesaas
  • Spring Night, Tarjei Vesaas
 
Dear Stewart - was wondering if you had got around to Blood Meridien yet? I was so absolutely flayed after reading :) The Road I could not read anything else for ages. The book just kept coming back to me and I felt everything else would pale by comparison. However, now I'm wondering about his other novels and saw that you had purchased this so was wondering how it went?:)
 
mssal said:
Dear Stewart - was wondering if you had got around to Blood Meridien yet?
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No, because I only bought it last week. Saying that, I've read the Gordimer I bought that day. When I buy books they tend to vanish into the 300+ deep to-be-read pile unless I really want to read them.

I enjoyed The Road though, earlier this year. Although I marked it down to 4/5 for its annoying ending.
 
Stewart said:
No, because I only bought it last week. Saying that, I've read the Gordimer I bought that day. When I buy books they tend to vanish into the 300+ deep to-be-read pile unless I really want to read them.

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Just think, if the unthinkable happened, and all the bookshops within a hundred miles were closed, and all the libraries closed too..and the mail carriers went on strike, you'd STILL have plenty to read for a couple of weeks while the powers that be fixed all the unthinkable problems! Some folks stockpile food for hardtimes, some of us stockpile soul food too..
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abecedarian said:
Just think, if the unthinkable happened, and all the bookshops within a hundred miles were closed, and all the libraries closed too..and the mail carriers went on strike, you'd STILL have plenty to read for a couple of weeks while the powers that be fixed all the unthinkable problems! Some folks stockpile food for hardtimes, some of us stockpile soul food too..
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Hey I think I can chew through my 150 unread books without such drastic circumstances! Haha!
 
abecedarian said:
Just think, if the unthinkable happened, and all the bookshops within a hundred miles were closed, and all the libraries closed too..and the mail carriers went on strike, you'd STILL have plenty to read for a couple of weeks
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As it happens, the mail carriers are on strike and I still haven't received my Steinbecks, never mind my Vesaas novels. The libraries are only ever available to me on Saturdays and I tend to be too hungover to visit them. Book shops, however, would be a disaster. But I'm amazed you think I could read over 300 books in a couple of weeks.
 
Stewart said:
As it happens, the mail carriers are on strike and I still haven't received my Steinbecks, never mind my Vesaas novels. The libraries are only ever available to me on Saturdays and I tend to be too hungover to visit them. Book shops, however, would be a disaster. But I'm amazed you think I could read over 300 books in a couple of weeks.
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I figure it this way: The mail stops and the shops close..you'll be so sick you'll stay home from work and have plenty of time to read:D
 
Bought several YA fantasy novels - school bookfair on. I enjoy reading these books, because they often have interesting storylines, and I'm a teacher and like to keep up with what my kids are interested in. Also finally got Agatha Christi's And then there were None. Interesting book - I enjoyed it.

My best find - Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norrell for $4 at the Green Valley Bookfair. I've started reading it, and am enjoying it so far (yes, I know I am behind).
 
Naive. Super - Erlend Loe (None available in any Waterstones store last year, today I find five in Foyles)
The Thin Man - Dashiell Hammett (King of the hard-boiled private eye)
Poem of the End - Marina Tsvetaeva (Still can't work out if I perfer her or Akmatova)
Joy in the Morning - P.G.Wodehouse (More J. & W.)

All from Foyles. Nothing today caught my eye in 'Forbidden Planet', not even from thier 'Supernatural Romance' section!
 
Out by Natsuo Kirino

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