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Isabell said:
Get real AQB---please don't pretend to have read all these books you've posted. Anyone, including myself can easily post here or create a website on all the books I've allegedly read. I think your hobby is about books, not actually reading them. I have NEVER seen anything other than you posting books--there's never anything further about the certain books. You spend more time posting but never engaging in conversations here. Why don't you stop wasting bandwith space and go and actually read a book.
It's more than posting pretty little pictures of books!
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Okay I'll stop posting the pretty little pictures of books just for you my BAR friend. :innocent:
 
The Known World-Edward P. Jones
The River Between- Ngugi wa Thiong’o
So Long a Letter-Mariama Ba

Wizard of the Crow - Ngugi wa Thiong'o
 
The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy which was shipped in from another branch library and hasn't been borrowed since 2005!:blink: I've fancied it for a while and will give it a whirl!:)
 
Today these two arrived in the post:
Birdman - Mo Hayder
Wormwood - Poppy Z. Brite

I haven't heard good things about them, Birdman particularly, but they're for a course, but it will be nice to give something I don't usually read a try.
 
AquaBlue said:
The Shell Collector by Stories by Anthony Doerr
Speed Reading by Abby Marks Beale and Pam Mullan
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Don't forget to write a synopsis about the books you have read and I'm not talking about copying and pasting someone reviews off of Amazon.
 
Isabell said:
Don't forget to write a synopsis about the books you have read and I'm not talking about copying and pasting someone reviews off of Amazon.
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Is it a requirement for me to do that on this forum? Because if it is then it's news for me and I have been a member of BAR since 2003. Besides I will not read those book for some time- I just saw them in the thrift shop and snatched them before someone else did. I will read them later, later on. :whistling:
 
Are you enjoying his work, MonkeyCatcher?
I have to say I tried those two after reading about him on the James Lee Burke board, and couldn't finish either of them...I found them very dull, disjointed, and his stream-of-conciousness writing style had me ( yawn) sliding into unconciousness, on the way to coma.
I borrowed Joe Hill's novel Heart Shaped Box from the local library to read over the weekend, and it's brilliant.
Joe Hill is one of Steven and Tabitha King's kids.
 
Went on a bit of a spree:

Anna Karenina -- Tolstoy
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth -- Verne
Closing Time -- Heller
The Island of Dr. Moreau -- Wells
The Dispossessed -- Le Guin
The Mote in God's Eye -- Niven & Pournelle
Interview with the Vampire -- Rice

fourx said:
Are you enjoying his work, MonkeyCatcher?
I have to say I tried those two after reading about him on the James Lee Burke board, and couldn't finish either of them...I found them very dull, disjointed, and his stream-of-conciousness writing style had me ( yawn) sliding into unconciousness, on the way to coma.
I borrowed Joe Hill's novel Heart Shaped Box from the local library to read over the weekend, and it's brilliant.
Joe Hill is one of Steven and Tabitha King's kids.
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I've read The Road and I really enjoyed that, and No Country for Old Men is keeping me hooked so far. Usually I can't stand it when authors don't use correct punctuation, but he manages to make it work. A very talented writer... I wouldn't be surprised if he quickly turns into one of my favourites.
 
I am dancing with joy! I found these books near the back entry doors of my local library. I asked if I could take some books from a very large pile (or piles) and to my utter surprise I discovered some true gems. These are the books I took with me:

Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte (2 volume collectors box set): very good condition.
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (one volume collectors box): fair condition; and beautifully illustrated throughout.
The Bridal Wreath, The Mistress of Husaby, and The Cross by Sigrid Undset (3 volume collectors box set): very good condition.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (volumes 1 & 2): fair condition.
Cass Timberlane by Sinclair Lewis: very good condition.
Franny and Zooney by J.D. Salinger: good condition.
Pavillion of Woman, and Mandala by Pearl S. Buck: very good condition.

All of the above books are first editions. Incredible!

I also borrowed these from the library this afternoon:

Field Guide to the Birds of North America a National Geographic edition: This is for research I am doing for a short story. The protagonist is an avid bird enthusiast.

Rosa Parks by Douglas Brinkley, and Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks: This is for research on another short story I am now outlining.
 
The most recent book I bought for myself was an overview of anarchism from a girl at a punk show last weekend. Despite my reservations it's rather well thought out. It has no author's, no ISBN, no copyright etc., but is called:

Days of War, Nights of Love: Crimethink for Beginners
 
At a thrift store today I purchased, The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene.
 
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