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pontalba said:
Why Stewart! That you'd be posting in the Nabokov threads of course. :eek: :)
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Oh, right. Sorry, mind's on the telly at the moment.

Maybe, reading Lolita just now; about a hundred pages in. Will take them one at a time. :)
 
Here's what I bought today:

Ring - Koji Suzuki (£2.97)
Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood (£2.00)
Murder in the Dark - Margaret Atwood (£1.50)
Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell (£2.00)
The Dilbert Principle - Scott Adams (£1.79)
The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux (£0.75)
The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett (£0.75)
Filth - Irvine Welsh (£0.75)
The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver (£0.75)

The Poisonwood Bible was a random buy (and when I got home I noticed it was sort of falling apart) because I had heard it mentioned here. Is it good?
 
We met some friends for lunch in Gig Harbor yesturday and there was a great little used book store next to the resturant so I picked up Jacob's Ladder by Donald Mccaig but my husband pulled me out before I could get any more than that :rolleyes:

I had already picked up 2 books (the Wholeness of a Broken Heart by Katie Singer and the World's Most Remarkable Buildings and How They Came to Be by Alan Van Dine) at Barnes & Noble while buying a gift for my Mom.
 
tartan_skirt said:
The Poisonwood Bible was a random buy (and when I got home I noticed it was sort of falling apart) because I had heard it mentioned here. Is it good?
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I'm not sure what the general consensus is on the book, but I really enjoyed it. I'm drawn to books that are told from numerous viewpoints, so that, and my interest in learning about other cultures and their history, made this book a compelling and interesting one. I've also heard that her book Prodigal Summer is very good, but I haven't tried that one yet.
 
I bought all of these at a used bookstore except for the last, which is a new release.

My Only Story - Monica Wood
Durable Goods - Elizabeth Berg
The Way the Crow Flies - Ann-Marie MacDonald
The King of Lies - John Hart
 
The TBR pile was looking a little anemic, so I picked up this smattering from the 3-for-2 table:

The Spiral Staricase - Karen Armstrong - makiing and remaking a life
Hell's Angels - Hunter Thompson - "rough, stomach turning, fascinating"
Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinson - because I like Gilead

We shall see,
peder
 
abecedarian said:
I went to the libary this afternoon and brought home Lolita..I just had to see what the rukus was all about;)
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Oh, yay, abc. I can't wait to hear what you think. If you want some help in beating up on the evil HH, just give me a holler. No punishment imaginable is too harsh for that vile man. :D
 
StillILearn said:
Oh, yay, abc. I can't wait to hear what you think. If you want some help in beating up on the evil HH, just give me a holler. No punishment imaginable is too harsh for that vile man. :D
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Oh SIL! As a former Prosecutor, you should know better than to stack the Jury at this early stage. :eek: :D
for above statement to make any kind of sense at all, see Lolita thread. The Court Case. :cool:
 
pontalba said:
Oh SIL! As a former Prosecutor, you should know better than to stack the Jury at this early stage. :eek: :D
for above statement to make any kind of sense at all, see Lolita thread. The Court Case. :cool:
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Does this mean that you're kicking me out of the jury box? Okay. I promise to remain completely fair and unbiased. :D

Just like that snake Humbert did.
 
Peder said:
The TBR pile was looking a little anemic, so I picked up this smattering from the 3-for-2 table:

The Spiral Staricase - Karen Armstrong - makiing and remaking a life
Hell's Angels - Hunter Thompson - "rough, stomach turning, fascinating"
Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinson - because I like Gilead

We shall see,
peder
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Um, I am picturing your current book collection as something that King Kong could climb with Faye Wray tucked beneath his arm. (Of course, it would seem as nothing when compared to pontlba's.) :D
 
StillILearn said:
Um, I am picturing your current book collection as something that King Kong could climb with Faye Wray tucked beneath his arm. (Of course, it would seem as nothing when compared to pontlba's.) :D
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Hah! Just because I don't have my loot packed away in boxes......:)eek: :D ) And never....ever....give any away. Well, maybe one or two, but thats it! Oh, maybe a couple of boxes to Good Will.......:p
 
StillILearn said:
Um, I am picturing your current book collection as something that King Kong could climb with Faye Wray tucked beneath his arm. (Of course, it would seem as nothing when compared to pontlba's.) :D
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Still,
Um, well yes, sorta. :)
I'm thinking of moving this chair out and just sitting on a carton of books instead. More space for books that way. :rolleyes:
Peder
 
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