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- Mon December 8th, 2014, 9:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Book Shopping Today: 2014
- Replies: 145
- Views: 12504
I've been trying not to buy anything, but so far this month... A new copy of Pride and prejudice (the Vintage Classics version) Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote The Sense of Style, by Stephen Pinker A biography of Louisa May Alcott, by Harriet Reisen The Women in the Hou...
- Mon December 8th, 2014, 9:16 pm
- Forum: Member Reading Logs - 2014
- Topic: Kasthu's 2014 List
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1491
Kasthu's 2014 List
It's been a looooong time since I last posted in this forum, but just wanted to share what I've read this year (in chronological order; it's a skimpy list considering i've been reading memoir and other nonfiction in preparation for writing my own book): 1. Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon (re-read) 2. H...
- Sun May 20th, 2012, 12:42 am
- Forum: Ask Your Fellow Readers
- Topic: Bring up the Bodies-Hilary Mantel
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3389
I managed to snag a copy through Amazon Vine, and Oh. My Gosh. was it fantastic. Yes, the use of pronouns can difficult to get through, especially with Wolf Hall. But Mantel is better at delineating it in Bring Up the Bodies (saying, for example, "he, Cromwell, said..."). Therefore, my reading of BU...
- Sun May 20th, 2012, 12:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where Are You Now?
- Replies: 1456
- Views: 113289
- Sun January 15th, 2012, 7:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What Are You Reading? January 2012
- Replies: 161
- Views: 11279
- Sun October 2nd, 2011, 10:12 pm
- Forum: Archives
- Topic: What are you reading October 2011?
- Replies: 185
- Views: 17648
- Sat September 10th, 2011, 2:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Book Shopping Today (2011 edition)
- Replies: 790
- Views: 49919
I'm on the last day of my vacation in London and I've done untold damage at Waterstone's, Hatchard's, and various Charaing Cross Road secondhand booksellers. A full list of what I've bought is coming, but I was most excited to see a reprint of MM Kaye's Shadow of the Moon at Hatchard's (the new cove...
- Wed August 3rd, 2011, 9:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Book Shopping Today (2011 edition)
- Replies: 790
- Views: 49919
- Tue August 2nd, 2011, 11:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Book Shopping Today (2011 edition)
- Replies: 790
- Views: 49919