Books bought most recently...?

Pumpkinhead

Im getting through Ulysses at the moment - however -

parts of it are ridiculously tough..so i decided to go out and buy some books to read alongside the masterpiece...

i plan on reading 20 - 30 pages of Ulysses a day and as much as i want of the other books..

books i bought... (in one fell swoop..)

Salman Rushdie - Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie - The Ground Beneath her Feet
Albert Camus - The Fall
Albert Camus - The Outsider
Albert Camus - The Plague
Joseph O'Connor - Star of the Sea
Ian McEwan - Atonement
Michael Cunningham - The Hours

should keep me going 4 a while...

skittishkitten

I just order 7 ..... figured it would get here faster than me to the bookstore .....

Shelter of Stones
Valorians Legacy
Naked Empire
Debt of Bones
The Gathering Storm
Valley Of The Horses ( lent it out ,never seen it again )
Exiles Honor

So many more I'm wanting to get !

sceptre

Originally posted by Pumpkinhead
Salman Rushdie - Midnight's Children

I absolutely loved that book. One of the best books I've ever come across. Reminds me of Anatoli Rybakov's Children of the Arbat for some reason, even though the books don't have a lot in common.

Manach

Voyage of the Beagle - Charles Darwin
The Athenians and their Empire - Malcolm McGregor

Caesar_Bojangle

Heart of darkness
the myth of sisyphus
battle royale

ThenComesDudley

H.P Lovecraft Waking up screaming
Trina Robbins Tender Murderers (Women who Kill)
Paul Krassner Pot Stories for the soul
Edward Gorey The Curious Sofa
THe Unstrung Harp
The Haunted tea cosy
The Headless Bust

simu

Ray Bradbury - One More For the Road
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
Brian Aldiss - Supertoys Last All Summer Long
Ian Littlewood - The Idea of Japan

That's 3 books of sci-fi short stories and 1 reality-based book on the West's view of Japan from the 16th century onwards.

nesf

"Battleaxe" - Sara Douglas

Suprisingly good

Chowley

The Silmarillion-JRR Tolkien

Pot Planet-Brian Preston.

Very good books.

Funky

the new Harry Pottah

Caesar_Bojangle

Originally posted by Chowley
The Silmarillion-JRR Tolkien

I hated that book, its written like the bible.

Chowley

LOL, strange comparison.

It is unusual alright, but it is written like a mythological record I suppose youd say and thats exactly how he intended it as far as I know.So I suppose being a mythology it could be compared to the bible so maybe there is something in what you said.

Nevyn

Originally posted by skittishkitten

Valley Of The Horses ( lent it out ,never seen it again )

that happens a lot with that particular series

Caesar_Bojangle

I bought these on Sunday


Papillon
Man who was thursday
Mostly harmless
To the white sea
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Tales

simu

I bought The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins recently.

It's really interesting - about evolution - I'd recommend it to anybody interested in this topic.

eclectichoney

A problem from hell (can't remember who it's by - its a newish release)

JG Ballard collected stories

Love in the time oh cholera - garcia Marquez

loving god of small things at the moment

Zachary Taylor

I thought Midnight's children was great as well. I keep meaning to read it again but it seems almost as daunting to read a second time as Ulysses does a first time. Amazing book though.

The last book I bought was "Present at the Creation - My years in the State Department" by Dean Acheson which I wouldn't reccomend to anyone not interested in the man or the period.

I was convinced to borrow and read "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men" by David Foster Wallace which is strange and good.

Before that, I think that the last book I bought was a book about Russia called "Inside Russia Today" which was written in 1956 by an American journalist named John Gunther.

McGinty

Strangely I'm not reading much at the moment, but the last books I bought and have since read are Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and Porno - Irvine Welsh.

Is1ldur

I think I have come to some kind of maturity in my reading.
I just finished Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and would suggest everyone read it, very good. I read it years ago, but must not have really 'got' it. However now it really does strike a chord.
Also just read Breakfast of Champions, also Kurt Vonnegut, not as good as above, a bit too disjointed.
Another which you all must read is Something Wicked this way comes by Ray Bradbury.
I am part way through reading Fahrenheit 451, also Ray Bradbury.
Nearly sick paying EUR9.90 for a new book in Waterstones, however no-where else seems to have a good selection anymore.

yellum

Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Very hyped at the moment but a strikingly good read. This is a great and interesting book and its approach is new and refreshing. You really grow fond of the narrator.

Best book I read in ages. Read it all on the plane from Cork to Birmingham. Its a short enough book but still good.