What Are You Reading?

[saad]

i was out book shopping and a guy at Liberty Books told me that there was a book bazaar i should visit...
i did and it was amazing!!!!

i found four books for 40 rupees!!! thats like 10 a book! and 10 rupees = 10 pence!!

and i still havent seen the whole bazaar. it was BIG!!

and yeah, all these books are new!
i'm starting reading one of em tomorrow when i finish the one i'm reading right now...

one fine day in the middle of the night - christopher brookmyre

vigil - nadia wheatley

pilgrim - timothy findley

the human stain - philip roth

 

[mikeijames]

currently, a little out-of-print book i found called "inside out" by kathleen brady

 

[asta]

la la la...

still reading finnegans wake

but am now pairing it with one hundred saints. i love saint lucy.

 

[Alliecat]

editions please ?
do you recoment a read? allie & ladollyvita?
i'd like to read more on ice-age related books & procastination and art sounds interesting , thanks for bringing those in

Lena, I would definitly recomend a read. From what I can see its newly printed - well 2003. Its good for getting things into perspective. B)

 

[sweetjane]

this is a book i hope to start reading...

"i'm with the band" by pamela des barres...this groupie from the sixties.
so far, all i know about her is that she dated jimmy page and jim morrison before she was seventeen, which is enough to make her my hero

 

[asta]

Originally posted by sweetjane@May 10th, 2004 - 11:03 pm
this is a book i hope to start reading...

"i'm with the band" by pamela des barres...this groupie from the sixties.
so far, all i know about her is that she dated jimmy page and jim morrison before she was seventeen, which is enough to make her my hero

oh! that is such a good book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

don't you love pamela???

she is so fabulous.

ah. she had such fun taste too...

do you have her album? she was in a group called the gto's...

 

[sweetjane]

pearsandapples:

where did you find the book? i've been looking for it for a while now...
it seems like such a great read
and i read a couple interviews with her and she seemed great

and i'll check out the gto's...all i know about them is that they were some kind of pet project of zappa's

 

[asta]

Originally posted by sweetjane@May 11th, 2004 - 10:24 am
pearsandapples:

where did you find the book? i've been looking for it for a while now...
it seems like such a great read
and i read a couple interviews with her and she seemed great

and i'll check out the gto's...all i know about them is that they were some kind of pet project of zappa's

i looked forever and found it at a junk store.... in a huge pile of old murder mysteries and clive something or other books.

you can go on ebay, but they are so expensive...

the gto's were a zappa project... they aren't very good. but the novelty is very much there.

 

[Liszs]

The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham
I just started it, so I'm not going to make any comments on it yet

 

[sweetjane]

looked forever and found it at a junk store.... in a huge pile of old murder mysteries and clive something or other books.

wow what a find!

if only i had such luck

 

[fiction]

I was wondering if anyone had recomendations on a book in spanish?...im going this summer and I want to brush up on my language skills to prepare

 

[Glamourina]

I'm rereading Legally Blonde for like the 3rd time lol. That book just puts me in a good mood.

 

[eloes]

Originally posted by fiction@May 12th, 2004 - 9:27 pm
I was wondering if anyone had recomendations on a book in spanish?...im going this summer and I want to brush up on my language skills to prepare

You can actually get translated copies of certain English books. Check out the Language section of the Borders or Barnes and Nobles nearest to you (or whatever bookstore, but I know that they have the section) and browse for titles that you recognize or that look interesting. If you haven't heard of it, make sure that it isn't a romance novel unless you want one, because lots of them are junky. I have several Harry Potter books in Spanish, which are good practice, but I've also seen Memoirs of a Geisha and Girl with a Pearl Earring. THe translated ones can be slightly pricy, though, which is a pain. However, they often take longer to read than English books anyway, so you could rationalize the price that way I guess .

As for untranslated texts...

Don Quijote is wonderful, of course, although you might want to get a simplified version if you aren't sure of yourself. There are others that are on the tip of my tongue, but I can't quite remember any.

Not very helpful, but...good luck! And have fun in Spain.

 

[chippie27]

"Don Quixote" is one of my favorite books; it's truly a fantastic read for so many reasons. (I haven't read it in the original, however, which is terrible of me.)

I just read "Vernon God Little" and HIGHLY recommend it! Makes me have a bit more respect for the Booker people.

 

[eloes]

wicked by gregory maguire

yay, i have time to read again!

 

[pinkcouture]

I finished reading "Bergdorf Blondes" by Plum Sykes and am now reading "Can you Keep A Secret?" by Sophie Kinsella

 

[tgp]

The Queen's Fool-very good book so far

 

[slinky_vagabond]

Henry and June by Anis Nin

 

[SophieKawaii]

I love the novels of Terry Prachet and the hungarian Leslie L Lawrence.

 

[purplelucrezia]

I recently bought this book called Citizen of the Country from Indigo. I'm sincerely hating it (much too macabre for me), but I figure that I'd better get my money's worth...