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    Frankie reads 2012

    in Past Book Logs

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    I look forward to a time when I can do this. I'm sure that somewhere I still have my copy of Madame Bovary .. a book I hate!! What is wrong with me? and is it curable?

     

    Perhaps somewhere deep inside you know you want to give the book another chance one day? ;)

    Kylie's Literary Adventures in 2012

    in Past Book Logs

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    Frankie sad.

     

    :( :( :cry2:

     

     

    Sowwy. :empathy:

     

    That one's languishing on my TBR pile, too ...

     

    That's one that I bought more because I thought I should read it rather than because I wanted to read it.

     

    I see my powers of persuasion failed :lol:

     

    Have no fear! I still have four others on my TBR pile. He has written several dystopians, which is why I'm interested in reading him, but I started getting carried away and buying his non-dystopian books too.

     

    Ugh, don't blame you for those two. The Mill on the Floss is possibly the worst book I've ever read :doh:

     

    Glad to hear it. :) I still wouldn't mind reading them, but I've never been able to muster up any enthusiasm for them.

    Frankie reads 2012

    in Past Book Logs

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    Oh yeah? Well what good does it do to me when your Wodehouses are Down Under, woman?! When are we going to combine our libraries? :giggle:

     

    I'll read them and then tell you what a brilliant read they were and how much you've missed out. ;)

     

    Gosh, I don't know if I could ever combine my library with someone else's. I think I'm far too selfish and possessive of my, well, possessions to want to share. I would of course loan you my books any time at all. :)

     

    I was wondering if you were planning on culling your wish list too? Are there any books on there that you've since lost interest in reading? I'm not trying to encourage you, and I'm not sure if you already discussed this (you know what my memory's like...).

    Kylie's Literary Adventures in 2012

    in Past Book Logs

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    I know! :( Maybe it will pacify her to know that I didn't for one second consider getting rid of Running with Scissors. Do you think that will save me?

     

    ...and for this....

     

    That was one I inherited from her when she visited. Oh dear. Maybe I should tell Frankie not to check the list... :(

    Kylie's Literary Adventures in 2012

    in Past Book Logs

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    I've culled 88 books from my TBR pile! Most of them are from the first half of the alphabet (which I went through last night). I'm not sure if that means I was kinder when I did the second half of the alphabet today. I have no idea what I'm going to do with all these books - some will go to charity and I'll try to sell some, I guess, or get store credit for them. There are piles of books all over my library floor now, and I already had a couple of boxes and bags full of books that I've culled at other times. Egad. :o

     

    These are all books I'd still like to read one day, but I know that I won't be getting to them for many years, so I'd rather get them off my TBR pile now. Some of the books (classics, mostly) are dodgy editions, so I can buy nicer editions when I'm ready to read them. Some books are from challenges (such as the 1001 list); I never intended to read all of the books on that list but I started getting carried away.

     

    Where there are multiple books listed for authors, I've kept a few of their books but decided I just had too many to keep them all (sorry Ray Bradbury :(). There are some I inherited from Frankie after her visit (sorry :(, but there are too many other books I'd prefer to read first). Actually, Frankie, I think you're going to dislike seeing a lot of the books on this list :lurker:. I'm also getting rid of a pile of books that I've read but probably won't read again (not listed here).

     

    Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger

    Kelley Armstrong: WotO #7: No Humans Involved

    Margaret Atwood: Cat's Eye

    Margaret Atwood: Surfacing

    Muriel Barbery: The Elegance of the Hedgehog

    Julian Barnes: Flaubert's Parrot

    John Berendt: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

    Peter Biskind: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

    Ray Bradbury: Dandelion Wine

    Ray Bradbury: From the Dust Returned

    Ray Bradbury: Long After Midnight

    Poppy Z Brite: Exquisite Corpse

    Poppy Z Brite: Lost Souls

    Anne Bronte: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

    Christopher Brookmyre: The Sacred Art of Stealing

    John Brunner: The Crucible of Time

    John Brunner: The Shift Key

    John Brunner: The Squares of the City

    John Brunner: The Stone that Never Came Down

    Augusten Burroughs: Magical Thinking

    Augusten Burroughs: Sellevision

    Isobelle Carmody: The Farseekers

    Isobelle Carmody: Ashling

    Isobelle Carmody: The Keeping Place

    Raymond Chandler: The High Window

    Raymond Chandler: The Little Sister

    Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales

    Arthur C Clarke: Cradle

    Arthur C Clarke: The Hammer of God

    Arthur C Clarke: Imperial Earth

    Arthur C Clarke: Of Time and Stars

    Arthur C Clarke: The Other Side of the Sky

    Arthur C Clarke: The Space Trilogy #2: Earthlight

    Arthur C Clarke: The Space Trilogy #3: The Sands of Mars

    John Cleese and Connie Booth: The Complete Fawlty Towers

    Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White

    Kiran Desai: The Inheritance of Loss

    Charles Dickens: Bleak House

    Charles Dickens: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    George Eliot: Middlemarch

    George Eliot: The Mill on the Floss

    Brett Easton Ellis: Less Than Zero

    Harlan Ellison: Pulp Fiction: The Villains

    Ben Elton: Blast from the Past

    Helen Fielding: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

    Frederick Forsyth: The Odessa File

    Amitav Ghosh: The Glass Palace

    Matt Haig: The Last Family in England

    Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D'Urbervilles

    Thomas Hardy: The Woodlanders

    Harry Harrision: The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

    Harry Harrision: The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World

    Harry Harrision: The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You

    Harry Harrision: The Stainless Steel Rat for President

    Harry Harrison: Stars and Stripes #1: Stars and Stripes Forever

    Harry Harrison: Stars and Stripes #2: Stars and Stripes in Peril

    Harry Harrison: Stars and Stripes #3: Stars and Stripes Triumphant

    Harry Harrison: The Technicolour Time Machine

    Raven Hart: The Vampire's Kiss

    Raven Hart: The Vampire's Seduction

    Raven Hart: The Vampire's Secret

    Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter

    Ernest Hemingway: For Whom the Bell Tolls

    Hermann Hesse: Steppenwolf

    Susan Hill: The Bird of Night

    Susan Hill: A Bit of Singing and Dancing and Other Stories

    Susan Hill: In the Springtime of the Year

    Susan Hill: Lanterns Across the Snow

    Susan Hill: The Risk of Darkness

    Nick Hornby: Fever Pitch

    Nick Hornby: Juliet, Naked

    Khaled Hosseini: The Kite Runner

    Aldous Huxley: The Devils of Loudun

    Henry James: The Europeans

    PD James: The Children of Men

    Syrie James: The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen

    Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin: The Nanny Diaries

    Boris Pasternak: Doctor Zhivago

    Otto Penzler (ed): Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters

    Mario Puzo: The Godfather

    Philip Roth: The Plot Against America

    JRR Tolkien: The Silmarillion

    Sue Townsend: Rebuilding Coventry

    Edgar Wallace: The Door with Seven Locks

    Lew Wallace: Ben-Hur

    HG Wells: The Cone

    Michael Wilding and David Myers: Best Stories Under the Sun

    Tom Wolfe: I Am Charlotte Simmons

     

    Somehow I've only managed to acquire an extra shelf or two from this cull. I must have been cramming them in tightly or something!

    Kylie's Literary Adventures in 2012

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    I went to reorganise my books in the wee hours this morning and ended up brutally culling around 40-50 books, most of which I've never read. I only got up to the letter K before I got tired and had to stop, so it'll be interesting to see how many more I can remove later. I just hope that it wasn't my extreme tiredness making me ruthless. I hope the choices stick after a good long sleep! :)

     

    I'll write up a list in the next day or two.

    Frankie reads 2012

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    I think that's a pretty good list, actually. :) It's good that you've read a lot of them, and most of the others are 'sad' copies or in a different language or books that you can borrow. I can forgive removing Wodehouse as well. I have enough for the both of us. ;)

     

    This is a smart list. You have my approval, for what it's worth. :P:)

     

    Are you going to try to sell them to at least make some money back?

    Frankie reads 2012

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    Wow, Frankie, your poor little bookies. :( Just kidding. You're very strong-willed to do that. Are you going to list the books you're not going to keep (well, at least the non-Finnish titles that I might recognise)? You go, girl! :D

    New Girl

    in Introductions

    Posted

    I never really know what to tell about myself, so... My favourite B&J flavor is Vermonster (though Cookie Dough is giving it a run for its money), and my favorite fruit is lime. I don't like candy, but have a weakness for chips. Anything else you'd like to know? Ask! I beg of you!

     

    Hi Gabbie and welcome. B&Js only recently arrived in Australia, and I've been making up for lost time whenever I get the opportunity. ;) We only have limited flavours available though. Of those I've tried, I love Phish Food, the double chocolate fudge and some type that has chocolate pieces with caramel inside.

     

    If you, or any friend of yours, ever tries that, let me know. I don't own a microvawe (bit of a purist when it comes to the food I eat and my kitchen in general) so I can't try it myself.

     

    Good thing you don't live with me. While I love natural food, I hate cooking, and my lazy streak wins out every time. I couldn't live without my microwave. :blush2:

    Spoons and Yodelling

    in Music / TV / Films

    Posted

    lol Kylie, I wondered if you'd hear that, I'm glad you've got a good sense of humour :friends3:

     

    Well, if we dish it out, we have to be able to take it back. :giggle2:

     

    I love how she starts out slow and sweet on Chopsticks (is that what it's called?) and then launches into Black Betty. She can certainly rock it!

    Your Book Activity Today ~ Thread 18

    in General Book Discussions

    Posted

    started Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.

     

    Oops, I forgot the reading circle was starting tomorrow. Thanks for the reminder. :)

     

    I've also made a start on Catch-22 and although I was warned to give it a fair go, that's not going to be an issue. I'm enjoying it already and I'm only about twenty pages in.

     

    Awesome. :) If you like it from the beginning then you'll certainly enjoy the entire thing. One (undoubtedly crazy) person on BCF once said it was too long, and I've read that complaint elsewhere, but I just can't get enough of the humour.

     

    Catch-22 - Joseph Heller

     

    Great! :)

     

    Not too much book activity for me today (again), but I'm up to the 'E' section of Literary Trivia (it's roughly in alphabetical order).

    Tim's Horror, Fantasy and Sci-Fi Reads from 2012

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    He invented the Geostationary satellite you know. :smile:

     

    Yep, and I know that NASA have named a lot of things after him, which I think is lovely.

     

    I can't believe I haven't mentioned this before, but have any of you seen a TV series called Prophets of Science Fiction? It's airing here at the moment, but it could very well be a repeat. Each week it discusses the life of a different sci-fi author and his/her influence on the genre. Sorry, VF, but they haven't done Jack Vance. ;) They've done a lot of the classic authors: Arthur C Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Ursula Le Guin (missed that one :(), Philip K Dick and others that I've forgotten. They interview some current sci-fi authors, including David Brin and Kim Stanley Robinson, and they interviewed Ridley Scott for the Philip K Dick episode.

    The Other Poppy's Books 2012

    in Past Book Logs

    Posted

    I see you've bowed to pressure and finally started your own thread, Poppy. Hurrah! I didn't want to add extra pressure, so I didn't say anything, but I was really hoping you'd start a thread. :)

     

    I like your reviews and look forward to reading more. Who would you say are the most well-known New Zealand authors ever? Are there any that are particularly famous in NZ but that haven't been discovered by the rest of the world yet? I have a feeling I've asked you a similar question before, but if I did, it was a very long time ago, so perhaps I can be excused. :blush2:

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