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When I tried to buy books from Barnes & Noble all prices were stated in US Dollars, so I translated the amount using an internet converter to have a rough idea of how much I was spending. The transaction didn't actually happen as B&N would only take Visa and Mastercard as far as UK cards went so they didn't like mine, but that's another story...How do you actually go about paying for books from another country in another currency? (without resorting to sending cash or a money order) -
I hope you like itI don't care that this is a YA book, it sounds so interesting I have to get it.
the writing is not the most challenging but the themes are, making the book one which should interest and make reflect anyone interested in why outcasts are outcasts - people who were enraged at Frankenstein and sobbed at The Hunchback of Notre Dame should enjoy the socio-psychological slant of Generation Dead. If you do, The Kiss of Life (book II) is already available.
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I may now need to check out Good Omens.
Oh, you should, it is magnificently histerical: the best bits of Pratchett are blended with the best bits of Gaiman, how can you lose?I must read Good Omens myself!!I even recommended it to Connolly himself - part of my dedication reads "thanks for the reading recommendation" - as I found it both staggering and fascinating that he hadn't read it. The idea, tone, target audience and overt narrative devices are just so similar to his!
I already believed Cristopher Booker was right when he wrote that there are only Seven Basic Plots to go around, but these two books seem to me to share approach and style also... which is interesting to say the least.
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I don't think more people would read for pleasure if prices were lower, but rather that the same people who read for pleasure now would buy more books if that were the case. I know that, for one, I would buy more more books than I do now if they cost less each - I'd be buying all or most of I want as opposed to all I can afford. Currently,I am fairly limited in my expenditure possibilities as supermarkets don't really cater for my reading tastes; Waterstone's 3x2, Amazon discounts on RRP and the like are my saviours really.
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Glad you liked The Book Thief, I adored every page of itFinished The Book Thief, and thought it was absolutely wonderful. I want everyone I know to read it!! About to start The Resurrectionist, by James Bradley easily one of my best reads of recent years. I mean, the guy's imagery influenced my dreams for goodness' sake, I don't think that's ever happened to me before... skilled writing or what?!I'd like to hear your thoughts on The Resurrectionist by the way, the theme really interests me but no one I know who's read it liked it at all
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In the unlikely event I don't have a notebook on me, I'll put a draft text message to exactly the same useDo you have a 'notes' section on your mobile phone? If I don't have my bag with me (for whatever reason), I always have my mobile. I add books I see while I'm out to that and then add them to my notebook and Amazon Wishlist when I get home!!
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I have mooched a nice hardcover copy of Inkheart by Cornelia Funke - at last!
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It took me a whole year, but then again I was fourteen and reading two to three other books a week along the sideJust started 'Les Miserables', think its going to take a bit of time to finish I hope you enjoy it (what with it being my favourite book of all time and all) and that, when you get to a certain chapter, certain things will fall into place for you !
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How very very interesting, how very sinfully interesting. Shame on you, for making me want to spend money I don't have!!Anyone in London, theres a Books etc. in Victoria Station, on the strip of shops just before you go outside and end up facing Colonnade Walk (or whatever it is called) and they are having a closing down sale with discount on almost everything -
I do actually highlight first choices by means of side-lining or bold type - some may call that obsessive; I just like to think I'm well-prepared. Join the ranks of the well-prepared, JohnIf you don't go to a book shop with a list of first choices (minimum 50 book list), a separate list of second choices (another minimum 50 book list) and a back up list of emergency choices for when your first 100 choices aren't available, you're just a rank amateur! you know you want to, we've got funky stationery!
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I'd get the book but then, I can't drive
!Given that the original conundrum of this thread has been satisfactorily answered, may I append my own
? It's Jules Verne-related, I promise!A few weeks ago in Waterstone's I saw a beautiful red and gold cloth box-set containing a Jules Verne novel and a novel by someone else which I'm guessing is related to the Verne in virtue of being its sequel or what-have-you. Obviously, I didn't take the titles down as I was sure I would remember them so naturally, I don't. The Waterstone's website doesn't seem to know about any of it, which is helpful.
Halp?
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I am not a fan of Dan Brown at all; however if you're after History + Science, The Last Witchfinder by James Morrow is meant to be really good.
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Need to go to the library and explain that the book they think I stole never in fact left their buildings - I checked it out, then in the reading room realised only 20 or so pages were relevant to my dissertation so I photocopied them and gave it right back. Librarians of silliness...!
I hope to make some headway into The Gates by John Connolly on the tram there: it reminds me so much of Good Omens (one of my favourite books ever), has had such positive reviews on here from people I trust and is written by such a likeable bloke I really want to like it
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My problem is that I can never keep my reading list in my brain. I eventually can
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We're having pork belly joint. I've never cooked one before so I had to invent: I rubbed salt and meat seasoning into it, drizzled it with some olive oil and glazed it with a couple of spoonfuls of honey... I hope it works :eek2:!
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Oooh, I look forward to hearing your opinion on that!I am still almost finished 'Sunshine' by Robin McKinley -
May I just contribute that we're all doomed... :eek2:?
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Apparently, the following books from BookMooch are officially on their way:
Dean Koontz, Frankenstein: Prodigal Son
Karen Russell, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
Nick Hornby, The Complete Polysyllabic Spree
... whooo :eek2: have requested a few more but am still waiting to hear back...
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My Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide: Five Complete Novels and a Story arrived in the post today, and although I am miffed I didn't get it in time for HitchCon09 :eek2: I must say that it is STUNNING, probably the prettiest book I own, for once in near new condition
it's purdy and I love it! Now I need to get stuck into a comprehensive re-reading, and soon if I want to read Eoin Colfer's sequel And Another Thing... -
Ditto that; I long for that amount of poshness! Oh, and welcome :eek2: cuppa coffe anna hobnob?Hi Daniel, wish I Had a double Barrelled name -
I remember helping my cousin revise for her 11+ a few years ago and I too found some of the questions (not to mention the time one was meant to answer them in) tough. Tried this now and got 7/15, unsurprising really, must have got all the language ones right and all the maths ones wrong :eek2:!In fact, my friend's husband was looking at Beth's practice papers, and he found them quite tough.. and he has a Masters in Maths from Oxford! -
Ok then - the HitchCon09 write-up is taking longer than expected (it was a long day). To whet your appetite, here's some photographic evidence...
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I would so love but also fear going bookshopping with you - we'd encourage each other's aesthetic whims something dreadful!I bought something called The Dante Club because it was pretty -
Awww, it's awesome you've been reunited with such an important bit of your childhoodthe second I saw it it all came flooding back, Old Mackie's House, Mr. Bone.... it's the exact cover I remembered and ahhh how I loved this book. I'm so happy to own a copy. Seems to be a first edition too, that's nice.!Today I've received Pemberley by Emma Tennant from the lovely Kell :eek2: complete of lovely card I'm going to use as a bookmark, have mooched Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction by Tom Raabe, and intend to continue my slow but sure progress into Terry's Unseen Academicals.
The books I've bought yesterday at HitchCon (Eoin Colfer's Hitchhiker's sequel And Another Thing and updated and revised edition of Neil Gaiman's Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) also beckon, though I should be strong and wait until the leather Hitchhiker's arrives from the States, so I can read the sequel in the light of a re-read the first five books.
-eliza-'s books 2009
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based on your already-read list, may I recommend Generation Dead by Daniel Waters. About zombie teenagers who don't know why they've come back to life and struggle to be accepted at home, school and in society at large, this is the thinking person's Twilight.