Kylie Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Honore de Balzac Eugenie Grandit Trying to remember if this novel was mentioned in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress... Did you remember? *Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending What a curious coincidence. When I searched for different covers of P&O on google, this book came up and I thought the cover was beautiful! It's supposed to be pretty good, I think. Poppyshake loved it, I believe, and that's good enough for me! *Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sonnets from the Portugese Wohoo! Although I thought you owned a copy already No, I didn't already have a copy, but I've wanted it for ages! I've never been able to find it in bookshops or at book fairs, which I always thought was strange because I thought it was well known. But maybe it's only well known to me because of Abby and the Rory Gilmore list. I was so happy to find it. It's a tallish hardback, but I don't mind. Mikhail Bulgakov Diaboliad M&M is the only novel by Bulgakov that I know of, it's weird to hear about his other novels... Yep, he has a few out I think. There's a Penguin Modern Classics edition of one of his that has a lovely cover (and I'm sure it would be a good read too ) *David Crystal A Little Book of Language Book on languages, always good stuff Absolutely! I have quite a few now. Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit Wohoo for Dickens! Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov Wohoo for Dostoyevsky! Arthur Conan Doyle The Lost World This is not a Holmes novel... is it? The titles suggests it's not, but I never knew he wrote other novels. As Claire already said, no, it's not a Holmes novel. It'll be interesting to read a non-Sherlock book. It sounds like a rollicking good read, and I particularly like to read those nowadays. William Faulkner Sanctuary I knew about this one because I saw you add it to your goodreads account (Well I must've seen the other titles, too, but this one stuck in my mind.) Hmm...when I first read this I think I hadn't added it to Goodreads yet, and then I became worried that I already bought it at another time (recently), so I might have two copies. I can't remember if I have checked that out or not (which means I'd better check again!) F Scott Fitzgerald Tender is the Night (replacement) Wohoo for Fitzgerald! Yes, he's awesome. And very good looking. Have you ever seen a pic of him circa 1920s? Vasily Grossman Life and Fate The name of the author rings a (very distant) bell. A 1001 Books -book? I thought it was on one of the lists (that's largely why I bought it), but I can't find it anywhere. Henry James The Turn of the Screw Wohoo for another classic! Are you still wohooing even though it's Henry James? I know I struggled with The Ambassadors, but The Turn of the Screw is supposed to be very good and scary. Maybe I'll try this one first. W Somerset Maugham Collected Short Stories Volume 4 Are you a fan of Maugham? Not yet, but I'm hoping to be! I now have all of his collected short stories and a couple of full-length novels, so I hope I enjoy his work! (I've really gotta stop buying so many books by an author when I don't even know if I'll like them.) Nancy Mitford Frederick the Great Nancy Mitford The Sun King Nancy Mitford Voltaire in Love Wow, look at all the Mitfords I bet poppyshake's going to be pleased I was thrilled to find them - they're not among the most common of the Vintage books that I see around (most shops only seem to stock the most popular or well known). *Haruki Murakami A Wild Sheep Chase (replacement) Awesome! Yep! I didn't like the other edition I have. Did you get this from the book fair? *Haruki Murakami Sputnik Sweetheart Haa! I also acquired a copy of this, last Thursday I remember seeing that! I thought it was especially cool when I found it at the shop for that reason. Edgar Allan Poe The Murders in the Rue Morgue Spooky I've gotta read me some more Poe, and soon! *Terry Pratchett Strata Wohoo for more Pratchett! I thought it was a Discworld novel but later it realised it wasn't. No matter. All Pratchett is good. Andy Warhol A: A Novel Hella jealous!!!!! *Sarah Waters Tipping the Velvet Wohoo for Waters I was just talking about her books last Saturday and it reminded me of how I desperately need to read her books. I couldn't believe my luck to find this. I found it in a shop that sold most hardbacks (the type that I really dislike - ex-library books and books with 80s-type covers). Then I came across this little diamond in the rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Hey Frankie, I never saw this post until now. Sowwy! I must have been composing my next post at the same time you posted. Can I ask if you would like to tell us which books you bought while you were away and when you came back? Please? I think I must have posted them all by now. I'm dreadfully behind in all of my posts at the beginning of this thread. I have no idea how big my TBR pile is anymore (that's probably a good thing). I have more books to shelve;(it's getting frustrating - every time I finally sort my shelves out, I go on a book buying binge and end up with dozens more! Rather than work off my Internet lists and spreadsheets, I want to go through my shelves book by book and physically count them to make sure I haven't missed any in my lists (maybe I'll also find a few that I don't want to read anymore). Heller came up yesterday when I was reading a book called Fates Worse than Death. It's by Kurt Vonnegut, and it's a collection of essays and speeches etc. Vonnegut's mentioned Norman Mailer and Heller etc quite a few times, and I started thinking I should really read Catch-22. I wish I could remember what exactly he said about it. It's a very pleasant and easy reading. I of course thought about you every time Heller was mentioned =) Cool! I think that's a definite sign you should read Catch-22. How are you enjoying the Vonnegut book? I feel very weird about the covers now. The last time I said I loved just about all of them. And now that I went back to look at them on BD, I don't like any of them. Or rather, all of them have a certain something I like, but none of them are 'just the one' I'd buy. Which makes me think that they are out of the edition I'm after. I suppose it must be the one that was featured in the show, if there was one? But I can't even remember what it was like. To be perfectly honest, the cover of your copy is a bit too cartoonish. But look at this one. Why would they place that envelope there? That's rude! And this one. I mean the guy is walking out of the cover! Couldn't he have waited for just one more second? I have to look up other booksites to see if they have the kind of cover I'd want. Hehe. Those covers aren't particularly nice. I must admit that I couldn't imagine which one/s had taken your fancy. The envelope one is really bad and there is far too much writing on the other cover. Why do they need THREE quotes on the cover? I think said person had that latter cover (with the cover walking off the cover ). When I was just looking up the Parrot and Olivier editions again, I noticed that they also have cartoonish editions of other Peter Carey books. I must say, they all look rather nice. Of course you knew, you know everything I know, TNB is freakishly short isn't it. I still can't believe he was only in his teens when he wrote the book. Oh, cool. I didn't know he wrote it in his teens (see? I don't know everything!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 I intend to try! I just bought a six month sub because I love it here so much. Great news, Devi! Oh man, I would love to go to a book fair, even just once. We sometimes have them at the exhibition centre in the city, but I could never make it (I live just 45mins out of Melbourne). Do you like visiting secondhand or independent bookshops? Are there any good ones in Melbourne? (I could note them down for future reference. ) I found out about Readings a while back. They seem to have a few branches in and around Melbourne and look pretty good. Yeah I pretty much buy all my books from the book depository too, I love it and the bookmark I get with every order! I think I will check out better world books, and as for local bookshops, we have a Collins in town that I go to to order certain books that I can't find online. You get bookmarks with every order? I only get them rarely and haven't actually received any for ages. Maybe because I order so many books they figure I've received them all by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I'm also really thrilled with Manguel's The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, which has been on my wish list for ages. Even the cheapest copy I could find was kind of expensive, but I decided to splurge. It's about 750 pages long and details over 1,200 lands that have featured in literature (Wonderland, Atlantis, Utopia, Middle-earth, Hogwarts etc). It's illustrated as well. It'll be a great book to randomly dip into, and I expect it will increase my wish list by a lot! wow, this book sounds really good! I think I'm going to start dropping hints to my boyfriend and see if he might buy me it! thanks for pointing it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Funny you should mention it. I just went to put it on the shelf a little while ago and gave it a little hug as I carried it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 I spent the wee hours of this morning doing the big book shuffle again (moving all my books along the shelves to fit in my new books). I actually managed to do a tiny cull and removed maybe a dozen books that I no longer want to read. Well, I do want to read them, but I don't have a hope of getting to them in the next decade or so, so I figured I may as well get rid of them. Then I made the mistake of going to a local bookshop where all books are $5: Michel Faber The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps Patricia Highsmith Ripley's Game Albert Sanchez Pinol Pandora in the Congo Dan Rhodes Little Hands Clapping Scarett Thomas Pop Co (this has blue-edged pages!) I also bought The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion, which I'm pretty sure is on the Rory list. I only went in because I saw on their website that they had Dan Rhodes' Anthropology. My local store didn't have it though, but they had a few others of Rhodes' books. I bought a lovely edition of Timoleon Vieta Come Home to replace a secondhand copy I bought earlier this year. They also had Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 (books 1-3 in one volume). In hardcover. For $5!!! The shop owner pointed out that he had seen it for $45 the day before. They only had one copy and, even though I already have the book, I just could not resist buying it again for $5(!) It has a different cover to the copy I own - a nicer cover, I think. $5! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Scarett Thomas Pop Co (this has blue-edged pages!) I have this book I just love how pretty it is. Its not on a shelf its on a table so I can admire the pages hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 I've seen black-edged, green-edged (Wicked) and red-edged (Twilight) pages before, but never blue! Sometimes I'm not sure if I like them, but at the same time they're pretty irresistible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I've seen black-edged, green-edged (Wicked) and red-edged (Twilight) pages before, but never blue! Sometimes I'm not sure if I like them, but at the same time they're pretty irresistible. I do like looking at them, but I'm not sure if ill like reading them or not, the colour might put me off a bit :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 Acquired several books in the last couple of days (first three Vintage): Nancy Mitford Madame de Pompadour Mervyn Peake The Gormenghast Trilogy Nevil Shute Pied Piper Jonathan Stroud The Amulet of Samarkand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 I loved Pied Piper Have you read it before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 No, I haven't. I missed out on that particular reading circle, but everyone seemed to love it so I really want to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 No, I haven't. I missed out on that particular reading circle, but everyone seemed to love it so I really want to read it. ah okay then, I couldnt remember or not hehe. its a great book though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devi Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 (edited) Do you like visiting secondhand or independent bookshops? Are there any good ones in Melbourne? (I could note them down for future reference. ) I found out about Readings a while back. They seem to have a few branches in and around Melbourne and look pretty good. Well I would think there would be a few in Melbourne, but I only know how to get to my specialists and back. I should really check out where they are though and try and visit one or two on one of my trips. You get bookmarks with every order? I only get them rarely and haven't actually received any for ages. Maybe because I order so many books they figure I've received them all by now. They have stopped for me too, I haven't had one in my last 15 or so books. I emailed them about it and they told me they were all out of stock and were in the process of printing new ones. Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 is a book that keeps popping up everywhere I go, its like it is trying to tell me to buy it . I don't know if that ever happens to you with a book. Edited April 28, 2012 by Devi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Wodehouse at the Wicket is particularly exciting, because it's a compendium of his writings on cricket, and there's info about his involvement in the game (he played several games at Lord's and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was his captain!) Wow, I love that sort of name-droppish information! I'm also really thrilled with Manguel's The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, which has been on my wish list for ages. Even the cheapest copy I could find was kind of expensive, but I decided to splurge. It's about 750 pages long and details over 1,200 lands that have featured in literature (Wonderland, Atlantis, Utopia, Middle-earth, Hogwarts etc). It's illustrated as well. It'll be a great book to randomly dip into, and I expect it will increase my wish list by a lot! You know I've added Manguel's Library at Night to my wishlist because of you, like ages ago? Well, when I heard that the reservation of books at the local library was free til the (almost) end of the year, I went through my wishlist, tracking down which of those books were to be found at the library in English, so I might reserve some of them and read them for free instead of buying all of them at the end Anyway, there was only one Manguel book in the library and it just so happens to be The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (can't remember if it was in English, though!). 750 pages?? Holy hecks I'm kinda bummed that it's the sort of book to 'randomly dip into' as you so eloquently put it, because it doesn't seem to make a good 'reserve, receive and borrow, and then read in order in 30 days' sort of books... Wilkie Collins The Haunted Hotel and Other Stories Should be good! James Doig Australian Ghost Stories Wow, cool! Jeffrey Eugenides The Marriage Plot I did notice some time ago that you got this and I was mega jealous! Then I found it, in English, at the library and borrowed it! I read the first chapter, I think, but it didn't do anything for me But I'm inclined to think that .... ... that... I just remembered it wasn't this book at all, it was Michael Cunningham's latest Never mind! Groucho Marx The Groucho Letters: Letters to and From Groucho Marx Another one of those 'who DIDN'T write letters back in the day!' moments Should be intriguing! The Rights of the Reader That sounds like a nice title Haha. I'm watching an episode of Buffy, where the following conversation (minus some stuttering) takes place between Giles and his new girlfriend, Jenny. LOL! Poor Giles! I miss him. Now I want to start watching Buffy again. Oooooh, Giles and Spike... Swoon! I think there are 4 Wodehouse books (from the Arrow series) that I still don't have. Three of them collections that contain stories from the books I already have but of course I'll have to buy them. My collection wouldn't be complete otherwise. I remember your Wodehouse collection was quite impressive back in 2010 when I visited, and to think what it looks like now...! *grins* That Buffy conversation reminds me of something that happened last night. A friend was given a new book as a gift, she opened the front cover and using her hand in a fist CREASED and FLATTENED the cover so it would stay open. I thought of all the people on here who would have gasped, screamed or fainted at the sight of it! I hope you opened that friend of yours in the middle, and creased and flattened her!! Honore de Balzac Eugenie Grandit Trying to remember if this novel was mentioned in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress... Did you remember? No... I should've checked... *blushy blush* *Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending What a curious coincidence. When I searched for different covers of P&O on google, this book came up and I thought the cover was beautiful! It's supposed to be pretty good, I think. Poppyshake loved it, I believe, and that's good enough for me! Ah, that's definitely a good omen! *Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sonnets from the Portugese Wohoo! Although I thought you owned a copy already No, I didn't already have a copy, but I've wanted it for ages! I've never been able to find it in bookshops or at book fairs, which I always thought was strange because I thought it was well known. But maybe it's only well known to me because of Abby and the Rory Gilmore list. I was so happy to find it. It's a tallish hardback, but I don't mind. I'm kinda baffled that you never thought to order it online, because I suspect you would've found a cheap copy. But maybe those online paperback editions wouldn't have cut it for you. Mikhail Bulgakov Diaboliad M&M is the only novel by Bulgakov that I know of, it's weird to hear about his other novels... Yep, he has a few out I think. There's a Penguin Modern Classics edition of one of his that has a lovely cover (and I'm sure it would be a good read too ) Now why the wink? Are you suggesting I buy it for you? *David Crystal A Little Book of Language Book on languages, always good stuff Absolutely! I have quite a few now. I suspect you have a bookcase now, just for them! William Faulkner Sanctuary I knew about this one because I saw you add it to your goodreads account (Well I must've seen the other titles, too, but this one stuck in my mind.) Hmm...when I first read this I think I hadn't added it to Goodreads yet, and then I became worried that I already bought it at another time (recently), so I might have two copies. I can't remember if I have checked that out or not (which means I'd better check again!) Haha! So did you check? (I've not yet read your most recent posts, I'm replying to these chronologically) F Scott Fitzgerald Tender is the Night (replacement) Wohoo for Fitzgerald! Yes, he's awesome. And very good looking. Have you ever seen a pic of him circa 1920s? I've seen his picture but I think he was with Zelda and perhaps his children and wasn't perhaps at his youngest...? I kind of have this image of him kicking up his foot like he was doing the can-can or whatnot. Vasily Grossman Life and Fate The name of the author rings a (very distant) bell. A 1001 Books -book? I thought it was on one of the lists (that's largely why I bought it), but I can't find it anywhere. I'm sure it's from somewhere. Maybe in a book (whether fiction or non-fiction, who knows) about books, which neither you nor I have listed down on anywhere, on the forum. We can't both be wrong! Well maybe we can but we'll never admit to it! Henry James The Turn of the Screw Wohoo for another classic! Are you still wohooing even though it's Henry James? I know I struggled with The Ambassadors, but The Turn of the Screw is supposed to be very good and scary. Maybe I'll try this one first. Well, I might as well, because I don't think I've ever suffered because of him, mainly because I don't think I've ever read anything by him, to date, HEHEE! *Haruki Murakami A Wild Sheep Chase (replacement) Awesome! Yep! I didn't like the other edition I have. Did you get this from the book fair? No, I didn't. I've only got a not-too-delicious-and-lickable Finnish edition, from a sale at the library, and I'm probably going to chuck it soon, I have many Murakamis on TBR as it is and by the time I've read them all I think I can go and order an English copy of the sheep book. BTW, remember how we were all over the Murakamis at the book fair? We were never at that particular section at the same time, so it never got violent, haha! And by the end of the day we'd compare which Murakamis the other one was able to snatch. Oh those were good days. In many other ways too! *Haruki Murakami Sputnik Sweetheart Haa! I also acquired a copy of this, last Thursday I remember seeing that! I thought it was especially cool when I found it at the shop for that reason. Heheh, I bet it was. And I also think it is very, very cool for the same reason! Edgar Allan Poe The Murders in the Rue Morgue Spooky I've gotta read me some more Poe, and soon! You've never read him? I thought you must have, you so sophisticated! (lack of verb intentional, thus underlining our differences in the level of our sophistication) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I hope you opened that friend of yours in the middle, and creased and flattened her!! I'm too scared of confrontation, but I did gasp and took a sharp intake of breath, but I think it went unnoticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Hey Frankie, I never saw this post until now. Sowwy! I must have been composing my next post at the same time you posted. Don't worry, hun I think I must have posted them all by now. I'm dreadfully behind in all of my posts at the beginning of this thread. I have no idea how big my TBR pile is anymore (that's probably a good thing). I have more books to shelve;(it's getting frustrating - every time I finally sort my shelves out, I go on a book buying binge and end up with dozens more! Rather than work off my Internet lists and spreadsheets, I want to go through my shelves book by book and physically count them to make sure I haven't missed any in my lists (maybe I'll also find a few that I don't want to read anymore). You know how you've been making remarks about me having bought more books this year? Well, some time ago, when I think I was at 44 bought books, I went to see the first page of your log, just to see how many books you'd bought. And if I remember right, you were also at 44, or so. BUT! You hadn't written down some of your latest purchases, and I confess I giggled. Ha! Cool! I think that's a definite sign you should read Catch-22. How are you enjoying the Vonnegut book? Well, I was doing quite fine with it, but then Vonnegut talked about the Hiroshima nuclear bombing and whether it was the 'correct thing to do' at the time. (As you probably know, he was in the war and even his non-fiction stuff includes all kinds of war-type anecdotes) He didn't exactly say he condoned the bombing, but he said a person against it should ask about it from the people who were in the war and would've been killed when landing at Hiroshima, had it not been bombed. For me, that was just fecking outrageous!! If one must wage war, go man-to-man about it. There's no way in hell a nuclear bombing is fair war. And I don't want to hear about 'all's fair in love and war'. I was outraged and closed the book at that point and returned it to the library with a very angered mind. Stupid Vonnegut. Oh, cool. I didn't know he wrote it in his teens (see? I don't know everything!) Yay, I taught you something about Toole I love it, especially because when I first read the book I didn't even like it that much and then you started hyping it and now it holds a very special place in my heart. Oh remember when you and I watched FTBC, the ep with the Confederacy piece? And how they had that introductory bit, and I was flabbergasted and thought it was a real trailer for the movie?? And you told me I shouldn't worry, it wasn't? Hilarious!! I spent the wee hours of this morning doing the big book shuffle again (moving all my books along the shelves to fit in my new books). LOL! Shuffle! That made me wonder if you did some sort of dancing! Then I made the mistake of going to a local bookshop where all books are $5: Bogan Thursday at the Plaza? Dan Rhodes Little Hands Clapping Awesome!! (Although I haven't read it myself yet, but it has to be good! You need to read Gold!) Oh, hehe, I have a pun! You want to hear it? No? Well, I'm going to tell it anyways! Here goes: 'You need to read Little Hands Clapping, soon! It's as good as Gold!' Hehe?? Scarett Thomas Pop Co (this has blue-edged pages!) Ooooh I've seen the edition, it's beautiful! I also bought The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion, which I'm pretty sure is on the Rory list. It most definitely is! They also had Haruki Murakami's 1Q84 (books 1-3 in one volume). In hardcover. For $5!!! The shop owner pointed out that he had seen it for $45 the day before. They only had one copy and, even though I already have the book, I just could not resist buying it again for $5(!) It has a different cover to the copy I own - a nicer cover, I think. $5! What the ...!!! That's a NEW book. How on earth do they sell it for a meagre $5?? Awesome Nancy Mitford Madame de Pompadour You had (and must still have) a knack for finding Calvino, and I know declare you have a knack for finding Mitford too! Mervyn Peake The Gormenghast Trilogy 1001 stuff! And I thought it sounded like a great story when I ventured to buy a copy back in the day. Nevil Shute Pied Piper I loved that book! Good call =) I'm too scared of confrontation, but I did gasp and took a sharp intake of breath, but I think it went unnoticed. You are a good and peaceful person, I admire that! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted May 4, 2012 Author Share Posted May 4, 2012 I received a few books in the mail today, and I have a load on order. There's a book sale on tomorrow that I've been to a couple of times before. Books are mostly priced from $1-$5 and I've found some massive bargains there in the past. Can't wait! Today I received: David Lodge The Campus Trilogy Georges Perec Species and Spaces and Other Pieces Bram Stoker The Lair of the White Worm & The Lady of the Shroud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 I went to a book sale today - I didn't buy anywhere near as much as I usually do (good thing!), but I'm happy because I found several books that I have wanted for ages. Cassandra Clare Mortal Instruments #3 City of Glass (I was in two minds about buying this because it's a large paperback, but I couldn't pass it up for $5) Alain de Botton Religion for Atheists Norman Doidge The Brain that Changes Itself Charles F Gritzner Earth Condensed (atlas-type book) Grace Karskens The Colony: A History of Early Sydney Diana Mitford A Life of Contrasts Wiliiam Shakespeare As You Like It Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 You have sooo outbought me! I tell you Which book sale was this? Probably one I don't know about. Excellent haul, missy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 'The 13 1/2 Lives Of Captain Bluebear' arrived with me today - an almost perfect second hand copy. Someone keeps mentioning it! When I read that you recommended it and it was recommended to you by Paula then I just have to get hold of it don't I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 Frankie, it was a sale that an online bookshop holds at their warehouse a couple of times a year. I think when you came to visit you just missed one by a few days. Chrissy, excellent news!! I'm so, so pleased. But also very scared that you won't like it. I really think it's an adorable book though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I'm already enchanted by the look on his face sitting in the boat, so I think all will be well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 That's exactly how I felt when I saw the book cover on Paula's review. It was love at first sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 I received some exciting books in the mail today: Karin Boye Kallocain (dystopian novel I've wanted for ages) Umberto Eco This is Not the End of the Book (a conversation about the future of books) Norton Juster The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth (woohoo! I splurged and bought it - it's gorgeous! ) Leanne Shapton The Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, including Books, and Street Fashion, and Jewelry (this book tells the love story, and I think break up, of a couple in the format of an auction catalogue). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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