Did you like it? Or have you not read it yet?
I last bought "The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil" by George Saunders (very funny and dry) and "The Master and Margarita" (loved it).
And you?
2007-09-03 03:22:18 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Ideal Muggle - I just think its the choice of books related to religion that people have taken against. No need to get hostile mate. x
2007-09-03 04:38:28 · update #1
The latest HP, loved it!
Now I'm getting books out the library, much cheeper and saves space.
2007-09-03 03:52:26 · answer #1 · answered by Stitch 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Actually I cant remember but HP latest read and passed on long ago what have you all been doing? Depending on time constraints I will read between 150 and 350 books a year and not being a wealthy man many of those are borrowed recycled passed around etc etc.I was digging around my study the other day (trying to clear a little floor space for some more junk the missus wanted to park on me - you fellas out there know how it goes), and found some books that I have already read before but put aside for another read another time. So the book in front of me as I type this is "Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark" by Laurence Gardner 2002, subtitle: amazing revelations of the incredible power of gold
2007-09-03 05:33:17 · answer #2 · answered by scrambulls 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just bought, and currently reading: "The Sword in the Stone". It's great - I've read it before, and it still makes me laugh out loud.
Just bought, and waiting in the wings:
"The Last Unicorn" - also great
"Tarzan at the Earth's Core", "Back to the Stone Age" and "Land of Terror" - all Pellucidar books by Edgar Rice Burroughs
On the way (from the science fiction book club):
The first 3 "Earthsea" books.
The Shanarra trilogy
The 1st Chronicles of Amber (another great - 5 books combined)
The Tolkien Reader - some excellent Tolkien short stories, particularly "Leaf by Niggle" - it has a very (traditional) Christian theme, though that is not obvious until the end.
The complete Lankhmar series
Bought a while ago and having trouble finding time to read:
"The Oxford World's Classic Bible"
The "Today's New International Version" bible
The "New World Translation" bible (I've read a lot of this)
"Rotherham's Emphasized Bible"
Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com
2007-09-03 06:13:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I bought two last week from Amazon - The Harlequin by Laurell K Hamilton (I'm 2/3 through this and it's excellent - Edward's made a return!!!!!) and No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong which is one of the books I'm saving for my holiday next week. I also got a couple of work related books and have read 1 and 1/2 (Tort law and Contract law - interesting, I know but I'm taking an exam next month about them.... help!!!!)
2007-09-03 21:09:01 · answer #4 · answered by SG 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the last time I bought books was August 8th when I bought these three:
Fatherland by Robert Harris: yes, not quite my favourite genre but I bought it in Berlin and it takes place there and a bit in Zurich where I live, so that was fun. Very well researched, I respect that. Characters were ok.
Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich: yes, total fluff but a riot as always.
Falling Man by Don Delillo: not sure, I'm not quite getting it yet--but I've heard good things so I'll stick it out. I find it somewhat pointlessly abstruse, but it may turn out to be pointedly abstruse.
2007-09-03 04:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills was the last novel I bought. I'm not normally one for detective stories but since this had a bit of a arty twist I started reading it. I think it is well written and you get drawn deeper into both mysteries until you're bitterley dissapointed when one is solved, but by then you're too far in to go back.
The other book I bought was The Efflunet Society by Norman Thelweel, a man normally known for his comic horse sketches. Although this was published in 1971, the drawings are about the environment and are still very relevant today.
2007-09-03 03:51:58 · answer #6 · answered by Trouble 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs; She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse by Paul Carter is the last book I bought. I've actually bought 2 more copies to give away since I bought the first copy of it. :-)
2007-09-03 03:34:10 · answer #7 · answered by Laurie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agent Zig Zag, Ben Macintyre and The Quest, Wilbur Smith, the last part of the River God sequence. Saving both for Ibiza in October!
2007-09-03 03:28:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bought the Harry Potter books to read all seven ffrom start to finish (On no. 4 now and am enjoying them immensely so far).
Before that, I bought Retribution by Jilliane Hoffman. Also an excellent read but a tad disturbing in places.
2007-09-03 03:28:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lone Wolf - Flight from the Dark by Joe Dever.
They are re-printing the whole series and Book one is just out.
Its a 'choose your own adventure book'
So far I have escaped the massacre at the Monastery saved the Wizard and am trying to make it to the capital to warn the King !!!
2007-09-03 04:38:13 · answer #10 · answered by David 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Imperium by Robert Harris and i am about half way through, it's very good, and is about Marcus Cicero, Statesman, Politician and Legal Advocate in Ancient Rome. What a time it must have been, not much good if you were poor and not a Roman, life was cheap and corruption and tyranny was rife.
2007-09-03 03:31:07 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋