TheSeedisStrongest Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 H.P. Lovecraft- The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre Stephen King- Skeleton Crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageGuy Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 AG, While my to-be-read pile is relatively modest (around 40 now) due to reading almost a book a day, I've bought just over 200 books this year alone so far. So yeah, I'd imagine that'd had something to do with such large sizes. Okay, you don't count Neither do Stego, Pat, Jay, and Wert. I can see all you book reviewers and/or english teachers reading at that pace and getting those huge stacks of books. But there's a reason for you guys to do it. AG, I very deliberately do not keep track of my book purchases, as any realization of the actual amount I'm spending might very well cause severe health problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneeye Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Mapping Human history by Steve Olson pretty good general view on Völkerwanderung for the layman with minimal genetics and no archaelogy layer numerals. Probably need to live in the 21st Century and believe in evolution to read it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosnik Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 armageddon rag. im liking it alot, its hard to not sit down for five hours and plow through. i dig the quoted lyrics that begin each chapter, nice touch. and the protagonist reminds me of grrm, so its almost like looking into his head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H von T Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Yesterday I bought Fiasco by Thomas Ricks. I've decided to become more informed in my opposition to the Iraq war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 I bought Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell. Must be the only copy in all of Dublin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Shutter Island- Dennis Lehane Shotgun Rule- Charlie Huston Dark Harvest- Norman Partridge Beyond Human- Gregory Benford ( non-fiction book about Artificial Intelligence). The High Country- Willard Wyman Taliesin- Stephen Lawhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I just bought Hunter's Run by three n00bs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajorMajor Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Altered Carbon - Morgan Treasure Island - RLS The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde - RLS Neverwhere - Gaiman The Electric Church - J. Somers Crime and Punishment Innocence and Experience - William Blake The Scar - Meiville Dirk Gently - Douglas Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 I just bought Hunter's Run by three n00bs. Same here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balefont Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 I just put Brasyl down for Thirteen (Black Man). What does this make me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 I just put Brasyl down for Thirteen (Black Man). What does this make me? Smart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Books bought in the past few weeks or ones that I received or ordered: Antonio Machado, AntologÃÂa Poética Federico GarcÃÂa Lorca, La casa de Bernarda Alba Jeff Somers, The Electric Church (review copy) Glen Hirschberg, American Morons (story collection) M. Rickert, Map of Dreams (story collection) Wil McCarthy, To Crush the Moon Jo Walton, Farthing Karl Schroeder, Sun of Suns Jorge Luis Borges, Evaristo Carreigo (literary criticism) Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things (story collection) Seth H. Murray, Lord, Open My Lips: The Liturgy of the Hours as Daily Prayer (religious) Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter Mother Teresa, Come be My Light: The Private Writings of the "Saint of Calcutta" (religious biography) Italo Calvino, Difficult Loves Ursula Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven Carlos Fuentes, Todas las familias felices Various, Sagrada Biblia (religious) Thomas Wolfe, Of Time and the River; The Web and the Rock Julio Cortázar, 62/Modelo para armar Alberto Fuguet, Sobredosis; Tinta roja Mario Vargas Llosa, La tentación de lo imposible (non-fiction) Jack Vance, Lyonesse trilogy (borrowed) Zoran Zivkovic, Steps Through the Mist; Impossible Stories (story collections) Edward Whittemore, Nile Shadows Forrest Aguirre (ed.), Leviathan 3; Leviathan 4 (story collections) Stepan Chapman, The Troika Alejo Carpentier, Concierto barroco José Saramago, La piedra de balsa Dino Buzzati, La boutique del mistero (story collection) Catherynne M. Valente, Yume No Hon: The Book of Dreams Martin Millar, The Good Fairies of New York (story collection) Maxwell E. Johnson (ed.), Benedictine Daily Prayer: A Short Breviary (religious) Lucius Shepard, Softspoken Jorge C. Oliva Espinosa, El tiempo que nos toco vivir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talyn Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Books bought in the past few weeks or ones that I received or ordered: ... Holy crap thats a lot of books. It's not a book but I just bought Season 1 of Heros since it just arrived here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Considering that I average around a book read a day and many of those are under 300 pages, it balances out. Some, like the Spanish translation of the Bible and a few related texts, are designed for daily readings/meditations (long personal story there that I won't explain now), while many others are for causal reads while stuck in rush hour traffic or during breaks at work. The most important part is that I believe these books to be high-quality for the most part, especially since the majority are by authors that I've read/enjoyed before over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Do you buy books you're not really interested in and end up putting them off for awhile? Or do you go on huge sprees all at once?I just did a recount: 56 unread books in my study. I never buy books that I am not 'really interested' in reading. When you know you have a huge unread pile at home you do try to avoid buying more books. But you can't hold out forever... and then it's very hard to just buy one book. There is just not enough time to get through the ones you already have before you HAVE to buy other books that you want, that is why the pile never goes all the way down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Well, I just got Ambercrombie's The Blade Itself and a hardcover copy of Clarke's Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norell (it was a $4.99 bargain discount!). I also got (as far as I know) final Foxtrot collection. I also have Winterbirth, the latest Star Trek book Resistance and I Sold My Soul on E-Bay waiting for me on the shelves among other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Bought Rough Cut by Gary McMahon and Choices edited by Chris Teague and Postscripts #10 as well as tons of other stuff at Fantasycon. Too much to remember just yet, but I'll list them as they tumble out of my bags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talyn Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I just bought Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher to complete my set. and Blood Engines by T.A. Pratt. I hope that it is good. http://tapratt.livejournal.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max the Mostly Mediocre Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 The Dispossessed - Le Guin His Dark Materials omnibus - Pullman Sweet Silver Blues - Cook (only $2 at Amazon.com right now. fyi.) Hammered - Bear War Surf - Buckner Dammit. Back over the 20 book mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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