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Sybarite said:
It's a very funny film.

One might even think that there is some truth in how the issue of food is dealt with in it.
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Her Greek lover sounds like Ray Ramano.

Do they have 'Everybody Loves Raymond' in Brittany....I mean Brittanica....I mean Brittania.....I mean Great Britain....I mean the uk.....I mean Britain....I mean....aw shucks I meant to say England
 
Today, I ordered the following, from Amazon:

Stuck In Neutral by Terry Trueman
The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
Flatland by Edwin Abbott
Naive.Super by Erlend Loe
The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
 
While on vacation in the States, I realized how much cheaper books can be, so I picked up:

Everything Is Illuminated-Jonathan Safran foer
Maggie cassidy- Jack Kerouac
One flew over the cookoo's nest- Ken Kesey
I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg- Bill Morgan
Ride- Author I forget
 
Courtesy of the modern miracle that is interlibrary loan:

The Fortunes of Wangrin- Amadou Hampate Ba

Beyond the Earth and the Sky:A Journey into Bhutan-Jamie Zeppa

I, The Divine-Rahib Alameddine

The Rape of Sita-Lindsey Collen

History and Hunger in West Africa-Laura Bigman
 
Just ordered another batch from The Folio Society – their sale was just too tempting.

A two-book history of Africa for the other half's forthcoming birthday, plus he wanted The Shorter Oxford Dictionary (at half price, it's a bargain). Then I ordered JE Neale's Elzabeth I and four of PG Wodehouse's Blandings books.
 
Stewart said:
Nice. I shan't spoil it for you.
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Thanks, I'd hate to have to chase you down just so I could shoot you with my kid's nerf gun:p According to Google maps, once we got to New York, we'd have a LONG swim:D

BTW-I started Fortunes of Wangrin this morning, it looks promising.
 
The last book I bought was the Autobiography of Malcolm X. I know, I should've read it by now but I haven't. What did you guys think of it?
 
I recently bought a whole bunch of books from the penguin classics collection:
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Notes from Underground and The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Now i've just go to choose which one to start on first!
 
pearshaker said:
I recently bought a whole bunch of books from the penguin classics collection:
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Notes from Underground and The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Now i've just go to choose which one to start on first!
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Put them in a bag, close your eyes and just grab one..you certainly can't go wrong!
 
Sybarite said:
Just ordered another batch from The Folio Society – their sale was just too tempting.

A two-book history of Africa for the other half's forthcoming birthday, plus he wanted The Shorter Oxford Dictionary (at half price, it's a bargain). Then I ordered JE Neale's Elzabeth I and four of PG Wodehouse's Blandings books.
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Are The Folio Society books worth the money?
 
  • Continent, Jim Crace
  • Journey By Moonlight, Antal Szerb
  • I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
  • Waiting For Leah, Arnost Lustig
  • We Are Now Beginning Our Descent, James Meek
 
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