The last book you bought was...............

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John Cage Bubblegum

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30th May 2008 at 9:35 am

John Cage Bubblegum -

 
The Damned Utd by David Peace. First book I've bought in ages and it's very good.
Peter Kenyon has a medal

Rayanne Graff

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31st May 2008 at 8:54 am

Rayanne Graff - River Phoenix

River Phoenix

 
(The Public Confessions of A Middle-Aged Woman by Sue Townsend.)
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Freshly Squeezed Cynic

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3rd Jun 2008 at 1:54 pm

Freshly Squeezed Cynic - apparently the big pink bastard is me

apparently the big pink bastard is me

 
Best of his recent ones, A Tale Etched In Blood, in my considered opinion.
Filled with existential dread and toast.

Little Blue Fox.

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6th Jun 2008 at 11:08 am

Little Blue Fox. - Hope is important.

Hope is important.

 
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The Beach - Alex Garland



It hurts too much not to try.
I will see you in another life when we are both cats.
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Rayanne Graff

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7th Jun 2008 at 10:26 am

Rayanne Graff - River Phoenix

River Phoenix

 
(Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood.)
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Little Blue Fox.

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20th Jun 2008 at 12:00 pm

Little Blue Fox. - Hope is important.

Hope is important.

 
"The Sacred Art of Stealing" by Christopher Brookmyre. - It was 30p in a library sale.

It hurts too much not to try.
I will see you in another life when we are both cats.
Quod perditum est, in venietur.*Facebook.

Silvan

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4th Jul 2008 at 4:37 pm

Silvan - Aurals Velupide!

Aurals Velupide!

 

Virginia Woolf's 'The Waves'.

To be honest I only bought it because I had to, as it's part of an assignment based on that or another of Woolf's books and the seaside. It doesn't really seem like it's my kind of thing, maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.
What can I say? I did it all for the Wookies.

Little Blue Fox.

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5th Jul 2008 at 2:43 pm

Little Blue Fox. - Hope is important.

Hope is important.

 
"Making money" by Terry Pratchett.
"Attack of the unsinkable rubber ducks" by Christopher Brookmyre.

Also, I borrowed lots of comic books in the library - they are my first comic books, I think.

:-[
It hurts too much not to try.
I will see you in another life when we are both cats.
Quod perditum est, in venietur.*Facebook.

Freshly Squeezed Cynic

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5th Aug 2008 at 12:22 pm

Freshly Squeezed Cynic - apparently the big pink bastard is me

apparently the big pink bastard is me

 
Michael Foot's biography of Aneurin Bevan.
A history of Labour Party politics in Scotland from 1880-1980.
A book about the Nazis hired after WWII by the USA to work against the Commies.
And a book by the Glasgow University Media Group about the media during wartime and how it affects perception of events.

All going for a quid each
Filled with existential dread and toast.

Freshly Squeezed Cynic

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6th Aug 2008 at 8:24 am

Freshly Squeezed Cynic - apparently the big pink bastard is me

apparently the big pink bastard is me

 
It's called Blowback, by an investigative journalist called Christopher Simpson. Which is confusing, because there's a far more famous book on a similar subject, US imperialism, called Blowback by Chalmers Johnson.
Filled with existential dread and toast.

Little Blue Fox.

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12th Aug 2008 at 3:53 pm

Little Blue Fox. - Hope is important.

Hope is important.

 
"First among sequels" by Jasper Fforde.

It hurts too much not to try.
I will see you in another life when we are both cats.
Quod perditum est, in venietur.*Facebook.

Silvan

| 3,776 posts


27th Aug 2008 at 5:01 pm

Silvan - Aurals Velupide!

Aurals Velupide!

 
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Virginia Woolf's 'The Waves'.

To be honest I only bought it because I had to, as it's part of an assignment based on that or another of Woolf's books and the seaside. It doesn't really seem like it's my kind of thing, maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

How'd you get on with it?  I f*cking hate Virginia Woolf, as I've probably said before.


Didn't manage to get past the first four pages before becoming very bored, it's now stuck on a shelf.
What can I say? I did it all for the Wookies.

Little Blue Fox.

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29th Aug 2008 at 12:49 pm

Little Blue Fox. - Hope is important.

Hope is important.

 
"Miss Wyoming" by Douglas Coupland.
"Harry Potter and the Daethly Hallows" by JK Rowling.
"A snowball in hell" by Christopher Brookmyre.

It hurts too much not to try.
I will see you in another life when we are both cats.
Quod perditum est, in venietur.*Facebook.

Colin

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7th Sept 2008 at 4:40 pm

Colin -

 
But, pray tell, how heavy is a ten ton butterfly?
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Little Blue Fox.

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23rd Sept 2008 at 12:15 pm

Little Blue Fox. - Hope is important.

Hope is important.

 
"Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life" by Brian Lee O'Mailley.



Edited by Little Blue Fox. Sept 2008
It hurts too much not to try.
I will see you in another life when we are both cats.
Quod perditum est, in venietur.*Facebook.

Little Blue Fox.

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25th Sept 2008 at 10:59 am

Little Blue Fox. - Hope is important.

Hope is important.

 
It is really good!
It hurts too much not to try.
I will see you in another life when we are both cats.
Quod perditum est, in venietur.*Facebook.

Rayanne Graff

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4th Oct 2008 at 8:59 am

Rayanne Graff - River Phoenix

River Phoenix

 
(David and Della by Paul Zindel.)
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Little Blue Fox.

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9th Oct 2008 at 11:58 am

Little Blue Fox. - Hope is important.

Hope is important.

 
"Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness" by Bryan Lee O Malley.
"Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together" by Bryan Lee O Malley.

It hurts too much not to try.
I will see you in another life when we are both cats.
Quod perditum est, in venietur.*Facebook.

Elusive Moose

| 8,546 posts


9th Oct 2008 at 12:28 pm

Elusive Moose - Get your Antlers on

Get your Antlers on

 
The Sound and the Fury- William Faulkner (took about three reads of Benjy's section, but I FINALLY worked it out. Slowness)
The Grapes of Wrath- Steinbeck
Pinter Plays collection 3- Pinter (oddly enough)
Suddenly Last Summer & Other Plays- Tennessee Williams
Theadra's Love- Sarah Kane
Topdog/Underdog- Suzan Lori-Parks

That's all I've had to get hold of for this term, save for one Hemmingway novel I've got to find. Actual amazement. (Unfortunately not all I have to read, but The Complete Works of Shakespeare can take care of that. Plus the dissertation reading. Le sigh)
"You can't roast infants. You just don't get away with it."- a life lesson for us all.


Wife of  Phil the Lawful Hippo. Imagine the children!

The Disneyafied Adventures of Me

Elusive Moose

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11th Oct 2008 at 3:20 pm

Elusive Moose - Get your Antlers on

Get your Antlers on

 
The Sun Also Rises- any good?

The Homecoming's actually the one we're doing. I was totally anti-Pinter after seeing a not-so-great performance of Landscape, but actually quite loving that collection. Probably a good thing seeing as he's someone I'm going to have to concentrate quite a bit of for the dissertation...

And at least we're not doing Blasted...
"You can't roast infants. You just don't get away with it."- a life lesson for us all.


Wife of  Phil the Lawful Hippo. Imagine the children!

The Disneyafied Adventures of Me


 
 
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