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DustyShinigami 05-26-2010 04:34 AM

Latest Books Bought
 
Identical to the 'DVD's You've Just Bought' thread, but this time books. :D

I found this a week or two ago at the charity shop I work at:

http://images.play.com/bc/3352701x.jpg

It was brand new; never used. A bargain at only £2!

I should watch the movie again at some point. I haven't seen it for awhile.

A volunteer at work lent me the second part of the Millenium trilogy:

http://images.play.com/bc/9247795x.jpg

And then I have part 1 & 2 of the third story arc to the Higurashi When They Cry manga series:

http://images.play.com/bc/11609839x.jpg
http://images.play.com/bc/12307179x.jpg

What about you guys?

rayvio 05-26-2010 10:15 AM

last books I bought were Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time) and the two Dragon Age books

stepurhan 05-28-2010 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Gazzoid (Post 550167)
A volunteer at work lent me the second part of the Millenium trilogy:

http://images.play.com/bc/9247795x.jpg

Get them to lend you the third one as well. They pretty much form a continuous story split into two parts.

The Elephant by Slawomir Mrozek. A collection of short stories (and I do mean short. 176 pages with 42 stories included) written in Poland in 1957, Extremely satirical (it's a wonder he wasn't locked up for some of his jabs at the reigning communist regime) and genuinely laugh out loud funny in parts. Plus, if you don't like any particular story a new one will be along in a few pages.

The Death-Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean. When he was borne Paul "Pepper" Roux's aunt predicted he would die before he became 14 (Saint Constance told her in a dream) On the day of his fourteenth birthday he runs away in an attempt to avoid his fate, hiding himself in a variety of different lives on the way. (ship's captain, telegram boy and journalist to name but a few) A wonderfully lively book with a vibrant cast of characters and a good ending.

DustyShinigami 05-28-2010 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by stepurhan (Post 550357)
Get them to lend you the third one as well. They pretty much form a continuous story split into two parts.

Yeah, she's agreed to. She's taking her time with it at the moment, which is just as well, as I'm taking my time with the books I'm currently reading. :D

WindupBird 05-29-2010 10:51 AM

2666 by Roberto Bolaño

Which I'm reading at the moment. The book is divided into 5 parts that each tell a different story but relate back to the main story which is set in the city of Santa Teresa in the north of Mexico. I'm almost half way through.

I also purchased Ulysses by James Joyce. Which I have wanted to read for ages. Has anyone read this? What do you think about it?

UPtimist 06-01-2010 12:18 AM

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ssATPzjYMu...ademicals1.jpg

Couldn't resist Terry Pratchett + Discworld + football :)

I was also going to buy
http://images.military.com/pics/book...0_blackout.jpg
Which I've been thinking of buying for a while, but decided to read some reviews to get a better grip of what the book is really like.

Lady Kestrel 06-01-2010 12:34 PM

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, which I just finished reading, is a masterful combination of history and suspense, and I recommend it highly.

I also recently bought U Is for Undertow by Sue Grafton, Hardball by Sara Paretsky, This Body of Death by Elizabeth George, and Elizabeth Peters' latest Amelia Peabody mystery, A River in the Sky, which I'm reading now.

TiAgUh 06-01-2010 02:39 PM

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(more young little anime girls Gazzoid? tsk tsk)

Wasn't there already a thread about books and comics and stuff :P? anyway:

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I'm only starting now the 2nd chapter of Voice of the Fire (big book) and i've just finished the other (pretty good actually).

...aaand, of courseee, comics :9~:

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_(starting the 3rd 'issue')

DustyShinigami 06-01-2010 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by TiAgUh (Post 550763)
(more young little anime girls Gazzoid? tsk tsk)

Cute, psychopathic, murdering girls, you mean? Anyway... quiet you! :pan:

Quote:

Wasn't there already a thread about books and comics and stuff :P? anyway
Not sure. The idea of creating this thread came to me because of all the books I've bought recently. Plus, it may help people discover new authors/books by sharing info. You never know.

UPtimist 06-02-2010 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Lady Kestrel (Post 550747)
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, which I just finished reading, is a masterful combination of history and suspense, and I recommend it highly.

Oh yes, I read it a few years ago too. A must-read!

TiAgUh 06-02-2010 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Gazzoid (Post 550765)
Not sure. The idea of creating this thread came to me because of all the books I've bought recently. Plus, it may help people discover new authors/books by sharing info. You never know.

The sole purpose of this thread was for you to find out what I was reading, admit it dude!

J.H 06-02-2010 03:13 PM

On a whim the other night I bought a Metal Gear Solid novel lol.

http://danielprimed.com/wp-content/u...lgearsolid.jpg

I also bought the Lord of the Rings books as I've recently finished The Hobbit.

Oh yeah and I bought Angela's Ashes again as I'd lost my copy.

DustyShinigami 06-02-2010 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TiAgUh (Post 550864)
The sole purpose of this thread was for you to find out what I was reading, admit it dude!

Why would I want to know that you read granny porn? * :crazy:

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Originally Posted by J.H (Post 550890)
I also bought the Lord of the Rings books as I've recently finished The Hobbit.

I need to re-buy the Rings trilogy; my copy is quite tatty.

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/be...2008/371-1.jpg

Just ordered from telltale's store.

* Romance novels for old women, in case you didn't know. ;)

UPtimist 06-03-2010 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by TiAgUh (Post 550763)
Wasn't there already a thread about books and comics and stuff :P? anyway:

Yeah, but that was about what you're reading, instead of what you've just bought :P

I, for example am not reading what I just bought. I'm reading something I bought last summer :D

TiAgUh 06-06-2010 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by J.H (Post 550890)
On a whim the other night I bought a Metal Gear Solid novel lol.

Please post a photo of Meryl's butt :9~ !!!

... for Gazzoid of course, he's the perv around here not me not me http://www.mahjoob.com/en/forums/ima...es/Whistle.gif

Trunkyo 06-07-2010 09:29 AM

Manga, manga and more manga! :D

From the dealers' room at the Anime North convention the previous weekend (mostly to complete some series):
One Piece v. 17-28
Shaman King v. 1-12
O-Parts Hunter (a.k.a 666 Satan) v. 18
20th Century Boys v. 4
Sand Land
Fushigi Yugi v. 14

Last week, from the comic store:
One Piece v. 49-53
Naruto v. 48
Bleach v. 31
Inuyasha v. 48
20th Century Boys v. 8
Hôshin Engi v. 19

Unfortunately, I collect manga volumes faster than I can read them, so I have like, over 200 unread volumes on my shelf! :crazy:

DustyShinigami 06-07-2010 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by TiAgUh (Post 551131)
Please post a photo of Meryl's butt :9~ !!!

... for Gazzoid of course, he's the perv around here not me not me http://www.mahjoob.com/en/forums/ima...es/Whistle.gif

If you say so... http://www.msnheaven.com/content/emo...olleye0011.gif

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Originally Posted by Trunkyo (Post 551223)
Manga, manga and more manga! :D

From the dealers' room at the Anime North convention the previous weekend (mostly to complete some series):
One Piece v. 17-28
Shaman King v. 1-12
O-Parts Hunter (a.k.a 666 Satan) v. 18
20th Century Boys v. 4
Sand Land
Fushigi Yugi v. 14

Last week, from the comic store:
One Piece v. 49-53
Naruto v. 48
Bleach v. 31
Inuyasha v. 48
20th Century Boys v. 8
Hôshin Engi v. 19

Unfortunately, I collect manga volumes faster than I can read them, so I have like, over 200 unread volumes on my shelf! :crazy:

Wow! That's a lot of manga. I barely have a shelf for 20 let alone 200. Of the few that I have though, the Death Note series/box set is one of my treasured possessions. And I'm liking the Higurashi series at the moment. Probably moreso than the anime series. I like how it's all cute and bouncy in the first half, then the second, it turns into a murder mystery/psychological horror. You also learn a bit more about the characters in each story arc.

As for Bleach, I did consider getting the manga series, but there are just far too many volumes. That series just goes on and on and on... :crazy:

rayvio 06-08-2010 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by UPtimist (Post 550660)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ssATPzjYMu...ademicals1.jpg

Couldn't resist Terry Pratchett + Discworld + football :)

just bought that as well, although I'm not a fan of football it's Pratchett and he can usually make the most boring ideas seem fun and hilarious, throw in the crazy Discworld wiz(z)ards...
I'm actually ashamed I didn't buy it sooner, usually I buy the Discworld books as soon as they're released, despite my preference for paperback instead of hardback, but I actually completely missed that this one was out already

stepurhan 06-09-2010 12:26 AM

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...7L._SS500_.jpg

Not purchased by me as such but kindly purchased for me as a recommendation by a Swedish member of these very forums. I need to finish Alice Sebold's "The Lovely Bones" first but then I'll be right on it.

rayvio 06-09-2010 01:40 AM

that's an impressively long title for a book!

stepurhan 06-09-2010 01:58 AM

Isn't it just. I am told a literal translation of the Swedish title would come out roughly as "The History of Wondrous Love" so I'm not quite sure what is going on there.

RLacey 06-09-2010 02:02 AM

It slightly depresses me that the only books I've bought recently have been medical textbooks.

Ho hum.

Jelena 06-09-2010 11:44 AM

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2.../hogfather.jpg

Not purchased by me as such but kindly purchased for me as a recommendation by a British member of these very forums. :D
Terry Pratchett if pretty much unknown in Sweden and I'm looking forward to getting into his Discworld.

TiAgUh 06-09-2010 12:09 PM

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If you say so...

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..aaaand you fail :devil:

DustyShinigami 06-09-2010 01:20 PM

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..aaaand you fail :devil:

God damn it! Everytime I upload an image from another site, that always happens. :frusty:

colpet 06-12-2010 09:13 AM

I'm on holiday this week, and so far have managed to find some time to buy some more books, some new, some used.
In the used category, I bought Tad Williams Otherland paperbacks and War of the Flowers. I have read them, but they were borrowed. Now I have my own copies. I also found a mint hard cover of The Dig.
Chapters had a 20% off sale, so I took the opportunity to splurge. I bought:
Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb
The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff
The Gods of Amyrantha ( Haven't read The Immortal Prince yet)
The Folding Knife by K. J. Parker - one of my favorite authors now.
Magicians by Lev Grossman
Sea Glass by Maria Snyder
Elfland By Freda warrington - reading it now.

TiAgUh 06-12-2010 10:22 AM

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sadly Bruce Wayne is coming back :shifty:

Lucien21 06-12-2010 10:52 AM

He has to stopping arsing around in time first.

TiAgUh 06-12-2010 11:33 AM

it will only take him 6 issues

DustyShinigami 06-18-2010 02:00 AM

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...BL._SS400_.jpg

The Lord of the Rings trilogy box set

A bit disappointed the books in this set don't have nifty front covers, but it was only a tenner on amazon and I couldn't pass it up. :)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...RL._SS500_.jpg

Only seen an episode or two of the series and found the main character likeable, but I'll check out a few volumes of the manga first before buying the anime.

TiAgUh 06-25-2010 10:13 AM

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Never have I been so proud of owning a comic:

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PURE AWESOMENESS!!!

(yes, he's eating a baby)

DustyShinigami 06-28-2010 09:46 AM

Another Haruhi Suzumiya book:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...oL._SS500_.jpg

Only this one is the original hardback novel, which is supposed to be better than the manga.

DustyShinigami 07-09-2010 02:50 AM

http://images.play.com/bc/13375822x.jpg

Part three of the Millenium trilogy - lent to me by the same friend at work who lent me The Girl Who Played with Fire. I thought that book was big, but this looks to be even bigger.

In a way, I kinda enjoyed part two slightly more than the first one. I'll have to see how this one pans out. :)

stepurhan 07-09-2010 10:56 AM

Two books came in the post today. I'm so excited. :9~

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...4L._SS500_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...WL._SS500_.jpg

I know. You're all amazed at the wild and crazy avant-garde stuff I read aren't you. :D Free from another forums I'm on as long as I post a short review after reading them. I'll be sure to post it back here so you can all decide if you want to get your own copies. :P

Lucien21 07-09-2010 01:07 PM

I don't want them.

I have enough crappy books from Kaplan publishing as it is.

I could send you the ever so exciting. Corporate Reporting- the complete text.

:yawn:

Lucien21 07-09-2010 01:15 PM

More excitingly I did buy..

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5...sl500aa300.jpghttp://img269.imageshack.us/img269/3...sl500aa300.jpg

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5...e300square.jpghttp://img822.imageshack.us/img822/9...e300square.jpg

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/7...ize300squa.jpg

pointandcliklover 07-10-2010 02:25 AM

i childs book, enchanted glass by diana wynne jones
and
a slightly more apropiate book terry pratchett guards guards

DustyShinigami 07-11-2010 02:08 AM

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...OL._SS500_.jpg

The next story arc in the Higurashi series.

TiAgUh 07-11-2010 04:47 AM

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More excitingly I did buy..

How's Batwoman storywise and all? I know Williams' art is beautiful but she was quite uninteresting in 52.

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for some reason i felt drawn to it... :D (its quite good actually, funny as hell)

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cause Ellison rocks

Lucien21 07-11-2010 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by TiAgUh (Post 554578)
How's Batwoman storywise and all? I know Williams' art is beautiful but she was quite uninteresting in 52.

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for some reason i felt drawn to it... :D (its quite good actually, funny as hell)


The Batwoman story is great. I havn't read 52 so not sure how it compares, but it has a decent villian and her connection to Batwoman is cool. The art is superb and changes style for the flashback issues and it hasa Batman Year One vibe for a few issues as it retells her origin story.

Highly recommended.

I bought the Powergirl trade when it came out and it is flat out the funniest thing DC have done in a while. Amanda Conners art is beautiful and full of little jokes in the background and the script is witty and a lot of fun.

It's a shame they both left the book after issue 12 and the new team are not as good.


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