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The TOTA Book Club
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| FunkyCrew |
Hoookay, since this was discussed, I decided (thanks to cookie), to take the initiative and make a thread
Let's make organized posts on:
- what you're currently reading
- what books you want to get your hands on
- what books you have available for sale/exchange/up for grabs
I'll start!
Currently reading:
The Girls by Lori Lansens
Books I'd like to get my hands on:
- The Penny Pinchers Club
- Dark Places
- Eat, pray, love : One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
- Too Much Happiness
- Stuck in Downward Dog
- Still Alice
- The Glass Castle
- Her Fearful Symmetry
what I have for swap:
- Remember me
- Gods behaving badly
- First Assistant
- Second Assistant
- Lucky
- The Gum Thief
- Prisoner of Tehran
- The Attachment
- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- The Jane Austen Book Club
- Love in The Time of Cholera
- Madeline Wickham novels - Cocktails for 3, Swimming Pool Sunday
- Shopaholic & Baby |
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| rabbitjoker |
| What is this thing you call books? |
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| evil_cookie |
Sweet. Thanks Funky.
I'm currently reading:
- Eyeless in Gaza, Aldous Huxley
- Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions, Christian Lander
- In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Noble E. Cunningham Jr.
What I'd like to get my hands on:
- The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley
What' I'd like to sell/exchange:
- I have a decent amount of books (all in mint or near mint condition) from the Franklin Library that I'm looking to sell or possibly exchange. I have editions from the following series':
100 Greatest Books of all Time
First Edition Society
100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature
Signed First Edition Society
60 Signed Limited Editions
Pulitzer Prize Series
Stories of the World's Greatest Writers
Great Books of the Western World (25th anniversary)
Heirloom Library of the World's Greatest Books
- I also have a complete set of Easton Press Classics of Adventure illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. (14 volumes all mint condition)
- + a pristine limited private library set of Great Books of the Western World by Britannica (54 volumes)
- + about 30 more random first signed editions that I can list later on depending on who's interested in what.
- + some other sets that I'll probably list later
If you'd like to discuss exchanging or buying something from what I've mentioned above just send me a pm. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| can we refrain from brain farts in this thread? :rolleyes: |
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| dgame |
Currently reading
My Name Is Red - Orhan Pamuk
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Books I'd like to read
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
What' I'd like to sell/exchange:
I like to reread books and want to have a library one day, so none. |
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| Anton |
Currently reading:
- Fatelessness by Imre Kertész(just finished)
- Kolyma Tales by Varlam Shalamov
- Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
- Snow by Orhan Pamuk
(I was looking for stuff to read and decided to look at the nobel list)
Want to get my hands on:
Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
What books you have available for sale/exchange/up for grabs
None :( I like to keep my books |
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| Stilez |
Currently reading:
- How Starbucks Saved My Life
Next book to read:
- How To Save Your Own Life
Last book read:
- City of Words ( Toronto through her writer's eyes) <- I think Smunky/Alex would love this one, and anyone interested in getting to intimately know Toronto's heartbeat. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| I'm sure I said this in the last thread, but you should join goodreads.com. |
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| Angx |
Finished Beyond band of Brothers. Best book by far, that is if you are into history war books.
Currently reading Generally Speaking The memoirs of Major General Richard Rohmer. Its a great read so far. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
can we refrain from brain farts in this thread? :rolleyes: |
do you really think that can be done...if so then you really don't know this forum at all |
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| evil_cookie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Anton
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
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Very good book. |
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