Perezvon Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 I want to buy A History Maker by Alasdair Gray - just read Lanark, truly powerful book - and I've just seen on Amazon that something called BetterWorldBooks is selling it for 0,26 euros... That business is said to be selling students' used books, which sounds fair, but that price does strike me. Has anyone here bought from this ? Is it reliable ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 They make it back in delivery? I've just bought a hardcover for 69p, but delivery was 2.50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twelvetrees Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. This is as immersed as I've ever been in a book, his style of developing his characters is astounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perezvon Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 (edited) They make it back in delivery? I've just bought a hardcover for 69p, but delivery was 2.50 Oh yeah I've just seen it, seems less suspicious. I'm giving this a shot then. That book would have cost me 12 euros otherwise lol. Edited October 9, 2014 by Perezvon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 So you've read the insert of the DVD? It took me this long to realize I posted in the wrong thread Oh well. Now reading A Confederacy Of Dunces. It's fun Just picked this up by chance in a charity shop, will start it next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 So you've read the insert of the DVD? It took me this long to realize I posted in the wrong thread Oh well. Now reading A Confederacy Of Dunces. It's fun Just picked this up by chance in a charity shop, will start it next. Confederacy of dunces is hilarious, yes yes yes. It's fun reading about all the planned films that were never realised. wiki mentions different attempts with leads john belushi, john candy, chris farley. and later will farrell, john goodman, stephen fry. there was also one with john waters directing with divine as ignatius?? ridiculous. either way. the book holds up on its own as a goofy comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geosmina Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 So I've just finished Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. Great read, with some introspective moments and the unique loneliness I always seek with Murakami. It's a book I would recommend to young adults, not just because it's an "easy" read, but 'cause it has some issues most people confront around those times. Recommend me my next Murakami. I've already read Hardboiled Wonderland... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malaria Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 So I've just finished Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. Great read, with some introspective moments and the unique loneliness I always seek with Murakami. It's a book I would recommend to young adults, not just because it's an "easy" read, but 'cause it has some issues most people confront around those times. Recommend me my next Murakami. I've already read Hardboiled Wonderland... Kafka on the Shore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geosmina Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 So I've just finished Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. Great read, with some introspective moments and the unique loneliness I always seek with Murakami. It's a book I would recommend to young adults, not just because it's an "easy" read, but 'cause it has some issues most people confront around those times. Recommend me my next Murakami. I've already read Hardboiled Wonderland... Kafka on the Shore Thanks. Gonna buy it then. Though I want to finish some books I haven't, uh, finished yet. The Monk is one, also Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, though it's quite big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Ayoade on Ayoade - his song for There Will Be Blood is a highlight. I'll put it up there with Rik Mayall's autobiography in books about someone where you finish and know even less about them than when you started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Sputnik Sweetheart is my favourite Murakami. Super tragic! I got a hardcover of the massive 1Q84 for 16p on amazon. Even with the 2.80 shipping it was a steal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juiceciuj Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 do graphic novels count? started and finished "my friend dahmer" and "blankets" ...meh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I finished My Friend Dahmer recently too, didn't really have that much depth to it right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I enjoyed it a lot. Picked it up randomly from one of those discount bookshops and read it in a pub last summer. Hadn't heard of it when I got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 never heard of it. perhaps i'll keep an eye out for it. not reading anything atm... have a few things could read sitting on bookshelf but haven't really decided on anything. been reading a lot of moebius (as per recent posts in this thread http://forum.watmm.com/topic/69872-comic-books-graphic-novels-thread/) waiting for chris ware comics to arrive... tried starting some Hemmingway today but got distracted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadameChaos Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) hahaha i can't read Edited October 31, 2014 by MadameChaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 i went from not reading books to reading books pretty recently. this is honestly the most perfect portrayal of not being able to read i've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digman Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Yevgeny Zamyatin - We http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_(novel) I have no idea what is is going on and I don't really understand it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 for Clive Barker fans, The Scarlet Gospels FINALLY has a release date. This is the novel where Harry D'amour meets Pinhead of the Cenobites. http://www.clivebarker.info/newsscarlet.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juiceciuj Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 friends kept pushing me to read something called quantum thief. struggled through the first chapter half of which was incomprehensible. finally started making a little sense but the bath water was getting cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJW Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Murakami - colorless tsukuru tazaki Lafcadio Hearn - Kwaidan Masanobu Fukuoka - the one straw revolution PKD - short stories collection 5 Donald Teeter - herb of immortality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 The Skies Belong to Us by Brendan I. Koerner Plane hijackings have never seemed so sexy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geosmina Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 What's the saddest and loneliest book you've ever read? I want to feel, like, alone and shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 What's the saddest and loneliest book you've ever read? I want to feel, like, alone and shit. Cormac McCarthy - The Crossing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roksen Creek Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 What's the saddest and loneliest book you've ever read? I want to feel, like, alone and shit. Too Loud A Solitude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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