Most recent books you bought.

[Gurkhal]

Hey, I read the Xena scrolls, And she did not marry a lizard man.

Was it false advertising?

 

[Karlin]

Just bought A Room Called Earth, a novel written by a person with Autism. I'm hoping to get some insight as to how the world looks to people on the spectrum.

 

[pmmg]

Newest most recent, mythology by edith hamilton. As a gift for the daughter.

 

[Gurkhal]

Got "The Forest House" and "Lady of Avalon" from the Avalon series. I haven't read "Mists of Avalon" in full yet but I really liked the movie based on the book and when I flipped through the "Mists of Avalon" and read a few pages I really liked what I read. So I have high hopes for this.

Hopefully it will be a while before I buy books again, or games, movies etc., so that my bank account can grow fat and happy.

 

[Karlin]

I picked up an old Robert Silverberg sci fi novel, the tower of glass, in a street library. Read well, though not really a great book. Typical of the time when it was written. On a whim, I wrote Robert, who is 90 years old, and he responded.

 

[CupofJoe]

Where's My Cow? by Terry Pratchett [words] and Melvyn Grant [pictures]
A delightful light read. I can see why young Sam Vimes likes it.

 

[Saigonnus]

The Kindle version of "Eye of the World" by Robert Jordan. For me, one of my favorite series, an oldie-but-goodie. Something I can use to pass the time on road trips, on break at work, or at the doctor's office.
The Kindle version of "Faerie Rising" by A.E. Lowan. The blurb I saw on Amazon gave me a Terry Brooks "Running with the Demon", "Knight of the Word" modern-yet-magical sort of vibe, so I thought to check it out. It'll be something new.

 

[jhmcmullen]

Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham — I haven’t owned it for yonks, and it’s for book club in a bit so I should re-read it.
If Wishes Were Retail, by Auston Habershaw
Dream-Quest of Vellitt Bose, Kim Johnson

And a couple of non-fiction, including a little one on time-keeping, A History of Time, and Walter Isaacson’s biography of Leonardo da Vinci.

 

[AnnaGoeldi]

Anna Karenina, loving it, had forgotten how much I love 19th C russian lit. Downside is I feel his sentence structures bleeding into mine when I try to work on my own book. Kind of like chopping hot chilli-peppers then using the same knife and cutting board to slice bread, and wondering why your sandwich burns your mouth.

It's one of my favourite books! I enjoyed it so much.

 

[pmmg]

Most recent is reluctant hero, which i am supposed to be reading but ive not picked it up in a while. I have to get to it though. Someone is waiting.

 

[Karlin]

Black Water Sister, Zen Cho. Involves mediums who atectaken over by gods. Based on Chinese folk beliefs

 

[AnnaGoeldi]

I bought "Song of Achilles" by M. Miller and am in awe with her prose.

 

[Gurkhal]

I'm getting some Christmas stuff and decided to add some more to it.

In this case Pritt Buttar's tetralogy on the Eastern Front in the Great War: "Collision of Empires", "Germany Ascendant", "Russia's Last Gasp" and "Splintered Empires".

There are a ton of books about the Western Front in the Great War but not so much about the Eastern Front so I decided to strike out and get this series. I've read the first book before and I liked it.

 

[Gurkhal]

And I decided to throw in the Tamuli series by David Eddings for some lighter reading: "Shinning Ones", "Hidden City" and "Domes of Fire".

 

[Gurkhal]

Third post in a row. I blame the inability to edit post after certain time.

Anyway, I decided to skip Buttar for now. I am getting the Tamuli books however.

 

[Gurkhal]

I just ordered "Swords around a Throne" by John Elting.

Its for "Hussar Life" as it details, to my understanding, daily life and operations of the Grand Armée. Not about big battles but soldiers' lives in the French army during the Napoleonic Wars. So perfect for the information that I'm looking for and I've heard its the best for this topic.

 

[Naruzeldamaster]

If it exists: I'm buying a 'how to convince an AI customer support bot to let you speak to a fleshy human' book.
I'm dealing with Pokemon's Support over an issue I'm having with Pokemon Home features and they are 100% a bot.

 

[skip.knox]

Just finished The Gathering Storm and am now reading Their Finest Hour. Yet another advantage to ebooks is that I don't have to buy more shelf space! It's also easier come moving day.

 

[KATutin]

Oak King Holly King by Sebastian Nothwell
Heads Will Roll by Josh Winning
This Cursed House by Del Sandeen.

Two and three are not exactly Christmas reads, but oh well.

 

[Karlin]

Bought Zorba the Greek as an ebook, new translation. Rereding it- thsi is probably the third or fourth time I'm reading it. Realizing that not only is the "Boss" a Buddhist, but Zorba is likely a Daoist.