Most recent books you bought.

[casval]

The Atrocity Exhibition, by J. G. Ballard

The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935, by Antonio Gramsci (ed. by David Forgacs)

The Scales of Seduction, by Rien Grey (itch link)

Went to a used bookstore last week and couldn't resist the first two, then bought the third one later that day after a friend recommended it.

 

[CupofJoe]

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (Author) & Tove Jansson (Illustrator)
The illustrations look wonderful!

 

[Mad Swede]

Does this last one say something like, "My Little History Book for Folks/Normal People?"

Gurkhal's translation is more accurate, but what I wanted to add is that Villhelm Moberg wrote the The Emigrants series of four books: The Emigrants (Utvandrarna), Unto a Good Land (Invandrarna), The Settlers (Nybyggarna) and The Last Letter Home (Sista brevet till Sverige). The books tell the story of a family who emigrate from Småland in Sweden to the US owing to poverty. They are in many ways a must-read for any Swede (especially if, like me, you have ancestors who emigrated to the US) and in my view should be read by anyone now living in the US whose ancestors came to the US from another European country.

 

[pmmg]

I think it was The Secret to a Good Christian Life, which I read as part of a book club of sorts. A little antiquated in its prose, but simple...and IMO quaker. Before that I think it was Lady Chatterley's Lover, which I told Finch that I would read. I probably going to buy the editor and marketing book AELowan posted about just to see what it says.

I think it is time I let the Sword of Kaigen give up the ghost. Its not that the book is bad, its just I never feel like its something I want to do next.

I'm gonna stick to though...I am not a reader.

 

[D. Gray Warrior]

Not fantasy, but The Catcher in the Rye.

Literary fiction isn't typically my cup of tea, but for some reason, that one always piqued my interest. It was also only $10, so why not?

I'm also into Christian theology, so been thinking out picking up the Unseen Realm by the late Dr. Michael Heiser.

 

[pmmg]

Catcher in the Rye has been well noted for its teen angsty attitude, and when I was reading it, I kept thinking, what is so angsty about this? but years later, it is most of what I remember, it was teen angst.

I always liked the title and wondered at what it really meant. One of those books I read later in life when trying to catch up on all I missed along the way.