Stack thread/recent purchases. R8, B8, H8, appreci8 your m8s.

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Stack Thread !vAv7Qjg/RQ Fri Jan 27 17:27:18 2017 No.9029007 [Reply] [Original]

Stack thread/recent purchases.

R8, B8, H8, appreci8 your m8s.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 17:29:55 2017 No.9029016 File: 786 KB, 1423x805, Screenshot_20170127-172831.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Lads how high should I let this stack get?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 17:32:57 2017 No.9029031 >>9029016 You should get a book shelf, stack it on top of the books and then fill the shelf with more books.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 17:59:37 2017 No.9029152 >>9029031 lol that's retarded. all my shelves are filled and I'm lazy to get a new one.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 18:05:33 2017 No.9029183 File: 155 KB, 899x900, $3 stack.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Paid $3 for the whole stack at a recent thrift shop sale

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 18:07:19 2017 No.9029192 >>9029007 just bought idylls of the king

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 18:28:51 2017 No.9029284 >>9029007 Great fucking job with the Barth. Read them chronologically and you better make a thread about TEotR and TSWF when you finish them (respectively), cause I want to have a discussion

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 18:53:46 2017 No.9029388 >>9029007 I just finished actress in the house and ancient history. hurry up and read that so we can discuss. the rest of this board is too pleb for mcelroy.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 19:56:44 2017 No.9029692 >>9029183 6/13

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 20:03:52 2017 No.9029725 >>9029388 or lifetimes too short to read obfuscated trash

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 20:04:57 2017 No.9029730 File: 2.04 MB, 4032x3024, IMG_6738.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Recent cops, check em out /lit/

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 20:06:10 2017 No.9029735 >>9029725 McElroy is godly, get out pleb

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 20:06:22 2017 No.9029736 >>9029730 How much did you pay for W&M?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 21:30:23 2017 No.9029953 >>9029730 1/3

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 21:33:35 2017 No.9029960 >>9029725 You are retarded. Ancient history is really intimate and human .

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 27 23:34:22 2017 No.9030209 File: 913 KB, 1959x1469, ehh.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9029007 k

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 00:51:46 2017 No.9030462 >>9030209 13/30 -2 bikes

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 00:57:06 2017 No.9030481 >>9030209 Jesus Christ that must've cost a fortune

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 01:03:36 2017 No.9030493 >>9029735 >>9029960 look at the brains on these guys. can't wait to read threads based on the book jacket

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 01:24:50 2017 No.9030535 >>9030209 are you me? the only difference between us is that I only bought volume 1 for Aristotle's Complete Works because I only buy book sets after I read the previous book. Surely you are going to read all that r-right Anon?

Anonymous Sat Jan 28 11:57:35 2017 No.9031531
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currently reading inheritance of rome and just started dante today, really enjoying it

>>9029183
+sophocles, willy shakes
>>9029016
can hardly see any of these books
>>9029730
have you started reading mcelroy?
>>9030209
+walden, all those greeks and all that philosophy

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 12:11:47 2017 No.9031571 File: 1.62 MB, 4032x3024, IMG_0386.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Mostly the philosophy is new.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 13:00:38 2017 No.9031732 Wait so you don't read them?

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>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 13:04:16 2017 No.9031745 >>9031732 who are you talking to?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 13:25:23 2017 No.9031802 File: 1.04 MB, 2560x1440, 20170128_132257.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just bought these today.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 13:32:22 2017 No.9031827 File: 1.76 MB, 3264x2448, IMG_2585.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] All for $20

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 14:35:33 2017 No.9032044 File: 363 KB, 1328x747, 0128171433[2779].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9029007 5 bucks in a bin at the library

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 15:03:40 2017 No.9032121 >>9032044 that translation of beowulf is goat

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 16:33:05 2017 No.9032410 >>9031740 you seem insufferable

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 16:44:16 2017 No.9032455 >>9029183 bretty gud, my man

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 16:48:16 2017 No.9032471 File: 3 KB, 189x189, don't do that.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9029007 >Abe Kobo in translation

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 18:01:07 2017 No.9032774 File: 103 KB, 800x519, $15 stack.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just got these in the mail.

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>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 18:35:19 2017 No.9032871 >>9032817 Does anyone actually read Leviathan? It's fucking long and hardly seems worth it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 18:37:22 2017 No.9032880 >>9032871 desu it's one of the more readable philosophical texts.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 18:38:08 2017 No.9032882 >>9029007 Hurry up and read the mcelroy. I've been waiting a long time for you plebs to ascend. there's much to talk about.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 19:05:11 2017 No.9032964 >>9032774 send the diamond book back

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 19:06:18 2017 No.9032969 >>9032871 >leviathan >long

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 19:06:46 2017 No.9032971 >>9032817 good fucking stack.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 19:49:10 2017 No.9033115 >>9032969 It's longer than Moby-Dick or Crime and Punishment.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 19:50:30 2017 No.9033123 >>9033115 >moby dick >crime and punishment >long

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 20:01:06 2017 No.9033150 >>9032817 >corncob tortillas yecarthy >roadside plebnic Neck u r self mon ami.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 22:01:16 2017 No.9033505 >>9032964 hey it's cold in the northern hemisphere, maybe they've got a stove

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 22:19:02 2017 No.9033546 >>9033505 Maybe he's in the southern hemisphere, he could use it as a shade

Anonymous Sat Jan 28 22:25:39 2017 No.9033564

>>9031571
where's shadow and claw?
>>9032964
not him but why does everyone have a problem with diamond's guns germs and steel? never read it my self, just curious.
>>9031827
>barnes and noble classics
never liked those honestly. seems like the bare minimun effort and material was put into them.

Anonymous Sat Jan 28 22:30:45 2017 No.9033574
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any of you get any of the penguin galaxy books? i was thinking about picking up dune. but i dont know if i can justify paying $30 for something that's sitting right next to it for $18.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 22:36:16 2017 No.9033585 >>9033564 I already read it. Half way through Citadel of the Autarch right now.

Anonymous Sat Jan 28 22:38:33 2017 No.9033594

>>9033564
>why does everyone have a problem with diamond's guns germs and steel?
It's one of those books that tries to prove a universal law for all of history, that history is mainly dictated by some sort of geographical determinism. Of course there are a myriad of factors that have influenced history, so to say the only reason Europe has been successful is because of where it is on the earth is a bit reductionist. But the reason for the widespread distaste for it here is because it has been championed by CGP Grey, who has a sizable following on reddit. So they take it for gospel and give it unwarranted praise, which annoys people here. When it is posted here inevitably someone will criticize the book or the poster, making it seem that "everyone [has] a problem with diamond's guns germs and steel".

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 28 22:51:18 2017 No.9033637 >>9033594 >CGP grey ahhh ok. yeah, his reddit following is insufferable.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 02:50:52 2017 No.9034255 >>9032817 5/9 >>9032774 2/4 >>9032044 4/6 >>9031827 5/10 >>9031802 4/6 >>9031571 8/12 >>9031531 2/5

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 03:38:11 2017 No.9034316 File: 2.60 MB, 4128x2322, 20170129_173145.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Recent purchase. Blurry pic. What is Called Thinking?-Heidegger The Korean translation of No Longer Human The Idiot-Dosto The Sickness unto Death-Kierks

Anonymous Sun Jan 29 05:05:14 2017 No.9034450
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Yo Anons, almost finished all of the short works here and about to buy another lot of book so I can avoid reading anything over ~400 pages. I feel like a pussy.
>>9032044
Pretty nice haul for that price.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 06:17:49 2017 No.9034568 >>9034450 >buys a book >doesnt immediately want to read it why'd you get it?

Anonymous Sun Jan 29 06:33:28 2017 No.9034595

>>9034568
I want to read them, I am just scared to jump into something so big so I put it off. I have read almost all of those short ones and some other stuff in just over a week so I am sure it wouldn't take me long to finish one of the longer books, but it is still scary. Also, some things like the divine comedy I am putting off because there are things I think I should read first. Short books are more comfy as well.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 08:38:00 2017 No.9034861 Hey /Lit/ I have a question and this seems like a decent thread to ask in. I'm looking for version of The Divine Comedy with Dores illustrations, There are so many versions of the translation im not sure which is decent. Can any one recommend one?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 08:46:18 2017 No.9034877 >>9031732 We just collect books, reading is for fags

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 08:47:53 2017 No.9034882 >>9034450 Don Quixote and CoMC are both great and relatively easy reads though

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 09:02:04 2017 No.9034912 >>9034595 I get spooked by large novels too, for silly reasons. I read long stuff on my kindle, though, so I can't see how thicc the book is.

Anonymous Sun Jan 29 09:14:42 2017 No.9034955

>>9034861
Not the best or uptodate, but I have always had a special place in my heart for the longfellow edition, which is the one I first read, and the footnotes are wonderfully written.

Looking through this,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_translations_of_Dante's_Divine_Comedy

I would always try to stick with Oxford University Press or Modern Library (as a layman)

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 09:37:55 2017 No.9035028 >>9034955 cool, thanks.

Anonymous Sun Jan 29 09:46:30 2017 No.9035050

>>9033564
>but why does everyone have a problem with diamond's guns germs and steel? never read it my self, just curious
Because the book goes against the "europe is good and africa is bad because of colonial exploration" narrative. Most criticism of that book is just pedantic nit-picking.

Anonymous Sun Jan 29 11:14:24 2017 No.9035291

>>9033574
I bought Neuromancer, I haven't read it, trying to get through all of Dosto. But I like the cover, and it seems like it's worth it if you plan on rereading it/care about aesthetics of the cover.
That said other covers are just as good, and other hardcovers would probably cost less and be just as durable.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 11:15:41 2017 No.9035298 >>9035291 Neuromancer blows. Not sure why people still recommend it. It might have been cool when it came out, but not in the cellphone era.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 11:16:27 2017 No.9035303 >>9035298 Like I said, I haven't read it. A friend from home recommended it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 11:19:21 2017 No.9035313 What's the point of a stack? Read no more than 2 at a time. and there's no reason not to keep what you're planning on reading on the shelf until you get to it.

Anonymous Sun Jan 29 11:49:13 2017 No.9035399

>>9035313
Stack thread is often for recent acquisitions. Also people like sharing pictures of their favorite books, or asking advice on which to read next.

I keep a shelf near my desk with all the books I plan to read soon on it. On my desk I keep the 1-3 books I'm reading or about to read. I dare not post a pic because everyone here would just laugh and say it's all genre trash.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 13:11:06 2017 No.9035711 >>9035399 Post pic.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 14:07:15 2017 No.9035878 File: 532 KB, 628x584, memestack.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 14:10:02 2017 No.9035888 >>9035399 post it man. its an anonymous chinese cartoon imageboard. have fun and fuck it

Anonymous Sun Jan 29 14:10:41 2017 No.9035891

>>9035711
>The Road (currently reading)
>Dark Tower book (about to read)
>Hunger Games
>Catcher in the Rye

I read other things too, but that's what's on my desk and what I'm reading next. I read a lot though. Finishing The Road within 24 hours, and will be finished with all the above and making a new more /lit/ stack by the end of the week:

>The Crying of Lot 49
>Notes from Underground
>All Quiet on the Western Front
>Journey to the Center of the Earth

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 14:15:20 2017 No.9035902 >>9035891 All Quiet On The Western Front is fucking great. I love reading about WW1 and it really gives a good perspective into it through the German side. Some good shit.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 14:16:43 2017 No.9035909 File: 258 KB, 800x909, Untitled-1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9035891 Pulled them together for a doublestack.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 15:36:18 2017 No.9036176 >>9035909 hunger games seems kind of out of place.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 18:56:12 2017 No.9036840 >>9035909 4/8 >>9035878 3/4 >>9034450 4/6 >>9034316 3/4

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 29 22:06:34 2017 No.9037614 File: 1016 KB, 1494x2656, 20161228_215239.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9035878 are we posting our meme stacks?

Anonymous Mon Jan 30 00:08:21 2017 No.9038097
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>Can't afford books
What should I read next?

I'm reading Lolita at the moment, too many pages describing every American hill side and mountain range. Too many lines of untranslated french and not enough of the psychology of their relationship of what she's actually thinking.
Breddy gud tho.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 00:13:40 2017 No.9038110 >>9033585 Nice to see someone else reading this, BotNS is my favorite book.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 00:13:53 2017 No.9038112 File: 1.26 MB, 3264x2448, IMG_2022.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How'd I did bros?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 00:21:11 2017 No.9038138 >>9030209 Started Revolt against the modern world today. I'd recommend you read it ASAP

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 01:50:19 2017 No.9038394 >>9034568 >he immediately reads the books he buys >he doesn't have a years-long backlog into which new purchases are inserted in various spots depending on where they belong according to genre and time period

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 01:54:06 2017 No.9038401 >>9038097 Wew

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 02:10:24 2017 No.9038428 >>9038394 >years-long backlog Most of the books I buy I tend to start almost exactly a year later. I'd read them now, but I still have to get around to last year's books.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 02:50:17 2017 No.9038504 >>9038112 Solid titles, poor editions.

Anonymous Mon Jan 30 02:53:44 2017 No.9038514

>>9038428
I'm not that exact, but yeah, something like that. Especially with history or philosophy which is better read chronologically, I end up buying stuff thinking "man this is a great deal; I'll definitely enjoy this book in 1-2 years when I get to it."

>>9038112
Not familiar with the translators for those editions, but if you've never read Cervantes or Tolstoy before, you're in for a treat. Great choices. Hope you enjoy them!

Anonymous Mon Jan 30 07:48:35 2017 No.9039038

>>9038097
Last 50 pages now.
He's recalling that he never really took notice of her feelings and recalling all the things that I though were missing.
I'm still confused about the specifics of her running away, so it was the man who wrote the play she was rehearsing then he left her and she got knocked up with Dick? How did she meet and run away with the playwright?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 07:52:13 2017 No.9039044 >>9038138 Just ordered this because I ward the first volume is pretty great. I'm not even conservative desu. Am I in for a buttblasting?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 07:57:53 2017 No.9039059 >>9029007 how do i smoke and not get caught (20 y/o living with my parents) cigarettes that is

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 08:11:08 2017 No.9039089 >>9038504 I am aware the editions are poor but I figured I would compare them to better editions later, all three books cost me a total of under $20 so I felt it was worth it >>9038514 Thanks, I've only ever read shitty abridged versions for classes

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 10:16:33 2017 No.9039357 >>9039089 Next time go to a used book store. That's too much money for what you got

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 12:09:12 2017 No.9039675 File: 253 KB, 1024x892, IMG_3884.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] From the liberry

Anonymous Mon Jan 30 12:16:24 2017 No.9039713
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>>9029007
Excited to read pic related for $25 from Amazon. How'd I do, brehs? Expensive, but this isn't the sort of thing I can find used around here.

>>9038097
The story is distinctly told from Humbert's point of view. Nabokov was almost ham-fisted about this, and you still don't get it.

We don't hear HH talking about the psychology of their relationship because HH is on the motherfucking autism spectrum and completely unaware of what he is doing to Lo. He has an animal cunning about not being caught, and knows what could happen, but he has no moral instinct or sense of remorse. For hundreds of pages, he trades comic books and bubblegum for sexual favors from a child. Ya dingus.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 12:48:32 2017 No.9039869 >>9029007 damn, kobo abe and mcelroy? you're leagues ahead of these lit plebs.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 12:54:00 2017 No.9039901 >>9029183 you shouldve left lord of the fucks and cocks nest, but good job >>9029007 based >>9030209 deep ;) >>9031827 cool emily one of the best purchases threads, keep it up bitchs

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 15:23:57 2017 No.9040569 >>9037614 Nice

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 30 17:35:25 2017 No.9041126 >>9039675 3/5 >>9038112 3/3 >>9037614 meme/4

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Anonymous Mon Jan 30 20:30:07 2017 No.9041791

>>9039713
I suppose, I have a tendency to root for whoevers point of view the story is being told from. I was starting to think that their relationship wasn't so bad until the scene where the teacher pulls him aside and tells him how weird and stunted she Lo is.

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>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 31 01:13:05 2017 No.9042542 >>9041846 3/4 >>9041728 1/13

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 31 01:28:34 2017 No.9042568 >>9041728 ew does that turtle water just sit there? like it doesn't have a filter or something.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 31 05:19:43 2017 No.9043031 File: 141 KB, 1280x720, 1459852932698.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Have a fresh meme-only stack for you today. The fucking book of the dead is too tall, it doesn't fit on my self.

Anonymous Tue Jan 31 07:25:14 2017 No.9043278
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>>9041791
>>9038097
Just finished it.
Humbert wasn't quite interesting enough to warrant the entire book being about his world view from his perspective.
Lo's life after running away was explained with little more than a few sentences.
Cue's death got a decent amount of dialogue and explanation.
"They're not supposed to explain everything, you have to imagine" Then I could have just read a dot point summary and imagined the rest myself.

I don't know if it was all the Americana but it read like a Stephen King book with a larger vocabulary. Overall it was pretty good but I think my hopes were too high coming into it. Is it famous for being good or just controversial?
You can tear me a new asshole now. I might learn something from it.

Anonymous Tue Jan 31 07:33:41 2017 No.9043302

>>9043278
And still a little fuzzy on her running away, how it happened, was cue the one following them, why? hadn't they only had one encounter at camp (did anything sexual happen there, wasn't it days before her mother died and Humbert took her away), was there any Trapp at all? who was the Swiss cousin they met at the hotel.
I think I might have pushed too hard to just get through the book and didn't comprehend enough of it.
But at least I have vivid visions of 100 separate American motor lodges.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 31 13:36:04 2017 No.9044370 >>9042568 You never had a turtle before? Fag.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 31 15:04:27 2017 No.9044582 >>9037614 that gr cover is one of my very favorites, wish I had it instead of 'where is waldo' gr ;_;

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 31 19:21:52 2017 No.9045457 >>9043031 3/5

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 31 19:34:25 2017 No.9045492 File: 3.04 MB, 2432x4320, jan31stack.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] $11 at local library sale

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 31 20:29:46 2017 No.9045648 File: 1.57 MB, 2560x1440, 20170201_112907.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9029007 Who wants to play guess this semester's course?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 31 20:45:38 2017 No.9045696 >>9045648 Post (about) modernism

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 31 21:10:18 2017 No.9045784 >>9045492 dang my man good find

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 31 21:43:26 2017 No.9045883 >>9045648 You clearly skipped orientation

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 31 22:57:27 2017 No.9046046 >>9045883 These are the course texts, silly.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 31 23:00:38 2017 No.9046055 >>9045883 kek

Anonymous Wed Feb 1 02:32:55 2017 No.9046501

>>9029007
barth and mcelroy are interestin, what do you think?
>>9029183
meh nothing interesting to me
>>9029730
super cool, love woolf and pkd, still interested in mcelroy
>>9030209
boring
>>9031531
dante is good, i wonder if st augustine is any good if im not christian
>>9031571
love catch 22 , been meaning to finish wolfes book
>>9031740
cant see shit
>>9031827
the tunnel is depressing as fuck and i got exhaused 2/3 of the way through

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 02:38:29 2017 No.9046512 >>9031827 ovid and mythology are good, fuck everything else >>9032044 boring >>9032774 dostoevsky is classic >>9032817 meh >>9034316 no longer human was interesting >>9034450 woolf is a favorite, you have some other interesting books there too

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 07:45:54 2017 No.9047216 A local used book store went bankrupt, and the owner (a old fella) will give away all the books for free. There is about 500000 titles there. Pretty excited to go there this weekend

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 07:50:58 2017 No.9047230 >>9047216 That's kinda sad :(

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 13:30:23 2017 No.9048200 >>9045648 5/14 >>9045492 5/11

Anonymous Wed Feb 1 15:36:57 2017 No.9048628
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>>9029007
Here's all my January purchases. Technically the Usborne was from an order last October, but they messed up and it's just now got to me.

Still super excited to have a Books Kinokuniya near me now.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 15:44:27 2017 No.9048667 >>9048628 I love your taste in Japanese literature. All those books can be found for free on aozora, but owning a hard-copy is still the most satisfying, isn't it?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 15:45:01 2017 No.9048671 >>9031802 I also got drunk and bought a shitload of other Bernhard books along with a couple more Gasses that day. No pic though.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 15:48:05 2017 No.9048686 >>9048667 It's definitely satisfying! I've been using Aozora all through university, but these are just so nice and tiny. And Kinokuniya is pretty reasonable on the prices too, a 400 yen book is just under $6--way cheaper than shipping from Japan.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 17:41:05 2017 No.9049053 >>9029007 $6 for all.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 17:42:52 2017 No.9049058 File: 3.22 MB, 2322x1930, 20170201_150228-1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9049053

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 18:02:19 2017 No.9049099 File: 1.59 MB, 3264x2448, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9029007 Behold the acme of literature

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 22:13:35 2017 No.9049781 >>9049099 0/5 >>9049058 1/6 >>9048628 4/10

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 22:23:09 2017 No.9049805 >>9033574 I almost bought this edition of the left hand of darkness, since I read a pirated copy a few years back. The decision to have the titles point the wrong way on the spine fucking killed it for me.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 22:43:47 2017 No.9049856 >>9049058 How's middle school?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 23:06:59 2017 No.9049901 >>9031571 I see Gilead by Marilynne Robinson back there. Good choice.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 23:07:43 2017 No.9049903 >>9049781 Which four do you like, anon?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 23:14:07 2017 No.9049926 >>9031802 >Gass You fell for a meme. You're gonna regret it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 1 23:26:59 2017 No.9049950 File: 1.56 MB, 1836x1391, 20170201_221838-1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Library had a big sale, so I went balls-out. Where did I go wrong, and where did I go right, fellas?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 02:38:44 2017 No.9050250 >>9049926 Nah. I read In The Heart of The Heart of The Country several months before buying these. I more or less know what I'm in for with him.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 02:48:49 2017 No.9050267 File: 1.36 MB, 2048x1536, BookHaul.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I hope Franzen is worth reading. Also: >Illustrated Shakespeare Pretty good for 5 bucks.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 03:07:12 2017 No.9050302 >>9050267 He isn't.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 03:10:28 2017 No.9050308 >>9050302 Oh well. They were cheap at least.

Anonymous Thu Feb 2 03:18:34 2017 No.9050317

>>9050267
The Corrections and Freedom are both worth reading in the broader sense of all modern bestselling "literature", but only the Corrections has any real attempt at complex writing or deft exploration of theme and character, and compared to, I dunno, Shakespeare and Dante, Franzen is obviously worth absolutely nothing. It's good to read the not so good, middlebrow strata books every now and then though, they afford more negative criticism and serve as a foil to the actual greats. Just be glad you didn't grab Purity, that shit isn't worth anything.

For what it's worth, the most interesting and innovative thing about Franzen (which definitely isn't saying much) is his interlocking novellas structure, you'll see what I mean when you read him. It's a very satisfying narrative pattern.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 03:29:54 2017 No.9050342 >>9050250 Okay sure, I'll admit I've only read the Tunnel, and it was garbage.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 03:40:23 2017 No.9050360 >>9041728 What are their names?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 03:47:30 2017 No.9050372 >>9050342 >reading a decades-in-the-making doorstopper by an author you haven't read before because someone here told you to That just sounds like poor decision-making on your part that you're still mad about.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 03:53:24 2017 No.9050385 >>9041728 Is that woman in the corner dead? Did you murder her?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 04:01:11 2017 No.9050395 >>9050317 Thanks m8

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 05:33:55 2017 No.9050557 >>9050372 A great work should be able to stand on its own, anon. Regarding a work based solely on its predecessors is fanboy masturbation. It has nothing to do with standards or expectations.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 09:30:12 2017 No.9050969 >>9049950 Bump. Still interested.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 09:55:00 2017 No.9051023 >>9043302 >>9043278 Nobody?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 10:28:56 2017 No.9051096 >>9029183 Lord of the Flies is arguably my favorite book of all time.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 10:33:05 2017 No.9051107 >>9050557 Nothing ever really stands on its own, with or without context.

Anonymous Thu Feb 2 16:44:29 2017 No.9052192
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In Tennessee for a week and hit the used bookstore here. It was great. The Oxford bible was a gift to me. It's a 3rd edition, is there a big difference in the 4th edition?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 16:45:16 2017 No.9052197 >>9052192 Where you at in Tennessee, dude? Did you go to McKay's?

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 16:48:53 2017 No.9052207 >>9052197 Chattanooga. Yes, mckay's

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 17:40:22 2017 No.9052363 Where can I buy cheap (used) books online and have them shipped to me? I don't live in an english-speaking country so it costs me 10+ dollars per book here since I'm forced to buy them new.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 17:42:55 2017 No.9052368 >>9052363 And to clarify, simply buying individual titles from ebay won't be good enough since the shipping will cost a fortune. I want to be able to buy multiple books at a time or even just a big box of books.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 17:52:06 2017 No.9052391 >>9052368 Buy a kindle and just pirate all the books from bookz.org

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 18:37:09 2017 No.9052559 >>9050267 please get Shakespeare away from those Jonathan Franzen books

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 19:18:38 2017 No.9052720 >>9051107 I guess I've got no argument for that, but the point was that even reading other works by Gass, that doesn't make the Tunnel not suck.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 19:54:48 2017 No.9052820 >>9052559 Kek

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 20:02:34 2017 No.9052846 >>9052391 >I'm looking to buy a used car >Just ride the bus lol

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 20:04:37 2017 No.9052857 >>9052391 Kobo*

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 20:31:20 2017 No.9052956 File: 163 KB, 900x1200, C3tBh_IXAAAKfLJ.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9029007 Not a recent purchase I've been putting off reading those books for a while now. Finally ready to attack the weeb nation.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 20:35:24 2017 No.9052969 >>9052956 Suzuki is a chilled out writer, hope you like it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Feb 2 20:43:21 2017 No.9052997 >>9052956 I'd love to read Basho for the first time again.

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