All About Books discussion

Petra wrote: "June 7 A book you'd forgotten you owned

A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (just ran my eyes over my bookshelves & was surprised at this find)

I second (third?) the comment..."
Though at least on a kindle you can't buy the same book twice!

Dhanaraj wrote: "Gill wrote: "Is there a book you always give as a gift?

Over the years, I have given 5 copies of Precious Bane to friends. It's a book I like a lot, and at one stage it was really h..."

Yes, I think the book is very under-rated, Dhanarah.

Heather wrote: "For me, about 90% of my kindle!"

And of my shelves as well. It has happened that I've bought books I already had! This happens becausecI also have books which belonged to my parents, my husband, etc.
I should catalogue them all, but who has the time?
One book that we had in more than three copies (sic!) is The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Books I've bought in duplicate include:

The Blind Assassin
Catch-22
Canada

And I haven't yet read them, lol ugh.

4th June Your least favourite book by your favourite author

I love Alexander McCall Smith, but I really wasn't too keen on Portuguese Irregular Verbs so I have not read any more Prof. Iglefeld.

Also, I was quite disappointed in Hollow City the sequel to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children which I gave 5 stars.

3rd June A book with a blue cover

June 8th A book you own more than one copy of

Bit similar to yesterday. I've had a recent clear out so no books for me but I used to own 2 copies of Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

Petra wrote: "Shirley wrote: "I have to admit, a couple of months ago I bought a Margaret Atwood book, only to discover I already had a copy I had forgotten about! Doh!"

Which one, Shirley?"

It was The Handmaid's Tale, Petra. I took it back to a charity shop. If I still had it, that would be my answer to the next question!

June 8th A book you own more than one copy of

This possibly looks like sneaky promotion for our seasonal poet, but here are my two copies of one of my favorite books The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa

I have an English copy of Silk and an Italian copy of the same (Seta).

I have the English copy of Sparrow, Temptation and Cavalleria Rusticana and an Italian copy of the same (Storia di una capinera).

I love 'Silk'!

SILK is one of my favourites, too.

Oh, ok. I didn't think of different languages! I have an English copy of Treasure Island and also a Spanish copy (La Isla del Tesoro. Cuentos de los Mares del Sur.

Also, I have English and Spanish copies of poetry by Antonio Machado and Pablo Neruda.

I have both the German and the English of a book by Max Frisch (Mein Name sei Gantenbein and Gantenbein respectively)

Garyfalia, did you read it? I like this one very much.

June 8th A book you own more than one copy of
I have a few book doubles, but do own 6 copies of The Great Gatsby I couldn't resist picking up another edition if it had a particularly nice cover, though I haven't bought one for quite a while now!

June 8th A book you own more than one copy of

I on two copies of Infinite Jest, a paper copy & the ereader version.

Heather wrote: "June 8th A book you own more than one copy of "

I have two copies of the first volume of And Quiet Flows the Don. I found it at the second hand bookshop and I loved it so much that I looked for all the 4 volumes. I had to buy all the four books so I have twice the first volume.

I have also two copies of Lord of the Flies, one in English and one in Italian. I love so much this book that I gave it to my son when he was a child but he wasn't yet able to read such a book in English so I bought for him the Italian edition.

I had also two copies of one of those books about pregnancy (one bought by me and one received as a gift). I sold one at the second hand bookshop.

Jenny wrote: "Garyfalia, did you read it? I like this one very much."
Not yet, I got the German edition first but I found it very difficult to understand the text so I ordered the English one to be able to read it.
Have you read anything else by Max Frisch?

He's one of my favorite authors, so I've read quite a few books by him. Next to Gantenbein I'd recommend I'm Not Stiller (see a pattern here? ;))and Homo Faber.

A book I own more than one copy of

The World According to Garp by John Irving; one hardcover first edition (for keeping) and one paperback edition (for reading).

Petra wrote: "June 8th A book you own more than one copy of

I on two copies of Infinite Jest, a paper copy & the ereader version."

Several this way!!!

LauraT wrote: "Petra wrote: "June 8th A book you own more than one copy of

I on two copies of Infinite Jest, a paper copy & the ereader version"

Several this way!!!

A lot if books I have the original english and the itakian translation
Almost all Dickens, the whole Shakespeare, Thakeray, Eliot, ...

June 9th A book with a film or tv-tie in

I've deleted it for you Heather!
What do you intend with a film or tv-tie in?

LauraT wrote: "I've deleted it for you Heather!
What do you intend with a film or tv-tie in?"

Post a book you own that has later been turned into a movie or tv-show I suppose!

Here's mine: the fabulous Never Let Me Go by by Kazuo Ishiguro (though strangely, I have no memory of whether I thought the film was equally fabulous...in fact... have I even seen it?! Monday morning amnesia!!!!)

The Grapes of Wrath This seems to be my theme at the moment. I posted about this elsewhere else recently!

Oh yes, and also Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Fabulous book, reasonable film.

There are many. Just to give three latest books that I have read and which were made into films.

Heidi
84, Charing Cross Road
The Piano Teacher

I also recently watched the film version of Rebecca

Heather wrote: "June 9th A book with a film or tv-tie in "

Cloud Atlas and I didn't like nor the book neither the movie.

The Book Thief: I have liked much more the book.

La fine è il mio inizio (sorry, there is no English edition); the film wasn't bad but I really loved the book!

I am sure there are a lot more (I remember to have seen also Rebecca a lot of years ago) but I don't remember them now. Ahhh, a lot of Stephen King, of course!

Sever of the books I've read and loved have been turned into films or tv-show.
Think of all the times my favourite book - Pride and Prejudice - has been mande into a film or serie! The BBC version of 1995 is my favourite.
Generally speacking I'm deluded by this transformations. One exception is Sostiene Pereira http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TSPjA...

For me Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? & Blade Runner

June 9th A book with a film or tv-tie in

Years ago, I read/owned Sophie's Choice and watched the movie. Both were great (as I recall). My memory says that the movie followed the book exactly and was, therefore, a bit better because the book was very descriptive in spots (pages & pages to describe a house, for example).

And, of course, Pride and Prejudice.

Howards End by E.M. Forster
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo
and many more. I make it a rule never to watch the film until I have read the book.

Bette BookAddict wrote: "Howards End by E.M. Forster
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
[book:Wom..."

Same rule for me!

June 8: A book you own more than one copy of

If you include audiobooks, I now have quite a lot! However, I will put Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, A Tale of Two Cities and David Copperfield - these I own in paperback, Kindle, and audio format!

June 9: A book with a film or tv-tie in
Well, all the books I listed above are also films :)

I recently finished Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and have the movie from the library to watch.

Amber wrote: "Awesome Beth! I read Little Women last year and read Little Men this year and they were both pretty good. I hope to read Jo's Boys if I have time this Summer or save it for the Fall."

Amber, I loved all three books, my favorite was Little Men, loved the antics of the boys. Jo's Boys was my second; being a young girl, the boys intrigued me. How about Eight Cousins, the only girl cousin surrounded by her eight male cousins. Yes, liked the boys. :)

My all-time was The Secret Garden and A Little Princess both by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I think these two set me up to love British literature for life and mysteries.

Colleen wrote: "I recently finished Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and have the movie from the library to watch."
Didn't like it so much. What do you think of it?

Ian wrote: "The Shining...prefer the film though"
Both my husband and son loved it, even more than the film!

Heather wrote: "June 9th A book with a film or tv-tie in "

Sorry, haven't been online much.

My book for this would be Game of Thrones. Love both the books and the tv series

June 10th A book that reminds me of somebody I love

Heather wrote: "June 10th A book that reminds me of somebody I love "

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.

The Pursuit Of Happiness by Douglas Kennedy reminds me of my sister who gave me the book.

Heather wrote: "June 10th A book that reminds me of somebody I love "

There isn't such a book in my shelves :/

Richard Siken's poetry. If the title were any more fitting it would be made up.

@Jenny I ♥ the feeling of a crush... lol

June 8th A book you own more than one copy of

Every once in a while I end up with duplicate copies of books. I forget what I have, and see something in a used book store and get it. Wales And The Wars Of The Roses was one not too long ago.

Then there are the books that I intentionally get more than one of - hard cover and ebook. Especially if I see the ebook offered free... And I have the first Harry Potter book in both English and Welsh.

And Bibles. I'm not particularly religious, but I have at least a dozen, including my grandfather's bible full of his hand-written notes, my great-grandmother's German Bible, a NT in Koine Greek, a Welsh Bible, a parallel bible (4 different editions side-by-side, etc.

Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught because it is the favourite book of someone I love

Angel Condemned by Mary Stanton Southern charm writer