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1865...!! Forgot it was that old In the meantime... 100 Best Books of the Decade So Far

In fairness, it could have been any one of these! lewis carroll books - Google Search What's his other stuff like, do you know?

Lewis Carroll must have been loaded when he wrote this. It's pretty great.

I've meant to read this for a while. It's amazing our capacity to block out/ ignore the reality of how the food we eat is produced.

Ha! Same here. They look like classics though!

The NRYB classic editions are beautiful looking. Pretty much want them all.... judging them by their covers The NYRB Winter Sale | New York Review Books

Wow, that's a great piece of writing. I'm going to have to take the time to read it more closely. I was always interested in that topic - whether there is a peculiar difference between reading something for pleasure and/or for academic purposes, and where the lines become blurred. Cheers John.

Got through my life without ever reading this. Picked it up today for the bargain price of 3 shillings and 6 pence

Picked up two pocket sized oldies for €7 from The Secret Book and Record Store

That's hilarious if it's true!

I'm almost finished this too. Found myself having to read sections out loud in my head (if you know what I mean) to make sense of the narrative. As with Inherent Vice (the movie) I'm now not even trying to follow the plot, but am just enjoying the ride. Not sure if I could take one of his longer...

Ah yeah, I'm only havin' a laugh. A couple of the lads here in work were looking at me scornfully, with their historical fiction eyes, when it arrived in the post...

Yeah, at least there's no petals or butterflies embossed on there

Ha! No. Didn't buy them at all. I don't know why they give so many books gender specific covers. It's bound to put certain people off buying them.

what @Shaney said. Which I know is ridiculous, but still...

My latest Margaret Atwood arrived in the post today. I thought I ordered this But I got this instead So, how am I supposed to read this on the bus?! Or, am I too old to care about such things?

"Gravity’s Rainbow, for instance, has over 400 characters..." Jesus!

Not haters as such, more referring to him as incomprehensible Yeah, Crying of Lot G is quite slim and is on the "short but perfectly formed" table in Hodges Figgis Edit: Lol - I mean the Crying of Lot 49

Considering trying Thomas Pynchon for the first time. Plenty of haters out there though. Should I steer clear? Kind of want to try this...

I'm a fairly slow reader and would be lucky to get through 15-18 books in a year. I find when I hurry through a book that I just don't get as much out of it - like devouring a dinner without really tasting it. I do need to spend more actual time reading though and get off the bloody Internet...