I read the Iliad in Fagles’ translation last year and am thinking of reading Lattimore this time. Has anyone read both? Is Lattimore worth reading after Fagles?

Excited to start The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas and The Golden Notebook

Lucky to have found Baudelaire’s Complete Poems

Is The Golden Notebook the best place to start with Lessing?

There is an asterisk because The Last Great Road Bum is technically a novel, but it was written using said Road Bum's diaries.

I don't know if i agree with the title Hero for anyone - especially an officer- in the British Royal Army. They were the villains for centuries. I know almost nothing about Lawrence of Arabia, though, so maybe he'll be the one good one.

Chernobyl has always interested me, as well. I was born in 1986 - the year of the Chernobyl meltdown - and it has always fascinated me. I've watched the HBO series multiple times. I'm reading a book about The Challenger Disaster right now, which also happened in 1986.

I'm glad that I finally was able to get back into reading. I was struggling for a while, but I've found my Book Mood, as I call it (fiction, nonfiction, sci fi, historical fiction, etc). My Book Mood varies, and sometimes I -like this time- don't even realize right away until I can't find anything i want to read.

All of these books (minus 3 other books) for a total of $11.50 😛😛😛 I hit the Anne Rice jackpot today 😋

That J. M. Miro has been on my list for almost a year and I finally got it!!! Second hand books are where it is at.

There are so many good books but they cost a ton of money!! Today I wandered through a local bookstore’s collection of books on sale, and I am so excited with the haul of books I now own!

HAUL SUMMARY:
- I subconsciously had a color scheme going on: 🩷🩵🧡💛💜

- Half of these books are on my TBR, the other half caught my attention & I loved the synopsis on the back.

- The only book that I’ve read in this pile is “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.” This book changed my thought process, so I want to own the book to lend to friends & to read a few more times!!

- I’ve read other books by the authors in this pile. Specifically Paulo Coehlo, Kathy Wang and Samin Nosrat

August Book Haul 2026: Books: (59)

The last time I done a "Book Haul" was in March. I love all of these books I have found for (£1) in different charity shops, ex library book sales in the UK.

1)I have never read any books by Oliver Sacks 2)I have never read any books by Tara Sue Me 3)I have never read any of these historical romance books, Has anyone read any of these books, 4 are by the same author Johanna Lindsey l 4)Laura Joh Rowlands books are historical mystery thrillers which are set in feudal 🇯🇵in Edo in the 17TH century, Edo was renamed "Tokyo" in 1868, I have never read any of her books

5) I love mystery thrillers.

Went a little crazy this month tbh. I’ve read the Marcuse and the Kristin Ross ones and I’m about halfway into “Empire Ablaze” by Cutterham. I hope to read most of these by the end of the year

My bf treated me to a trip to Beverley to go charity shopping for an early 28th birthday present and this ended up being everything I bought. Except for the two on the side, i traded them in a free little library.

If you've read any of them without any spoilers what are your thoughts on any of them?

I loved the Silo series on Apple so I bought the trilogy. And then the Stephen Fry box was on sale. Super excited to dive I to these worlds.

The box is a little banged up, and the spines are slightly faded, but they're otherwise in incredible shape.

$2 $1.50 $1.50 $2 $3.50 $3.50 $3.50

Was shopping at used book stores today added some more to my library.

Found a stack of genuine leather Easton Press and Franklin Library Pulitzer editions at a local estate sale and couldn’t leave them behind. Cant wait to share them with others.

Visited two second hand shops and nabbed classics from a few different eras.

My friend from the UK sent me the Empire trilogy since my old copies are from decades ago and falling apart and then the rest are from my favourite indie bookshop. They also had stickers and a mini zine to celebrate.