[Amity]

Or just a swap.... your choice.

If you trust your fellow posters enough, post up here books you would like to read but don't own - then a kind fellow poster can post you their copy and you can send it back once it's read (but don't take tooooo long!).

Does this sound like a good idea? I'm obviously only suggesting it cause I'm far too cheap to buy any new books.

[Desiderata]

Originally Posted by Amity

Or just a swap.... your choice.

If you trust your fellow posters enough, post up here books you would like to read but don't own - then a kind fellow poster can post you their copy and you can send it back once it's read (but don't take tooooo long!).

Does this sound like a good idea? I'm obviously only suggesting it cause I'm far too cheap to buy any new books.

Sounds like a very good idea. I'll be starting college in a few weeks and will have to cut way down on the amount I spend on books.

[discolexy]

amity you can borrow mine anytime.
ditto for anybody in london

cba to post them though

[Squarepusher]

Originally Posted by Amity

I'm obviously only suggesting it cause I'm far too cheap to buy any new books.

Pffft......students.

[Amity]

I'm not in London for long now
If anyone wants to borrow a book while I'm away at Uni, go for it. I need less to pack!

[InShreds]

I get attached to books. I don't want to give them away or lend them or... well, Ms. Hindley and I did a nice swap here recently. She sent me 'Take it Like a Man' by Boy George. She said I could have it for free. I felt guilty, so I wanted to trade. When it came down to sending her a trade I couldn't part with anything, so I sent her a copy via Amazon.

If anything it's a nice way to get to know other KRheads better. We've had many nice chats.

[CuntCake]

In case anyone wants to know...

1984
Animal Farm
the Communist Manifesto
The Scum Manifesto
Goldstein's book from 1984
The Prince
and
Steal this book

Are all available online. I'll send the links if anyone wants them.

[bort]

Ooh... I've always been intrigued by The Scum Manifesto.

[kesh]

Originally Posted by CuntCake

Goldstein's book from 1984

read it, it's just full of doodlings of cocks and bumsex and "i heart amy", maps of stalingrad and badly drawn musical staves

[VenusDeMilo]

Whenever I lend books, I NEVER get them back. Unless I threaten to break fingers. I do not trust in my fellow kittyradio members for that kind of shit either.
The money you spend on books will surely be spent on postage?

[CuntCake]

SCUM Manifesto - Valerie Solanas

[catatonicx]

Originally Posted by bort

Ooh... I've always been intrigued by The Scum Manifesto.

Bleh. I read it to earn my right to hate it. But wound up liking it.

I feel like more people would have been more receptive to Solanas if she had spoken in more general terms. By saying "ALL MEN are ______", "ALL MEN _______ do this" she wasn't opening anyones eyes to their actions. No guy is going to take something like seriously. And if the motive is change, or if the motive is equality, how can you acheive any of that if you're being so volatile, and accusatory (which probably isn't a word, but it goes along with what im saying).

She made a lot of good points though. I ended up really liking the book. I wish she hadn't been so intent on man-hating though, cause she was veryyyy bright.


Anyway:

Books I can swap-

On Writing by Stephen King
Rose Madder by Stephen King
Everythings Eventual by Stephen King
The Dark Half by Stephen King
Hearts In Atlantis by Stephen King
Black House by Stephen King/Peter Straub
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
It by Stephen King (shit condition)
Carrie by Stephen King
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
(etc. etc. TONS of King)
Metaphysics: Constructing a World View by William Hasker
Seven Types Of Ambiguity by Eliot Perlman
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (Guilty...)
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
The Collected Poems Of Emily Dickinson
Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense by Laurence Perrine
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

I will update this list later, when I look through the other bookcases.
-

[catatonicx]

Bleh. I need a fuckin' sub.

To whoever it was that repped me, I didn't even know there was a movie!

I thought you may have been talking about "I Shot Andy Warhol", (which was wonderful from what I've heard). But then I checked imdb.com. It got a 7/10, so it seems like it's at least worth a shot.

Im gonna see if I can find a copy of this (looks hard to come across).

If anyone's seen "Scum Manifesto", please tell if it was shit or not?

[catatonicx]

aww, this is such a good idea. idk why no ones into it..

my friend sent me this website (BookMooch: exchange books and trade them, like a book swap or book barter) which basically has the same concept of what this thread's going for. so if anyone wants to trade books with me there my u/n is: whereboysfeartotread


& sry for posting 3x in a row

[Amity]

Wow I forgot I started this. Books are good. Kesh lent me a book and I liked it. So much that I accidentally packed it when I was filling boxes for uni. Oops.

[nogginthenog]

although i have a lot of books to read for uni just now, i would be up for this.
Books up for swapping:
Moab is my Washpot, Stephen Fry
Vernon God Little, DBC Pierre
The Curious Incident, Mark Haddon
The Sin City books by Miller, some have been misplaced though, so i'll have to check which ones i can send when i get back.
Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden
Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters

there are others... i'll post later.

[Frogs]

This isn't completely relevant, though i would be interested in lending/swapping - but - is book club still around? I can't find it in this forum. Am i looking hard enough or has it vanished?