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Well! Don't Buy Any Books Month was a bit of a flop.

Out of the four books I managed to read in January, YOU MUST READ Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, an account of life in a Soviet labour camp. It's very short, very readable, and there's very little actual brutality or violence - and yet it's a nightmare. The last lines nearly did away with me.

Date: 2008-02-01 03:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] murasaki-1966.livejournal.com
Oh Lord I bought 10. Most of them second hand.
They include (for the curious)
Doris Lessing On Cats
P.J. Stephenson The history and description of Sydney Harbour
Lilith Norman A Dream of Seas
Bill Scott Following the gold (a book of poems, with a dedication to Patsy Adam-Smith, from Bill).
Australian Cicadas the only published book on the subject, and one that needs a new edition.

Date: 2008-02-01 04:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kateorman.livejournal.com
On Cats is rather horrible - I didn't manage to finish it!

Date: 2008-02-01 05:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] murasaki-1966.livejournal.com
Now you tell me.......

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