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altariel ([personal profile] altariel) wrote2007-08-10 09:57 am
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Blog a Penguin Classic

From [livejournal.com profile] white_hart: Blog a Penguin Classic. Sign up, they send you a free book, you agree to blog a review in 6 weeks. (UK and Eire residents only.)

I got The Later Roman Empire AD 354-378. 516 pages. Blimey! Some of that had better be notes.
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[identity profile] angevin2.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, that looks fun!

Sadly I cannot do it, as it is only available to people in the UK and Ireland. Lord knows I have a lot of free time in which to do this sort of thing. ;)
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[personal profile] muninnhuginn 2007-08-10 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
I got The Time Machine which is rather an easy option, even if I haven't reread it since I was ten.

[identity profile] klose.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
I've signed up, I hope I'm allowed... technically I lived in the UK for the last nine months, and will be living there for the next two years at least. *crosses fingers*

I've never written a proper book review before (out of sheer laziness, really!), but I figured that this would be a lovely opportunity for me to do something new. Thanks for the heads up! :D

I've been allocated M/F. I've not heard of the book, but that doesn't mean anything since I'm rather deprived, as far as literature goes. But I *have* heard of Anthony Burgess, so all is not lost. :P And Penguin's summary of the book is rather awesome, so I'm really quite excited about it.

Looking forward to your review of The Later Roman Empire AD 354-378!

[identity profile] iainjcoleman.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 11:05 am (UTC)(link)
I got Rimbaud's Selected Poems and Letters. At least, I presume it's Rimbaud: the email only tells you the book title, and that seems to be the only exact match. If I'd got just "Selected Poems" I'd still be scratching my head - there are about a dozen Penguin Classics by that name.

[identity profile] iainjcoleman.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
Strictly, it's free only if your time is worthless. 576 pages: this fucker better be good.

[identity profile] katlinel.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Coo, a weighty tome! Maybe they still think you're doing your reading your own height in books in a year and they're trying to help with the process?

I am wimping out of this, as I think I might as well stick to being a bit rubbish.
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