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Dec. 14th, 2004 02:02 pmI love my library! They're rubbish at lending me books I want to read, but they're great at selling them off! Can't help thinking that there's something wrong there.
Anyway, I carried off an entire bagful of books (plastic carrier bag 10p) at bargain prices yesterday, and am considering going back for a couple of Arthur Miller plays.
My haul was:
Total cost: £4.50. Irresistable.
Oh, and a few things I forgot to add to the to-read list yesterday:
Gustave Flaubert, Bouvard and Pécuchet, tr. A.J. Krailsheimer. This was a 10p bargain from a bookstall at a summer fair. I'll get round to reading it at some point.
Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled
Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible. My mum lent me this ages ago, and somehow I've never picked it up to read it. It's partly because it's in pristine condition at the moment so I can't just stuff it in my bag and take it to work. I think I need someone to make it sound exciting.
Anyway, I carried off an entire bagful of books (plastic carrier bag 10p) at bargain prices yesterday, and am considering going back for a couple of Arthur Miller plays.
My haul was:
- Rudyard Kipling, The Complete Stalky & Co. (World's Classics edition, paperback)
- Margery Allingham, Sweet Danger (paperback)
- Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire (paperback). I studied this for A level English Lit., borrowed the book rather than buying it, then wished I'd bought it.
- Margaret Atwood, Good Bones (paperback). I'd seen this recommended on
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owtoad, and meant to read it at some point. The physical book isn't what I'd expected: it's quite slim, and has huge print, so I probably wouldn't have bought it if not for the recommendation. LJ is changing my life! - Sylvia Plath, Ariel (Faber paperback). This will go into my bag for pulling out at random moments on station platforms and so on. I like having something small to dip into as well as something to concentrate on for half an hour on the train.
- Maya Angelou, I Shall Not Be Moved (paperback)
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Book of Lost Tales 2 (paperback)
- Michael Swanton, English Literature Before Chaucer (hardback). I was quite disappointed to find, when I got it home, that this isn't an anthology. However, it might still be interesting.
- Michael Barry, Crafty French Cooking (large glossy paperback). This may find its way to my Mum - it depends on who is more likely to cook things from it.
- Pat Chapman, Favourite Middle-Eastern Recipes (large glossy paperback). I know almost nothing about middle eastern cookery, so this for 40p got my attention immediately. I've no idea yet if I'll make any of the recipes, though.
Total cost: £4.50. Irresistable.
Oh, and a few things I forgot to add to the to-read list yesterday:
Gustave Flaubert, Bouvard and Pécuchet, tr. A.J. Krailsheimer. This was a 10p bargain from a bookstall at a summer fair. I'll get round to reading it at some point.
Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled
Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible. My mum lent me this ages ago, and somehow I've never picked it up to read it. It's partly because it's in pristine condition at the moment so I can't just stuff it in my bag and take it to work. I think I need someone to make it sound exciting.
