Today was the first day of our library book sale, and I went just a little bit crazy buying books! (Hey, it only happens twice a year, so you can't really blame me...so what if I still have books from the book sale two years ago that I haven't read yet?) Here's a list of what I came home with:
Three Junes - Julia Glass
Learning to Breathe - Karen White
The Life of Elizabeth I - Alison Weir
One Good Turn - Kate Atkinson
The Assault on Reason - Al Gore
Sputnik: The Shock of the Century - Paul Dickson
The Dirty Girls Social Club - Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII - David Starkey
A Married Man - Catherine Alliott
Going Home - Harriett Evans
All Recipes All-Time Favorite Best Brand Recipes
All Eyes On Her - Poonam Sharma
Naked - David Sedaris
Brother and Sister - Joanna Trollope
The Sari Shop - Rupa Bajwa
Little Children - Tom Perrotta
My Name is Red - Orhan Pamuk
Snow - Orhan Pamuk
Kept: A Victorian Mystery - D.J. Taylor
Under the Tuscan Sun - Frances Mayes
Bella Tuscany - Frances Mayes
Seeing Me Naked - Liz Palmer
A Passage to India - E.M. Forster
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11 comments:
You've got some good reading there. Snow and a Passage to India are very good. I too have My Name is Red and Three Junes but haven't read them yet. I look forward to what you have to say about them. happy reading.
I LOVE library sales! It's unbelievable what you can find sometimes! You got some great stuff!
That is a nice haul! I actually have a number of those books on my own TBR list. Out of them, I have only read The Life of Elizabeth I and I really enjoyed it.
I saw Julia Glass on Sunday, she read from her newest novel, *I See You Everywhere*. I've only read about 20 pages of the book (just to get a "taste" before the reading), but I really enjoyed hearing her read a section of it.
Her *Three Junes* won the Nat'l Book Award.
I just added a comment to my post about the pub challenge, with info on how I got my 2009 titles. Marcia had another idea, too.
I went to my library book sale last Sunday (we have ours 2x/year too). I had my bag filled with books, but at the last possible moment, I put most of them back. I did keep 7 which I paid $3.50 for. I also have books that I still haven't read from last year's book sale too (actually, I still have books from the sale two years ago!). Sad, but I still continue to buy more books!
What a haul! Library sales are great! Happy reading!
--Anna
Diary of an Eccentric
Wow-how on earth did you carry all those. lol. Great haul. Have fun reading!
I heart library book sales, good haul. I also picked up Under the Tuscan Sun at last year's sale, but haven't gotten around to it yet.
I LOVE library book sales. In fact I am a bit addicted. I have to stay away from the library now until I get more room on my bookshelf. What a haul!
What a great sale!
I always love seeing what people bring home from book sales! The David Starkey book is fantastic.
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