I bought this back when I was still at school.  I knew I'd have to wait for summer before starting it - otherwise I would've got a headache.


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One of my last purchases at The Dusty Bookshelf in Manhattan, this book also has the distinction of being my first reading experience of Danielle Steel.

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From my grandmother's collection (to be fair, she was going to throw it away):

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I bought this book for my mother for Christmas, and really it was only a matter of time before I'd read it.  We're both huge fans of Terry Pratchett, to the point that anything he has written is required reading.

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For my Jane Austen's Legacy class this past semester, I was introduced to a few new titles in fiction.  One of them was Middlemarch.  Another was this charming little curiosity.

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I found this little nugget after knocking over a couple of book towers at the local bookstore.  I bought it a 1/4 its original price.

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I am mercifully back, but not for too long - I have a paper on Keats that is calling my name.

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... So it's been a little while.  Call it two weeks.  But I've made a pledge to myself: I can handle my classes this semester while keeping up with my recreational reading.  And I'll be sure to record all of it here, starting with this big dose of strangeness:


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I bought this book partly because of the author, whose previous works I've read, and partly because of the appeal of reading about multiple women protagonist.  It was featured in a best-of list along with Fun Home, one of my favorite books.

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