Books!
My local library is having a book sale right now. The public libraries here always have a small nook or room where they sell donated books, but once every few months they stick all of their backlog of donations in bins in a big room and open it to the public. Book sale! It's like a crack den. $1 for trades and hardcovers, 5/$1 mass market paperbacks. So, a cheap crack den. Mmm.
Tasha Alexander. A Poisoned Season
Margaret Atwood. Alias Grace
A.S. Byatt. Still Life
Neil Gaiman. Stardust*
Shirley Hazzard. The Great Fire
Witi Ihimaera. The Whale Rider
Stephen King. The Gunslinger*
China Mieville. Perdido Street Station
David Mitchell. Ghostwritten
Christopher Moore. Bloodsucking Fiends*
Sylvia Plath. The Bell Jar
Thomas Pynchon. V. (My Pynchon collection is now complete!! Their powers combine to transform into something completely incomprehensible.)
David Sedaris. Me Talk Pretty One Day
Lisa See. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Vikram Seth. A Suitable Boy
Neal Stephenson. The Diamond Age, The Confusion
Charles Stross. The Family Trade, The Hidden Family
William Butler Yeats. Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
*Already read, but wanted to own a copy.
There were a lot more books I could have bought, but I figured 20 was a good number to stop at. And I'm always in and out of libraries, and I keep picking up a book or two here and there, so I've probably got another 20 or so in recent acquisitions. I'm going to need more shelves...
Tasha Alexander. A Poisoned Season
Margaret Atwood. Alias Grace
A.S. Byatt. Still Life
Neil Gaiman. Stardust*
Shirley Hazzard. The Great Fire
Witi Ihimaera. The Whale Rider
Stephen King. The Gunslinger*
China Mieville. Perdido Street Station
David Mitchell. Ghostwritten
Christopher Moore. Bloodsucking Fiends*
Sylvia Plath. The Bell Jar
Thomas Pynchon. V. (My Pynchon collection is now complete!! Their powers combine to transform into something completely incomprehensible.)
David Sedaris. Me Talk Pretty One Day
Lisa See. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Vikram Seth. A Suitable Boy
Neal Stephenson. The Diamond Age, The Confusion
Charles Stross. The Family Trade, The Hidden Family
William Butler Yeats. Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
*Already read, but wanted to own a copy.
There were a lot more books I could have bought, but I figured 20 was a good number to stop at. And I'm always in and out of libraries, and I keep picking up a book or two here and there, so I've probably got another 20 or so in recent acquisitions. I'm going to need more shelves...