missing books = sadness
i recently started re-reading the farseer trilogy, from lack of anything else inspiring on my bookshelves. they're really good.
however i discovered that the third book is missing. and i somehow have two copies of the first book in the second series. i suspect that what has happened is that mandellebrotte and i accidentally swapped - she probably has two copies of the 3rd book in the first series. we both had our own copies of them independently, but stuff gets tangled up when you move house. nobody i know has the thirs book. which sucks. they have it at sydney uni library, but in the rare book section. the rare book section! i ask you.
this led me to examine my bookshelves in greater detail. turns out i have lots missing (and only two books belonging to someone else). i hate missing books, especially when i want to read them so badly.
at the moment i am missing:
written on the skin - collection of true crime forensic work, i think dave has this
dirt music (tim winton) - mum may have this
haroun and the sea of stories (salman rushdie) - eli may have this
the ode less travelled (stephen fry) - again, eli may have this
the dragonbone chair (tad williams) - pete has this
everything is illuminated (jonathan safran-foer) - no idea who has this
smoke and mirrors (neil gaiman) - no idea
benang - no idea
titus groan & gormenghast (mervyn peake) - no idea
and those are just the ones i can think of. *sigh*.
however i discovered that the third book is missing. and i somehow have two copies of the first book in the second series. i suspect that what has happened is that mandellebrotte and i accidentally swapped - she probably has two copies of the 3rd book in the first series. we both had our own copies of them independently, but stuff gets tangled up when you move house. nobody i know has the thirs book. which sucks. they have it at sydney uni library, but in the rare book section. the rare book section! i ask you.
this led me to examine my bookshelves in greater detail. turns out i have lots missing (and only two books belonging to someone else). i hate missing books, especially when i want to read them so badly.
at the moment i am missing:
written on the skin - collection of true crime forensic work, i think dave has this
dirt music (tim winton) - mum may have this
haroun and the sea of stories (salman rushdie) - eli may have this
the ode less travelled (stephen fry) - again, eli may have this
the dragonbone chair (tad williams) - pete has this
everything is illuminated (jonathan safran-foer) - no idea who has this
smoke and mirrors (neil gaiman) - no idea
benang - no idea
titus groan & gormenghast (mervyn peake) - no idea
and those are just the ones i can think of. *sigh*.