summer reading continues

[aperfectsong]

Mid-July, I started working as an office temp again. As I spend most of my day doing menial computer tasks, I am allowed to listen to my ipod at work (read: listen to audiobooks). It is likely to be a very productive summer/beginning to fall unless I run out of free audiobooks to download.

Here's what I've listened to so far these past 3 weeks and 2

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[mmmrorschach]

I love library book sales. Half the time I just end up buying nicer looking copies of books I already own. And high five on Candide and Amy Hempel.

[aperfectsong]

That's generally what I do too, so this time I told myself I would only buy books I didn't already own. I was looking for the Amy Hempel and asked a group of people if they had seen it - one of the workers says, "I JUST SAW THAT" and rushes off. Then she comes back with it 5 minutes later and it was very nice of her (and lucky for me!)

[aperfectsong]

I think this is the most I ever bought. I had a friend with me who kept recommending different books to me, so that made it easier to grab a bunch, though my bad wrist still hasn't forgiven me for getting so many (and carrying them around for 2 hours haha).

[aperfectsong]

I saw people with luggage bags. I also had a backpack, but I filled it with the heavier books and thought a box would be easier for paying.

[kerosinkanister]

Did you like Neverwhere? That's my favorite of Neil Gaiman's. (I also liked Stardust and Coraline but most of his other work fell flat IMO.)

That John Gardner book is a classic.

[aperfectsong]

I did really enjoy "Neverwhere," though it took me a while to get into it. It's the first I've read of his. I also downloaded American Gods, which a friend of mine just finished and loved.

I was looking for Gardner's "On Becoming on Novelist," but was happy to find "The Art of Fiction." My quest for the other continues!

[impropaganda]

Oh wow, you are awesome.

[aperfectsong]

Thanks lol.

[impropaganda]

No worries ;) So many good books! You'll love the Amy Hempel.