Free books!

[delphipsmith]

Yes, it's time again for the Great January Book Giveaway! These are all books I've weeded from my shelves that need a new home with loving parents readers. Claim the one(s) you want in the comments, first person to claim gets it. Feel free to ask for as many as you like :)

Updated 1/9

Title
Author
Genre

House Lessons
Erica Bauermeister
memoir

Comments

[teddyradiator]

Thank you! I would love the Dracula series and the books on home repair! 💕💕

[delphipsmith]

You got it! Please PM me with confirmation of home address :)

Edit: There's only one with "repair" in the title, is that the one? Are there others as well that you want?

[teddyradiator]

Thank you! Yes the one on furniture repairs and the about composting. I'd love those. I appreciate this so much. Pm-ing you now.

[delphipsmith]

Little House in the Suburbs is about urban gardening: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/13114241-little-house-in-the-suburbs

Do you want that one as well?

[kellychambliss]

I used to use excerpts from Tom Brown's School Days as part of my Harry Potter class, to give students context about genre and how HP both does and does not play within the boarding school story.

I also used to use a great article that compared the two works as a critique of the classism, etc in HP. Really convincing. You might enjoy it:

Galway, Elizabeth. "Reminders of Rugby in the Halls of Hogwarts: The Insidious Influence of the School Story Genre on the Works of J. K. Rowling." Children's Literature Association Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, Spring 2012, pp. 66-85

[delphipsmith]

Oh cool - thanks!

[zigadenus]

OMG free books?!?!

Would you be willing to send a few north of the ice wall? If so, I'd be keen to find some shelf space for Mantel's 'Bring up the bodies', and 'The Echoing Green: The Garden in Myth and Memory'.

[delphipsmith]

Of course! Send me a PM with your address :)

[delphipsmith]

Do you need Wolf Hall as well? That's Mantel's first volume. Or maybe you have that one already?

[zigadenus]

I do have it! Will send you my addy right away. <3

[mundungus42]

OMG SQUEE! I would happily take Wolf Hall if nobody has claimed it! Thank you so much for doing this!

[delphipsmith]

For sure, PM me your address :)

[teddyradiator]

That would be awesome! Thank you! Gardening was something I had never done until the pandemic, but I find it immensely comforting. But I know so little about it. It's a steep learning curve. That sounds like a great book to have.

[delphipsmith]

Excellent, will add to box. It's a great book, super practical and useful. The only reason I'm giving it up is that we're not urban (or even suburban) any more :)