booklist: London acquisitions

[heresluck]

Before we begin, I would like to point out that 1) I rarely have access to a good theatre-specific bookshop, so when you think about it I'm morally obligated to lavishly patronize the National's; 2) it's a wonder I didn't spend more of my time in Foyle's; 3) Blackwell's was having a 2-for-£10 special on books from the BBC Favorites list, to which I

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[ex_truepenn]

... that truepenny explicitly suggested (with remarkable patience) that I purchase them this trip, with the clear implication that perhaps then I would shut. the. hell. up. about them.

I also said, ooooooooooh, pretty! when you showed them to me. So, I mean, it's not like I didn't understand *g* It was just clear that you needed them.

[heresluck]

...and I'm profoundly grateful that you admired them thus, since it did make their purchase seem less like a private psychosis and more like an objectively Necessary Thing. *g*

[abbandono]

I'll refrain from mocking you with comparisons to Jorge Luis Borges' Library Of Babel.

Instead, I'll just express my admiration of an excellent book-buying haul, and your possession of what must be an exceptionally sturdy spine.

--j