The 13 books I've added to my Amazon wishlist since vowing eight days ago not to buy books for three months:
Fire in the Blood. Irene Nemirovsky
The Aeneid. (Fagles's paperback edition comes out in January)
Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis. Ali Smith
Like. Ali Smith
Sunset Song. Lewis Grassic Gibbing
Where Three Roads Meet. Sally Vickers
Dream Angus. Alexander McCall Smith
A House and Its Head. Ivy Compton-Burnette
Manservant and Maidservant. Ivy Compton-Burnette
The Wig My Father Wore. Anne Enright
What Are You Like. Anne Enright
The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch. Anne Enright
Strange As This Weather Has Been. Ann Pancake
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Two months into L.'s retirement, and I'm finished with the stockpiling of books. No more book purchases! Or at least, no purcha...
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Nice Thursday post! I love Thursdays, Time to watch Greys anatomy , ER and then fall asleep. I just posted my Thursday post. I had my tooth pulled yesterday so Im still under the weather, but dont worry the post doesnt show pictures of my tooth!
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I've been adding books to my wishlist in the hopes that someone will buy some of them for me for Christmas. I read the Nemirovsky (never got around to reading it). I thought it was actually pretty good for an unfinished or unedited work. I need to read Suite Francaise, too. I found two Compton-Burnettes at the used bookstore last weekend--Manservant was one of them. Good luck staying away from Amazon!
ReplyDeleteI need to read Suite Francaise, too. I got it for Christmas last year. I have a sinking feeling that I may not be able to convince anyone to buy me books this year (nor a fox from Germany, alas), so my wishlist is going to be enormous come February.
ReplyDeleteIt's your fault the Compton-Burnettes are on my list. :)
Dream Angus was wonderful. I have really enjoyed each of the Canongate myths.
ReplyDeleteLOL. Are you going to be able to make it for three months without buying anything?
ReplyDeleteOh yes. Because otherwise I have to buy MFS a book. And she already has a lot more than me. I think *she* should break and buy one for me. :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting lsit - Sunset Song is one of my favourite books...
ReplyDeleteDo add Ivy's _A God and His Gifts_ to your wish list. It's spectactular and quintessential Compton-Burnett.
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