Thursday, November 08, 2007

Thursday Thirteen

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

8 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:13 AM

    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!

    Have a great Thursday!

    DEB

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  2. Anonymous10:50 AM

    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!

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  3. I 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.

    It's your fault the Compton-Burnettes are on my list. :)

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  4. Dream Angus was wonderful. I have really enjoyed each of the Canongate myths.

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  5. Anonymous5:26 PM

    LOL. Are you going to be able to make it for three months without buying anything?

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  6. Oh 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. :)

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  7. Interesting lsit - Sunset Song is one of my favourite books...

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  8. Anonymous8:20 PM

    Do add Ivy's _A God and His Gifts_ to your wish list. It's spectactular and quintessential Compton-Burnett.

    md

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