I expect--I hope--these will be last books for quite some time. I really need to make some headway in what I already own.
From the top:
Novel on Yellow Paper. Stevie Smith. For the Slaves of Golconda group read at the end of January.
The Hopkins Manuscript. R.C. Sheffiff. Science fiction a la Persephone!
A Suitable Boy. Vikram Seth. I debated getting this from the library, but I assume my daughter will want to read it as well.
The Semantics of Murder. Aifric Campbell. Review copy.
The Maeve Binchy Writers' Club. A bound galley. The book goes on sale in March next year. I've never read Binchy before, but I've given her books to my mother-in-law.
The Glass Room. Simon Mawer. Review copy. I haven't read Mawer since Mendel's Dwarf, so I'm looking forward to this.
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women. Harriet Reisen. Review copy. Danielle wrote about the Reisen last week; sounds good.
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories. The new Pevear and Volokhonsky translation. I haven't read Ivan Ilyich since college; I'm thrilled to have this review copy.
I have that Louisa May Alcott bio for review, too. I won't be able to get to it until next month. Your stack looks good!
ReplyDeleteA Suitable Boy looks like beyond a chunkster! Good luck with that one!
ReplyDeleteHow many pages is A Suitable Boy anyway?
ReplyDeleteFamous last words--I know as I say them often myself. You will probably do better than I do, though. I have the same edition of the Stevie Smith book. I loved the RC Sherriff book I read, though I think it's very different than this one--am curious about it. And the Louisa May Alcott bio will be a quick read--I found it really interesting, though I knew very little about her. Lovely stack of books!
ReplyDeleteA Suitable Boy is 1474 pages. Sounds like a year-long project to me, although I think Eva read it fairly quickly.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping I would be sent a nicer edition of the Stevie Smith, but since I paid only a penny, I guess I got what I deserved.
And the Alcott bio may very well prompt me to read all the books I have on Brook Farm, Emerson, the Peabody sisters, etc. At the very least I could get them all arranged nicely on a shelf!
I've never been able to find Novel On Yellow Paper...congrats. Great book score.
ReplyDeleteI loves me some Alcott, so that bio is probably in my future.
forgot to add that Binchy is kind of nice and cozy...she's like tea and cookies, a crackling fire and warm slippers on a cold night. I also like her when I'm sick. Comfort reading.
ReplyDeleteGood call on purchasing A Suitable Boy. It's worth it and you'll surely want a copy to keep. If it wasn't so long, I would've had reread it a few times already.
ReplyDeleteOoh, good stack! I LOVED Suitable Boy; took it on a vacation with me and read it in one chunk. WELL WORTH IT.
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I enjoyed Mawer's The Fall with reservations, but other lit friends of mine loved it unreservedly.
http://www.girldetective.net/?p=217
I read things recently about the Alcott
http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2009-11/LittleWoman.html
and the Tolstoy
http://www.themillions.com/2009/12/the-millions-interview-richard-pevear-and-larissa-volokhonsky.html
that made them sound fab. I think you've got some good reading ahead!
A Suitable Boy remains in my alltime top favourite books! It is SOOOO worth it, and epic. I can't wait to read your thoughts on that one. And your stack of books is so fantastic looking, like I get palpitations, kind of fantastic!
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I've been wanting to read A Suitable Boy for several years now but that page count has me a bit frightened! ;)
ReplyDeleteNice! I got a Suitable Boy at a used bookstore a few years ago but haven't been able to bring myself to read because of its size. I know it's good, but...so if you read it an rave about it myabe that will spur me to finally pick it up :)
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