I’ll admit it is very possible I went a little overboard this week, but this is what happens when your sister tells you about a street near her house with a multitude of good book shops with strapping young bookstore lads manning the counters. Resistance is futile.
- The Crystal World by J.G. Ballard
Book Loot: Week Ending November 22nd, 2009
- The Drought by J.G. Ballard
- Rushing to Paradise by J.G. Ballard
- Virgin: The Untouched History by Hanne Blank
- Underworld by Don DeLillo
- The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
- Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer’s Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia by Charles Hodgson
- A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
- Ironweed by William Kennedy
- The Sickness Unto Death by Søren Kierkegaard
- Days of Reading by Marcel Proust
- The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
- Julian / Williwaw / The Judgement of Paris / Messiah / The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
I went into the secondhand bookstore, completely expecting to hand over hard-earned cash in exchange for novels, the guy who works there – who usually gives me a significant discount anyway – gave them to me as a gift? I mean, that was a really wonderful thing for a rainy Sunday morning, but it doesn’t excuse the ridiculousness of this week’s haul.
There’s always this fabulous list of Reasons for Buying Books to try and ease the guilt.
A High Wind in Jamaica, Book Loot, Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy Etymology and Trivia, Charles Hodgson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Days of Reading, Don DeLillo, Donna Tartt, Gore Vidal, Hanne Blank, Ironweed, J.G. Ballard, Julian, Marcel Proust, Messiah, November 2009, Patricia Highsmith, Richard Hughes, Rushing to Paradise, Søren Kierkegaard, The City and The Pillar, The Crystal World, The Drought, The Judgement of Paris, The Little Friend, The Sickness Unto Death, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Yellow Wallpaper, Underworld, Virgin: The Untouched History, William Kennedy, Williwaw