It’s been rather quiet around these parts lately and for that, I apologize. I now have all of my assignments for the semester completed and handed in, and while working on them over the past couple of weeks resorted to my favourite procrastination technique – Gilmore Girls and knitting – totally rock and roll, I know; and didn’t find much time for reading. I visited the libraries over the past couple of days and stocked up on some books to start reading now that I am on “holidays” and I’m very, very much looking forward to it. What else are 34°C days for if not finding an air-conditioned space and reading?
On to the acquisitions for the week!:
Book Loot: Week Ending November 8th, 2009
- Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story – Chuck Klosterman
- Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace
The copy of Infinite Jest was secondhand, but it had the original cover price sticker on it – put out on the shelf in July 2009. It’s clear from the spine that the original person (whose name is written on the first page, but I’m not about to publicly call them out on it.) didn’t read it but … July 2009? That’s a pretty quick turnaround. Oh well, their efficient tendency to not hoard books they haven’t read is the gain of one who does hoard books they haven’t read (yet). Summer project perhaps?
And something very dear to my heart:
Yes, a recording of Carson McCullers in 1958 reading excerpts from The Member of the Wedding, The Ballad of the Sad Café and the Heart is a Lonely Hunter as well as some of her poetry. I got this for an absolute steal on ebay and I absolutely plan on arranging to get it digitized. What you think I just have a record player lying about amongst all those books? Googling this baby only brings up 8 results – well 9 I suppose once this entry gets indexed.
And, finally, some of the stuff I have out from the library at the moment, who knows how much of it will actually get read:
Library Loot - Week Ending November 8th, 2009
