Even though I gave away bags and bags of books last year when we moved, I can’t resist a good library book sale, especially on half-price day. For a grand total of $8.75 I acquired:
Books I always intended to read some day
Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles – I’ve read other Hardy, but not this one
Ford Madox Ford, The Good Soldier – I’ve never tried Ford and I’m interested in World War I literature
W. G. Sebald – I’m curious about this writer
John Cheever, The Wapshot Scandal – the sequel to The Wapshot Chronicle, which I have read
Books by authors I know and trust
Alison Lurie, Love and Friendship – reliable social comedy
Martin Cruz Smith, Three Stations – one of the series with the Russian detective
Iris Murdoch, The Message to the Planet – weird, but I read a Murdoch when one turns up
Richard Russo, The Risk Pool – he understands families and small towns
Books for family members
Anne Perry, The Cater Street Hangman – the first book in the series, for my husband to try
Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 – the entire family enjoys Keillor
The Appalachian Trail – beautiful picture book for a member of the family who hikes
Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake – for a family member who lost his copy
Impulse purchases
Geraldine Brooks, March – I have read it and have a copy, but I’ll pass it on to a friend
Dai Sijie, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress – the connection with Balzac is because his books were western classics read in China
These will be read — or not read — and most will be returned to the library for the next sale.
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