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[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

I love cummings

[Darren]

my 6-book-order (see above weeping episode) arrived
pick of the bunch were a virtually mint hardback of Suzuki's Ring
and the cover I was hoping for for Margaret Drabble's The Millstone

[Pillsonista]

Michele wrote: "Le Guin is an unusual, deep, thoughtful and thought-provoking author. You may become a fan ;)."

Once I'm finished with the batch I'm currently reading I'm going to start on volume 1 of her Hainish novels.

I'm really looking forward to it because I've heard such great things about her fantasy and science-fiction work. I'm on the look out for collections of her poetry as well, because I've heard it's terrific and if anything, very underrated.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

I had two books I ordered from thriftbooks canceled because of condition. How bad could they possibly have been to not be considered acceptable at $3.79? And one was a prized Beatles book I’ve wanted for ages. Oh well it’s added to the wish list.

[Pillsonista]

Michele wrote: "I bought that set a few years ago. It is AMAZING. I've never heard of the Mandelstam book but it's now on my list - thanks :) "

My pleasure. I hope you enjoy Mandelstam as much as I do. For me, he's simply majestic.

And that's great to hear from someone who's actually read I Will Bear Witness that the book lives up to its tremendous reputation.

I'm going to wait until next year before I start it, because it's one of those works that I need to prepare myself for, especially if I hope to finish it. I'm usually always reading several books concurrently, but not when I get to this one. It will have my undivided attention.

[Pillsonista]

Michele wrote: "OK, I think we need to see photos of your shelves lol"

LMAO admittedly, my shelves are (semi-)organized chaos. I keep them neat, or as neat as possible, but most of them are double-stacked and even triple-stacked in places.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

I had to check. I read I Will Bear Witness ages ago and was deeply moved.

[Pillsonista]

BAM wrote: "I had to check. I read I Will Bear Witness ages ago and was deeply moved."

I've read in reviews that, despite its subject matter, it's actually a very easy read, stylistically speaking.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

So I came into some extra $ and duh had to use it on book purchases.
So far I’ve received:

The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes
Franny and Zooey
The Magic Mountain
The Fire Gospel
Theodora: Actress, Empress, Whore
The Bad Seed
Different Class
The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House
Boy Erased: A Memoir
The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in AmericaThe Shining GirlsDésirée

I own maybe half the Canongate Myth series now? And I added to my nonfiction on Audible

[Nente]

Just got a copy of Building Big, now to enter the Russian edition into the database...

Honestly, I keep buying age-inappropriate books for my kids and reading them myself! It's not as if I had a book-deprived childhood, only it's apparently never enough.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

I love children’s books! I admit to reading them occasionally. I find there are many classics I didn’t get to.

[Michele]

BAM wrote: "I love children’s books! I admit to reading them occasionally. I find there are many classics I didn’t get to."

I still return to some of my favorites, especially when I'm feeling blue or under the weather. They're like comfort food for the mind :)

[[deleted user]]

I am going to blame this group as I bought too many Thomas Hardy, George Eliot & Charles Dickens tonight at the local library book sale.

Thank you lol.

[Renee]

I made my daughter's day yesterday when her surprise order of books arrived. She got some new Dork Diaries books, so she'll have plenty to read for a while. Still waiting for my new ones to arrive. I got my orders from a few weeks ago, but they're still in the boxes they came in. I've been sick and never got around to opening them, plus I didn't want to get them all "germy" 😉

[Luke]

Hopefully the site of many successful purchases in the near future.

[Luke]

The results:

The Seven That Were Hanged and Other Stories - Leonid Andreyev
Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas - Su Tong(!)
Bluebird, Bluebird - Attica Locke
Abeng - Michelle Cliff
Her - Cherry Muhanji
The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford - Jean Stafford
Writing a Woman's Life - Carolyn G. Heilbrun
The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton - Fawn M. Brodie
The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe - Edgar Allan Poe
The Torture Garden - Octave Mirbeau
The Tale of the Heike - Anonymous

Seven of these were already on my TBR list, while four weren't. Not bad, especially when so many of my spur of the moment purchases are classics (both Poe and the Heike were too pretty to pass up).

[Michele]

Pam wrote: "I am going to blame this group as I bought too many Thomas Hardy, George Eliot & Charles Dickens tonight at the local library book sale.

Thank you lol."

You're welcome :)

[Carol]

Aubrey wrote: "The results:

The Seven That Were Hanged and Other Stories - Leonid Andreyev
Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas - Su Tong(!)
[book:Blu..."

What an awesome haul. Congratulations!

[Kathleen]

Aubrey wrote: "The results:

The Seven That Were Hanged and Other Stories - Leonid Andreyev
Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas - Su Tong(!)
Blu..."</i>

Wow. I just love the idea of a warehouse full of books. I read [book:Writing a Woman's Life a long time ago and loved it. And how exciting about the Poe. Good job!

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Aubrey I’m so excited! I actually own a couple of those this time! Lol and I’m looking up that life of Richard Burton. I just bought the graphic novel Hellraisers, so I think that will be a great tagalong.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Oooohhh no wrong Richard burton hahaha

[Luke]

Thanks all.

Kathleen, it's estimated that there were 400,000 books in the warehouse at the beginning of the sale, so it's well worth the hazardous enterprise of driving on SF streets.

Ha ha, which ones Bam? And yes, this is early translator of the Arabian Nights Burton. I've had the work on my TBR list for 6-7 years now, so I'm pleased to have finally acquired it.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

I own the Poe and The Torture Garden. I’ve put the first one on your list, the Russian, on my TBR. I’ve become such a fan of Russian lit because of this group.

[Luke]

BAM wrote: "I own the Poe and The Torture Garden. I’ve put the first one on your list, the Russian, on my TBR. I’ve become such a fan of Russian lit because of this group."

That's good. I was actually on the lookout for Russian books for one of my friends from Kyrgyzstan (Russian is her first language), but I was cramped for time and the European languages section was such a mess that I couldn't send pictures of all of the titles to her. We found a Gogol she was interested in, but unfortunately it was a collection of excerpts, and she was looking for his 'Dead Souls'. I'll be keeping an eye out for more lit in Russian this weekend (never such a thing as too many book sales).

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

I've been avoiding book sales until I can get my collection under control. I'm manic when it comes to purchasing and I just need the breaks put in.

[Luke]

BAM wrote: "I've been avoiding book sales until I can get my collection under control. I'm manic when it comes to purchasing and I just need the breaks put in."

That's fair, Bam. I unfortunately don't have self control with regard to it, so apologies if you or anyone else are/get sick of my reports back (I went to another sale today, and there's another coming up next weekend).

In any case, here are the results from today's sale:

Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
Blood on the Forge - William Attaway (!!!)
The Vampire Tapestry - Suzy McKee Charnas
Beggars in Spain - Nancy Kress
The Etched City - K.J. Bishop
The Man With Night Sweats - Thom Gunn
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father - Alysia Abbott
Pachinko - Min Jin Lee
Longman Anthology of World Literature by Women, 1875-1975 - Marian Arkin

There was a lot of good sci-fi today, apparently including (ha!) 'Blood on the Forge'. I suppose someone saw the word 'blood' and thought it meant vampires and not 1940's African American classic literature. Anyway, six of these were already on my TBR, and one of the ones that wasn't was the first in a series that I accidentally acquired the second volume of a few months back, so now I can encounter the works in their proper order. I'm also excited about the Longman anthology, as I've mostly given up on anthologies, but a flip through showed a good mix of eclectic names ranging from ones I consider unfairly buried to ones I've never heard of.

[siriusedward]

BAM wrote: "I love children’s books! I admit to reading them occasionally. I find there are many classics I didn’t get to."

Me too.
I know my mom loves to read them occasionally too.

[Carol]

Aubrey wrote: "BAM wrote: "I've been avoiding book sales until I can get my collection under control. I'm manic when it comes to purchasing and I just need the breaks put in."

That's fair, Bam. I unfortunately d..."

Oh, heck, no — please do share. I also have no self -control when it comes to book sales. Moreover, in those few moments when I exert some discipline, I am especially delighted to vicariously enjoy my friends’ purchases. A rising tide of books lifts all boats, as it were.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

No! Please Aubrey keep sharing! I've gotten some great suggestions from your hauls

[siriusedward]

Carol wrote: "Aubrey wrote: "BAM wrote: "I've been avoiding book sales until I can get my collection under control. I'm manic when it comes to purchasing and I just need the breaks put in."

That's fair, Bam. I ..."

It does.
I don't personally buy much books.I try to use libraries or gutenberg like sites as much as I can,unless its a Big Doorstopper like War and Peace or Les Miserables or such.
Or if really loved the book and want a personal copy.
But I love reading about all your purchases.
So,thanks for sharing everyone.

[Terris]

BAM wrote: "I've been avoiding book sales until I can get my collection under control. I'm manic when it comes to purchasing and I just need the breaks put in."

I'll second that! ;)

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

I dont know why I'm avoiding book sales when all I've done is switched my attention to ThriftBooks. I just bought seven ? more books? Cuz obviously I need them

[Terris]

BAM wrote: "I dont know why I'm avoiding book sales when all I've done is switched my attention to ThriftBooks. I just bought seven ? more books? Cuz obviously I need them"

~~Need~~

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Hush Terris! Yes Need hahaha

[Pillsonista]

Ordered it yesterday:



W.S. Graham: Selected Poems

As a concept and in its execution, I think I like the NYRB|Poets series as much as I do the NYRB Classics imprint.

I cannot believe (and I mean this in the best way possible) that they're actually going to publish an expanded edition of Charles Simic's translation of Vasko Popa's poetry.

[Erica]

I went to the bookstore Tuesday to find out that Michelle Obama's Becoming doesn't come out until next week, so I preordered it. Eagerly but not patiently awaiting it's release.

[Carol]

Erica wrote: "I went to the bookstore Tuesday to find out that Michelle Obama's Becoming doesn't come out until next week, so I preordered it. Eagerly but not patiently awaiting it's release.

"

Congratulations!

Today, the following new friends arrived:

Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire by Katherine Connelly
The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf
Letters to Milena by Franz Kafka
Four Hands: A Novel by Paco Ignacio Taibo II

[Pillsonista]

Okay, so BAM was right: I binged. But in my defense, it was on a small scale (at least when compared to my usual hauls) and totally worth it:



Norman Mailer's Collected Essays of the 1960s (bless the LoA)
Evening in Paradise: More Stories by Lucia Berlin
Deborah Eisenberg's latest, Your Duck is My Duck (despite its title...)
The Hazards of Good Fortune by Seth Greenland
and (last but in no way least), On Haiku by Hiroaki Sato

[Carol]

Pillsonista wrote: "Okay, so BAM was right: I binged. But in my defense, it was on a small scale (at least when compared to my usual hauls) and totally worth it:



[author:Norman ..."


Oh, man, Berlin and Sato. I’m not familiar with Hazards, but that’s a mighty nice haul. I’m not sure I’d call five a .... binge. Five seems to suggest substantial self-control and careful, targeted purchasing. That’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it.

[Pillsonista]

Carol wrote: "Oh, man, Berlin and Sato. I’m not familiar with Hazards, but that’s a mighty nice haul. I’m not sure I’d call five a .... binge. Five seems to suggest substantial self-control and careful, targeted purchasing. That’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it."

Absolutely. I love the way you think, Carol. And it's true; it could have been a lot worse if I'd indulged the way I wanted to.

If anything, these five titles are an exercise in self-restraint. 😉

[Carol]

Pillsonista wrote: "Carol wrote: "Oh, man, Berlin and Sato. I’m not familiar with Hazards, but that’s a mighty nice haul. I’m not sure I’d call five a .... binge. Five seems to suggest substantial self-control and car..."

Exactly!

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Guru! Do it again! I dare you!

[Pillsonista]

BAM wrote: "Guru! Do it again! I dare you!"

B, you're the best enabler one could hope for. 😘

[Pillsonista]

Carol wrote: "Today, the following new friends arrived:

Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire by Katherine Connelly
The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf
Letters to Milena by Franz Kafka
Four Hands: A Novel by Paco Ignacio Taibo II"

I have Letters to Milena on my TBR queue as well. I'm preparing myself for the exquisite agony.

[Kirsten]

I just picked up A People's History of Computing in the United States at the Downpour store for $4.95

[A]

Oh dear:

- Count of Monte Cristo by A. Dumas
- Heart of Darkness by J. Conrad
- Storm of Steel by E. Junger
- Silence by S. Endo
- Oliver Twist by C. Dickens
- Sentimental Education by G. Flaubert

Cheers!

[Luke]

I really do need to reread Silence to give it a more mature evaluation. Someday.

[Carol]

Pillsonista wrote: "Carol wrote: "Today, the following new friends arrived:

Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire by Katherine Connelly
The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf
Letters to Milena..."

You describe perfectly the impression I’ve gained from quotes shared by friends. I will have to choose my t8ming carefully, no doubt, for reading it.

[Michele]

I'm about to order a bunch of back issues of Famous Monsters of Filmland as a present for my nephew :)

[Luke]

The result of the last of the sales (leastwise for this month):

Little Reunions - Eileen Chang
Crossing the Mangrove - Maryse Condé
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge - Erica Armstrong Dunbar (!)
Halfbreed - Maria Campbell (!)
Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, In A Two-Story White House, North. Showing That Slavery's Shadows Fall Even There - Harriet E. Wilson

Three list books, two spur of the moment ones, each of the latter by authors whom I've enjoyed previously. Not too many this time around, but with each book being by a woman of color, it certainly fleshes out my personal library. Wilson's book is also going to make the 2019 reading women quest easier to fulfill.