Books, cookies, yum.

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coffeeandink mentioned the St. Agnes Library book sale yesterday, so of course I had to drop in on it today.



Kim Stanley Robinson, The Martians
Kim Stanley Robinson, Antarctica
Carl Sandburg, Chicago Poems
Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet
Alexander McCall Smith, Tears of the Giraffe
D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterly's Lover
Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot
Rita Mae Brown, Rubyfruit Jungle
Choderlos de Laclos (translation by Richard Aldington), Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Laurence Durrell, Balthazar

For that, I spent a grand total of eleven dollars.

Now I'm hanging out at my coffeeshop, doing research while I wonder if it would be a wonderful idea or a terrible idea to go back tomorrow. On the one hand, I don't need to buy more books. On the other hand, everyone always needs more books. Such choices.

There are, unfortunately, no exciting Bible study groups here (yet!), but when I sat down, the table was cluttered with left-over dishes and mugs. I gathered up a few to clear a space and carried them over to the dirty dishes tray. When I was turning back, one of the cashiers ran up to me and asked, "Did you just put away someone else's dishes?"

"Uh, yeah," I said, uncertain why it mattered.

"Thank you. Want a cookie?"

"Yes!" So now I have a giant chocolate-chip cookie, and books, and all is good.

Comments

Re: Speaking of Sarah Waters' books:

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I'll keep that in mind before buying a copy of Night Watch- though now I have so many books I probably wouldn't have gotten around to it until next year, anyway.

I had that same problem with Tipping, but to be honest, I'm not sure I wanted to read about her contracting syphilis or being beaten or any of the more realistic consequences, so I didn't mind if it came off as too light. It's been a few years since I read it, though, so I may be forgetting some things.