Went to a library sale here in Kentucky, and though I didn’t come away with much, I’m very pleased with my finds! I would have bought so much more if I had been in Iowa, but I already have too many books to bring back that I had to limit myself.
Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau — this is an older Pulitzer that I got for 10 cents!!
Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse — 10 cents — I was already thinking of purchasing this for the Japanese challenge!
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers — 10 cents
Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis — 25 cents — another Pulitzer winner
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing — 10 cents
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly – $1.00
A great day, and I may go back tomorrow because they’re always putting new books out. I’m just in love with library sales and always will be…
I thought that I’d at least try out the series that everyone’s been talking about – I guess it’s a super hit on HBO as well. I was a little worried it would be too graphic for me and it was, but I’ll probably at least try the next book in the series and take it one book at a time.
Sookie is a telepath and can hear everyone’s thoughts — except vampires. So when ‘Vampire Bill’ comes into the bar where Sookie works and Sookie hears nothing, it’s a blessed relief to her. I won’t say much else about the story, but it was a nice diversion when I was flying and at the airport. Like I said, I’ll at least read one more and may even check out the DVDs. I am wondering, though, if Stephenie Meyer had read this series before starting Twilight. There seems to be some similar ideas, but maybe all vampire fiction has some basic commonalities.
But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. (Jude 1:20-21, ESV)
Went to a library sale here in Kentucky, and though I didn’t come away with much, I’m very pleased with my finds! I would have bought so much more if I had been in Iowa, but I already have too many books to bring back that I had to limit myself.
