Beginnings

Welcome friends! I have started this entry in the global technosphere because I have been in love with books since the age of 2. Among the busy business of being a new teacher, this is my outlet for sharing thoughts on a love of reading a wide variety of books. My inspiration can be summed up with a yearbook quote from a teacher written when I was 8: "To the only girl at recess I see reading a book. Good for you!"
My blog title is quoted from a classmate who asked me this once. Believe it or not, I've also heard it as a teacher :D

Monday, December 6, 2010

Xmas Book Shopping

I'm afraid I have no news for the Monday meme--I have made it to halfway point of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, but with work demands & the holidays lurking around the corner, I have made disappointingly little progress this month.

What I do have are new books--*yay*  I didn't make it to the Book Depot as planned today due to nasty weather, but Chapters had free gift cards for $50 purchases with a chance to win up to $5000!  It didn't work out that way, but I got some awesome books.


The bookends were an early Xmas gift I picked out & I bought these new books for myself that now sit between them because the shelves are full :D

The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History by John Ortved
The Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini--for Back to the Classics challenge
Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut--for Back to the Classics & What's in a Name 4 challenges

My parents also got me:

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy--for Back to the Classics challenge--the cover at right is not the same as mine but it's lovely nonetheless.


..and 1 more as a surprise!  Plus, my dad often gives me a couple of books as an Xmas tradition, so stay tuned to learn what these ones are...after Dec. 25th, that is :)

I'm not used to buying Xmas gifts for myself, but I think this may start a new tradition :D

5 comments:

  1. which translation of Anna K did you get?

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  2. What, no Christmas gift for yourself? I say you owe yourself some back payments:)

    Nice books you have there!

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  3. Hi!
    Don't give up on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. It gets going pretty good about half way through the book. Thanks for stopping by my place. Have a great day!

    Sherrie
    Just Books

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  4. I love those bookends! Enjoy your new books :)

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  5. IngridLola~ I didn't pay much attention to the translation when I bought it. It was a mass market paperback for less than $10. But since you asked, it's Signet Classics Centennial Edition translated by David Magarshack.

    BookQuoter~ I used to spend much more money on DVDs & music but lately I'm making up for lost time :D

    Sherrie~ I definitely enjoyed it, and wasn't frustrated with the book, just myself & the amount of time it took me to finish it.

    Roving Reader~ Thanks :)

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