Managed a quickie trip to the second hand store across the lake on Saturday...made a few purchases.

The Glass Managerie by Tennessee Williams
How to Open a Chess Game by 7 International Grandmasters
The Shadow-Line by Joseph Conrad
Les Liaisons Dangereusses by Choderlos De Laclos
Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow

Today was Library Sale day, and this month was HALF PRICE!

Here is the list.......all for under 30 dollars.

Gigi and Selected Writings by Colette

The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

The Persian Boy by Renault, Mary

Romantic And Victorian Writers by FREY, James E.

Sleeping Beauty by McDonald, Ross

The Comedians by Greene, Graham

BONJOUR TRISTESSE by SAGAN, FRANCOISE

Six modern American plays by Halline, Allan Gates

Strangers and sojourners : a novel by O'Brien, Michael D.

A month of Sundays by Updike, John

The underground man by Macdonald, Ross

An illustrated guide to modern warships by Lyon, Hugh

Go down, Moses by Faulkner, William

Story of Henri Tod by Buckley, Jr. William F.

Eclipse of the Sun (Children of the Last Days/Michael D. O'Brien) by O'Brien, Michael D.

Marry Me by Updike, John

A Philip Roth reader by Roth, Philip

JOHN KEATS by GITTINGS, ROBERT

Anatomy of Criticism by Frye, Northrop

A Theft by Bellow, Saul

Selected Writings of Gertrude Stein by Stein, Gertrude

Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Fiction (9th Edition) by Pickering, James H.

The Enchantment of Lily Dahl: A Novel by Hustvedt, Siri

The Floating Island (Pacific Basin Books) by Verne, Jules

Nobody's Fool by Russo, Richard

Anything Considered: A Novel by Mayle, Peter

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1 by Abrams, M. H.

Glory in the Name: A Novel of the Confederate Navy by Nelson, James L.

The Murder Room (Adam Dalgliesh Mystery Series #12) by James, P. D.

About Town: The New Yorker and The World It Made (First Edition) by Yagoda, Ben

The Welsh Girl by Davies, Peter Ho

The Coffee Trader: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Liss, David

Dies the Fire: A Novel of the Change by Stirling, S. M.

Cosmopolis: A Novel by DeLillo, Don

Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Downie, Ruth

Dancing After Hours: Stories by Dubus, Andre

The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics) by Greene, Graham

Still Life by Byatt, A. S.

Rebel (The Starbuck Chronicles #1) by Cornwell, Bernard

The Kitchen God's Wife by Tan, Amy

Servants of the Map: Stories by Barrett, Andrea

S by Updike, John

Mexico by Michener, James A.

Immortality by Kundera, Milan

I really like the sound of many of those Katherine, you sure as hell got a bargain there! well done!! I wish our libraries did sales like this unfortunately they do not.

These are the ones that immedaiately caught my eye:

Immortality by Kundera, Milan

The Kitchen God's Wife by Tan, Amy

The Power and the Glory (Penguin Classics) by Greene, Graham

Dancing After Hours: Stories by Dubus, Andre

The Coffee Trader: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Liss, David

The Welsh Girl by Davies, Peter Ho

Anything Considered: A Novel by Mayle, Peter

The Enchantment of Lily Dahl: A Novel by Hustvedt, Siri

Anatomy of Criticism by Frye, Northrop

The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham


These are the ones that had I been there I would probably have bought myself

I bought Gigi on the strength of the author, Colette. My cousin recently went to see the film version of Cheri, and I've purchased the book as well. She recommended it highly, and she isn't easily impressed.

Gigi is the Maurice Chevalier film from years ago.

A few years ago, everyone was talking about The Welsh Girl, so when I saw it, I thought I'd better finally buy it. lol

Ive seen the film and read the book. All I can say is you will love it!

Truman Capote "In Cold Blood" and Tess Gerritsen "Bone Garden"

I've heard of that Durga, have you read any of it yet?

I've heard "In Cold Blood" is quite disturbing, I've never read it myself though. I have one of Tess Gerristsen's books around here, not that one though I don't think.

I've just finished "BOne Garden" and i have to say the idea was great - she connected present times with a story that happend in XIX century, but there was something missing in the current times plot. It was not as carefully build as the "past part" and some things could be done better. But it was a nice thing, although i guess it's more a book for rainy evenings than all this sunny weather

"In Cold Blood" i wanted to read for a long time and i am starting it now. I saw the movie "Capote" (2005) and it made me so curious that i am surprised i didn't read it before

Can you let me know your thoughts on the book when you've read it please Durga?

Sure i will

First list is from the Library Sale.
As follows:

The Mask of Apollo
Fire From Heaven
The Praise Singer by Mary Renault

The Range of Literature Fiction by Jane Eklund Ball

The Singing Sands
Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey

The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt
Visitors by Anita Brookner

Now, the list from the second hand book store:

The Portable James Joyce edited by Harry Levin

With No One As Witness
A Traitor to Memory
A Great Deliverance
Well-Schooled in Murder
Playing For the Ashes
A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth George

I would have bought the George's from the Library Sale if they'd had some, but as it turned out the only ones they had were ones I already owned.
I'm trying to get the Lynley series...I am still missing two I think.

All in all a good day. For the Library Sale books, I only paid 5 dollars.

LOL... you certainly know a bargain when you see one Katherine!! Very well done indeed, you have a great selection there.

I just bought the one yesterday:

THE READING ROOM By Ruth Hamilton.



Synopsis

Leanne Chalmers has made a career for herself presenting her own style of home decorating and design on the nation's screens. That was her past life, at least. For now Leanne has been forced to start again as Lily, leaving her name, job and marriage behind. No-one in the Lancashire village of Eagleton has a clue about Lily, save that she's come up from the South West with her best friend and a small child. But it's hard to lead a solitary existence in a small place, and Lily and Babs are swiftly embraced by some of the local characters: Mike, the Catholic priest, who the girls can't help noticing is easy on the eye; Eve, a Liverpudlian, who has a big mouth but a heart of gold; the hairdressers Paul and Maurice; and Dave and his love, Philly, both shy yet determined not to be cowed by Dave's mother, the domineering matriarch of the village. Soon, Lily's new life is full of promise and as she joins Dave's reading room, a shop come cafe and library, she begins to relax. But then Eve is wounded in a burglary, and suddenly, Lily is afraid that her secret is out: her husband Clive may have discovered where she is, and, having left her for dead before, is now out to kill her. Full of Ruth Hamilton's unique warmth and humour, The Reading Room is a rich, compelling novel of love, life and courage