Finds at the Book Sale

I came away from the book sale with one cardboard box and two plastic grocery sacks full of books for the relatively low price of $45. Some of my finds:

The Babel Tower by A.S. Byatt - I have read this, but I have decided to go ahead and buy her books when I find them in a sale like this. They are so well written and thought provoking.

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides - I have almost finished this already. One of the most descriptive novels I have read in a very long time. Worth reading just for the images.

The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier

Exiles by Melanie Rawn - I love sci-fi/fantasy, and a friend recommended Rawn to me ages ago. We'll see!

Saturn by Ben Bova - LOVED his Mars - and the sequel. Fabulous, exciting, old-fashioned sci-fi. Hope Saturn is as good.

Snow Falling on Cedars - My church's book group is reading this. Maybe I'll join in the fun.

14 titles from the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate. - I have a 9 year old son. What can I say?

Undue Influence by Steve Martini - I have a book list that says this is one of the best courtroom novels. I have never read Martini, but under this recommendation, I bought this book plus 2 other titles.

The Dispossessed by Ursula LeGuin.

The Volcano Lover by Susan Sontag - I remember when this was published, 15-16 years ago, but I never read it. I have a copy of the Sontag Reader and I have to say, Susan Sontag has to have been one of the finest intellects to ever visit this planet. I have no idea what her fiction will be like.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Seybold.

Numerous titles in mystery by Martha Grimes, sci-fi titles by Zelazny.

A few copies of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - purchased for the illustrations to use in crafts.

There's my abbreviated list - I have to sort through and see if there's anything else worth mentioning.

I obviously have added significantly to my "to read" pile, so we'll see about Trollope!

starting trollope

So, the question is, am I reading Trollope, or am I a reading trollop? I read The Warden years ago, I have read Phineas Finn, Phineas Redux, and I have decided to read all of Trollope. But is this just a Tristam Shandy kind of thing? I have researched Trollope, tried to figure the best way to read the canon, and honestly, I can't figure it out. It would be much easier to read Jane Austen again.

This whole Trollope idea has grown ever since my husband bought me the entire Folio set of Anthony Trollope's novels. How can you not read these beautiful, gorgeous books? And yet I have not. This year I have resolved to remedy that.

Here is my resolution for posterity. Or whatever that is in our culture.

love,

pam