Monday, February 14, 2005
more birthday chatter
It took me forever to decide what to get with the fifty bucks, but in the end I decided on:
* Iron Jawed Angels, of course, because if I don't get it now I'll have to wait until I have extra money again, haha;
* 100 Best-Loved Poems and Great Love Poems (Dover Thrift Editions), because I want to read some damn poetry and don't know where to start (I'm beginning to think I want to look into Pablo Neruda and Rainer Maria Rilke, though);
* The Bone Lady, which is NEVER in stock at Borders;
* Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You: Stories, which looks good;
and * I Can Fly, which is a Little Golden Book illustrated by Mary Blair (also starting to look into different illustrators -- there are so many different things to learn about, it's so sad to think what little time there is to do it in).
Some of those Dover Thrift Editions look like a pretty good bargain, by the way. And I discovered about a dozen Little Golden Books that I want to get (all for Rabbit, of coooourse). And I now want The Art and Flair of Mary Blair: An Appreciation as well; one of the craftistas mentioned it in her blog and it looks pretty cool. (I've got to find some modifier other than "really" and "pretty," I think.) My Amazon Wishlist has been getting a good workout this week, let's just put it that way.
I also went ahead and ordered some more from QPB, because I can put aside a little chunk of money each week to pay for it, which works best for me:
* The Partly Cloudy Patriot
* Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
* Reading Lolita in Tehran
* Elizabeth & Mary (aka I've been reading too much Philippa Gregory)
* Purple Hibiscus
* A Mighty Heart
* Across the Nightingale Floor
* Queen of Scots
* A People's History of the United States
* When Presidents Lie
* Sex with Kings
* Please Don't Kill the Freshman
* Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
and * Ten Poems to Open Your Heart (because it has one of Pablo Neruda's poems in it and I was curious and it was free with my bonus points).
Lots and lots of books. I always spend too much around my birthday, but QPB's "buy one, get the rest half off" sale was still going and I'm weak. I'd list all the authors but they'll get their dues in the book blog when I read them.
Please ignore the fact that I have four or five boxes of books in storage, and one bookshelf full of unpacked books I haven't read yet. I call them standby books.
* Iron Jawed Angels, of course, because if I don't get it now I'll have to wait until I have extra money again, haha;
* 100 Best-Loved Poems and Great Love Poems (Dover Thrift Editions), because I want to read some damn poetry and don't know where to start (I'm beginning to think I want to look into Pablo Neruda and Rainer Maria Rilke, though);
* The Bone Lady, which is NEVER in stock at Borders;
* Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You: Stories, which looks good;
and * I Can Fly, which is a Little Golden Book illustrated by Mary Blair (also starting to look into different illustrators -- there are so many different things to learn about, it's so sad to think what little time there is to do it in).
Some of those Dover Thrift Editions look like a pretty good bargain, by the way. And I discovered about a dozen Little Golden Books that I want to get (all for Rabbit, of coooourse). And I now want The Art and Flair of Mary Blair: An Appreciation as well; one of the craftistas mentioned it in her blog and it looks pretty cool. (I've got to find some modifier other than "really" and "pretty," I think.) My Amazon Wishlist has been getting a good workout this week, let's just put it that way.
I also went ahead and ordered some more from QPB, because I can put aside a little chunk of money each week to pay for it, which works best for me:
* The Partly Cloudy Patriot
* Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
* Reading Lolita in Tehran
* Elizabeth & Mary (aka I've been reading too much Philippa Gregory)
* Purple Hibiscus
* A Mighty Heart
* Across the Nightingale Floor
* Queen of Scots
* A People's History of the United States
* When Presidents Lie
* Sex with Kings
* Please Don't Kill the Freshman
* Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
and * Ten Poems to Open Your Heart (because it has one of Pablo Neruda's poems in it and I was curious and it was free with my bonus points).
Lots and lots of books. I always spend too much around my birthday, but QPB's "buy one, get the rest half off" sale was still going and I'm weak. I'd list all the authors but they'll get their dues in the book blog when I read them.
Please ignore the fact that I have four or five boxes of books in storage, and one bookshelf full of unpacked books I haven't read yet. I call them standby books.
