Book Barn!
Mar. 22nd, 2008 07:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
megwritesIt's very good that I live in NYC and the Book Barn hasn't opened a branch in the city, because frankly, they'd have to ban me from that place. They'd have to tell the people there that I am addict and they should not enable my insane need to collect books, whether or not I'll ever have time read them.
I go to that place and suddenly feel like, yes, I could in fact develop an interest in something as obscure as civil war tractors or the habits of nocturnal bugs from Thailand - if only I had this book!
The Boy and I retired a few reads, and I returned a few books that I'd tried getting into but knew I wouldn't be able to finish. Because life is too short for books that give you headaches (and more shelf space for books I love or at least haven't read yet!).
This visit netted me a surprising few books, but the following finds are:
Not Flesh Nor Feathers - Cherie Priest
The Borders of Life - G.A. Kathryns
The Orchid Thief - Susan Orlean
Kimono - Motoko Ito & Aiko Inoue
A Separate Peace - John Knowles
The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime - Miles Harvey
The Raspberry Tree - Stoddard King
I think the reason for this was that I was still feeling blech because I'm battling the last remnants of the Sinus Infection from Hell which hit me like a heavyweight boxer. If I'd been in my usual ebullient mood when visiting, I'd have come back with a larger selection.
The only bad thing about having a bunch of sick days is that you're too sick to use them to write or do anything useful.
Although, hopefully, in a few weeks, I'll have some spare time in which to really dig into the Tower!Guy novel which badly needs my attention.
I go to that place and suddenly feel like, yes, I could in fact develop an interest in something as obscure as civil war tractors or the habits of nocturnal bugs from Thailand - if only I had this book!
The Boy and I retired a few reads, and I returned a few books that I'd tried getting into but knew I wouldn't be able to finish. Because life is too short for books that give you headaches (and more shelf space for books I love or at least haven't read yet!).
This visit netted me a surprising few books, but the following finds are:
Not Flesh Nor Feathers - Cherie Priest
The Borders of Life - G.A. Kathryns
The Orchid Thief - Susan Orlean
Kimono - Motoko Ito & Aiko Inoue
A Separate Peace - John Knowles
The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime - Miles Harvey
The Raspberry Tree - Stoddard King
I think the reason for this was that I was still feeling blech because I'm battling the last remnants of the Sinus Infection from Hell which hit me like a heavyweight boxer. If I'd been in my usual ebullient mood when visiting, I'd have come back with a larger selection.
The only bad thing about having a bunch of sick days is that you're too sick to use them to write or do anything useful.
Although, hopefully, in a few weeks, I'll have some spare time in which to really dig into the Tower!Guy novel which badly needs my attention.
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Date: 2008-03-23 12:34 am (UTC)Too bad they don't have a branch in Iowa...
Looks like some good book finds!
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Date: 2008-03-24 06:31 pm (UTC)But I believe we're discussing the same thing, and yes, it is in fact the most awesome place on Earth.
I've looked for people from my f-list on the shelves there. I've found a few (Jay Lake, John Scalzi, Sarah Monette, Elizabeth Bear). If I ever eyeball one of your volumes, I promise to send up a flare.
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Date: 2008-03-24 08:52 pm (UTC)I'll be out there this summer to visit my parents, and I might take a copy over there myself.
Cheers!