There was another mad withdrawn library book sale at the Adam Smith Theatre today. Surely they will have to re-think the book buying policy soon. There are so many cuts going on in other council departments, especially education. Anyway, I shouldn’t really complain as I bought another 5 fiction books plus a pasta cookery book.
I’ve only read 2 of the books that I bought in last month’s sale though, so the TBR pile is growing at an alarming rate.
This month, I couldn’t say no to:
Not the End of the World – Kate Atkinson
The Shipping News – Annie Proulx
Life Class – Pat Barker
April Lady – Georgette Heyer
The Popular Girl – F. Scott Fitzgerald.
No doubt I’ll get around to reading them at some point. At the moment I’m reading Vanity Fair, it’s a very old copy from the second-hand book shop. Unfortunately I didn’t realise how long it is when I started it. It dawned on me as I was turning the pages that they are nearly bible thin and there are 883 pages of them.
I could be some time.
Is that a new Kate Atkinson? It doesn’t ring a bell. I only recently discovered her and am torn between gobbling them all at once and nibbling slowly to make them last.
Not the End of the World was published in 2002 and I’ve just read the blurb and realised that it is a collection of short stories. It’s a timely meditation on mythology and transformation – apparently – could be a bit strange. I read When Will There Be Good News (2008) which should come with a health warning on it. Depressing.