September 2010: Buying
Only 3 this month. I'm kind of impressed with my restraint. Of course, July and August were huge. Restraint is probably more properly called exhaustion.
Dancing On The Earth - Margaret Laurence. After reading The Diviners, I got interested in Laurence. When I saw her memoir, I jumped. Literally. It was resting on a shelf pretty high up, almost out of my reach.
After Dark, My Sweet - Jim Thompson. When I see a Jim Thompson novel, I feel as if candy is being dangled in front of me. Except if it really was candy, it would have some ominous ingredient like poisonous mushroom or deadly nightshade and the person dangling it in front of me would be some creepy figure that burned up the road to Hell years ago.
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon. The BOOKLEAVES pick for October. I don't know if I'll like it, but I'm all about boosting my international reading stats.
7 comments:
You go girl! I finally found a copy of So Long, See You Tomorrow...I am looking forward to reading it.
So glad you liked The Diviners, too. It's one of my favourites. I hope you enjoy the memoir. I haven't read it yet, so I'll wait for your review :o)
Shadow of the Wind is one of my favourite books ever! Enjoy!
I'm with Marg - I enjoyed Shadow of the Wind. and I'll look up The Diviners, interesting title.
You've certainly made me curious about Jim Thompson's books! Happy reading!
Shadow of the Wind is one of my favorite books - enjoy!
Dancing on the Earth will be a read toward the 4th Canadian Challenge over at the Book Mine Set. I've only read one Margaret Lawrence, but really enjoyed it. Will look forward to your review.
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