Yes, it was library sale time again today. I usually only buy what I can fit in my book bag, but I had um, a little bit of overflow this time around. See, I went when they opened (when there was a better selection), and then I looked in the short story section (which I haven't done in the past) and then there was this four books for a dollar room (which is new), so you see how these things happen? All these for the price of a new hardcover ($24.50 to be exact!). What I found...
- Finishing School
, Muriel Spark - I've wanted to read more of Spark's work ever since reading her for the Slaves a while back. - The Painting: A Novel, Nina Schuyler - I checked this one out a long time ago, maybe now I will find time to read it.
- Dislocation: Stories from a New Ireland, Caroline Walsh
- Secrets of a Lady, Tracy Grant - Looks fluffy and fun.
- Flaubert's Parrot, Julian Barnes
- Imagining Characters: Six Conversations About Women Writers, A.S. Byatt
- Diary of a Provincial Lady, E.M. Delafield - Oh yay, I've been wanting to find this one!
- The Closest Possible Union, Joanna Scott - A tale of the slave trade from the perspective of a privileged young boy working as a captain's apprentice.
- Wickett's Remedy, Myla Goldberg
- Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages, Phyllis Rose - This sounds intriguing.
- Emilie's Voice, Susanne Dunlop - A Novel set against the backdrop of Versailles.
- Roman Fever and Other Stories, Edith Wharton - I'm looking forward to reading her stories.
- Victorian Love Stories: An Oxford Anthology, Kate Flint
- Collected Ghost Stories, M.R. James - Wonderful ghost stories. I had a book similar to this on my wishlist.
- American Short Story Masterpieces, Raymond Carver
- On the Edge, Peter Lovesey
- The Unquiet Night, Patricia Carlon - I've read both of these last two authors before, and I love the Soho Press imprint--they have great crime fiction.
- Death in Holy Orders, P.D. James - More Dalgliesh
- Original Sin, P.D. James - And yet more Dalgliesh
- The Castlemaine Murders - And more Phryne.
- A Stairway to Paradise, Madeleine St. John - New to me author, who the Washington Post called "someone to be reckoned with" and that "she writes with grace, fluidity and emotion."
- Small Island, Andrea Levy - Winner of the Whitbread Prize.
- The Eye in the Door, Pat Barker - I have wanted to read her WWI trilogy for a long time. I now have two of the three books.
- In the Image, Debra Horn
- Saint Maybe, Anne Tyler
- In the Forest, Edna O'Brien
- Shadow Dance, Angela Carter
- A Changed Man, Francine Prose
- The Known World, Edward P. Jones - This is something I've looked at in the bookstore numerous times but never bought, but I couldn't pass it up for 50 cents.
- Intruder in the Dust, William Faulkner - Because someday I am going to read more Faulkner.
- The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky - This contains a story called "The Christmas Tree and a Wedding"--maybe I should read it this holiday season.
- Senator Resartus, Thomas Carlyle - This novels marks the transition from the Romantic to the Victorian periods.
- Castle Rackrent, Maria Edgeworth
- Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons - I've seen the movie, should I still read the book?
- The Small Room, May Sarton - "A novel about women in academic life, set on the campus of a New England college".
- The Angel of Darkness, Caleb Carr - I've read The Alienist and liked it, I wonder if this is as good?
And I even found four Viragos. Three are rebound hardcovers, but beggars can't be choosers.
- Seven for a Secret, Mary Webb
- The Sugar House, Antonia White
- The Lost Traveller, Antonia White
- The Little Ottley's, Ada Leverson - I'm really looking foreword to this one: a novel about the delightful Edith Ottley's fortunes set in the "enchanting world of Edwardian England".
Okay, so I am feeling rather gluttonous at the moment. And I always say I am going to skip the next sale...(but that never happens, but better a stack of good, used, cheap books than stacks of new, expensive books).