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Thu, May. 5th, 2005 09:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterIn which I spend too much money at the used bookstore...
Went by the used bookstore yesterday, and was rather sad and amazed that I have managed to not go there for a good month, at the very least. Mostly it's been Borders trips these days. I suspect a large part of that is the desire to stand there and read manga, since the used bookstore doesn't have nearly half the selection there. Chatted with old co-workers there, which was extremely nice (I suck so much at keeping in touch with people), and then I got rather carried away.
I swear, I was only in there to look for Liz Carlyle's The Devil to Pay, thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
oracne's rec in a previous post and my burning desire to read more spy/thief/women-of-dubious-morality romance novels. I found it. I also found a whole bunch of other stuff!
The bookstore has changed! There are entire new sections, and the videos section has expanded enormously! And there's a new paperback room, and more space for the sf/f mass markets, and the romances have been moved to an entirely different corner all together! But most surprisingly, the bookstore has started buying category romances. *gasp* It used to be one of those things that we just never bought. And now they are there! This makes me really happy, as this means I can hopefully get my hands on more of Crusie's backlist. Amazingly, they did have one of her old Harlequins there (or was it Silhouette? I can't remember), but it's one that's already been republished (Strange Bedpersons). Anyhow, now I can look for out-of-print Regencies and stuff. Joy!
Bookspoils:
Of course, now this means I have overshot my budget and must eat microwavable mac and cheese or frozen pizza or whatever else is hiding in my fridge for a few more days. Oh well. I have books! Really, it's almost like food ;).
ETA: reformatted because my eyes hurt from the giant blocks of text
Went by the used bookstore yesterday, and was rather sad and amazed that I have managed to not go there for a good month, at the very least. Mostly it's been Borders trips these days. I suspect a large part of that is the desire to stand there and read manga, since the used bookstore doesn't have nearly half the selection there. Chatted with old co-workers there, which was extremely nice (I suck so much at keeping in touch with people), and then I got rather carried away.
I swear, I was only in there to look for Liz Carlyle's The Devil to Pay, thanks to
oracne's rec in a previous post and my burning desire to read more spy/thief/women-of-dubious-morality romance novels. I found it. I also found a whole bunch of other stuff!The bookstore has changed! There are entire new sections, and the videos section has expanded enormously! And there's a new paperback room, and more space for the sf/f mass markets, and the romances have been moved to an entirely different corner all together! But most surprisingly, the bookstore has started buying category romances. *gasp* It used to be one of those things that we just never bought. And now they are there! This makes me really happy, as this means I can hopefully get my hands on more of Crusie's backlist. Amazingly, they did have one of her old Harlequins there (or was it Silhouette? I can't remember), but it's one that's already been republished (Strange Bedpersons). Anyhow, now I can look for out-of-print Regencies and stuff. Joy!
Bookspoils:
- Liz Carlyle, The Devil to Pay
- Laura Kinsale, The Shadow and the Star.
Thankfully, the reprint, not the one with the dreadful Fabio cover. I actually read the first half several years ago and disliked it, but I figure it's everyone's favorite Kinsale (or so it seems), so I should try again. - Diane Ackerman, A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis
Because I really liked her A Natural History of the Senses and because it's on her experiences working on a suicide hotline, which is a subject that very much interests me on many levels. - Monica Furlong, Robin's Country,
Because I didn't realize she wrote something outside of the Wise Child books and because it's Robin Hood. - Joan D. Vinge, Ladyhawke.
I actually have no idea why I got this one, because I didn't like the movie. But someone mentioned it somewhere on someone's LJ (I hate it when I can't remember where I heard something) and I think it was part of a list of not-bad movie tie-in novels. - Georgette Heyer, Powder and Patch,
Because I like the Georgian era (I am an atypical romance reader in that the Regency era doesn't do much for me at all... I don't hate it, but I don't get the fuss) and I was curious about the male-Pygmalion scenario and how it would play out. This is now the third Heyer that I own (others being Sprig Muslin and Convenient Marriage), all of which I have not touched. I'm just not in the mood for nice, proper romance right now, I suppose, but in case I ever do get in the mood, ye gods, I will have enough for a minor rampage! - Michael Swanwick, The Iron Dragon's Daughter
Becauserachelmanija keeps reccing it and I finally saw it in a bookstore! Ha! I feel like I have won. I'm not quite sure what I have won (besides the book, of course), but I have confounded the two nearby libraries that do not have it. So there.
Of course, now this means I have overshot my budget and must eat microwavable mac and cheese or frozen pizza or whatever else is hiding in my fridge for a few more days. Oh well. I have books! Really, it's almost like food ;).
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Fri, May. 6th, 2005 06:01 am (UTC)Let me know what you think of the Carlyle!
Georgian Romances: Jo Beverley has a series about the Malloren family set in this period--the books are uneven, but you might like them. URL below has plot descriptions.
http://members.shaw.ca/jobev/malloren.html
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Sat, May. 7th, 2005 09:34 pm (UTC)I've tried a Beverley before (not sure if it was Georgian or not), but I didn't particularly like her style, so I may avoid those... but thanks!