1 mar 2012

i thought i had a 10-will-get-ya-20 groupon for the bookstore, but turns out it was a 20-will-get-ya-40. pluswise, it was the half-price bookstore. yeah, baby!

now, the problem with the half-price bookstore is that they don't really have what you're looking for. they have overstocks and remainders. it's a bit hit or miss. for example, i am for some reason missing my septimus heap vol 2, but they only had vol 3. no reason, just odds & ends, that's how it goes. makes it difficult to fulfill the ol' wishlist.

and, boy do i have a wishlist of books as long as your arm! i mean, the list is long, not the books. (if you are a paraplegic, this analogy doesn't really so much apply as perhaps offend, so... look away.) do i keep the list well-organized on my iphone? bah-hah-hah-hardee-har-har. like hell. no. i do not. i keep it on a plethora of paper pieces which proliferate profligately. when i hear of a book i might like to read, i scribble on a scrap the title, author, ISBN if i can get it. it's not a wish "list" so much as a wish "hot mess".

anyhoo.

here is what i got today:

sister bernadette's barking dog: the quirky history and lost art of diagramming sentences -- by kitty burns florey
the planets -- by dava sobel
number freak -- by derrick niederman
up for renewal -- by cathy alter
the singer's crown -- by elaine issak
the crowfield curse -- by pat walsh
wildwood dancing -- by juliet marillier

the first four are non-fiction and latter three, YA fiction. YA fiction tends to be well-imagined, grounded yet out of the ordinary, innovative, easy to read, solid entertainment. the non-fiction are to help fulfill that commitment to read more non-fiction. i'll be in touch with you on how this all works out.