Book Haul

[ryanitenebrae]

Used Bookstore, which I visited Saturday:

Our Town by Thurston Wilder
Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
I See By My Outfit  by Peter S. Beagle
Gone With The Wind by Magaret Mitchell
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Borders this afternoon:
We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson
Sea of Shadow by Fuyumi Ono*
The Idiot by Fyodor

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[ethelflaed]

Sea of Shadow by Fuyumi Ono
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Drat. Which one do I pester you to read?

Which one? Which one?

Hmmmmmmmm. . . .

Both.

[ryanitenebrae]

Well, I'm reading Sea of Shadow first, and not reading The Idiot until I finish my (Grandma's) library books, Sea of Shadow, the ILL'd Sea of Wind, and Crime and Punishment, so . . .

You know, I actually do love Crime and Punishment. I actually am on the edge of my seat and I am more than absolutely invested in the characters - not sure why I keep stopping. I'm halfway through, anyway.

Pah. What happened to my "One book at a time" vow? ^^;

Also, not sure how long I can restrain myself from the Shirley Jackson.

. . .I wrote an essay/story thingamabob once where I met Shirley Jackson. I don't think I have it anymore. It was weird.

[tathrin]

Hey, I was Mrs. Webb in Our Town in high school. (I know, I know, what an original choice for a high school to perform. Eyeroll!) Of course, Mr. Webb was played by one of my top five most hated people in the world, but aside from that it was a lot of fun... ;)

Anyway, do enjoy your reading!
LadieL shares your love of Russian Lit; can't say I've read any myself, though. Still, C&P, quite good I assume.

[ryanitenebrae]

:P I would expect you to keep a hit numbered list of people you despise.

I'm actually very new to Russian literature, having been introduced by my friend Flaed. See, in October I asked her for book recommendations, so she sent me this awesome and very detailed list and I've been working down it, albeit slowly. I have to say, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov is a book that you would probably love to a ridiculous extent. It's amazing! Satan comes to Moscow(as a polite and dapper gentleman named Woland with an intense and slightly sinister countenance) to keep the bureaucracy on its toes and shake things up a bit. There are spontaneous unbelievable magic shows! There are witches, and the most beautiful description of flight I've ever seen! There is a talking cat that drinks vodka!

Other than that, my Russian Literature amounts only to two Chekov plays (The Seagull and Three Sisters, both very good!), and Crime and Punishment, which I'm reading, and which is pretty much amazing. I'm not sure I can describe its