A thank you and bookwormy gushing
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bronwynrhA few weeks ago, my friend and bookstore-insider ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shebear sent a book to me. It was a brand-new book that hadn't even hit the shelves yet!
This is just to say THANK YOU to my book fairy :)
Misfortune was a great read. There was gender-bending, 19th century livin' (both high and low), adventure, intrigue and family drama. Excellent!
Thanks again, U.
Yesterday, the man and I went to the bookstore where I got two great surprises. The first was a new Emile Zola translation. Finally! I've read every Zola novel that's been translated into English, and I was afraid there'd not be another. Hooray, I have a new Zola novel to read! Maybe by the time I'm old and gray, the whole Rougon-Macquart series will be out and I'll be able to read all 36 in order. Yes, I am a Zola fan.
The other surprise was a new Umberto Eco novel. SO excited! I was a good girl, though, and only bought the Zola. I couldn't justify the expense of two hardcover books in one day :(
So I picked up the Zola and Irving's The World According to Garp in the $7.99 paperback edition. I'm two chapters into Garp and am loving it, so I'm sure I'll be picking up Owen Meany later this month.
/bookworm
shebear sent a book to me. It was a brand-new book that hadn't even hit the shelves yet!This is just to say THANK YOU to my book fairy :)
Misfortune was a great read. There was gender-bending, 19th century livin' (both high and low), adventure, intrigue and family drama. Excellent!
Thanks again, U.
Yesterday, the man and I went to the bookstore where I got two great surprises. The first was a new Emile Zola translation. Finally! I've read every Zola novel that's been translated into English, and I was afraid there'd not be another. Hooray, I have a new Zola novel to read! Maybe by the time I'm old and gray, the whole Rougon-Macquart series will be out and I'll be able to read all 36 in order. Yes, I am a Zola fan.
The other surprise was a new Umberto Eco novel. SO excited! I was a good girl, though, and only bought the Zola. I couldn't justify the expense of two hardcover books in one day :(
So I picked up the Zola and Irving's The World According to Garp in the $7.99 paperback edition. I'm two chapters into Garp and am loving it, so I'm sure I'll be picking up Owen Meany later this month.
/bookworm
