Now this blog post has been hidden away because I am ashamed of the amount of books that had been bought since I last told you I had got quite an excessive amount and before I did the great Autumn Clearout. You will probably be aware of this as I have sent you here from another more recent post and will have explained there. So what on earth have I recently bought and brought into Savidge Towers to add to the never ending supply of books? Well…
- Diary of a Provincial Lady – E.M Delafield (I blame Elaine for this purchase completely after she raved about it)
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day – Winifred Watson (which I was awarded from Paperback Reader)
- Shalimar the Clown – Salman Rushdie
- Dear Everybody – Michael Kimball (Lizzy this one is your fault for making me buy)
- The American Way of Death Revisited – Jessica Mitford
- Diary of an Ordinary Woman – Margaret Forster
- English Passengers – Matthew Kneale (I blame my Gran for this one)
- The Far Cry – Emma Smith
- The Slap – Christos Tsiolkas (Jackie this one is all down to you and you are to blame)
- Vanishing Point – Patricia Wentworth
- At Risk – Patricia Cornwell (free from the office)
- Nightingale Wood – Stella Gibbons
- The Widow and Her Hero – Thomas Keneally (Juxtabook this one is all your fault)
- Foreign Affairs – Alison Lurie
- The Colour – Rose Tremain
- The 2.5 Pillars of Wisdom – Alexander McCall Smith
- Moral Disorder – Margaret Atwood
- The Robber Bride – Margaret Atwood (a book I lent and never got back)
You can also see I have passed on blame to those who deserve it and thanks to those who sent me books etc. And if that wasnt enough there is also…
- Equator – Miguel Sousa Tavares (from Bloomsbury)
- Pretty Monsters – Kelly Link (from Canongate and Kimbofo has raved about)
- The People’s Train – Thomas Keneally (from the people at Sceptre)
- Sunset Oasis – Bahaa Taher (from Sceptre)
- Serena – Ron Rash (from Canongate)
- The Death of Bunny Munro – Nick Cave (from Canongate also raved about by Kimbofo)
- Falling Slowly – Anita Brookner
- The Beckoning Lady – Margery Allingham
- The Bay of Angels – Anita Brookner
- From Doon With Death – Ruth Rendell (her first as must read in order)
- Late Comers – Anita Brookner
- The Life of Charlotte Bronte – Elizabeth Gaskell
I can’t justify it and I shan’t it just is what it is ha! At least I didnt buy all of them and I do blame some of you out there fully for some of the oens I did buy! Which of these delights have you read or have been meaning to read?
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I just recently finished Pretty Monsters. I liked Link’s style and variety but thought the collection was aimed toward a slightly (haha) younger teen audience. I’ll be interested to see what you think of it.
Ooh another promising bit of feedback on Pretty Mosters I am looking forward to reading this even more now!
Wow – what stacks of books! You make me feel better – I realised last night (and I’m only going to admit this quietly here in your comments rather than publicly on my blog) that I have acquired over 250 books since April.
I have read Diary of a Provincial Lady, which I reckon you’ll enjoy; ditto Miss Pettigrew. I like Anita Brookner but I haven’t read those you mention.
250 since April, blimey I think we are quite close in that count its naughty isnt it… and yet feels strangely so good hahahaha.
I have only read Miss Pettigrew and The Robber Bride but have copies of The Far Cry and Diary of a Provincial Lady that I’ve been wanting to read and, like all Rushdie novels I don’t yet own, Shalimar the Clown is on my wishlist.
Very naughty, Simon, hiding this away! Only joking; I too understand the book-habit shame (especially since finding out that my boyfriend does read my blog but neglected to mention the fact).
I have to hide it or I get in terrible trouble Claire hahaha.
Diary of Provincial Lady is penciled in for next week!
What a great stack of books. Diary of a Provincial Lady is one of my absolute favourites – it is laugh out loud funny, I hope you enjoy it.
Oh good with a horrid cold lingering in my system I could definately do with a giggle or three.
I look forward to your thoughts on The Slap – it is a contraversial read!
yes am thinking that once teh two jobs are done with I will have more time and can devote some of it to this.
Guilty as charged, m’lord!
I am debating what your sentence should be!
Ohhh.. your gran loved English Passengers! I have it on my tbr from a recent book fair. Am even more excited for it as I think your gran has got great taste! 😀
Oooh don’t let her know that I will never hear the end of it!
WOW.
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