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2/19/2015

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I found an old blog post listing 36 books we'd just bought (special at work back in 2009.) Given all the second hand books, and books I bought from 15 years at a bookstore, it's always a relief to know I have read some of the books I've bought. ...About a third. In 6 years.

yes! The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson: Wasn't for me.

no :-(   Paradise - Toni Morrison

no :-(   And Then We Came to the End - Joshua Ferris

yes!  The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger: Similar to Gargoyle, and not my thing.

yes!  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
: Mixed feelings. Loved the beginning--some of the letters she writes to her friend (or publisher or something) are really funny. But the rest of the book... not for me.

yes!  Three Bags Full - Leonie Swann:
Sheep solving a mystery. Loved it. Especially their description of the humans having sex.

no :-(   Faceless Killers - Henning Mankell

yes!  Morlante - Stéphane Dompierre: About a writer on a pirate ship. Vulgar, but I thought it was hilarious.

reading!  The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga: Apparently I once had an Indian customer who bought three copies. Didn't remember that. Enjoying so far.

no :-(    De Niro's Game - Rawi Hage

no :-(    Six Suspects - Vikas Swarup

yes!   Monkey Love - Brenda Scott Royce : It was cute.

yes!   My Lucky Star - Joe Keenan: If you took PG Wodehouse, and he was gay, and you threw in sex--that would be this book. Great Wodehouseian similes.

yes!   Salaam, Paris - Kavita Daswani: It was okay.

yes!   Game of Thrones - Was among the fantasy books picked out for Fernando.

Then I guess I bought some romance novels, as research or whatever. Clearly a mistake, cause I haven't read them. Time to move on.

no :-(   Stay the Night - Lynn Viehl: No memory of buying it, don't know why I did.

no :-(   A Knight in Shining Armor - Jude Deveraux

no :-(   Not Quite a Husband - Sherry Thomas

no :-(   Date Me Baby, One More Time - Stephanie Rowe

yes!  The Naked Baron - Sally MacKenzie: I think I read it.

no :-(   Tempting Fate - Alissa Johnson

no :-(   The Drunkards Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives - Mlodinow

tried   Millionaire: The Philanderer, Gambler, and Duelist Who Invented Modern Finance - Gleeson


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Judy, Judy, Judy link
2/20/2015 04:34:56 am

lol I have some books I've bought but can't bring myself to read either.

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londonmabel
2/21/2015 12:39:52 pm

The puir wee ignored books.

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