Old Book Monday - September 17
Quite a few book bloggers participate in a weekly meme in which they share delicious and mouth-watering pictures of the new books they have recently received. I love strolling through the blogosphere and checking out these pictures. I don’t buy a lot of new books but realized I could still participate by sharing pictures of what I do buy a lot of—OLD books. Hence, “Old Book Mondays.”
This week’s “Old Book Monday” contains an update... on my Books-A-Million post!
You may remember a few months ago I posted about inheriting a crapload great many books from my Uncle Nelson. Well, I finally finished going through the THIRTY boxes worth that were left over after my sister had taken the ones she wanted. Here's the ones I decided to keep:
This looks manageable, right? I mean, these are all classics and I've read many some a few of these already--Jane Eyre, Bleak House, Moll Flanders. Maybe I'll start with the Dicken's pile...it's the smallest:
What's sad is that despite the fact I really like Dickens and have read many of his books, I apparently have not even made a dent in reading his body of work. Of course, it's all a matter of perspective, because this is the Henry James pile(s):
I haven't read any of these before so this is going to take a while to get through. Of course, then there's the Trollope pile(s):
Yes, all four stacks are (nothing but) Trollope. I've wanted to read Trollope for a very long time, partly because he was one of my Uncle's favorite authors and partly because I love his approach to writing. Trollope apparently wrote by setting himself a daily word count. If he finished writing a novel and hadn't yet reached is word count, he supposedly just grabbed another piece of paper and started a new story. Man, I sure would love to be able to write like that!
What about you? Have any recent book acquisitions you want to share?
For even more book love, visit some of the sites participating in any of the following "weekly book haul" memes:
-Book Haul - hosted by The Non-Reluctant Reader
-Just a Book Haul - hosted by Forever Lost in Books
-Letterbox Love - hosted by Narratively Speaking
-Mailbox Monday - hosted by Marcia Larsen
-Showcase Sunday - hosted by Books, Biscuits, and Tea
-Stacking the Shelves - hosted by Tynga's Reviews
-Sunday Post - hosted by Kimba, The Caffeinated Book Reviewer
-Unpack This - hosted by Mostly Reveiws