Went to the Big Bad Wolf Book Sale. Despite the fact that my room is littered with small mountains of books, I still bought more. I couldn’t control myself. Not with books. Never! And I managed to get Bitter Seeds! The top was a bit ucky, but that’s okay. It was the only Bitter Seeds I found and I would have taken it even if a seal had drooled on the first ten pages.
My haul:
1. The Undrowned Child, Michelle Lovric (The blurb said ‘mermaids and venice’. So I bought it)
2. Heart-Shaped Box, Joe Hill (I’d heard about the book and it sounded creepy. Also the cover was nice)
3. The Unincorporated Man, Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin (Read about it on a sci-fi list. They also had the Unincorporated War, but didn’t get that, just in case)
4. The Skull Beneath the Skin, P D James (I don’t remember if I’ve read this Cordelia Gray book, but I don’t really care. I love P D James)
5. Original Sin, P D James (Mum requested for Chris. Probably to prove that Dalgliesh is not as great as Morse. But that is, of course, impossible)
6. The Vesuvius Club, Mark Gatiss (This book is ridiculous. I borrowed it from the Singapore library ages ago, and I had to have it)
7. Bitter Seeds, Ian Tregillis (;,,,,,;)
8. Kraken, China Meiville (For Seth. It sounds interesting anyway, even though I couldn’t get past page three of the overpretentiously convoluted The City and The City)
9. Some Dragonship Book for Ben
10. Some Book of Useless Facts for Ben (That was the actual name of the book)
11. A Jamie Oliver cookbook for Seth’s mum
12. A Nigella cookbook for my mum/me
SIGH. And I only spent RM 130 (this ‘only’ is subjective, as I’m pretty broke. But for 12 books I think it’s freaking amazing).
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