Before Christmas, I bought several grab-bag/mystery book bundles from various bookstores and Etsy shops. A few were major disappointments--I do not recommend the Half-Price Books grab bags--but I wound up with several awesome choices, including the ones in this photo. It's obviously a gamble, but kind of fun to see what booksellers pick within certain … Continue reading Grab-Bag Book Haul
After doing a major clear-out of my books, I should have refrained from re-stuffing my shelves, but what can I say? I have a book-buying problem that I excuse by saying I am supporting indie bookstores. This part of my pre-Christmas haul includes A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa, … Continue reading Merry-Christmas-to-Me Book Haul #1
This is my last package of books for a while (or at least that's what I'm telling myself). I picked up some new mysteries and the new Samantha Irby book. I think I'm going to do a buddy read of Hood Feminism with a friend soon. All of these came from Black Pearl Books in … Continue reading The Big Haul
More incoming books, this time from indie bookstores--The Book Nook, Blue Willow Bookshop, and The Bookshelf. I'm so excited about the new Kevin Kwan book, Sex and Vanity, because it's a retelling of one of my very favorite books, A Room with a View by E.M. Forster. Yes, No, Maybe So is a rom-com about … Continue reading Small Haul, Indie Edition
