I haven't participated in Weekly Geeks for a while, but considering I just bought my very first digital camera, I couldn't resist this week's WG. So here are my photos:
The bottom photo is another TBR pile. Yesterday, I braved the Brooklyn heat and went to an indie bookstore near Atlantic Avenue called Brooklyn Book Court. This is my haul from there. From the top down: Victor Hugo's Les Miserables (uh-oh; what have I gotten into?); JD Salinger's Franny and Zooey; Christine Falls, by Benjamin Black ( a murder mystery); Holly Would Dream, by Karen Quinn (chick lit); The Wise Woman, by Philippa Gregory (historical fiction; like The Other Boleyn Girl, also set in Henry VIII's England); and Dorothy L. Sayers's The Nine Tailors, a classic of crime fiction. Coming in the mail from Amazon UK is The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton, author of The House at Riverton, one of my favorite books (The Forgotten Garden has only been published in the UK thus far).
Other bookish photos to amuse yourself with:
Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Blue Archipelago
The bottom photo is another TBR pile. Yesterday, I braved the Brooklyn heat and went to an indie bookstore near Atlantic Avenue called Brooklyn Book Court. This is my haul from there. From the top down: Victor Hugo's Les Miserables (uh-oh; what have I gotten into?); JD Salinger's Franny and Zooey; Christine Falls, by Benjamin Black ( a murder mystery); Holly Would Dream, by Karen Quinn (chick lit); The Wise Woman, by Philippa Gregory (historical fiction; like The Other Boleyn Girl, also set in Henry VIII's England); and Dorothy L. Sayers's The Nine Tailors, a classic of crime fiction. Coming in the mail from Amazon UK is The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton, author of The House at Riverton, one of my favorite books (The Forgotten Garden has only been published in the UK thus far).
Other bookish photos to amuse yourself with:
Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Blue Archipelago
Comments
Have fun with your new digi camera
cjh
Sayers' The Nine Tailors is on of my TBR list too, with about 50 or so other books. :)
As for books to read, I'm currently re-reading books from my childhood (Betsy-Tacy series, Beany Malone series), and recently finished the latest Jonathan Kellermen. Working my way through Elizabeth George, and also just finished One Foot in the Black, about a high school grad who escapes his abusive father to become a firefighter in the California hills/mountains. I was really rooting for Greg to overcome his miserable snake of a father and build a positive life for himself. Doing so in the context of the fire service (my husband is a firefighter, so this is close to my heart!) made this an absorbing story.
Now I think you've inspired me to tackle a shelf or two of my own bookshelves. (And I agree with the above -- most bookcases ARE beautiful.)
I'm a big fan of Franny and Zooey. And I have The Other Boleyn Girl on my list for this year too.
Linked your pics to my w/g post
i can't get enough of libraries and bookstores. which is what drew me to your link at Dewey's WG post.
i linked you to my first WG post
i'm going to have to come back to read some of these reviews!!
my current read is The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova and I've been reading it for a shamefully long time even though i think it is one of the best stories i've encountered in awhile.