Oops, I did it again

[fivemack]

I appear to have spent £110 on books while in Toronto (and in Kitchener visiting james_nicoll).

Asimov's January 2005; Paul Kearney Ships from the West; Jane Jacobs The Death and Life of Great American Cities; Garth Nix Sabriel; John Boyd The Rakehells of Heaven; Stephen Goldin The Eternity Brigade; Joan Vinge The Summer Queen, Heaven Chronicles; Michael Swanwick Bones of the Earth; Wil McCarthy Lost in Transmission, The Wellstone; John Barnes The Duke of Uranium, A Princess of the Aerie, In the Hall of the Martian King; Harry Turtledove Ruled Brittania, In the Presence of Mine Enemies;
Antonino Terranova Skyscrapers.

A lot of those (the Barnes, the Terranova, the Turtledove, probably the McCarthy) count as guilty pleasures. Sabriel I read on the train to and from Niagara, and thought very good; lots of the aspects had been assembled before, but the non-morbid necromancy felt new and good, and there's a strong sense that victory has costs - even more so than Pullman. I got Lirael from a free-books offer on the back of a cereal packet, and will be reading that next.

Why am I buying so many books when I cannot see where in my room I'd fit a second six-shelf bookcase?

Comments

Why?

[ellarien]

Because books are so much cheaper and more plentiful west of the Atlantic? I know I went wild on my first few trips, even though my flat would hold no more bookcases and the bookcases were full. All those books that I couldn't get at home! Used bookstores!

[helenbr.livejournal.com]

Why am I buying so many books when I cannot see where in my room I'd fit a second six-shelf bookcase?

Because it won't be your room for that much longer if your landlord manages to sell and then you can get somewhere with room for that extra bookcase? OK, under those circumstances I'd just end up with more books to fill that room too but at least it will put off that evil hour for a bit longer.

Garth Nix

[helenbr.livejournal.com]

I'd also recommend another series Garth Nix is currently in the middle of. So far, that one consists of Mister Monday and Grim Tuesday and presumably will continue on throughout the rest of the week. I borrowed them from the Winchester library though, I'm afraid, so can only recommend them rather than lending them.