Literary Souvenirs

May 21, 2008 at 11:13 am | Posted in Books, LIfe, My Life with Books | 10 Comments
Tags: book as souveniers, cheap books, remainders

In addition to all of the fun, yet cheesy, attractions to be found in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, there were outlet malls.  In those outlets malls were bookstores.  Yeah!  I got to spend some time there mainly uninterupted by my girls.  They were mostly remainders, but they were cheap and nothing that I would necessarily want to add to my permanent collection.  This is what I bought:

Books I have been on the lookout for:

• The Twentieth Wife by Indu SUndaresan
• Waiting by Ha Jin
• We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver  ~ especially given our recent discussions about Jodi Picoult

Books that might be crap, but I could not pass up:

• Transmission by Hari Kunzru
• Claire Marvel by John Burnham Schwartz
• Good Faith by Jane Smiley
• The Children’s War by Monique Charlesworth
• The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru
• Will by Grace Tiffany
• The Forsythe Saga by John Galsworthy ~ a huge epic novel – it’s always good to have one of these on hand, even if it is pure cheese
• All is Vanity by Christina Schwarz  ~ I’ve read and pretty much enjoyed Drowning Ruth
• i am no one you know by Joyce Carol Oates ~ I’ve always wanted to get into JCO, but haven’t been able to.  Since these are short stories, I thought it might work for me – if not, it only cost me a dollar

Books found and suggested by my husband:

• State of Fear by Michael Crichton
• Tooth and Claw by T.C. Boyle
• A Love Like No Other edited by Pamela Kruger ~ this is a collection of stories written by adoptive parents – I’m really eager to dive into it