Today in book boxes

Paperbacks, King-Maron; hardcovers, Henderson-Nordoff&Hall; mixed box of Gorey and vintage paperbacks, including some armed services editions.


Today's earrings: mice, moonstones

Bedtime reading: Slay Ride, Dick Francis

Another three boxes

Two boxes of miscellany, including but not limited to art, humor, etiquette, poetry, children's books, food & cooking, history, and cartomancy.

One box of Gorey. I still haven't gotten the china out of the Gorey cabinet, so I didn't unpack the box. That's the third box o' Gorey that's still lingering unpacked. I should do something about the china. Like, this weekend.


Today's earrings: amethysts

Bedtime reading: "Fortune's Smile," James McManus

3-2-1

Three boxes of books up from the basement: two of paperback fiction, Francis-Innes and Innes-King; one of sociology & linguistics, including a dictionary, a thesaurus, and JC Cooper's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols. The place feels much homier.

Two new books acquired on the way home: Terry Pratchett's just-out Unseen Academicals, and Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. I had a lovely chat with the bookstore clerk, in which I advised her to read Butler's Bloodchild,* but not if she had any other heavy emotional stuff going on that month.

One Christmas card from S&T in beautiful Hawaii. My first at the new address! Love you guys. :)


Today's earrings: pine trees, brass triangles

Bedtime reading: Unseen Academicals, Terry Pratchett


*I realized much later that I'd meant Kindred. Bloodchild is mindblowing in its way, but nowhere near as heavy as Kindred.

First three boxes of books up from the basement

One box of Gorey and two of hardcover fiction (Maron-Muller; Rowling-Tolkin & misc children's).


Today's earrings: flowers, other flowers

Bedtime reading: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, L. Frank Baum