Four Book Binges in Nine Days

I often vow to read more books off my shelf and not buy new ones. Feel free to mock me.

From Big Brain Comics:
BBC

Zot! 1987-1991 by Scott McCloud,
The Black Diamond Detective Agency by Eddie Campbell
The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard by E. Campbell & D. Best
Superpowers by David J. Schwartz (a friend of a friend)

From Half-Price Books Roseville:
HPB I

The Book of Jhereg by Steven Brust
The Book of Athyra by Steven Brust
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles, Mary Lamb, ill. by A. Rackham
Hamlet (Chamberlain Bros. edition with BBC production dvd)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Far Side of the World by Patrick O’Brien
Hamlet: The Poem by Harold Bloom

From Dreamhaven:
Dreamhaven

The Book of Taltos by Steven Brust
Making Book by Teresa Nielsen Hayden
The Paths of the Dead by Steven Brust
The Lord of Castle Black by Steven Brust
Sethra Lavode by Steven Brust

From Half-Price Books St. Louis Park:
Half Price Books 2

The Eensy Weensy Spider by M. Hoberman, ill. by N. Westcott
Skip to My Lou by Nadine Bernard Westcott
Miss Mary Mack by M. Hoberman, ill. by N. Westcott
Romeo and Juliet
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
Hamlet dvd (with Ethan Hawke)
Heat dvd
Spartan dvd
Shakespeare by Peter Ackroyd
Crime and Punishment transl. by Pevear, Volokhonsky
The Early Bird by Richard Scarry
The Mouse and His Child by Russell Hoban, ill. by David Small
Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura
The Birthday Box by Leslie Patricelli

As if all these weren’t enough, and as if we didn’t have enough to read, we bought this at Big Brain Comics last night. It does double duty: it’s a novel and a bludgeoning weapon!
Anathem by Neal Stephenson

Let me know if the photos are legible; this is my first big photo foray.

2 Responses to “Four Book Binges in Nine Days”

  1. Kit OConnell Says:

    Thanks for the link to the household blog.

    You have excellent taste in books. :)

  2. weirleader Says:

    oooh, Anathem. That’s definitely on my list… as soon as I finish the Baroque Cycle.