So, What Are You Reading?

At least your door will stay propped open, Ted! Picked up a doorstop myself:

Running Linux - Pub. O'Reilly Media (900+ pages) ...and
The Color Encyclopedia of Hostas - Michael Shadrack, Diana Grenfell

Total cost (both) at Thrift Shop - $1.40

Also bought a kids' novel, new, at a Dollar Store:

Al Capone Does My Homework - Gennifer Choldenko.
It's a fun read centred on a 13-year-old boy, who lives with his family on Alcatraz, in 1936. His Dad has just been promoted to Associate Warden. Prisoner Al Capone isn't seen in the story, but he's heard from. No spoilers here.

J.

 

Better put this on my www.amazon.com wish list.

 

Read Joe M. Richardson's The Negro in the Reconstruction of Florida.

 

Bought 8 books yesterday. I think that's a one-day record for me. Nothing too cerebral. Just fun.

Thrift Store - 5 books for $4 (Total)

Deckscaping - Barbara W. Ellis
Better Homes & Gardens - Water Gardens - Eleanor Lewis
Fractals Coloring Book - Julien Clinton Sprott
Memory Makers Budget Scrapbooking - Executive Editor, Kerry Arquette
Memory Makers 501 Great Scrapbook Page Ideas - Executive Editor, Kerry Arquette

(Last two bought as gifts)

Dollar Store

Nothing But Blue - Lisa Jahn-Clough (Novel) A 17-year-old girl wanders, her memory broken after a house explosion that kills her parents. A fine piece of writing.

Last 2 - Bought at regular price in a Bookstore - something I usually try not to do. (Total $18)

Pixel Planet - Color, Create, Pixelate - Top That Publishing, various authors
Brain Games - Color by Pixel - Louis Weber, CEO Publications International Ltd.

The pixel and fractal books were bought for inspiration to do pixel, ASCII and fractal art. I've been dabbling in these since the 80s and have the tools to do any old-fashioned computer techniques (ASCII, Pixel Art etc.) on modern high-resolution displays. Mainly VDOS, DOSBOX, 30+ year-old Basic Interpreters, other Windows and DOS-related tools.

J.

 

Suspicious Minds. Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories, by Rob Brotherton

 

I just starter After You by Jojo Moyes.

 

5 more from the Thrift Shop. (I drift around between five of them.)

First 3 free.

77 Furniture Projects You can Build (Well, maybe you can - me, no guarantees. - J.) Tab Books
Cullen Canadian Garden Guide, Annuals - Mark Cullen
Cullen Canadian Garden Guide, Container Gardening - Mark Cullen

These two - $1 each

Heritage - Civilization and the Jews - Abba Eban
The Furniture of Old Ontario - Philip Shackleton

J.

 

I am constantly getting rid of books- if I didn't, you could film an episode of hoarders. Books must be the most depreciating item ever, but I enjoy buying them used, so I guess that makes me part of the problem lol. That said, I keep my books in my schoolroom (we homeschool) which is outfitted by Ikea - I confess it is my favorite room in the house.

 

Do I see a set of the Great Books of the Western World in that image?

 

Jennifer, your schoolroom is the most beautiful home for books I've ever seen. You published it some time ago on another forum and I've always gotten a rare sense of peace, just looking at it.

My second favourite book-room in the world is the Sir Harry Oakes room at the Niagara Falls Public Library. Back in the early 80s, I used to work one block away and often unwound there after work. Much more restorative than the local bars! It's here:

Victoria Avenue, 4848 - Niagara Falls Public Library - Victoria Avenue Library - Sir Harry Oakes Room - Details

J.

 

Yes, Jennifer, the price goes down dramatically - but not the value. Books can be the most transformative of possessions. Many are cheaply bought - but what they give us to enjoy and learn - priceless!

The real racket in books -- textbooks.

J.

 

Somebody just told me that author Tom Hill is the son of author Stephen King. Can anyone make a recommendation for a Tom Hill novel?

 

My Most Recent Haul From Community Markets:

Nonna Bannister, The Secret Holocaust Diaries
Michael Van Dyke, Radical Integrity: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

 

Read Michael Van Dyke's Radical Integrity: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

 

I'll have to look those up on www.amazon.com.