January 7th 2011

Four New Treasures!

My story starts yesterday. I went to Lassley's paperback shop because I estimated I had about 12 minutes before I needed to go pick Tori up after school. I dashed into the store and Eureka! I found THE WHITE QUEEN by Philippa Gregory (on my list!). I looked around for anything else on my list but no luck. Suddenly, a group of three little old ladies (like me) gathered around the checkout - they had never been there before and needed the process explained to them!

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I looked around a bit more - POW two more people got in line with big stacks of books! That store isn't usually that busy! I had to interrupt, "would you mind holding these for me until tomorrow morning? I can't wait now?" whew, the nice lady said ok.

So, I went in this morning and got The White Queen (Philippa Gregory's first historical novel of the War of the Roses), A Foreign Affair by Caro Peacock, maybe a gothic mystery. I looked it up on Amazon and saw good reviews for it; The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe, another mystery, taking place in two different eras; and The Food of Love by Anthony Capella, also well reviewed as a light read of love and food in Italy. I got these all for $10. They are the larger paperback style. I feel very wealthy today with all this reading material waiting for me.

a version of the truth

a Version of the truth by Jennifer Kaufman

and

Karen Mack

Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack are my new favorite authors! They've only written three books though! I have to say they are rated PG 18, including some rather steamy love scenes. I love the writing style, so easy to read, unexpected and with a beautifully included background of great books to read. A version of the truth, is a story of a "late bloomer" who makes it good. Nature Magazine says "It's The Devil Wears Prada meets Walden Pond."
I also read literacy and longing in L.A. by the same authors (I read this one first). This book had extensive LIST in the back of all the books mentioned in the novel! It covers many pages! They have written one other book to date "Book Lover", which I haven't found yet. It may be too new to be in my favorite (cheap) haunts.