sticky book-shopping

[wendyzski]

No, not shopping for sticky books. This is being sticky while book-shopping, at the Newberry Library's book fair.



The stacks were pretty well picked over wince this has been going on since Thursday, but I still found some fun(for me anyway) reads.

I was also amused to find so many text-type historical and theatre books that I already have in my library. Not surprised, just amused.

Anyway, for under $12 I acquired:

• a VHS copy of the American release of the original Mothra, to add to my fairly impressive daikaiju collection


• Shogun, in paperback. Now that I know quite a lot about the period, I expect a lot of giggles from this one.


• Antonie Fraser's The Warrior Queens.


• The Costumer's Handbook - just because I should probably have it for reference


• The Cheese and The Worms by Carlo Ginzburg. I have a copy of his The Night Battles from a college course on European Witchcraft, but this was his first major work that I'd always meant to read.


• and The Two - a biography of the "original" Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng. Should be an interesting read.

Why yes, I am a big ol' geek - why do you ask?

Comments

[stealthbunny.livejournal.com]

Heehee! I just re-read Shogun this spring, for the first time since the early 90s, so of course I didn't remember anything from the first reading. One thing about having a really horrible memory is that I can reread books and rewatch movies over and over. Give me a few years inbetween, and I'll have almost no memory of what happens.

Let me know when you finish it.