Acquisitions to the Library

Even more books. I am on a roll.

• Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
• Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller
• Pulp by Charles Bukowski
• The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories by Charles Bukowski
• Love Is a Dog from Hell by Charles Bukowski
• Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut 

I think I am on a serious Philip K Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, and Charles Bukowski fetish this year.

Recent Acquisitions to the Library

My most recent haul from Half-Price Books.

• Severance Package by Duane Swierczynski
  
• The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
  
• Just After Sunset by Stephen King
  
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
  
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling
  
• Underworld by Don DeLillo
  
• Clandestine by James Ellroy
  
• The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs: A Novel by Irvine Welsh
  
• Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
  
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories by Charles Dickens
  
• A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
  
• Transformations by Anne Sexton
  
• Filmmakers Series - Fellini's Films by Burke
  
• The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston
  
• The Penultimate Truth by Philip K. Dick
  
• Death Is a Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury
  
• Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
  
• Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
  
• Next by Michael Crichton
  

Recent Acquisitions to the Library

I just picked up some new books:

• Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut (I needed a new copy - mine was falling apart.)
• The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick
• A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick
• The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis
• An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
• Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
• The Women by Charles Bukowski
• Factotum by Charles Bukowski

Even more acquisitions to the library

My nephew challenged me this weekend. He said that he had more Hot Wheels than I had books. I hated to contradict him, so instead I took advantage of Half-Price Books 20% off sale and added a few more to the shelves. 

• A Wizard of Earthsea and The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin - The final books in one of my favorite series when I was a kid. I had the second, but not the first or the third. 
• The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe 
• Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry - Not the type of book I would normally read but it comes highly recommended by a friend. We'll see if I agree with him. 
• Babylon Revisited and Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald - I pretty much adore Mr. Fitzgerald
• In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien - Given to me to read by a friend years ago. (Not a friend anymore but at least she introduced me to this book.)  I finally got my own copy.
• Coyote Blue: A Novel by Christopher Moore - I'll read anything he writes. 
• Spaceman Blues: A Love Song by Brian Francis Slattery - This has been on my wishlist so long I don't really remember why - I think I read about ti in Entertainment Weekly. 
• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac Mccarthy - I'll also read anything he writes, or at least, I am working on it. 
• Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe - One of those that I should have read a long time ago. 
• The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border by Teresa Rodriguez - The murders happening down there are so scary.
• Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
• Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates
• City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room (New York Trilogy) by Paul Auster
• Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
• The Good Guy by Dean Koontz - I don't read a lot of Koontz but I saw this on Stephen King's best of list so I thought I'd check it out. 
• Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin
• Presumed Innocent: A Novel by Scott Turow
• The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons - The first science fiction/fantasy book I ever read was Hyperion. Many, many years later I discovered there were sequels. I will say that these are some of the very few science fiction/fantasy books I really, really enjoyed, so I picked them up fro Steve to read. He owes me big time for the Dragonlance books. 
  

Recent Acquisitions to the Library

As you might expect, books and DVDs were plentiful under the Christmas tree this year. People know me oh so well. 

DVDs:

• Wall-E (BluRay)
• HellBoy II: The Golden Army (BluRay)
• The Dark Knight (BluRay)
• Cowboy Bebop Remix DVD set (Whee! Finally, Bebop of my very own!)

Books:

• The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams (Thanks LibraryThing Secret Santa!)
• The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore (Thanks LibraryThing Secret Santa!)
• The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson
• I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away by Bill Bryson
• Loser Goes First: My Thirty-Something Years of Dumb Luck and Minor Humiliation by Dan Kennedy
• Rock On: An Office Power Ballad by Dan Kennedy
• Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?: The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best Loved Books by Jenny Bond
• Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
• Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West by Ethan Rarick

Comics:

• Dead at 17: The 13th Brother by Josh Howard
• Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures, Vol. 1 (v. 1) by Laurell K. Hamilton
• DMZ Vol. 4: Friendly Fire by Brian Wood

Recent Acquisitions to the Library

My latest haul from Quality Paperback Books:

• An Incomplete Revenge: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear - I love these mysteries. 
• Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure by Rachel Fershleiser - This sounded so intriguing.
• Monster, 1959 by David Maine - A monster from the 50's comes to life. 
• Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield - I hear this one is a tear-jerker. 
• Obedience: A Novel by Will Lavender - A prof tells his students that their assignment is to save the girl he's got trapped somewhere by the end of the semester.
• The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table by Otto Penzler - An anthology of mysteries from those sharp-tongued members of the Round Table.
• Secret Lives of Great Authors: What Your Teachers Never Told You About Famous Novelists, Poets, and Playwrights by Robert Schnakenberg - I love this series of books. 
• The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin - The second in the series of medieval CSI. 
  

Recent Acquisitions to the Library

Part of my latest horde:

• The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke - I loved Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell so we'll see how this one goes.
• Gatsby's Girl by Caroline Preston
• The Dead Fathers Club by Matt Haig
• The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by William Butler Yeats
• The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey - Another Richard III mystery. 
• The Post-Birthday World: A Novel by Lionel Shriver
• The Nymphos of Rocky Flats: A Novel by Mario Acevedo - Vampires & nymphomaniacs. I couldn't pass it up. 
• My Lush Life by Douglas McEwan - Highly recommended by my wine bar guy. I had to pick this one up at Half Price. 
• The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor - I love Flannery O'Connor's short stories. 
• E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962 by E. E. Cummings - I've always liked e e cummings, but lately I have become borderline obsessed. 
• The Best of Roald Dahl by Roald Dahl
• Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories by Roald Dahl
• Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America by Eric Nuzum - I loved his book  The Dead Travel Fast, so I thought I would check out his earlier book on music censorship.
  

Recent Acquisitions to the Library

I love birthdays. It's like Christmas for my book and DVD libraries.

• Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
• Falling Man by Don DeLillo
• The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
• The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale

Recent Acquisitions to the Library

Thanks to the pater and mater, I had a nice run at the used DVD store and Barnes & Noble for my birthday (it's Wednesday, if you are curious). Thanks to my brother and his girlfriend, I also have some Amazon love still to spend. 

DVDs

• Catch and Release  - Yes, I know it was silly and sappy and all that, but I just had to have it.
• Bats - Yes, that movie. My Dina Meyer crush knows no bounds.
• The Ruins Unrated - Loved the book, movie was alright
• Nightbreed - Gotta love Clive Barker
• The Shining (BluRay) - I absolutely love this movie. Now I can see it in super crisp definition.
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - As much as I fought it, I love Harry Potter.
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Clash of the Titans - Ray Harryhausen - genius
• DOA: Dead or Alive - Chicks and karate. Need I say more.
• The Cave - Lena Headley. Piper Perabo. Slimy cave creatures. It's not The Descent, but it is too fun to pass up for 5 bucks.
• Vampires - James Woods is such a smart ass. Plus, my pal at work used to date Sheryl Lee's cousin. 
• The Tripper - Slasher killer in a Reagan Mask. Hee!
• Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life - I dunno. I couldn't help it.
• A Clockwork Orange (BluRay) - Kubrick. BluRay. How could I not?
• Ghost World - Loved the comic. Loved the movie. Love Scar Jo.
• Mars Attacks! -  I don't know how I never got this on DVD. So funny.
• 30 Days of Night - So bleak. Danny Huston is pretty good, but mostly I just love vampire movies.
• Spaced: The Complete Series - I also love Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Pandabob got this for me. 

Books

• The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore 
• Snow Angels by Stewart O'Nan
• New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

Recent Acquisitions to the Library

Here's the latest haul from Half Price Books:

• The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
• A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
• The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
• The Night Country by Stewart O'Nan
• The Ring art by Misao Inagaki, original novel by Koji Suzuki
• Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
• Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
• Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman
• Origin by Diana Abu-Jaber
• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
• Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley
• The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
• A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

Recent Acquisitions to the Library

New books n' stuff for my library:

• Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff
• John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide by John Shaw
  
• The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2 by Scott Kelby
  
• Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
  
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Ten Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists by Richard T. Kelly
• Prom Night DVD- the original most awesome Jamie Lee Curtis version

Recent Acquisitions to the Library

I just love Half-Price Books and their 20% off sale.

• The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham
  
• Brimstone (Pendergast, Book 5) by Douglas Preston
  
• Dance of Death by Douglas Preston
  
• Dark Angels: A Novel by Karleen Koen
  
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• Bleak House by Charles Dickens
• Loving Frank: A Novel by Nancy Horan
  
• Diamonds Are Forever, You Only Live Twice, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories by Charles Dickens
  
• The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
  
• Still Life with Crows (Pendergast, Book 4) by Douglas Preston
  
• A Pickpocket's Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York by Timothy J. Gilfoyle
  
• Collected Poems 1947-1997 by Allen Ginsberg
  

Recent Acquisitions to the Library

Here are a few of the latest books I've added to my library:

• Tristessa by Jack Kerouac
• The Dead Travel Fast by Eric Nuzum
• Ghost by Alan Lightman
• Eat This, Not That by David Zinczenko

We've been slowly accumulating the Mystery Science Theater DVDs as well. Man, you gotta love those guys.

Recent Aquisitions to the Library

I just picked up a few new books and used DVDs. Love to grow that library!

• Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott
• The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis
• Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
• Duma Key by Stephen King
• Glacial Period (Louvre) by Nicolas De Crecy
• Complete Novels: Red Harvest/The Dain Curse/The Maltese Falcon/The Glass Key/The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
• Zodiac by Robert Graysmith
• Ex Machina Vols 1-6 by Brian K Vaughn
• Fell Vol 1 by Warren Ellis
• If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation by Janine Latus
• Voodoo Heart by Scott Snyder

DVDs

• 5 Dolls for an August Moon
• The Case of the Bloody Iris
• Black X-Mas (2006 remake)
• Dead Silence
• Sunshine
• Flushed Away
  

Recent Aquisitions to the Library

My most recent haul from Half-Price Books 20% off sale, Christmas gifts, and my trip to Barnes & Nobel.

Books:

• 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die by Peter Ackroyd - This should be interesting to see what is listed in this book!
  
• Little Children: A Novel by Tom Perrotta
• The eye of the beholder ; The queen of the night ; The ice maiden (A Black box thriller) by Marc Behm
• Murder & Other Acts of Literature: Twenty-Four Unforgettable and Chilling Stories ed. by Michele B. Slung
• A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
• Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
• Hollow Man by John Dickson Carr
• The Afghan by Frederick Forsyth
• Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night ed. by Lee Child
• Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
• Last Bus To Woodstock , Last Seen Wearing , The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn, Dead of Jericho , The Jewel That Was Ours , The Daughters of Cain, and The Way Through the Woods (Inspector Morse Mysteries) by Colin Dexter
• Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
• Sock & Glove: Creating Charming Softy Friends from Cast-off Socks and Gloves by Miyako Kanamori
• The Murders of Richard III by Elizabeth Peters
  

Graphic Novels:

• Flight, Volume One by Kazu Kibuishi
• Sleeper Vol. 1: Out in the Cold by Ed Brubaker
• Ex Machina, Vol. 3: Fact v. Fiction by Brian K. Vaughan
• The Blot by Tom Neely
• Glister Vol 1 by Andi Watson
  

Recent Aquisitions to the Library

I have been on a book spree lately. Recently added:

• Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand by Fred Vargas, Sian Reynolds (Translator)
• Sunshine by Alex Garland
• Lace by Shirley Conran
• The Maul and the Pear Tree by P.D. James,T. A. Critchley
• After Dark by Haruki Murakami
• Angelica: A Novel by Arthur Phillips
• I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert

Graphic Novel trades:

• Ex Machina, Vol. 2: Tag by Brian K. Vaughan
• Torso: A True Crime Graphic Novel by >Brian Michael Bendis
• Nightmares and Fairy Tales Vol. 2 Beautiful Beasts by Serena Valentino
• Gloom Cookie Vol 5: The Final Curtain by Serena Valentino
• The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
  

Recent Aquisitions to the Library

I just bought a few books from Amazon:

• World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
• Black Light, Point of Impact, and Time to Hunt by Stephen Hunter
• Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs

The Stephen Hunter books I ordered for Pandabob. We watched Shooter the other night and now he wants to read about Bob Lee Swagger, master sniper.

Recent Aquisitions to the Library

Here are some books I just picked up at Half-Price Books:

• Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
• Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver
• Oriental Ghost Stories by Lafcadio Hearn
• The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
• The Mammoth Book of New Historical Whodunits edited by Mike Ashley
• Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
  

Recent Aquisitions to the Library

Spoils from my recent trip to Half-Price Books:

• Through a Glass Darkly - Karleen Koen
• The Assault on Reason - Al Gore
• Son of a Witch - Gregory Maguire
• Ghostwalk - Rebecca Scott
• The Print - Ansel Adams
• Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn
• The Bourne Ultimatum - Robert Ludlum
• Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
• Under the Banner of Heaven - Jon Krakauer
• Get Shorty - Elmore Leonard
• Devices and Desires - P. D. James
• The Body Artist - Don DeLillo
• Practical Demonkeeping - Christopher Moore

I have finally gotten almost all of our books and graphic novels into my LibraryThing. What a very , very cool site. A link is there on the left of the page.

Recent Aquisitions to the Library

I am way behind on keeping track of the new additions to my library, but here are some of the more recent purchases:

• See No Evil - Mia Farrow thriller from way back.
• Demons, Demons 2 - Argento produced zombie demon movies.
• Night of the Comet - My very favorite movie of all time.
• Endless Night - An Agatha Christie mystery with a grown up Haley Mills.
• Stardust by Neil Gaiman
• The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder by Daniel Stashower
• The Monk by Matthew Lewis
• American Elf Volume 1 by James Kochalka
• The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
• Destination Morgue! by James Ellroy
• The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
• The Meaning of Night: A Confession by Michael Cox
• Fluke by Christopher Moore
• Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
• The Father of Forensics: The Groundbreaking Cases of Sir Bernard Spilsbury, and the Beginnings of Modern CSI by Colin Evans