The book's the thing...
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But in this era of pandemic lockdowns, even those wonderful sprawling second-hand book sales are a thing of the past and, I hope, the foreseeable future. But hark! What if there be a way to boost both literary arts in one fell swoop? Behold, the Gladstone Theatre's online auction, which I mentioned here on May 21:
https://blogcutter.dreamwidth.org/tag/gladstone+theatre
After looking at their array of offerings, I ended up bidding on a box of books. No one upped my bid, so the books were mine. Denis from the Gladstone delivered them to our door yesterday. It was like Christmas in June!
In numerous entries in this blog, I've discussed my hauls from various book sales of yesteryear:
https://blogcutter.dreamwidth.org/tag/book+sales
As for the Gladstone box, it contained 22 books (11 fiction and 11 non-fiction). Here's what I got:
FICTION
1. Jeffrey Archer - Only Time Will Tell (2011)
2. Julian Barnes - Arthur and George (2005)
3. Deborah Crombie -Leave the Grave Green (1995)
4. Elizabeth George - This Body of Death (2010)
5. Sue Monk Kidd - The Book of Longings (2020)
6. Susan McMaster - Haunt (2018) poetry
7. Ian McEwan - Machines Like Me (2019)
8. Peter May - I'll Keep You Safe (2018)
9. Delia Owens - Where the Crawdads Sing (2018)
10.Alexander McCall Smith - The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (2012)
11.Peter Swanson - 8 Perfect Murders (2020)
NON-FICTION
1. John Adams - Old Square-toes and his Lady: The Life of John & Amelia Douglas (2001)
2. Margaret Atwood - Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (2002)
3. Emily Carr (writer/illustrator) - Emily Carr & her Dogs Flirt Punk & Loo (this ed. 2013)
4. Mark Ellwood - A Complete Waste of Time: Tales & Tips about Getting More Done (1997)
5. Helen Forsey - A People's Senate for Canada: Not a Pipe Dream (2015)
6. Adam Hochschild = King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror & Heroism in Colonial Africa (1998)
7. Naomi Klein - No is Not Enough: Resisting the New Shock Politics & Winning the World We Need (2017)
8. Brian McGarry - From Paupers to Prime Ministers: A Life in Death (2012)
9. Princeton Historical Society - Princeton History: Journal of the Historical Society no. 6 (1987)
10.Gloria Steinem - My Life on the Road (2015)
11.Margaret Visser - Much Depends on Dinner (1986)
There's a mixture of hardcover books and paperbacks but they were nearly all in fine condition. Also of interest to me were the dedications in some of the books and the selection of bookmarks. There was one from Place Bell Books (remember them?), one from Books in Canada on Sparks Street (they may be gone now too), one depicting Ottawa heritage structures and one advertising Independent Bookshops and the Ottawa Citizen Literacy Foundation. Plus a couple of the basic Indigo & Plum Plus bookmarks.
I don't think I've read any of them, but I've definitely read other books by most of the fiction authors and some of the non-fiction ones too. Surprisingly enough with several of the non-fiction authors I haven't read, I'm very much looking forward to reading them even though I probably never would have chosen to buy them - for example Brian McGarry's book and the one about the Senate by Helen Forsey (daughter of the late senator Eugene Forsey, who incidentally was an enthusiastic user and supporter of government libraries!)
One book I have on the go now is How We Read Now: Strategic Choices for Print, Screen & Audio, by Naomi S. Baron. It's very interesting but for bedside reading, I think maybe I'll dip into one of the mysteries from that box. Lots of choices there!
But in this era of pandemic lockdowns, even those wonderful sprawling second-hand book sales are a thing of the past and, I hope, the foreseeable future. But hark! What if there be a way to boost both literary arts in one fell swoop? Behold, the Gladstone Theatre's online auction, which I mentioned here on May 21:
https://blogcutter.dreamwidth.org/tag/gladstone+theatre
After looking at their array of offerings, I ended up bidding on a box of books. No one upped my bid, so the books were mine. Denis from the Gladstone delivered them to our door yesterday. It was like Christmas in June!
In numerous entries in this blog, I've discussed my hauls from various book sales of yesteryear:
https://blogcutter.dreamwidth.org/tag/book+sales
As for the Gladstone box, it contained 22 books (11 fiction and 11 non-fiction). Here's what I got:
FICTION
1. Jeffrey Archer - Only Time Will Tell (2011)
2. Julian Barnes - Arthur and George (2005)
3. Deborah Crombie -Leave the Grave Green (1995)
4. Elizabeth George - This Body of Death (2010)
5. Sue Monk Kidd - The Book of Longings (2020)
6. Susan McMaster - Haunt (2018) poetry
7. Ian McEwan - Machines Like Me (2019)
8. Peter May - I'll Keep You Safe (2018)
9. Delia Owens - Where the Crawdads Sing (2018)
10.Alexander McCall Smith - The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (2012)
11.Peter Swanson - 8 Perfect Murders (2020)
NON-FICTION
1. John Adams - Old Square-toes and his Lady: The Life of John & Amelia Douglas (2001)
2. Margaret Atwood - Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing (2002)
3. Emily Carr (writer/illustrator) - Emily Carr & her Dogs Flirt Punk & Loo (this ed. 2013)
4. Mark Ellwood - A Complete Waste of Time: Tales & Tips about Getting More Done (1997)
5. Helen Forsey - A People's Senate for Canada: Not a Pipe Dream (2015)
6. Adam Hochschild = King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror & Heroism in Colonial Africa (1998)
7. Naomi Klein - No is Not Enough: Resisting the New Shock Politics & Winning the World We Need (2017)
8. Brian McGarry - From Paupers to Prime Ministers: A Life in Death (2012)
9. Princeton Historical Society - Princeton History: Journal of the Historical Society no. 6 (1987)
10.Gloria Steinem - My Life on the Road (2015)
11.Margaret Visser - Much Depends on Dinner (1986)
There's a mixture of hardcover books and paperbacks but they were nearly all in fine condition. Also of interest to me were the dedications in some of the books and the selection of bookmarks. There was one from Place Bell Books (remember them?), one from Books in Canada on Sparks Street (they may be gone now too), one depicting Ottawa heritage structures and one advertising Independent Bookshops and the Ottawa Citizen Literacy Foundation. Plus a couple of the basic Indigo & Plum Plus bookmarks.
I don't think I've read any of them, but I've definitely read other books by most of the fiction authors and some of the non-fiction ones too. Surprisingly enough with several of the non-fiction authors I haven't read, I'm very much looking forward to reading them even though I probably never would have chosen to buy them - for example Brian McGarry's book and the one about the Senate by Helen Forsey (daughter of the late senator Eugene Forsey, who incidentally was an enthusiastic user and supporter of government libraries!)
One book I have on the go now is How We Read Now: Strategic Choices for Print, Screen & Audio, by Naomi S. Baron. It's very interesting but for bedside reading, I think maybe I'll dip into one of the mysteries from that box. Lots of choices there!
