Sunday, May 24, 2015

Book Sale!

Book sale! Book sale! Book sale!
I didn't show much restraint...

Fiction

The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood

The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies

The Heart of a Peacock by Emily Carr (short stories)

The House of Blue Mangoes by David Davidar

My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier

The Coral Island by R M Ballantyne

World Without End by Ken Follett (sequel to The Pillars of the Earth)

The Illuminator by Brenda Rickman Vantrease (read 04/2016)

The Song of Troy by Colleen McCullough (about Helen and Paris, Odysseus, and Achilles)

Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris (an Oprah Book Club book)

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Carol Shields:
Small Ceremonies
The Orange Fish (short stories)
A Celibate Season
The Stone Diaries

Kathy Reichs (Bones):
Death du Jour (#2) (read 02/2016)
Cross Bones (read 04/2016)
Spider Bones (read 05/2016)

James Patterson (Alex Cross series):
Along Came a Spider #1 (read 03/2016)
Kiss the Girls #2
Cat & Mouse #4

For Erin
12 Nancy Drew books

Non-Fiction

The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte by Daphne du Maurier (about the brother of Charlotte and Emily Bronte)

Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Trail by Charlotte Gray

Little Copper Pennies: Celebrating the Life of the Canadian One-Cent Piece (1858-2013) by Susan Harris (read 02/2016)

An Apple a Day: The Myths, Misconceptions and Truths About the Foods We Eat by Joe Schwarcz (read 10/2016)

Odyssey Illustrated Guide to China by Charis Chan

Madame Benoit's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Microwave Cooking (with a thorough vegetable section, compatible with all the Tupperware I have in my cupboards)

Singer Sewing Books:
Sewing Essentials
101 Sewing Secrets
Timesaving Sewing
The Perfect Fit

Teach Yourself Machine Piecing & Quilting by Debra Wanger

For Dad
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht (read before giving 05/2015)
Culture Shock: Britain (A Guide to Customs and Etiquette) by Terry Tan (read before giving 05/2015)
30 Great Runs in London by Chris Downham
Ancestral Castles of Scotland by Hugh Cantlie and Sampson Lloyd
New Millennium Collection's Malta (read before giving 05/2015)

For Danaya
Dressing Up for the Carnival by Carol Shields (short stories) (read before giving 06/2015)
Cloisters of Europe: Gardens of Prayer by Daniel Faure and Veronique Rouchon Mouilleron (read before giving 05/2015)