Still no Ringed Castle

A search of one more new and two more used bookshops did not turn up any copies. However, I was unable to resist purchasing...

Connie Brockway, All Through the Night. A romance novel recommended by, I think, coffee_and_ink and oyceter as being full of angst. The heroine is a society lady by day and a masked cat burglar by night. (No, I don't mean that she burgles cats-- I can't imagine that type of story having any angst at all, except perhaps for the cats.)

Andre Norton, Here Abide Monsters and an Ace double, Star Hunter and Voodoo Planet. I don't think I've read any of these yet, though I may have when I was young and have now forgotten.

Eve Titus, Basil of Baker Street. Sherlock Holmes as a mouse. I remember loving these as a kid.

E. B. White, The Second Tree from the Corner. An essay collection. The one I read in the store, about New Yorkers deciding whether or not to leave their city for fear of the Bomb, and the disproportionate fear experienced by people living way out in the countryside, seemed most relevant.

K. M. Peyton, So Once Was I aka A Pattern of Roses. YA ghost story.

Erich Kastner, Lottie and Lisa. A girl from Munich and a girl from Vienna exchange places. I bought this for the prospect of much local color.

Brian Patten, Mr. Moon's Last Case. British fantasy novel-- I'm sure I've heard of it before, but don't recall the context.

Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some instructions on writing and life. I've heard this was good.

Blade of the Immortal, book six: Dark Shadows. Manga by Hiroaki Samura. I keep failing to find book one, so I finally gave up and bought this one since it was there. A samurai story with gorgeous smudgy penciling, so I can ogle the art even if the plot, this far in, is incomprehensible. Besides, telophase keeps recommending it.

Sgt Frog, book one. Manga by Mine Yoshizaki. After a failed alien invasion, a single alien soldier is left behind. Since he looks just like a frog, he gets adopted by kids and continues plotting world domination from their bedroom.

I have no self-control when it comes to books. I should change the title of this journal to "One More Hit on the Crack Pipe."

Still no Ringed Castle

A search of one more new and two more used bookshops did not turn up any copies. However, I was unable to resist purchasing...

Connie Brockway, All Through the Night. A romance novel recommended by, I think, coffee_and_ink and oyceter as being full of angst. The heroine is a society lady by day and a masked cat burglar by night. (No, I don't mean that she burgles cats-- I can't imagine that type of story having any angst at all, except perhaps for the cats.)

Andre Norton, Here Abide Monsters and an Ace double, Star Hunter and Voodoo Planet. I don't think I've read any of these yet, though I may have when I was young and have now forgotten.

Eve Titus, Basil of Baker Street. Sherlock Holmes as a mouse. I remember loving these as a kid.

E. B. White, The Second Tree from the Corner. An essay collection. The one I read in the store, about New Yorkers deciding whether or not to leave their city for fear of the Bomb, and the disproportionate fear experienced by people living way out in the countryside, seemed most relevant.

K. M. Peyton, So Once Was I aka A Pattern of Roses. YA ghost story.

Erich Kastner, Lottie and Lisa. A girl from Munich and a girl from Vienna exchange places. I bought this for the prospect of much local color.

Brian Patten, Mr. Moon's Last Case. British fantasy novel-- I'm sure I've heard of it before, but don't recall the context.

Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some instructions on writing and life. I've heard this was good.

Blade of the Immortal, book six: Dark Shadows. Manga by Hiroaki Samura. I keep failing to find book one, so I finally gave up and bought this one since it was there. A samurai story with gorgeous smudgy penciling, so I can ogle the art even if the plot, this far in, is incomprehensible. Besides, telophase keeps recommending it.

Sgt Frog, book one. Manga by Mine Yoshizaki. After a failed alien invasion, a single alien soldier is left behind. Since he looks just like a frog, he gets adopted by kids and continues plotting world domination from their bedroom.

I have no self-control when it comes to books. I should change the title of this journal to "One More Hit on the Crack Pipe."