Well, I find it interesting

I stopped by the second book sale this morning and looked at the goods for two hours. Found a few, as always. This is held twice a year at a church and they are always so nice.

And by demand here is what I brought in the house this weekend....

OK, a little explanation first of my haul. I’m always mainly looking for historical mysteries  -- and it ain’t easy. Apparently NO ONE else reads this sub-genre or never buys them and goes to the library or buys them and keeps them for ever and ever. I really wanted more Charles Todd or Paul Doherty as an example.

So then I was also looking for things that I’ve already read but wanted to own or I know I've owned in the past but where they are now I have no idea.... especially in the SFF category (Asimov, Kurtz, Eddings, Martin). So ultimately I picked up what I could find. And I decided it was the time to fill in on Anne Perry so there's quite a few here this time, especially the Monk series which I've enjoyed and mostly read from the library in the early days. And this symbol * indicates that I’ve already read it sometime in the past but I just wanted to have it or to have a better copy of it. And probably because I finished the Susan Hill book about books, I found I was in the mood for some classics.

Alexander, Lloyd

THE BLACK CAULDRON *

Asimov, Isaac

THE FOUNDATION TRILOGY *

THE CAVES OF STEEL *

FOUNDATIONS EDGE *

FORWARD THE FOUNDATION *

Beck, Glenn

THE OVERTON WINDOW

Bowen, Rhys

A ROYAL PAIN

Bradbury, Ray

THE ILLUSTRATED MAN *

Buckley, Fiona

THE FUGITIVE QUEEN *

THE DOUBLET AFFAIR *

Cleverly, Barbara

THE LAST KASHMIRI ROSE

Dickins, Charles

GREAT EXPECTIONS

DAVID COPPERFIELD

LITTLE DORRIT

Didion, Joan

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING

Doherty, Paul

THE POISONER OF PTAH

THE SEASON OF THE HYENA

Eddings, David 

CASTLE OF WIZARDRY *

QUEEN OF SORCERY *

PAWN OF PROPHECY *

MAGICIAN’S GAMBIT *

Emerson, Kathy Lynn

FACE DOWN BEFORE REBEL HOOVES *

Charles Finch

THE FLEET STREET MURDERS *

Fitzgerald, F Scott

THE GREAT GATSBY

Grace, C.L.

SAINTLY MURDERS

Hawke, Simon

A MYSTERY OF ERRORS

Herbert, Brian &  Kevin J Anderson

HOUSE CORRINO

Homer Hickam Jr  

OCTOBER SKY 

James, Henry

THE AMBASSADORS

Krentz, Jayne

WHITE LIES

Kurtz, Katherine

HIGH DERYNI *

DERYNI CHECKMATE *

SAINT CAMBER *

QUEST FOR SAINT CAMBER *

Liss, David

THE DEVIL’S COMPANY *

Lovesey, Peter

WAXWORK

Martin, George RR

A CLASH OF KINGS *

Mieville, China

THE CITY THE CITY

Mitchell, Margaret

GONE WITH THE WIND * (hardcover)

Pearl, Matthew

THE DANTE CLUB

Penman, Sharon Kay

LIONHEART

Perez-Reverte, Arturo

THE CLUB DUMAS

Perry Anne

FUNERAL IN BLUE *

SLAVES OF OBESSION *

DARK ASSASSIN *

THE TWISTED ROOT *

WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE *

THE SILENT CRY *

EXECUTION DOCK *

BREACH OF PROMSE *

THE FACE OF A STRANGER *

 NO GRAVES AS YET 

DEATH IN THE DEVIL’S ACRE *

HALF MOON STREET

BEDFORD SQUARE

LONG SPOON LANE

RESURRECTION ROW

SILENCE IN HANOVER CLOSE

BRUNSWICK GARDENS

SEVEN DIALS

Peters, Ellis

THE PILGRIM OF HATE *

Rankin, Ian

WITCH HUNT

Ross, Kate

A BROKEN VESSEL *

Rowe, Rosemary

THE VESTAL VANISHES

Todd, Charles

A MATTER OF JUSTICE

A LONG SHADOW

Trollope, Anthony

BARCHESTER TOWERS

Weir, Alison

HENRY VIII

Wharton, Edith

ETHAN FROME *

Misc.

SELECTIONS FROM THE TATLER AND THE SPECTATOR (Addison and Steele)

an old arithmetic book (1942)

So there it is. I wanted so much more. (sigh)

Much love,

PK the Bookeemonster