Last week, Trish and I went to to check out the Waterbury library. They were having a book sale. It was a dollar for a bag of books. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you see my book buying habits), it was the end of the sale and it was slim pickings. I did score two books though.
His Illegal Self by Peter Carey
&
Making Things Grow, A Practical Guide for the Indoor Gardener by Thalassa Cruso
I picked up the first book because I've seen it around at Borders or something, I'm sure. I'm a third in and it's ok. It's a good post Faulkner cleanser. There are parts where the narration gets annoying; it is as though Carey is trying really hard to be original but I just think he's being passive aggressive. The jacket says he's received the Booker Prize twice, and I'm guessing not for this book.
The second book I haven't started yet...I bought it in filling the void of always wanting house plants but never buying them thinking, what's-the-point-I-move-too-much-anyways. It comes with illustrations and upon skimming it, I found 2 dried up leaves someone pressed, yay! Apparently the author had a show on PBS; maybe I can find them and watch them...
The library in my town sucks. Which duh, it's a small town. But! They have magazines you can check out (Harpers, Atlantic, New Yorker, etc) so I plan on reading those.
PS: Went to Montpelier (fact: it is the smallest capital city in the US) last week, there were 3 book stores within a block, so exciting! More on that later...
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