Kevin's Watch

Just finished a short story collection by Jhumpa Lahiri, and have started in on "Boudica" by Vanessa Collingridge.

I picked up the first three books in the "Outlander" series at the used bookstore today, so those will be next on my list, I think....

Spinors in Hilbert Space : P.A.M Dirac

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirac_equation

Just started William P. Young's The Shack about a guy who spends a weekend talking to God . Wish me luck!

Just finished the novel of Let The Right One In, upon which the movie is based. The two are remarkably faithful to one another, save that some details would have left the flick with an NC17 rating (!) I highly recommend it.

Every once in a while I look for books in second-hand shops like Oxfam, Heart Foundation, Cat Protection League, etc...the other day I stumbled across Poul Anderson, the Three Hearts and Three Lions. This book was published in 1974 by sphere, and at that time cost 35p, a dollar fifty in Canada. It was in mint condition and I paid £1.29, and although it smelled a little bit musty, the cover(I'm sure is illustrated by Patrick Woodruff) had that powdery feel to it. [Wow! 34 years old]

It's also an enjoyable read.
I just thought I'd share this with you!

Last time I came home from London (after being there a year) I had to ship two very large boxes of books back thanks to the myriad of London charity shops. The shipping probably cost me more than every book put together.

--A

Avatar wrote: Last time I came home from London (after being there a year) I had to ship two very large boxes of books back thanks to the myriad of London charity shops. The shipping probably cost me more than every book put together.

--A

I feel your pain, Av. For years I moved my books myself, even when I hired movers, to save the cost. I severely downsized the collection about ten years ago. Had the collection down to just two folding bookcases (well, not counting the cookbooks). Stayed that way for quite awhile. Then I started buying mythology, and, well, now I need another bookcase. Maybe two.

I have no idea what I am going to do with all of my books when I move to London March next year. I have in excess of a thousand, and I buy heaps each month. My parents want to store them for me, but the issue is that I have no idea which ones to take with me. And if I do, it will be expensive. The best idea is to not take a thing with me, and start afresh.

But let your parents store them for you at least.

Yeah Ali...I have book storage probs too...probably have at least 20 cartons of them in storage. And not enough shelf-space for the ones not in storage. Last time I checked I had about 3,000 books, and that was a few years ago. Can't get rid of them though...have this weird block...still even have my childrens books.

--A

I would have more - around three to four thousand, but I gave so many books away back in 2001, strangely.

speaking of books....what are you going to do with all of mine, mum, when you move? If your answer is 'get rid of them' know that I'll never speak to you again.

a book about the 1975 ws. (bos vs cin)

Harlan Coben's The Woods.

not sure if i like it yet, but it is holding my interest, which is a good sign.

magickmaker17 wrote:speaking of books....what are you going to do with all of mine, mum, when you move? If your answer is 'get rid of them' know that I'll never speak to you again.

...hmm...how to answer, how to answer...

Depends partly on timing. And the size of the place we end up getting. (It's not just the books, y'know...) First, let's get Batty graduated, and Grandma's place sold, and we'll see where we are. But no, I'm not going to do what Auntie Kim's parents did to her when they left Indiana for Florida (i.e., sold all her childhood stuff at a yard sale while she was away at college).

lorin wrote:Harlan Coben's The Woods.

not sure if i like it yet, but it is holding my interest, which is a good sign.

blech don't waste your time.....

I hate hating a book

Just finished The Stories of John Cheever, which was terribly long but each story in its own small way was incredibly lovely. I'm now getting through Saul Bellow's Herzog, a deserved masterpiece.

some marvel civil war graphic novels

captain america just surrended

Finished PATHS OF EXILE Friday. It's a historical about the 7th century kingdoms of Britain, specifically in the Yorkshire area. I didn't intend to review it, but I had too much to say for just an entry in my blog.

Recent outstanding reads:
THE READER by Bernhard Schlink. Very human look at tangles of ethics in Germany after WWII.
THRONES, DOMINATIONS. Dorothy Sayers left this unfinished when she died, and it was finally finished and issued 60 years later. Very strong on character, dialogue, and 1930s London society.
AMONG THE MAD, the new Maisie Dobbs mystery. Someone recently described Maisie as a profiler, which is a pretty good interpretation even though the books are set around 1930.

When I've done enough work for the weekend I'll go back to John Maddox Roberts' ORACLES OF THE DEAD, latest of a mystery series set in the Italy of Caesar.

Reading Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Alexander trilogy again. Not bad, but the dialogue is pretty stilted...I assume it lost something in the translation from Italian.

--A

They ought to have gotten Xar to do the translation.