Thursday, March 8, 2012
Books Bought March 1st
65) The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov - Paul Russell (new, paperback)
Where? Kenny's
Irish online bookseller offering "free" delivery and a fair to good selection of books? I possible replacement for my beloved book depository? We shall see.
Why?
I've already mentioned this one.
Paul Russell's (presumably somewhat fictionalized) biography of Vladimir Nabokov's younger brother, who lived in Europe during WWII and died in a concentration camp. I wasn't totally aware of how fixated I'd become on this one til it arrived in the office today and I shrieked and jumped up and down a little.
I have assured myself of Russell's literary chops, read up on the facts of Sergey's life, and suffered through Vladimir Nabokov's own book about estranged brothers.
I have never been so prepared to read a book.
The Damage: €13.50
Monday, March 5, 2012
The Amazing Scott Lynch Read-Along
So, since I've got the outrageous book-buying addiction under control (sort of, I've cut my spending a little and my buying no longer out paces my reading) I'm going to do more interesting things with this blog*.
As a first step I'll be participating in the Scott Lynch read along that's been organized by some great bloggers
Little Red Reviewer
Dark Cargo
MyAwfulReviews
Dark Cargo Explorer
"This spring, I invite you to join Dark Cargo, My Awful Reviews, @OhthatAshley posting at SF Signal, and Dark Cargo Explorer and Yours Truly on an epic journey through the elderglass towers, the corrupt marketplaces, the shark infested waters beneath the pirate ship fortresses, and the thief prowling alleys and bridges of Camorr. I invite you to join us on what could be the reading experience of your life. I invite you to join us on our read along of Scott Lynch’s debut novel The Lies of Locke Lamora, the unassuming looking fantasy novel that started cults, inspired restraining order style behavior, and quite possibly changed everyone’s ideas of dark fantasy and antiheroes. Don’t worry, we’ll be reading Red Seas Under Red Skies as well. Can’t have a summer without pirates, now can we?" - from Little Red Reviewer
For those who want to join in the reading plan is as follows
The read along kicked off at the weekend (I'm late posting because I was at P-Con) and to mark the occasion Scott Lynch himself posted some great information about the genesis of The Lies of Locke Lamora over at his livejournal
*not a guarantee
As a first step I'll be participating in the Scott Lynch read along that's been organized by some great bloggers
Little Red Reviewer
Dark Cargo
MyAwfulReviews
Dark Cargo Explorer
@ohthatashley at SF Signal
For those who want to join in the reading plan is as follows
Week 1- Read prologue thru end of Interlude called “Locke Stays for Dinner”. Discussion questions go out on March 8, posts go up on Saturday March 10
Week 2 – Read Chapter three thru end of Interlude called “The Boy who Cried for a Corpse”, Discussion questions go out on March 15 , posts go up on Saturday March 17.
Week 3 – Read Chapter five thru end of Interlude called “The Half Crown War”. Discussion questions go out on March 22, posts go up on Saturday March 24.
Week 4 – Read Chapter nine thru Interlude called “Orchids and Assassins”. Discussion questions go out March 29, posts go up on March 31
Week 5 – Read chapter 14 thru end of the book. Discussion questions go out April 5th, posts go up April 7th.
The read along kicked off at the weekend (I'm late posting because I was at P-Con) and to mark the occasion Scott Lynch himself posted some great information about the genesis of The Lies of Locke Lamora over at his livejournal
*not a guarantee
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Books Bought Feb 29th
63) The Real Life of Sebastian Knight - Vladimir Nabokov (new, paperback)
Where? Hodges Figgis
Why?
Okay, so, I really want to read Paul Russell's latest book, The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov.
About a month or so after deciding I wanted to read it, and checking if I could find it shelved locally (no), or digital w/out drm (no), I was working up to deciding who I'd order it from and realized that I already have a book by Paul Russell on shelf that I hadn't even started. So I made myself read it before I committed to buying any more books by him. In case I didn't like it. Save myself some money, savy?
So far so sensible. But while I was doing that I found the time to read the Lev Grossman article about Nabokov's younger brother, which inspired Russell to write The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov. (And it is really worth reading).
After that it became clear to me that to put it in the proper context I really ought to read Nabobov's own book about his brother first. It's just sensible.
Sensible, and illustrative of why I will never make it to the end of my reading list and will die a pauper, surrounded by paperbacks
The Damage: €15.10 (is that a sick price for a classic paperback or what?)
64) Grail - Elizabeth Bear (new, paperback)
Where? Hodges Figgis
I got HF to order this in for me. They send a text when the book comes in, which is better than being rung because I always miss the call and have to ring back.
Why?
Anyway, final book in Bear's Jacob Ladder series.
I think when I started reading Bear back in September I made some sort of deal with myself that I would not race through her backlist like some sort of demon bookslut but instead space them out slowly.
Aaaand in the intervening 6 months I have read 14 of her books. When I finish Grail I will only have one trilogy and her two stand alones left to finish her backlist and have to start waiting on her new publications (which, thank god, are frequent).
The Damage: €7.40
Total Spend: €584.79
Where? Hodges Figgis
Why?
Okay, so, I really want to read Paul Russell's latest book, The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov.
About a month or so after deciding I wanted to read it, and checking if I could find it shelved locally (no), or digital w/out drm (no), I was working up to deciding who I'd order it from and realized that I already have a book by Paul Russell on shelf that I hadn't even started. So I made myself read it before I committed to buying any more books by him. In case I didn't like it. Save myself some money, savy?
So far so sensible. But while I was doing that I found the time to read the Lev Grossman article about Nabokov's younger brother, which inspired Russell to write The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov. (And it is really worth reading).
After that it became clear to me that to put it in the proper context I really ought to read Nabobov's own book about his brother first. It's just sensible.
Sensible, and illustrative of why I will never make it to the end of my reading list and will die a pauper, surrounded by paperbacks
The Damage: €15.10 (is that a sick price for a classic paperback or what?)
64) Grail - Elizabeth Bear (new, paperback)
Where? Hodges Figgis
I got HF to order this in for me. They send a text when the book comes in, which is better than being rung because I always miss the call and have to ring back.
Why?
Anyway, final book in Bear's Jacob Ladder series.
I think when I started reading Bear back in September I made some sort of deal with myself that I would not race through her backlist like some sort of demon bookslut but instead space them out slowly.
Aaaand in the intervening 6 months I have read 14 of her books. When I finish Grail I will only have one trilogy and her two stand alones left to finish her backlist and have to start waiting on her new publications (which, thank god, are frequent).
The Damage: €7.40
Total Spend: €584.79
Books Bought Feb 17th
61) Embassytown - China Miéville (new, paperback)
Where? Chapters
Why?
I love China Miéville. He's intelligent and articulate, I'm always happy to read an interview with him, or watch a youtube video of him speaking. I just havn't actually read any of his books.
I'm trying to think of a less lazy sounding way to say that I haven't read any of his books because they seem like they'd be a lot of hard work. But, yeah, they do sort of scream hardwork.
Quite why I decided to finally start out with his first book that is straight up sf rather than fantasy when hard-work-sf is one of my least favourite sub genres is a little mystifying. But I read somewhere that Embassytown is partially a responce to The Sparrow, so that could hold my attention, right?
The Damage: €10.05
62) Children of God - Mary Doria Russell (used,paperback)
Where? Chapters
Why?
I did really love The Sparrow.
Sequel time.
The Damage: €4.99
Where? Chapters
Why?
I love China Miéville. He's intelligent and articulate, I'm always happy to read an interview with him, or watch a youtube video of him speaking. I just havn't actually read any of his books.
I'm trying to think of a less lazy sounding way to say that I haven't read any of his books because they seem like they'd be a lot of hard work. But, yeah, they do sort of scream hardwork.
Quite why I decided to finally start out with his first book that is straight up sf rather than fantasy when hard-work-sf is one of my least favourite sub genres is a little mystifying. But I read somewhere that Embassytown is partially a responce to The Sparrow, so that could hold my attention, right?
The Damage: €10.05
62) Children of God - Mary Doria Russell (used,paperback)
Where? Chapters
Why?
I did really love The Sparrow.
Sequel time.
The Damage: €4.99
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Books Bought Feb 14th (cntd)
60) The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land - Diana Wynne Jones (used, hb)
Where? eBay
Why did I never think of buying used books on eBay before? It's so obvious,
Why?
I notionally writing a fantasy novel. By this what I of course mean is that I am not at all writing a fantasy novel, but am occasionally putting some mental work into making my fantasy world 'go.' That 'aha' moment I get when something clicks into place and another aspect of the geography/culture/politics goes from not making any sense to making a little bit of sense is very satisfying.
Diana Wynne Jones is another one of those writers who I should feel properly ashamed for never having read before.
Oh look, synergy.
The Damage: €7.27
Where? eBay
Why did I never think of buying used books on eBay before? It's so obvious,
Why?
I notionally writing a fantasy novel. By this what I of course mean is that I am not at all writing a fantasy novel, but am occasionally putting some mental work into making my fantasy world 'go.' That 'aha' moment I get when something clicks into place and another aspect of the geography/culture/politics goes from not making any sense to making a little bit of sense is very satisfying.
Diana Wynne Jones is another one of those writers who I should feel properly ashamed for never having read before.
Oh look, synergy.
The Damage: €7.27
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Books Bought Feb 14th
59) The Magician King - Lev Grossman (new. trade paperback)
Where? Hodges Figgis
Why?
Uck, did I really just cave in to the madness and buy a large format papaerback. More fool me.
I really loved The Magicians, but I was totally intent on waiting for The Magician King in mass market paperback.
After two circuits of the bookshop and no sign of anything else I wanted I caved.
The Damage: €15.10 (Why do Hodges Figgis charge such strange prices? This is information I need).
Total Spend: €539.98
Where? Hodges Figgis
Why?
Uck, did I really just cave in to the madness and buy a large format papaerback. More fool me.
I really loved The Magicians, but I was totally intent on waiting for The Magician King in mass market paperback.
After two circuits of the bookshop and no sign of anything else I wanted I caved.
The Damage: €15.10 (Why do Hodges Figgis charge such strange prices? This is information I need).
Total Spend: €539.98
Books Bought Feb 11th
58) Tamburlaine must die - Louise Welsh (used, hardback)
Where? Chapters
Why?
This was a Saturday, and I was suffering under the notion that I was going to have to go into work eventually to do final prep for our audit on Monday. But at least being a Saturday I didn't have to be go in in the morning, I think I ended up working 4pm - 8pm, which is when I'm at my most awake and productive.
Anyway the audit hanging over me like a cloud raining anxiety and terror I needed a book to calm me down.
Most specifically, I need a short, junky, book I could read in one sitting before going to work.
This is also part of my slow progress through every modern fictionalized portrayal of Christopher Marlowe.
It was terrible.
The Damage: €4.99
Where? Chapters
Why?
This was a Saturday, and I was suffering under the notion that I was going to have to go into work eventually to do final prep for our audit on Monday. But at least being a Saturday I didn't have to be go in in the morning, I think I ended up working 4pm - 8pm, which is when I'm at my most awake and productive.
Anyway the audit hanging over me like a cloud raining anxiety and terror I needed a book to calm me down.
Most specifically, I need a short, junky, book I could read in one sitting before going to work.
This is also part of my slow progress through every modern fictionalized portrayal of Christopher Marlowe.
It was terrible.
The Damage: €4.99
Monday, February 13, 2012
Interlude - The book buying habits of Americans
Verso advertising have released a presentation of their study on book buying habits, which is nice because I've found it difficult in the past to find stats on how many books an average person buys per year.
The survey describes an 'avid book-buyer' as one who has bought at least 10 books in the past twelve months.
I wonder how they'd describe my book buying habit.
You can view the presentation here : http://www.versoadvertising.com/DBWsurvey2012/
The survey describes an 'avid book-buyer' as one who has bought at least 10 books in the past twelve months.
I wonder how they'd describe my book buying habit.
You can view the presentation here : http://www.versoadvertising.com/DBWsurvey2012/
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Books Bought Feb 4th 2012
57) The German - Lee Thomas
Where? Weightless Books
Weightless books is another awesome little ebook site specialising in independent presses. Some good spec fiction, periodicals, etc. Has a lot of the ugly I now assosiate with small ecommerce sites too unfortunatly.
You're able to redownload your purchases in any of their available formats, which is both cool and sensible. Why can't all of my life be this simple?
Oh and it's drm-free, as all the ebooks I buy are.
Why?
The German was on Gemma Files 2011 reading list. She said of it, "this is a darkness in the hearts of men and at the edge of town story about every type of Othering, and really begs to be read widely."
Sounds good to me.
The Damage: €6.25
Where? Weightless Books
Weightless books is another awesome little ebook site specialising in independent presses. Some good spec fiction, periodicals, etc. Has a lot of the ugly I now assosiate with small ecommerce sites too unfortunatly.
You're able to redownload your purchases in any of their available formats, which is both cool and sensible. Why can't all of my life be this simple?
Oh and it's drm-free, as all the ebooks I buy are.
Why?
The German was on Gemma Files 2011 reading list. She said of it, "this is a darkness in the hearts of men and at the edge of town story about every type of Othering, and really begs to be read widely."
Sounds good to me.
The Damage: €6.25
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Pay Day Books Buying Bonanza
52) Chill - Elizabeth Bear (paperback, new)
Where? Hodges Figgis
Why?
Sequel to a book I read and enjoyed.
As an aside, the buyer for Hodges Figgis's Science Fiction section is an absolute god. There is so much there that I cannot find on shelf anywhere else in Ireland, including plenty of imports, and not just from the big six, small press stuff as well. It is sometimes hard not to buy all the things purely as a thank you for stocking them.
So pleased am I with the selection that I am trying not to make a big thing about the fact that they have two copies of Chill, which is the second book in Bear's Jacob Ladder series and no copies of the first or final book.
The Damage: €6.90
53) The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller (hardback, new)
Where? Hodges Figgis
Why?
Heard about this on The Guardian Books Podcast (because I'm fancy) a few months ago. Sounded worth checking out.
It's a retelling of the Illiad.
I had a picture book full of (I suppose) Greek myths when I was a kid. All I remember of it was Achilles dragging Hector's corpse around behind his chariot, which I guess was rendered with suitable gore to have made such a lasting impression. Man I wish I could get my hands on that book again. I don't think books for kids these days are nearly as violent as they oughta be.
This was also available in trade paperback for about €5 less but I turned my nose up despite the price differential. Have I ranted about large format paperbacks already? Here's the shortened version.
They have all the awkwardness off a hardback, combined with the flimsy impermanence of a paperback. They are ridiculous and should not exist.
The Damage: €23.90 (I think, I've lost the receipt and it didn't have a sticker, it was definitely 23 something)
But, for the first time in my life I managed to fill a Hodges Figgis discount card without losing it first (they are specially designed to be too big for your wallet, and so get lost in handbags). So that's a €10 discount on all that.
54) Worldwired - Elizabeth Bear (used paperback)
Where? Chapters
Why?
Okay, so this is the final book in a trilogy. I bought the first book in my big Massachusetts binge, but have yet to read it.
But I've been eying this up in Chapters for months now and growing ever more paranoid that someone will steal this bargain away from me before I'm sure I want it. The precious.
And this is exactly the sort of weird compulsive behaviour that this blog is supposed to be helping me curb.
The Damage: €3.99
55) The Last Colony - John Scalzi (used paperback)
Where? Chapters
Why?
Third book in Scalzi's Old Man's War series which has been reliable popcorn scifi so far.
The Damage: €3.99
56) Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
Where? Chapters
Why?
I was in the R section looking (somewhat optimistically) for The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov ,which I suspect I'm going to have to order online.
I'm not entirely sure where I heard of Sparrow, but it was on my to-read list, so I guess I musta had my reasons. Am I interested in space Jesuits? I suppose I'll find out.
The Damage: €7.99
Total Spend: €513.64
Where? Hodges Figgis
Why?
Sequel to a book I read and enjoyed.
As an aside, the buyer for Hodges Figgis's Science Fiction section is an absolute god. There is so much there that I cannot find on shelf anywhere else in Ireland, including plenty of imports, and not just from the big six, small press stuff as well. It is sometimes hard not to buy all the things purely as a thank you for stocking them.
So pleased am I with the selection that I am trying not to make a big thing about the fact that they have two copies of Chill, which is the second book in Bear's Jacob Ladder series and no copies of the first or final book.
The Damage: €6.90
53) The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller (hardback, new)
Where? Hodges Figgis
Why?
Heard about this on The Guardian Books Podcast (because I'm fancy) a few months ago. Sounded worth checking out.
It's a retelling of the Illiad.
I had a picture book full of (I suppose) Greek myths when I was a kid. All I remember of it was Achilles dragging Hector's corpse around behind his chariot, which I guess was rendered with suitable gore to have made such a lasting impression. Man I wish I could get my hands on that book again. I don't think books for kids these days are nearly as violent as they oughta be.
This was also available in trade paperback for about €5 less but I turned my nose up despite the price differential. Have I ranted about large format paperbacks already? Here's the shortened version.
They have all the awkwardness off a hardback, combined with the flimsy impermanence of a paperback. They are ridiculous and should not exist.
The Damage: €23.90 (I think, I've lost the receipt and it didn't have a sticker, it was definitely 23 something)
But, for the first time in my life I managed to fill a Hodges Figgis discount card without losing it first (they are specially designed to be too big for your wallet, and so get lost in handbags). So that's a €10 discount on all that.
54) Worldwired - Elizabeth Bear (used paperback)
Where? Chapters
Why?
Okay, so this is the final book in a trilogy. I bought the first book in my big Massachusetts binge, but have yet to read it.
But I've been eying this up in Chapters for months now and growing ever more paranoid that someone will steal this bargain away from me before I'm sure I want it. The precious.
And this is exactly the sort of weird compulsive behaviour that this blog is supposed to be helping me curb.
The Damage: €3.99
55) The Last Colony - John Scalzi (used paperback)
Where? Chapters
Why?
Third book in Scalzi's Old Man's War series which has been reliable popcorn scifi so far.
The Damage: €3.99
56) Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
Where? Chapters
Why?
I was in the R section looking (somewhat optimistically) for The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov ,which I suspect I'm going to have to order online.
I'm not entirely sure where I heard of Sparrow, but it was on my to-read list, so I guess I musta had my reasons. Am I interested in space Jesuits? I suppose I'll find out.
The Damage: €7.99
Total Spend: €513.64
Books Bought Jan15th 2012
51) Family Values - Wendy Cope (hardback, used)
Where? Chapters
Why? I have Cope's previous three collections in paperback, I had intended to wait until this was out in paperback too so it could sit nicely with them and by other Faber & Faber books in the poetry section. But that was taking ages, so I said, fuck it.
Looking upon my bookshelves now I regret this rash action.
The Damage: €8.99
Where? Chapters
Why? I have Cope's previous three collections in paperback, I had intended to wait until this was out in paperback too so it could sit nicely with them and by other Faber & Faber books in the poetry section. But that was taking ages, so I said, fuck it.
Looking upon my bookshelves now I regret this rash action.
The Damage: €8.99
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Books Bought Jan 8th (cntd)
50) Bad Science - Ben Goldacre
Where? Oxfam Books
Why?
This is the classic example of a book I don't need to buy. The sort I started this blog to discourage myself from buying.
No disrespect to Goldacre, I see him on youtube, I sometimes read his column, I glance at his website, I agree with him. He's right about things. That's just it, I don't need to be reading his book. I already know what he's about and I'm on board. My scientific knowledge isn't stellar, but I have leaving cert physics and moreover I took two courses in the philosophy of science in college, so I can correctly identify the scientific method and identify junk science well enough for lay purposes. I do not need to read this book. I certainly don't need to own it.
So why did I buy it? Boredom and naked consumerism? Bad Kate.
At least it's a charity shop.
The Damage: €5
Total Spend: €467.88
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Books Bought Jan 8th
48) Empire State - Adam Christopher - epub
Where? Angry Robot Books
Why? I continue to read ebooks on my laptop like some sort of dinosaure. Angry Robot Books ticks all the lovely DRM free, region free boxes, accepts paypal, generally offers a seamless purchasing expereance, and seems to be generating a little bit of buzz about it.
As does Empire State itself, it's my book club's unofficial alt pick for this month, so though I already have enough reading material to get me to at least March I've gotten my credit card out again.
It's stuff I need.
The Damage: €5.60
Monday, January 2, 2012
Books Bought in Massachusetts Dec 2011
I almost called this post Books Bought in Boston, but looking over the list again I realized that only one of the books had actually been bought in the city of Boston. Since the Boarders closed down there are no major bookstores in Boston's Downtown crossing area where I usually do most of my post Christmas shopping. Barnes & Noble's store there closed back in 2006. This is especially hard on my dad, who prefers to hang out in bookshops while the ladies in the family hunted bargains at Maceys.
Both properties are currently vacant, as is the massive building formerly occupied by Filenes Basement. The record store Fye's is having a closing down sale. Fye's actually replaced an (I think) independent record store Stawberries, where I got the only music recommendation I have ever got in a record store from a clerk who, seeing I was buying a stack of Ani Difranco cds, said I should check out Dar Williams. Good advice that.
Anyway, all this to say that Downtown Crossing has become grim and depressing, so I mostly hung out in Cambridge and consented to being driven to malls this year.
40) Mystery of Grace - Charles De Lint (new, pb)
42) The Sea thy Mistress - Elizabeth Bear (new, pb)
Where? Barnes & Nobel, Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington, MA
The location of this shop epitomises the thing about America I loath the most, namely that it so often a country for cars, not people. On one side of the Middlesex Turnpike is the Burlington Mall, which is quite a good mall, my mum and my sister are always keen to visit it, on the other side in a nice big B&N. There is no possible way to walk from one to the other. No overpass, no underpass, not even a piddling cross walk. There isn't even a reasonable way to take you life into your own hands and just peg it across the road.
So after two hours of shopping in the mall I got my dad to drive me over, he napped in the car for an hour and a half and then we drove back to the mall to pick up my mum and sister. This is stupid.
Why? I felt like I'd heard of De Lint before but couldn't remember anything specific, so this was more or less a whim.
Not only have I already read The Bone Key before, I already own a copy. But the new edition has a new intro plus story notes (I love story notes) and beautiful new cover art. Also, I got the first edition second hand, which is no good to Monette, and I love her so, money meet mouth.
My mission to own all of Elizabeth Bears books continues. Mistress is the third book in the Edda of the Burdens series. I'm missing the 2nd books, one of the things I've learned about shopping for series in meatspace is that shops will not stock them in order. Buy when you see them. Put them together later.
The Damage: €29.53
Where? The Harvard Bookstore
Which is an absolutely lovely shop, just stuffed full of books enough to be cozy without being cramped. Good selection of used books in the basement.
Why?
This is a twofer, after loving Under the Poppy I'm keen to read more of Koja's stuff, this also falls into my plan to read more horror.
The Damage: €5.80
44) Hammered - Elizabeth Bear (new, pb, signed)
45) Dust - Elizabeth Bear (new, pb)
46) By the Mountain Bound - Elizabeth Bear (new, pb, signed)
47) Among Others - Jo Walton (new, hb)
Where? Pandemonium Books & Games, Cambridge, MA
This is an absolutely lovely small shop just of Mass ave, very close to central station on the red line. When I was in there was a guy explaining to a group of people at a table in the middle of the shop how to play a card game, a little kid rooting through a box of cards, and on old man buying about $100 worth of vampire books to be shipped to California talking the clerks ear off about Anne Rice.
Why? Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette did a signing here in November, so I figured it would be a good place to fill in some of the gaps in my collection. I had to restrain myself from buying everything she's ever written, repeating "you can only bring home 23kg" over and over.
The Walton book was a bit of a fuck up, since it's out in paperback, this is what happens wen I'm in a shop without wifi.
The Damage: €38.60
48) Enter, Night - Michael Rowe (pb, new)
Where? Barnes & Nobel, Prudential Centre, Boston, MA
Why?
Stopped in here with my dad on the way back from the MFA. I don't know much about Michael Rowe, other than that he's a gay horror and non-fiction writer and I caught a good video of him and Gemma Files talking about queer horror. Twilight notwithstanding, I like vampire books.
The Damage: €13.11
Total Spend in Massachusetts: €87.04
Total Spend: €457.28
Books Bought Dec 23rd
39) Kick-Ass - Mark Millar (pb, new)
Where? Hodges Figgis
Why?
I was picking up some last minute gifts and thew this in for myself so that I'd have something lightweight to flip through while I was home for the holidays.
The Damage: €16.35
Books Bought Dec 18th
37) Gender Outlaw - Kate Bornstein (pb used)
Where? Oxfam Books
Why?
Oh gender. Gender gender gender. Most of the half arsed reading I've done on this area has come from second wave femisim and doesn't really address transgendered issues at all and the framework I tend to come at it from is somewhat simplistic. More reading required.
The Damage: €4
Total Spend: €370.24
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