I present to you my new old books: To Kill a Mockinbird, Last Exit to Normal, Brutal, A Room With a View, The Hunger Games, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Dune, Of Human Bondage, Robinson Crusoe, The Witching Hour, The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Ghostgirl which is not in this photo because my youngest daughter was reading it.
I knew all of the book titles except for Brutal, however it is by Michael Harmon, whom also wrote The Last Exit to Normal which makes it easier for me to bring it home.
The Robinson Crusoe edition is printed on these wonderfully thick and nice to the touch pages.
To Kill a Mockingbird is the 35th anniversary edition (1995).
The Hunger Games is 1st edition (October 2008) print.
Dune is a 25th anniversary edition (September 1990).
Here is how they look in our library area.
My Who poster is from one of the most incredible concerts that I've ever attended:
The Who at The Tampa Stadium in July 29, 1989!
Some old family pictures, my LPs, cds, my Sargent Pepper figurines, many of my girls and my niece's school projects and a black and white photo (from my friend Judith) from some part in England (Not Stonehenge) are also around.
This one I haven't read before and for that reason was my first choice.
I can related to Arnold Junior Spirit problematic issues; since I grew up in two different countries, had lived in many cities, with many types of people of many kinds of social economic background and lots of different ethnic backgrounds and I as well have had to deal with racism and with issues of multi-race.
This is the view from my kitchen window, our back and front yards have been adopted by these two well kept and sweet cats without hats.
I think that they are fed by someone in the neighborhood and then spend the rest of the day between my next door neighbor and us.
We are all allergic to cats and dogs so this is as close as I can get without having to drag the tissues out of the closet.
They like to hang under a tree during the hotest part of the day.
Have a great week.
Carinos,
36 comments:
nice selection of books, and the library area looks cozy.
some of the benefits of having cats without the allergic reactions? win, win :)
Dune is one of my all-time favorite
books :)
Those cats are sooo cute!
Divers and Sundry, yes its a win, win!
Tilda, I must confess that I didn't finished reading it back in the late 80's; now is my time to redeem myself and finish reading it.
Nice to see your blog again! I just happened to catch you!
I love books, but like you, I have passed them on and only buy used ones now and pass them on as soon as I finish. I've read to Kill a Mockingbird lately, and what a great book. One of my all-time-bests!
Looks like you've got some great books there Ofelia! And those cats are adorable, glad they're making themselves home in the neighbourhood. Have a lovely week!
I like the cosy inviting look of your library area. You got some good looking books there. 'The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian' sounds intriguing and would be my first choice too.
I'm ashamed to say I have only read The Catcher in the Rye, but I have seen the Unbearable Lightness of Being and Room with a View is one of my favourite films. xxx
Hi Paula and welcome back from your vacation.
I'm looking forward to read to Kill a Mockingbird again.
Emalina, I'll be re-reading most of these ones again once I finished with The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian.
Fleckleface, its an easy read and I find myself often relating to the character struggles.
I've read several of your picks. But I need to get that Anne Rice. It's been a while since I read her.
Judy, I'm with regarding Ann Rice. the last time that I read her books was in the 90's.
What a fabulous library area! I'm ashamed to show mine, it's just pile and piles and piles of dusty publications with goodness-knows-what hidden between the covers!
I've read To Kill a Mockingbird, A Room With a View, Of Human Bondage, Robinson Crusoe, The Unbearable Lightness of Being but the others are all new to me, I've tried with Anne Rice but just don't enjoy her style. xxx
I've only read two of those titles and one if my all time fave (I'm sure you can guess which one!). I'm keen to hear what you think of them, Ofelia! Sarah xxx
Nice selection of books, I need to find time to read more :)
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Great books for your collection!! You saw The Who in Tampa?? You still here? Then you should pop over to an art show I'm hosting in Seminole Heights next Saturday!!! It'd be fun to see another blogger :)
Leer es tambien uno de mis pasatiempos favoritos, tengo libros guardados por todos los rincones de la casa, algunos son verdaderos tesoros para mi. Gracias por este post, es pura inspiración para una tarde de domingo y una buena taza de té.
Hi my dear-a lovely selection of books and I love your photos of the cats, they are so cute! Have a great week xxx
Vix, it took me a long time to organize this area, especially because I didn't want to pay a lot of money for bookcases.
I read Ann Rice back in the 90's, I'm not really a fan but my youngest daughter is.
Sarah, To Kill A Mockingbird? A Room With A View? The suspense is killing me!
Claire, its hard to find time to read especially when you have small kids.
Sacramento, voy a tratar de no dejarte otra vez!
Besitos,
PinkCheetahVintage, thank you so much for the invitation but I'm now in South Florida.
I'll love to meet you later on the year when I visit The Dali Museum.
Rosy, para mi una buena taza de cafe con azucar morena.
Sharon, I love the cats too! They were hanging in front of my car this morning.
These are great selections Ofelia. My friend told me about the .. The Absolute Diary of a Part-time Indian book .. I want to read that one. Definitely can relate to your background. Thanks for sharing your collection.
I could get lost in your room with all of those amazing books!!!! Btw, you got to see The Who back in 89?! LUCKY!!!!!! I was pregnant with my oldest that year so I missed a lot of great shows- she was worth it, though :)
Your cats are so sweet!
Madison, I'll let you what I think of it when I finished (so far I'm relating to it, completely).
Wendy, our babies are always worth skipping any rock show!
It was one of the best concerts ever, John Entwistle was still alive and kicking and Roger Daltrey was still gorgeous!
Aw kitties! I'd like to know what you think of, "The Witching Hour," I just couldn't get through it, but because it's Anne Rice, I'm thinking about giving it another try.
Hi Jude, I'm going to try to finish the Witching Hour, but I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do so!
I've tried reading Ann Rice books before but I never finished them.
A bit too creepy and descriptive.
You make me feel like trying the booling ! There is one near my house and I really have to go there !
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Aww that's too bad you're allergic to the cats, they look so cute and cuddly. Free books are awesome. My book collection is pretty big too, I have a hard time parting with books. I think I need a room thats a dedicated library!!
Luna, you should give bowling a try is just a fun thing to do with lots of people and lots of greasy foods.
Emmett Katherine, I had bookcases all over the rooms and the living before I was able to get an area just for them.
We all are allergic to cats which makes these ones so adorable because they are part of our lives from far.
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