*Happy Dance, Happy Dance*

I got books!!

I finally had an opportunity to sneak out sans toddler to the second hand bookstore that I absolutely love! It’s not easy because it’s not the kind of place I can bring her too without her wreaking havoc in the store, and they have this frustrating knack of being closed the scarce times that I actually have a little money to spend and my husband is home to watch her.

I had tried going over Labour Day weekend, but alas, they were closed. Not so this weekend. The planets finally all aligned for me and I was able to spend a couple hours perusing the overflowing shelves of Sunrise Books at long last. I love the smell of old books, they really need to market it as a room spray or maybe as a perfume by that company who makes scents of odd smells, like Playdoh and dirt.

Here are my spoils:

I’ve been craving Sci-fi lately. I’m a fan of the genre, but so much out there is absolutely dreadful, that I tend to rely on the recommendations of respected peers. Both Transfrmr and Tah had urged me to read the Xanth series by Piers Anthony, so that was the main goal of my outing.

Ideally, I’d rather start with the first book of the series, but since this is a second hand shop, I had to make do with what was there. I picked up two Xanth books: Crewel Lye, and Centaur Aisle. I also grabbed another Anthony title - Gods of Tarot. I haven’t read them yet, so no opinions at the moment.

These aren’t terrible, but I can’t tell you how many times I look at the covers of Fantasy/Sci-Fi books and have an overwhelming urge to redesign them.

I love the cover of this one. It’s so cheesy 70’s. It reminds me of disco roller skating rinks and those rainbow striped knee socks with the toes in them. Those socks creeped me right out.

Keeping on the Sci-fi theme, I also picked up a favorite author of mine - Phillip K. Dick. I’ve read almost all his books, but the one that keeps eluding me, oddly enough, is Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Yes, the one Blade Runner was based on. The one that is arguably his best known novel. For some strange reason, it’s never in the bookstores when I’m looking for it, and I have yet to find it even in the library. Well, no more! I finally found it. They actually had three copies of it.

I read it last night. Let’s just say that it would be more accurate to say the movie was “inspired” by the book as opposed to being based on it, lol. Not that I would let that little fact ever diminish my love for the film.

I also picked up a copy of Under the Net by Iris Murdoch, one of my favorite authors:

and Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence:

This should keep me satisfied for maybe a week.