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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

I went book shopping...


On my day off I went to Chaucer's, my favorite local independent bookstore. Officially I was buying books for my school library (Color Purple, Bluest Eye, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Bean Trees, Red Pyramid, and Drought), but I couldn't help myself and bought three books for me as well:

 Recommended by Swapna at S. Krishna Books

 I found out about this one from the Women for Women International site (it's a group to which I donate)

 Recommended by Aths at Reading on a Rainy Day


9 comments:

  1. Sniffly KittyFebruary 23, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    Heh, it's always so hard to resist temptation o_0 it's a good thing I don't have this problem with shoes, clothing, and other accessories~~

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  2. AthiraFebruary 23, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    Yay! So glad to see Moloka'i there! I hope you enjoy it!

    I need to check out the other two books. Delhi is really looking interesting to me!

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  3. Bonnie JacobsFebruary 23, 2011 at 10:09 PM

    I think Moloka'i is a great book, but I am not as impressed with A Thousand Sisters.

    I'm glad you mentioned your independent bookstore. We need more of them, but this economy makes it hard for them to survive.

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  4. Helen's Book BlogFebruary 24, 2011 at 5:23 AM

    Sniffly--Don't even get me started with shoes and purses! :-)

    Aths--My problem is that I need summer vacation to happen now so that I can read all these wonderful books that are on my TBR shelves! Work and life just seem to get in the way of my reading...

    Bonnie--Chaucer's seems to be doing well. No matter when I go in it's full of people buying books. Bummer you didn't love A Thousand Sisters, let's hope I enjoy it

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  5. AmusedFebruary 24, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    Oh I've been wanting to read Delhi and Molokai - hope you like them!

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  6. BethFebruary 24, 2011 at 4:07 PM

    Buying books is like Christmas Day every time!

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  7. Helen's Book BlogFebruary 24, 2011 at 4:36 PM

    Amused--My problem is that I have too many books that I want to read immediately and there just isn't enough time. It does make me happy that you've heard good things about these two books as well

    Beth--It does feel like Christmas when I buy books, I am so glad that I'm not the only one!

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  8. Laura Kozy LanikFebruary 24, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    Loved Molokai. Enjoy!

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  9. Helen's Book BlogFebruary 24, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Booksnob--I am so glad you liked Moloka'i, I am looking forward to it

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