This was not advertised much, but the big summer books sale of National is practically the mid-annual cut price booksale. There was no need this round to wait for mall sale to get the standard 20% discounts on imported books.
My loot:
1. Games of Thrones. Three things that attracted me:
--the reviews of the HBO miniseries
--the profile of GRRM at the New Yorker
--the cover with Boromir sitting in a throne made of swords
2. 50th anniversary edition of catch-22--i was caught by the offer of various essays about the book, included in the thick volume ive always wanted to read this since seeing several reviews putting it side by side with slaughterhouse five, which i love. so it goes.
3. brave new world, the cover was great. stiriking simplicity. also have been aiming to read since college.
4. 1984--always compared with brave new world, so i have to read them both, one after the other.
5. room--supposed to be innovative for a novel, and a page turner. decided to try, since seeing it in mass market paperback.currently reading; great opening
6-8. hunger games trilogy paper back. i'd like to read this thing before the movie with jennifer lawrence in it is released
9. immortal life of henrietta lacks--amazon's book of the year. was surprised to see this in mass paperback (usual price of 252 with discount). read it in 2 weeks. easy, informative read. Recommended.
Now, how will i find time to read all these?
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