I have a little pile of books so I thought I’d share a photo of them. I haven’t done that in awhile.
From top to bottom:
- Rereading women : thirty years of exploring our literary traditions by Sandra M. Gilbert. This is a library book but after reading the introduction last night I might end up deciding to buy a copy for myself eventually. It was just published in 2011 and it seems I stumbled upon it at my library by accident though there is a little niggling feeling behind my right ear that suggests I may have seen it first on a blog. If the niggling feeling is right, I am sorry if it was your blog and I don’t remember.
- Lectures on Russian literature by Vladimir Nabokov. I’ve been enjoying his Lectures on Literature so much I decided to get his book on Russian lit too. This might end up being a reading project in 2013. Hey, it’s never too soon to plan ahead!
- The dyer’s hand, and other essays by W.H. Auden. The copy I am reading is from the library and has so many page points in it that the book is getting thicker and heavier. Now I have my own copy I can mark up the pages because this is a book that demands marginalia.
- Death comes to Pemberley by P.D. James. I thought about borrowing it from the library but there are so many people in line for it and Bookman wants to read it too, it made more sense to buy our own copy. I actually got this in late December but I think it deserves to be included in the photo.
- Here’s another I acquired in late December, James Joyce by Richard Ellmann. This is a huge book and will take awhile to get through. I hope to tackle it this year while my Ulysses experience is still fresh in my mind.
Bookman wants to go used book shopping this weekend so the pile might get added to. I’ll let you know! In the mean time, it is cold and horribly windy outside. A good evening to curl up with hot chocolate and a good book!
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I’d be interested to read your views on Death Comes to Pemberley once you get into it. My mother got a copy for Christmas, but I’m always a bit tetchy when the classics are drawn on in this way – I love the original too much. Perhaps I’ll stop being a snob and give it a try when she’s done!
Happy reading!
Looks like a really interesting book pile. I love the start of a new year, I always seem to have a pile to make my way through too
I can’t decide if I can wait for Death Comes to Pemberley in softcover or not, or get it from the library. It looks intriguing though, doesn’t it?
Funny you should show Ellman’s James Joyce biography, that popped in my head yesterday! So did his Oscar Wile one. You’ve made me add The Dyer’s Hand to my to-get list! lol You have some lovely books there, Stefanie. Enjoy reading them! I have to get back to Ulysses soon.
Any new stack is a great stack. Just picked up a couple of new ones myself at the B&N discount tables (including Sherlock Holmes…I’m in heaven). Am very interested in hearing your take on Death Comes to Pemberly.
What a terrific stack!
To my shame, I have never read any Joyce. [Horrors, I know!]
But I love a good biography.
If I were you, I’d reach to the bottom of that stack before the memory of Ulysses fades.
Lovely stack. I’m going thrifting tomorrow so might add a couple to my stacks here at home…
You’ve reminded me of how much I want Re-Reading Women! I saw it in a bookshop in Oxford over new year and so nearly bought it, but the £20+ price tag put me off. Now I wish I’d just taken the plunge. I loved The Mad Woman in the Attic when I read it as a student. Happy book shopping this weekend.
I want that Sandra Gilbert too! Oh dear, I can feel the urge to go and seek it out on amazon, if only to put it on my wish list. No, what am I saying, it MUST just go on the wish list and no further. Nabokov also very tempting……
Would love to hear more about your thoughts on “The dyer’s hand, and other essays”
I love to look at photos of books … lovely stack Stefanie, and plenty of good reading ahead. I’m intrigued by the Rereading women one and look forward to your comments on it one day.
I have Death at Pemberley too … hoped to read it when we were away last weekend but didn’t get to it. Perhaps I need some cold weather! (BTW My son had a lovely four days in your neck of the woods. A highlight was going ice-fishing I believe!)
I’ve been so disgustingly bad about buying new (or new to me anyway) books that your pile looks tame in comparison. I hope you find loads more when you go to the used bookstore so I can feel less guilty!
I want the Gilbert, too. Read it first so I know whether to wait or just give in (since I am so good at giving in) and get it now. And if it is as cold where you are as where I am–you might need more books to stay warm…
After reading some of your posts about The Dyer’s Hand, I finally located my copy. It has been years since I’ve read it, but it is well-loved. What a nice feeling to welcome an old friend back into the fold and to find as much joy in Auden’s approach to literature as I did years ago! After discovering it in a box that was never unpacked after our move two years ago, it now resides in the stack on the table by my reading chair where I can dip into the essays whenever I like.
Thanks for the reminder, Stefanie. Oh, and I’ve added Rereading Women to my wish list.
Oh, I absolutely love the sound of Rereading Women! I’m very much looking forward to your review of it.
cravingpages, I wouldn’t have gotten Death Comes to Pemberly if it was written by someone other than P.D. James. James loves Austen so I hoping she manages to do the book right.
Susan, I have my fingers crossed that Death Comes to Pemberly will be good. I hope you get back to Ulysses and enjoy it. It’s hard work but I think it is worth it! Enjoy Dyer’s Hand too!
Grad, those discount tables are dangerous
I’m hoping to get to Death Comes to Pemberly soon and I will let you know how it is!
Cipriano, heh all my talk about remember and forgetting lately, I should probably start at the bottom of the stack! I just have to clear the decks first so to speak.
wherethereisjoy, hope you enjoy the thrifting and find some good stuff!
Victoria, I’ve only read bits of Mad Woman in the Attic a long time ago and bits of No Man’s Land. I started reading Rereading Women and it is great and now, of course I am going to have to read all of Mad Woman for sure.
Litlove, oh you will like Rereading Women. It is so good!
Sigrun, I’ve been reading Dyer’s Hand in little drips, it is rich and wonderful. So wonderful I had to buy a copy for myself instead of continuing in my library copy.
Whisperinggums, it’s such a happy feeling to know there are so good books to look forward to. Rereading Women is so far quite good. I’m hoping to get to Death Comes to Pemberly soon, though you might beat me to it. So glad your son had a good time and even got to go ice fishing! That is one of several popular winter activities here. I’ve heard the ice is really good this year since we’ve had so little snow.
Danielle, it is not from lack of desire that the pile isn’t bigger. I’m trying to be more selective about books I buy, they should be ones I want to keep. Doesn’t always work but it helps limit purchases. Rereading Women so far is really good.
Jenclair, yay for finding your old copy of Dyer’s Hand! It is turning out to be such a wise book. I am sure I will keep it at hand even after I finish reading it and dip into it every now and then.
Nymeth, so far Rereading Women is excellent. I can almost guarantee you will like it a lot.
Yow know what? I bought Rereading Women – agh! But I’m really looking forward to it….
Bwahahahahaha!
I have read through part one of three and it is well worth the purchase. I think you will really like it.
I think Eva posted about Rereading Women a few months ago. I have it on my list too. I’m glad to hear that you’re enjoying it so much already!