Ru

Page 52, sentence 5.

I positioned myself behind her to eavesdrop on her father's conversations with his tennis partners at tea time.

Kim Thúy
Ru

Wolfwatching

Page 52, sentence 5.

The fool of prophecy, nightlong, daylong
Out of a waste lot brings deliverance.

Ted Hughes
Wolfwatching

November 2020

BOOKS ACQUIRED

57. The Looking-Glass War / A Small Town In Germany, John Le Carré. ISBN 0-7064-3061-1. (1987, William Heinemann Limited / Martin Secker And Warburg Limited / Octopus Books Limited). 2020.11.18
58. The Pigeon Tunnel, John Le Carré. ISBN 978-0-7352-2077-5. (2016, Viking / Penguin Random House LLC). 2020.11.19

BOOKS READ

54. Roger Fenton (Aperture Masters Of Photography #4), Roger Fenton. ISBN 0-89381-271-4. (1987, Aperture Foundation Inc.). 2020.11.29
55. Wolfwatching, Ted Hughes. ISBN 0-571-14167-6. (1989, Faber & Faber). 2020.11.29

Way Station

Page 52, sentence 5.

It was one of the watchers, he knew, using a pair of binoculars to keep watch upon the station.

Clifford D. Simak
Way Station

October 2020

BOOKS ACQUIRED

50. The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas. ISBN N/A. (Thomas Nelson And Sons). 2020.10.05
51. Twenty Years After, Alexandre Dumas. ISBN N/A. (Thomas Nelson And Sons). 2020.10.05
52. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Volume I: Ten Years Later, Alexandre Dumas. ISBN N/A. (Thomas Nelson And Sons). 2020.10.05
53. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Volume II: Louise de la Vallière, Alexandre Dumas. ISBN N/A. (Thomas Nelson And Sons). 2020.10.05
54. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Volume III: The Man In The Iron Mask; The Black Tulip, Alexandre Dumas. ISBN N/A. (Thomas Nelson And Sons). 2020.10.05
55. The Koran, Trans. Rev. J.M. Rodwell, M.A. ISBN N/A. (1921, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.). 2020.10.14. Everyman's Library #380
56. The Life Of Abraham Lincoln, Henry Bryan Binns. ISBN N/A. (1927, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.). 2020.10.22. Everyman's Library #783

Little did I know when I picked up the five books by Alexandre Dumas that they comprise the series known as the D'Artagnan Romances. Admittedly, I've never read any Dumas, but I've seen the movie adaptations! The only two titles I recognise are The Three Musketeers (because everyone has heard of it), and The Man In The Iron Mask (somehow I never noticed that the two are related). The completist in me is thinking one word: "Score!"

BOOKS READ

53. Way Station, Clifford D. Simak. ISBN 345-28420-8. (1980, Del Rey Books). 2020.10.24

All I Could Never Be

Page 52, sentence 5.

But in a party at Londonderry House the uproar of the common world was muffled, and even such sounds as sometimes echoed from outside must have been reassuring to those who desired the continuance of the status quo; they must have found solid comfort in the rich baritone of the linkman's voice, echoing out into the violet darkness of Park Lane, primrose-spangled with the street-lamps: 'Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland's car ... His Highness the Aga Khan's car ...' and then, perhaps on a less exultant note: 'Taxi for Mr. Ramsay MacDonald.'

Beverley Nichols
All I Could Never Be

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P.S.: The following description is too good to not quote, even though it's on page 276 and not page 52.

Berlin was a strident city, a screaming city, dressed to kill, over-doped, over-drunk, over-sexed, beflagged from end to end in scarlet and black, tarted up from tip to toe with swastikas, its monuments ablaze with light, a tight, synthetic smile stretched over its ugly face. Berlin, in short, was a whore of a city.

From pages 278 and 279, here's another good description, this time of Berlin during the 1936 Olympics.

A few weeks before, Dr. Goebbels had committed one of the most revolting of all his crimes; he had deliberately put into reverse the machinery which had been previously used for 'cleaning up' Berlin. Before the flood of visitors began to arrive for the Olympic Games, it was the Nazi boast that they had turned Berlin into the most moral city in the world. The scores of shady clubs which had pandered to every form of perversion had been closed; the obscene magazines with their even more obscene advertisements had been banned; all the prostitutes had been bundled into munition factories. And then, as the rich tourists began to arrive, whispers reached Dr. Goebbels that they were finding Berlin rather dull. There was nowhere to go at nights, there were no obliging ladies to fill in one's spare time, above all, none of those amusing curiosities of which one had heard so much. Did it mean that Germany could no longer afford such luxuries? Was the Third Reich bankrupt?

Goebbels acted quickly. He cracked his whip, and out of the prisons and the concentration camps crept the tragic personnel of the underworld, with orders to make merry for the benefit of the foreigner. Once again the Monocle opened its doors to the women in dinner jackets, smoking their cigars, slapping each other on the back, calling old friends by masculine names. At first they were nervy, wincing whenever the door opened, in case the police were coming to drag them back again. For some of them had scars and bruises which no amount of liquid powder would conceal. But as the days went on, and the foreigners joined them, they felt safer; they played their part with a will, knowing that they were watched. Perhaps if they acted well enough, Dr. Goebbels might be pleased, and let them stay.

Once again, in dingy garrets, the female impersonators got out their women's clothes, donned their wigs, and sallied out to the Sphinx; once again the mirrors of the Jockey Club reflected the haunted faces of boys dabbing powder on their chins. It was of all situations the most macabre, this marriage of propaganda and pederasty.

The Umbrella Academy: Dallas

Page 52, sentence 5.

He's deceptive and impulsive -- he's way too good with a gun, and I'd bet my good eye he's a commie.

Gerard Way
The Umbrella Academy Vol. 2: Dallas

Kristy's Big Day

Page 52, sentence 5.

I'm going to have to leave a couple of times for dress fittings and things, but it shouldn't be too much.

Gale Galligan
Kristy's Big Day

Adultery

Page 52, sentence 5.

It was five minutes past nine and the dining room was surprisingly lively, nearly filled with people his age or older, prosperous-looking couples enjoying their rashers and eggs, taking a little holiday from diet and cholesterol worries.

Richard B. Wright
Adultery

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Here are two other passages from Adultery that are interesting:

The Moonbeam, he thought, was an ideal place for people in hiding. There was something forlorn and illicit about it all, a room on the highway near the edge of a town where a man alone might watch a porn movie or write a suidcide note. Or perhaps both. (p.171)

Looking out, Fielding was moved by the terrible finality of death. Denise Crowder was under earth and leaves, and all that was left now lay in the memories of those who had known her. But memories reside in consciousness, and in time the dead are conveyed gradually to its furthest reaches, returning only when summoned by keepsake or song, on anniversary dates, in dreams. (p.241)

September 2020

BOOKS ACQUIRED

38. The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. ISBN N/A. (1943, Harcourt, Brace And World). 2020.09.06
39. Starlight, Hal Clement. ISBN 0-345-27358-3. (1978, Ballantine Books). 2020.09.06
40. An Anthology Of English Drama Before Shakespeare, Ed. Robert B. Heilman. ISBN N/A. (1966, Holt, Rinehart And Winston). 2020.09.06
41. Seneca's Oedipus, Adapt. Ted Hughes. ISBN 571-09223-3. (1969, Faber & Faber). 2020.09.06
42. A History Of Science, Technology, And Philosophy In The 16th & 17th Centuries, Volume II, A. Wolf. ISBN N/A. (1959, Harper & Brothers). 2020.09.06
43. Persons Of Consequence: Queen Victoria And Her Circle, Louis Auchincloss. ISBN 0-394-5042-5. (1979, Random House Of Canada Limited). 2020.09.06
44. Poet Of The Appetites: The Lives And Loves Of M.F.K. Fisher, Joan Reardon. ISBN 0-86547-621-7. (2005, North Point Press). 2020.09.29
45. Way Station, Clifford D. Simak. ISBN 0-345-28420-8. (1980, Ballantine Books). 2020.09.29
46. The Honorable Barbarian, L. Sprague De Camp. ISBN 0-345-36652-2. (1990, Ballantine Books). 2020.09.30
47. The Patchwork Girl, Larry Niven. ISBN 0-441-65317-0. (1984, Berkeley Publishing Group). 2020.09.30
48. The Crystal Gryphon, Andre Norton. ISBN 0-87997-586-5. (1973, DAW Books, Inc.). 2020.09.30
49. Gryphon's Eyrie, Andre Norton and A.C. Crispin. ISBN 0-812-54736-5. (1985, Tom Doherty Associates). 2020.09.30

BOOKS READ

48. The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 3: Hotel Oblivion, Gerard Way, Ill. Gabriel Bá. ISBN 978-1-50671-142-3. (2019, Dark Horse Comics). 2020.09.02
49. The Waste Land And Other Poems, T.S. Eliot. ISBN 0-571-09712-X. (1978, Faber and Faber). 2020.09.06
50. The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: The Apocalypse Suite, Gerard Way, Ill. Gabriel Bá. ISBN 978-1-59307-978-9. (2020, Dark Horse Comics). 2020.09.12
51. All I Could Never Be: Some Recollections, Beverley Nichols. ISBN N/A. (1949, Jonathan Cape). 2020.09.21
52. Criss Cross, Lynne Rae Perkins. ISBN 0-06-009272-6. (2005, Greenwillow Books). 2020.09.26

Pretty Little Liars

Page 52, sentence 5.

Her look hadn't changed since high school: her ash-blond hair was cut bluntly to her chin, she wore no makeup except for a little foundation, and she wore a dowdy square-necked yellow dress, a pearl-buttoned pink cardigan, and semi-cute kitten-heeled shoes.

Sara Shepard
Pretty Little Liars

A Madman Dreams Of Turing Machines

Page 52, sentence 5.

Gödel blushed with either vanity or shyness, who can know for sure, when Moritz approached him in the room in the basement of the mathematics institute and extended the invitation almost four years ago.

Janna Levin
A Madman Dreams Of Turing Machines

The Monk Of Mokha

Page 52, sentence 5.

Miriam was a fighter and he wanted to be a fighter, too.

Dave Eggers
The Monk Of Mokha

Tom's Midnight Garden GN

Page 52, sentence 5.

Why do you want to stay here?

Edith
Tom's Midnight Garden (Graphic Novel)

Upgrade Soul

Page 52, sentence 5.

The Nonnars aren't even ... we turned them into monsters is what we did!

Ezra Claytan Daniels
Upgrade Soul

August 2020

BOOKS ACQUIRED

34. The Waste Land And Other Poems, T.S. Eliot. ISBN N/A. (1962, Faber And Faber). 2020.08.29
35. The Colossus, Sylvia Plath. ISBN 571-08106-1. (1967, Faber And Faber). 2020.08.29
36. Buried Alive: The Biography Of Janis Joplin, Myra Friedman. ISBN 0-688-00160-2. (1973, William Morrow & Company). 2020.08.29
37. A Coffin For King Charles: The Trial And Execution Of Charles I, C.V. Wedgwood. ISBN N/A. (1991, Book Of The Month Club). 2020.08.29

BOOKS READ

42. A Madman Dreams Of Turing Machines, Janna Levin. ISBN 1-4000-4030-2. (2006, Alfred A. Knopf). 2020.08.11
43. Pretty Little Liars, Sara Shepard. ISBN 978-0-06-088732-2. (2007, HarperTeen). 2020.08.26
44. Adultery, Richard B. Wright. ISBN 978-0-00-639381-8. (2005, HarperPerennial). 2020.08.29
45. Kristy's Big Day (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #6), Gale Galligan, Ann M. Martin (original author). ISBN 978-1-338-06761-3. (2018, Graphix). 2020.08.31
46. Boy-Crazy Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #7), Gale Galligan, Ann M. Martin (original author). ISBN 978-1-338-30451-0. (2019, Graphix). 2020.08.31
47. The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 2: Dallas, Gerard Way, Ill. Gabriel Bá, Intro. Neil Gaiman. ISBN 978-1-59582-345-8. (2009, Dark Horse Comics). 2020.08.31

From Jane Austen To George Orwell

Page 52, sentence 5.

This spawned the familiar quote:

"Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?"

Brian Boone
English Lit 101: From Jane Austen To George Orwell And The Enlightenment To Realism, An Essential Guide To Britain's Greatest Writers And Works

The Mightiest Machine

Page 52, sentence 5.

Those strains in the surface attracted any unnatural strain in the interspace.

John W. Campbell, Jr.
The Mightiest Machine

Machines Like Me

Page 52, sentence 5.

Her elbow was cupped in her left hand.

Ian McEwan
Machines Like Me

The Chapter Ends

Page 52, sentence 5.

The Fulkhisian shrugged slender shoulders.

Poul Anderson
"The Chapter Ends", Novelets Of Science Fiction

July 2020

BOOKS ACQUIRED

31. Pascal's Pensées, Blaise Pascal, Trans. W.F. Trotter, Intro. T.S. Eliot. ISBN N/A. (1931, J.M. Dent & Sons). 2020.07.15
32. The Works Of Josephus: New Updated Version, Flavius Josephus, Trans. William Whiston. ISBN 0-913573-86-8. (1987, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.). 2020.07.15
33. Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert, Trans. Eleanor Marx Aveling, Ill. Richard Lindner. ISBN N/A. (1944, Peter Pauper Press). 2020.07.29

BOOKS READ

38. Upgrade Soul, Ezra Claytan Daniels. ISBN 978-1-5493-0292-3. (2018, Oni Press). 2020.07.04
39. Tom's Midnight Garden (Graphic Novel), Philippa Pearce, Ill. Édith. ISBN 978-0-06-269656-4. (2018, Greenwillow Books). 2020.07.12. A Peri selection
40. Milk And Honey, Rupi Kaur. ISBN 978-1-4494-7425-6. (2015, Andrews McMeel). 2020.07.18. A Peri selection
41. The Monk Of Mokha, Dave Eggers. ISBN 978-0-7352-7449-5. (2018, Knopf Canada). 2020.07.28

The Soul Of A Man

Page 52, sentence 5.

Nobody is going to die today, monster!

Paul Kupperberg
"The Soul Of A Man", Ch. 2 of The Phantom Stranger mini-series, The DC Universe Of Mike Mignola

Challengers Of The Unknown

Page 52, sentence 5.

Meanwhile, the local air defense group sends its interceptors into action.

Jack Kirby
Challengers Of The Unknown

Petra's Ghost

Page 52, sentence 5.

Ginny bursts out in giggles when a branch brushed aside by Daniel comes back and whacks her in the face.

C.S. O’Cinneide
Petra's Ghost

Tom's Midnight Garden

Page 52, sentence 5.

He had gone from his bed in the flat upstairs and crept down to the hall at about midnight, as usual; he had opened the garden door.

Philippa Pearce
Tom's Midnight Garden

June 2020

BOOKS READ

36. The Mightiest Machine, John W. Campbell Jr. ISBN 044-1531512. (1972, Ace Books). 2020.06.11
37. English Lit 101: From Jane Austen To George Orwell And The Enlightenment To Realism, An Essential Guide To Britain's Greatest Writers And Works, Brian Boone. ISBN 978-1-4405-9971-2. (2017, Adams Media). 2020.06.24

Bram Stoker's Dracula

Page 52, sentence 5.

Astounding ... There are no limits to science!

Roy Thomas
Bram Stoker's Dracula

Goodbye, Paris

Page 52, sentence 5.

I should have been more careful.

Anstey Harris
Goodbye, Paris

Moon At Nine

Page 52, sentence 5.

Instead, she carefully placed the detritus on the floor by the piano legs and sat down.

Deborah Ellis
Moon At Nine

Memoirs Of A Book Thief

Page 52, sentence 5.

I think he touched her.

Alessandro Tota
Memoirs Of A Book Thief

The Pineapples Of Wrath

Page 52, sentence 5.

It will bypass Bear Island and slowly gain steam as it crosses Lake Saint-Pierre ...

Cathon
The Pineapples Of Wrath

May 2020

BOOKS READ

32. Challengers Of The Unknown, Jack Kirby, et al. ISBN 978-1-4012-7719-2. (2017, DC Comics). 2020.05.03
33. The DC Universe By Mike Mignola, Mike Mignola, et al. ISBN 978-1-4012-8114-4. (2018, DC Comics). 2020.05.09
34. Novelets Of Science Fiction, Ed. Ivan Howard; Frank Belknap Long, Lester del Rey, James Blish, Arthur C. Clarke, L. Sprague de Camp, Poul Anderson, Milton Lesser, Clifford D. Simak. ISBN N/A. (1963, Belmont Books). 2020.05.11
35. Machines Like Me, Ian McEwan. ISBN 978-0-7352-7819-6. (2019, Knopf Canada). 2020.05.28

The Ghost Road

Page 52, sentence 5.

"So, you said Ruby's grandmother was a — what?"

Charis Cotter
The Ghost Road

The Princess Of The West Lake

Page 52, sentence 5.

Passing dozens of doors he reached a palace hung with an emerald green door curtain flanked with silver loops.

Ed. Haiyan Chen and Fang Li
"The Princess Of The West Lake", Eight Dragons On The Roof And Other Tales

Tenth Of December

Page 52, sentence 5.

Man, was I hungry.

George Saunders
"Escape From Spiderhead", Tenth Of December

Who's In Your Room?

Page 52, sentence 5.

For business associates, perhaps you'll want to extend an invitation for a lunch meeting or a discussion over coffee.

Ivan Misner Ph.D., Stewart Emery L.H.D., Rick Sapio
Who's In Your Room?

April 2020

April was the cruellest month so far in 2020, keeping us locked down at home to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Until now, mentioning the global pandemic was irrelevant to this blog but staying at home does affect book acquisitions, since not every reader orders online.

With the government classifying book-selling as a non-essential service, bricks-and-mortar stores have to temporarily close their doors for as long as the state of emergency lasts. As the global economy grinds to a halt, the local independent business has great cause for concern -- they just might not survive to see recovery.

So during these trying times, let's support the neighbourhood bookstore as best we can, however we can, for even they have families to feed. We look forward to the day when we can stand inside their doors again.

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BOOKS ACQUIRED

26. An Essay On Typography, Eric Gill. ISBN 0-87923-762-7. (1988, David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc.). 2020.04.28
27. The Connoisseur's Guide To Meat, Jennie Milsom, Ill. Jane Laurie. ISBN 978-1-4027-7050-0. (2009, Sterling Publishing). 2020.04.28
28. The Connoisseur's Guide To Fish, Wendy Sweetser, Ill. Jane Laurie. ISBN 978-1-4027-7051-7. (2009, Sterling Publishing). 2020.04.28
29. Agent Running In The Field, John Le Carré. ISBN 978-0-7352-3861-9. (2019, Viking). 2020.04.28
30. The Complete Letters Of Oscar Wilde, Ed. Merlin Holland & Rupert Hart-Davis. ISBN 1-85702-781-7. (2000, Fourth Estate). 2020.04.28

BOOKS READ

22. Goodbye, Paris, Anstey Harris. ISBN 978-1-5011-9651-5. (2019, Gallery Books). 2020.04.01
23. The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel, Adapt. & Ill. Renée Nault; Margaret Atwood. ISBN 978-0-7710-0684-5. (2019, McClelland & Stewart). 2020.04.02
24. Bram Stoker's Dracula (Graphic Novel), Roy Thomas, Ill. Mike Mignola. ISBN 978-1-68405-413-8. (2019, IDW Publishing). 2020.04.03
25. Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 1: Mythology, Peter J. Tomasi, Ill. Doug Mahnke. ISBN 978-1-77950-162-2. (2019, DC Comics). 2020.04.05
26. Batman: White Knight, Sean Gordon Murphy. ISBN 978-1-4012-7959-2. (2018, DC Black Label). 2020.04.09
27. Superman: American Alien, Max Landis, et al. ISBN 978-1-4012-6256-3. (2016, DC Comics). 2020.04.11
28. Tom's Midnight Garden, Philippa Pearce. ISBN 0-19-271128-8. (1958, Oxford University Press). 2020.04.14
29. Petra's Ghost, C.S. O’Cinneide. ISBN 978-1-4597-4468-4. (2019, Dundurn). 2020.04.21
30. Catwoman, Vol. 1: Copycats, Joëlle Jones, et al. ISBN 978-1-4012-8889-1. (2019 DC Comics). 2020.04.26
31. But I Really Wanted To Be An Anthropologist (J'aurais adoré être ethnologue #1), Margaux Motin, Trans. Edward Gauvin. ISBN 978-1-9068-3846-1. (2012, SelfMadeHero). 2020.04.27

Don Quixote And Sancho Panza

Page 52, sentence 5.

Now he has come for the caps he ordered.

Margaret Hodges
Don Quixote And Sancho Panza

Edison’s Gold

Page 52, sentence 5.

"So what now?" Colby asked.

Geoff Watson
Edison’s Gold

Quinn And The Quiet, Quiet

Page 52, sentence 5.

A tiny, faint blue spark glowed, just for a second.

Philippa Dowding
Quinn And The Quiet, Quiet

The Ballad Of Sang

Page 52, sentence 5.

Now I got nothing left.

Ed Brisson
The Ballad Of Sang

March 2020

BOOKS ACQUIRED

18. Hector And The Search For Happiness, François Lelord. ISBN 978-0-14-312674-4. (2010, Penguin Books). 2020.03.05
19. Ru, Kim Thúy. ISBN 978-0-307-35971-1. (2012, Vintage Canada). 2020.03.05
20. W.H. Auden Collected Poems, Ed. Edward Mendelson. ISBN 0-394-40895-0. (1976, Random House). 2020.03.05
21. The Complete Greek Tragedies Vol. I: Aeschylus, Ed. David Grene and Richard Lattimore. ISBN N/A. (1960, The University Of Chicago Press). 2020.03.05
22. The Complete Greek Tragedies Vol. II: Sophocles, Ed. David Grene and Richard Lattimore. ISBN N/A. (1960, The University Of Chicago Press). 2020.03.05
23. The Complete Greek Tragedies Vol. III: Euripedes, Ed. David Grene and Richard Lattimore. ISBN N/A. (1960, The University Of Chicago Press). 2020.03.05
24. The Complete Greek Tragedies Vol. IV: Euripedes, Ed. David Grene and Richard Lattimore. ISBN N/A. (1960, The University Of Chicago Press). 2020.03.05
25. Speed Tribes: Days And Nights With Japan's Next Generation, Karl Taro Greenfeld. ISBN 0-06-017039-5. (1994, HarperCollins). 2020.03.07

BOOKS READ

14. The Pineapples Of Wrath, Cathon. ISBN 978-2-924049-51-8. (2018, POW POW Press). 2020.03.03
15. The Song Of Aglaia, Anne Simon. ISBN 978-1-68396-107-9. (2018, Fantagraphics). 2020.03.09
16. Memoirs Of A Book Thief, Alessandro Tota, Ill. Pierre Van Hove. ISBN 978-1-910593-63-9. (2019, SelfMadeHero). 2020.03.14
17. Stranger Things: Zombie Boys, Greg Pak; Ill. Valeria Favoccia, Nate Piekos, Dan Jackson. ISBN 978-1-50671-309-0. (2020, Dark Horse Books). 2020.03.14
18. The Sons Of El Topo Vol. 2: Abel, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Ill. José Ladrönn. ISBN 978-1-68415-377-0. (2019, Archaia). 2020.03.14
19. Basil & Victoria : London Guttersnipes, Yann, Ill. Edith. ISBN 978-1-59465-065-9. (2014, Humanoids, Inc.). 2020.03.18
20. Books of Magic Vol. 1: Moveable Type (Books of Magic (2018) #1-6), Kat Howard, Ill. Tom Fowler. ISBN 978-1-4012-9134-1. (2019, DC Vertigo). 2020.03.19
21. Moon At Nine, Deborah Ellis. ISBN 978-1-927485-59-0. (2014, Pajama Press). 2020.03.27

Shenzheners

Page 52, sentence 5.

His identity had unexpectedly been revealed only three weeks before.

Yiwei Xue
"The Dramatist", Shenzheners

Chinese Proverbs

Page 52, sentence 5.

One fool cannot stand on two boats.

Ruthanne Lum McCunn
Chinese Proverbs

Jane Eyre

Page 52, sentence 5.

I am afraid I shall never do that.

Charlotte Brontë, adapted by Crystal S. Chan
Manga Classics: Jane Eyre

SS-GB

Page 52, sentence 5.

"Perhaps I could have time to think about it," said Douglas, pretending to take it seriously.

Len Deighton
SS-GB

Another Man's Ground

Page 52, sentence 5.

Slowly, in fits and starts, his story emerged.

Claire Booth
Another Man's Ground

February 2020

BOOKS ACQUIRED

14. The Best Of Walter M. Miller, Jr., Walter M. Miller, Jr. ISBN 0-671-83304-9. (1980, Pocket Books). 2020.02.15
15. Confessio Amantis, John Gower. ISBN 0-8020-6438-8. (1980, Medieval Academy Of America/University Of Toronto Press). 2020.02.27
16. Nicholas And Alexandra, Robert K. Massie. ISBN N/A. (1967, Atheneum/McLelland & Stewart Ltd). 2020.02.27
17. A Country Camera 1844 to 1914, Gordon Winter. ISBN 0-14-00.3670-9. (1973, Penguin Books). 2020.02.27

BOOKS READ

5. Eight Dragons On The Roof And Other Tales: Traditional Dragon Stories From China, Ed. Haiyan Chen, Fang Li. ISBN 978-0-8351-0004-5. (2012, Long River Press). 2020.02.06
6. Empress Cixtisis, Anne Simon. ISBN 978-1-68396-221-2. (2019, Fantagraphics). 2020.02.07
7. Secretly, I've Been Suffering About Being Sexless (実は私セックスレスで悩んでました), Togame, Trans. Alexandra McCullough-Garcia. ISBN 978-1-9753-5802-0. (2019, Yen Press). 2020.02.13
8. Girl On Film, Cecil Castellucci; Ill. Vicky Leta, Jon Berg, V. Gagnon, Melissa Duffy. ISBN 978-1-68415-453-1. (2019, Archaia). 2020.02.14
9. The Ghost Road, Charis Cotter. ISBN 978-0-7352-6325-3. (2019. Tundra Books). 2020.02.19
10. Middlewest, Book One, Skottie Young, Ill. Jorge Corona. ISBN 978-1-5343-1217-3. (2019, Image Comics). 2020.02.21
11. Die!Die!Die!, Vol. 1, Robert Kirkman, Scott M. Gimple; Ill. Chris Burnham, Nathan Fairbairn. ISBN 978-1-5343-1214-2. (2019, Image Comics). 2020.02.24
12. Berlin, Jason Lutes. ISBN 978-1-77046-326-4. (2018, Drawn And Quarterly). 2020.02.27
13. Carpe Fin: A Haida Manga, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. ISBN 978-1-77162-224-0. (2019, Douglas & McIntyre). 2020.02.28

And The Ocean Was Our Sky

Page 52, sentence 5.

Now, speak more of your message, and do so quickly.

Patrick Ness
And The Ocean Was Our Sky

Crees In The Caribbean

Page 52, sentence 5.

Many men get angry when they drink.

Drew Hayden Taylor
Crees In The Caribbean

The Test

Page 52, sentence 5.

— Fine, give everyone the same rights.

Sylvain Neuvel
The Test

The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky

Page 52, sentence 5.

To explain the high five, as if somehow that would make her feel better.

Jana Casale
The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky

January 2020

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. Fairy Gold: A Book Of Old English Fairy Tales Chosen By Ernest Rhys, Ernest Rhys. ISBN N/A. (1925, J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.). 2020.01.04. Everyman's Library #157
2. Sentimental Education, Gustave Flaubert. ISBN N/A. (1942, J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.). 2020.01.11. Everyman's Library #969
3. The Three Musketeers Vol. I, Alexandre Dumas, Ill. F.C. Tilney. ISBN N/A. (Collins' Clear Type Press). 2020.01.26
4. The Three Musketeers Vol. II, Alexandre Dumas, Ill. F.C. Tilney. ISBN N/A. (Collins' Clear Type Press). 2020.01.26
5. The Dramas Of Sophocles, Trans. Sir George Young. ISBN N/A. (1925, J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.). 2020.01.26. Everyman's Library #114
6. Kalevala, The Land Of Heroes Vol. I, Trans. W.F. Kirby. ISBN N/A. (1923, J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.). 2020.01.26. Everyman's Library #259
7. Kalevala, The Land Of Heroes Vol. II, Trans. W.F. Kirby. ISBN N/A. (1923, J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.). 2020.01.26. Everyman's Library #260
8. Memoirs Of The Crusades, Geffroi de Villehardouin and Jean, Sire de Joinville; Trans. Sir Frank Marzials. ISBN N/A. (1965, J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.). 2020.01.26. Everyman's Library #333
9. Dropped From The Clouds, Jules Verne; Trans. W.H.G. Kingston. ISBN N/A. (1911, J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.). 2020.01.26. Everyman's Library #367
10. The Wars Of The Jews, Flavius Josephus; Trans. William Whiston. ISBN N/A. (J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.). 2020.01.26. Everyman's Library #712
11. The True Christian Religion, Emanuel Swedenborg; Intro. Dr. Helen Keller. ISBN N/A. (1933, J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.). 2020.01.26. Everyman's Library #893
12. Novelets Of Science Fiction, Ed. Ivan Howard. ISBN N/A. (1963, Belmont Books). 2020.01.26
13. Fairy Tales, Charles Perreault; Trans. Geoffrey Brereton. ISBN N/A. (1957, Penguin Books). 2020.01.26

BOOKS READ

1. Tenth Of December, George Saunders. ISBN 978-0-8129-9380-6. (2013, Random House). 2020.01.11
2. How To Catch A Star, Oliver Jeffers. ISBN 978-0-00-715034-2. (2015, HarperCollins Children’s Books). 2020.01.16. A Peri selection
3. Tom's Midnight Garden (Graphic Novel), Philippa Pearce, Ill. Édith. ISBN 978-0-06-269656-4. (2018, Greenwillow Books). 2020.01.18. A Peri selection
4. Stage Dreams, Melanie Gillman. ISBN 978-1-5415-7284-3. (2019, Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.). 2020.01.29

The Outsiders

Page 52, sentence 5.

It was my house as much as Darry's, and if he wanted to pretend I wasn't alive, that was just fine with me.

S.E. Hinton
The Outsiders

Thirteen Reasons Why

Page 52, sentence 5.

And an excuse was all this guy needed.

Jay Asher
Thirteen Reasons Why

His Eminence, Death

Page 52, sentence 5.

Then, he saw the Mercedes.

Simon Quinn (Martin Cruz Smith)
His Eminence, Death

The Secret Loves Of Geeks

Page 52, sentence 5.

There were also the beginnings of attraction.

Ivan Salazar
"The Walter Mercado Effect", The Secret Loves Of Geeks

To All The Boys I've Loved Before

Page 52, sentence 5.

I look at Kitty and she is giving me evil glowy red eyes.

Jenny Han
To All The Boys I've Loved Before

December 2019

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. As A Man Thinketh, James Allen. ISBN 978-1-58542-564-8. (2006, Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin). 2019.12.05
2. The Story Of Doctor Doolittle, Hugh Lofting. ISBN 84-9789-102-3. (1998, MDS Books/Mediasat). 2019.12.05
3. The Princess And The Goblin, George MacDonald. ISBN 0-14-036746-2. (1996, Puffin Books). 2019.12.05
4. A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett. ISBN 0-14-036688-1. (2003, Puffin Books). 2019.12.05
5. Understand Film Studies, Warren Buckland. ISBN 978-0-07-174772-1. (2010, Hodder Education). 2019.12.06
6. The Stories Of Ray Bradbury, Ray Bradbury. ISBN 978-0-307-26905-8. (2010, Alfred A. Knopf). 2019.12.07. Everyman's Library
7. Histories Of The Kings Of Britain, Geoffrey Of Monmouth. ISBN N/A. (1911, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd./E.P. Dutton & Co.). 2019.12.07. Everyman's Library
8. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, Mason Currey. ISBN 978-0-307-27360-4. (2013, Alfred A. Knopf). 2019.12.07
9. The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge, M.D. ISBN 978-0-14-311310-2. (2007, Penguin Books). 2019.12.07
10. No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference, Greta Thunberg. ISBN 978-0-141-99174-0. (2019, Penguin Books). 2019.12.25. A Peri selection

BOOKS READ

1. The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic, Emma. ISBN 978-1-60980-918-8. (2018, Seven Stories Press). 2019.12.06
2. Don Quixote And Sancho Panza, Margaret Hodges, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; Ill. Stephen Marchesi. ISBN 0-684-19235-7. (1992, Charles Scribner's Sons). 2019.12.12
3. Oblivion Song, Vol. 3, Robert Kirkman; Ill. Lorenzo De Felici, Annalisa Leoni. ISBN 978-1-5343-1326-2 (2019, Image Comics). 2019.12.13
4. The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Ill. Gustav Doré, Birket Foster, et al. ISBN N/A (1883, H.M. Caldwell Co.). 2019.12.14
5. Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business, David F. Walker, Chuck Brown, Sanford Greene. ISBN 978-1-5343-1212-8. (2019, Image Comics). 2019.12.16
6. Bruno Munari's Zoo, Bruno Munari. ISBN 0-8118-4830-2. (2005, Chronicle Books). 2019.12.19
7. Bruno Munari's ABC, Bruno Munari. ISBN 978-0-8118-5463-4. (2006, Chronicle Books). 2019.12.24
8. Who's In Your Room: The Secret To Creating Your Best Life, Ivan Misner Ph.D., Stewart Emery L.H.D., Rick Sapio. ISBN 978-1-948080-46-0. (2018, Indigo River Publishing). 2019.12.26
9. Vietnamese Memories #1: Leaving Saigon, Clément Baloup. ISBN 978-1-59465-658-3. (2018, Humanoids, Inc. ). 2019.12.27
10. Vietnamese Memories #2: Little Saigon, Clément Baloup. ISBN 978-1-59465-799-3. (2018, Humanoids, Inc. ). 2019.12.31