November 2025

BOOKS ACQUIRED

75. Darkness At Noon, Arthur Koestler. ISBN 978-0-316-22323-2. (1941, Random House). 2025.11.06. Modern Library #74
76. I Write To Find Out What I Am Thinking: The Year Of Magical Thinking; Blue Nights; South And West; Let Me Tell You What I Mean, Joan Didion. ISBN 978-0-593-99221-0. (2012, Little, Brown And Company). 2025.11.06. Everyman's Library #432
77. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke. ISBN 978-1-58234-416-4. (2004, Bloomsbury Publishing). 2025.11.19
78. Anathem, Neal Stephenson. ISBN 978-0-06-147409-5. (2008, William Morrow/HarperCollins Publishers). 2025.11.19
79. The First Bad Man, Miranda July. ISBN 978-1-4391-7256-8. (2015, Scribner). 2025.11.19
80. Life Is Elsewhere, Milan Kundera. ISBN 0-14-00.6470-2. (1986, Penguin Books). 2025.11.19
81. Art Deco, Iain Zaczek. ISBN 0-75254-727-5. (2002, Parragon Publishing). 2025.11.19
82. Intertidal Life, Audrey Thomas. ISBN 978-0-7736-7332-8. (1986, General Publishing Co. Limited). 2025.11.23
83. Be Prepared, Vera Brosgol. ISBN 978-1-62672-445-7. (2018, First Second). 2025.11.23
84. The Tiled House, J.S. Le Fanu. ISBN 978-0-00-828311-7. (2019, HarperCollins Publishers). 2025.11.24
85. Return From The Stars, Stanislaw Lem; Trans. Barbara Marshal and Frank Simpson. ISBN 978-0-262-53848-0. (2020, The MIT Press). 2025.11.24

BOOKS READ

12. As Good As Dead, Holly Jackson. ISBN 978-0-593-37988-2. (2023, Ember/Penguin Random House LLC). 2025.11.10
13. Big Nate: A Good Old-fashioned Wedgie, Lincoln Peirce. ISBN 978-1-4494-6230-7. (2017, Andrews McMeel Publishing ). 2025.11.26

As Good As Dead

Page 52, line 5.

"Mom, there's a dead pigeon on the drive," Pip said, keeping her voice low and even.

Holly Jackson
As Good As Dead

October 2025

BOOKS ACQUIRED

50. Room, Emma Donoghue. ISBN 978-0-316-22323-2. (2012, Little, Brown And Company). 2025.10.05
51. The Song Of Achilles, Madeline Miller. ISBN 978-0-06-206062-4. (2012, Ecco/HarperCollins Publishers). 2025.10.05
52. The Stories Of Eva Luna, Isabel Allende. ISBN 978-0-7432-1718-7. (2001, Simon & Schuster). 2025.10.05
53. War Diaries, 1939-1945, Astrid Lindgren. ISBN 978-0-300-22004-9. (2016, Yale University Press). 2025.10.05
54. Lorenz: Breaking Hitler's Top Secret Code At Bletchley Park, Captain Jerry Roberts. ISBN 978-0-7509-7885-9. (2017, The History Press). 2025.10.05
55. Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel. ISBN 978-1-44343-487-4. (2014, Harper Perennial/HarperCollins Publishers Ltd). 2025.10.09
56. Dear Life, Alice Munro. ISBN 978-0-14-318066-1. (2013, Penguin Group). 2025.10.09
57. Immortal Poems Of The English Language, Ed. Oscar Williams. SBN 671-48501-6. (1974, Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, Inc.). 2025.10.09
58. Liza Of Lambeth, W. Somerset Maugham. ISBN N/A. (1956, William Heinemann Ltd). 2025.10.09
59. Pictures From The Water Trade, John David Morley. ISBN 0-00-654146-1. (1986, Fontana Paperbacks/Collins Publishing Group). 2025.10.09
60. Kindred, Octavia E. Butler. ISBN 978-1-4722-5822-9. (2018, Headline). 2025.10.09
61. The Enigma War, Józef Garliński. ISBN N/A. (1980, Charles Scribner's Sons). 2025.10.09
62. Norstrilia, Cordwainer Smith. ISBN 978-1-61242-216-9. (2019, Phoenix Pick/Arc Manor). 2025.10.09
63. Her Little Majesty: The Life Of Queen Victoria, Carolly Erickson. ISBN 0-684-80765-3. (1997, Simon & Schuster). 2025.10.09
64. Surrender, New York, Caleb Carr. ISBN 978-0-679-45569-1. (2016, Random House). 2025.10.09
65. The Diaries Of A Cosmopolitan 1918-1937, Count Harry Kessler. ISBN 978-1-84212-067-3. (2000, Phoenix Press). 2025.10.09
66. Rimbaud: Complete Works, Selected Letters, Trans. Wallace Fowlie. ISBN 0-22671973-1. (1967, The University Of Chicago Press). 2025.10.12
67. Mountolive, Lawrence Durrell. ISBN N/A. (1959, E.P. Dutton & Company). 2025.10.12
68. The Courilof Affair, Irène Némirovsky. ISBN 978-0-676-97967-1. (2008, Vintage Canada/Random House). 2025.10.16
69. The Toynbee Convector, Ray Bradbury. ISBN 978-1-9821-0515-0. (2019, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks). 2025.10.16
70. The Evil Guest, Gene Wolfe. ISBN 978-0-7653-2133-6. (2008, Tor/Tom Doherty Associates, LLC). 2025.10.16
71. There Are Rivers In The Sky, Elif Shafak. ISBN 978-1-03-905586-5. (2024, Borzoi/Alfred A. Knopf). 2025.10.16
72. The Novel Cure: An A-Z Of Literary Remedies, Ella Berthoud & Susan Elderkin. ISBN 978-0-670-06656-8. (2013, Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Canada Books Inc.). 2025.10.16
73. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, James Agee ‹ Walker Evans. SBN 345-01512-6-165. (1970, Ballantine Books Inc.). 2025.10.26
74. The Poisonwood Bible , Barbara Kingsolver. ISBN 978-0-06-093053-0. (1999, HarperPerennial). 2025.10.27

BOOKS READ

10. Dragon's Egg (Cheela #1), Robert L. Forward. ISBN 0-345-28349-X. (1981, Del Rey/Ballantine Books). 2025.10.12
11. Galloping Danger, Max Brand. ISBN 0-971-41514-X. (1981, Pocket Books). 2025.10.16

Galloping Danger

Page 52, line 5.

But always there was something left under those bones and that flabby skin which enabled Moonshine to come out of that down-headed trailing walk into a trot and then into a laboring gallop.

Max Brand
Galloping Danger

Dragon's Egg

Page 52, line 5.

Broken-Petal knew better than to berate them.

Robert L. Forward
Dragon's Egg

September 2025

BOOKS ACQUIRED

25. Asesinato De Calidad (A Murder Of Quality), John Le Carré. ISBN 978-84-9793-431-2. (2011, Debolsillo). 2025.09.07
26. Operation Typhoon Shore, Joshua Mowll. ISBN 978-0-7636-3122-1. (2006, Candlewick Press). 2025.09.07
27. The Unpassing, Chia-Chia Lin. ISBN 978-0-374-27936-3. (2019, Farrar, Straus And Giroux). 2025.09.07
28. Romany And Tom, Ben Watt. ISBN 978-1-62040-372-3. (2014, Bloomsbury). 2025.09.07
29. Blood Moon, Lucy Cuthew. ISBN 978-1-5362-1503-8. (2020, Walker Books/Candlewick Press). 2025.09.07
30. Paris: The Memoir, Paris Hilton. ISBN 978-0-06-322462-9. (2023, Deyst/William Morrow/HarperCollins Publishers). 2025.09.07
31. Ashley's War: The Untold Story Of A Team Of Women Soldiers On The Special Ops Battlefield, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. ISBN 978-0-06-233381-0. (2015, HarperCollins Publishers). 2025.09.07
32. The Outlaw, Jón Gnarr. ISBN 978-1-941920-52-7. (2017, Deep Vellum Publishing). 2025.09.14
33. Night, Elie Weisel. ISBN 978-0-374-50001-6. (2006, Hill And Wang/Farrar, Straus And Giroux). 2025.09.14
34. Daily Life of The Aztecs On The Eve Of The Spanish Conquest, Jacques Soustelle. ISBN 978-1-84212-508-7. (2002, Phoenix Press). 2025.09.14
35. Allegiant, Veronica Roth. ISBN 978-0-06-202406-0. (2013, Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins Publishers). 2025.09.14
36. Pirandello's Major Plays, Luigi Pirandello. ISBN 0-8101-0867-4. (1991, Northwestern University Press). 2025.09.15
37. The Simple Art Of Murder, Raymond Chandler. ISBN 978-0-394-75765-0. (1988, Vintage Books/Random House). 2025.09.21
38. A Book Of The 'Bounty', William Bligh and others. ISBN N/A. (1938, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd). 2025.09.28. Everyman's Library #950
39. The Shadow In The North, Philip Pullman. ISBN 0-394-82599-3. (1999, Dell Laurel-Leaf/Random House). 2025.09.28
40. Science Fiction: Its Criticism And Teaching, Patrick Parrinder. ISBN 0-416-71400-5. (1980, Methuen & Co. Ltd). 2025.09.28
41. In Patagonia, Bruce Chatwin. ISBN 978-0-0997-6951-4. (2006, Vintage Books/Random House). 2025.09.28
42. Franz Kafka: A Biography, Max Brod. ISBN N/A. (1963, Schocken Books). 2025.09.28
43. An Isaac Bashevis Singer Reader, Isaac Bashevis Singer. ISBN N/A. (1982, Farrar, Straus And Giroux). 2025.09.28
44. Testament Of Youth, Vera Brittain. ISBN 0-87223-672-2. (1980, Sideview Books). 2025.09.28
45. Anthony Adverse, Hervey Allen. ISBN N/A. (1960, Holt, Rinehart And Winston). 2025.09.28
46. An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir, Lillian Hellman. ISBN N/A. (1969, Little, Brown & Company). 2025.09.28
47. Pentimento, Lillian Hellman. ISBN N/A. (1973, Little, Brown & Company). 2025.09.28
48. Flaubert: A Biography, Herbert Lottman. ISBN 978-0-316-53342-3. (1989, Little, Brown & Company). 2025.09.28
49. Mary, Queen Of Scots, Antonia Fraser. ISBN 978-1121112735. (1973, Delacorte Press). 2025.09.29

BOOKS READ

8. Lava And Lightning (Dragonhammer Saga Book One), J.S. Morin. ISBN 978-1-6435-5636-9. (2025, Magical Scrivener Press). 2025.09.17
9. A Wizard Of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle #1), Ursula K. Le Guin. ISBN 978-0-547-72202-3. (2012, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). 2025.09.25

A Wizard Of Earthsea

Page 52, line 5.

"Even foolery is dangerous," said Jasper, "in the hands of a fool."

Ursula K. Le Guin
A Wizard Of Earthsea

Hospital Station

Page 52, line 5.

"I don't want to see you again until hour nine the day after tomorrow."

James White
Hospital Station

August 2025

BOOKS ACQUIRED

16. Seed Beetle, Mahaila Smith. ISBN 978-1-7383165-3-3. (2025, Stelliform Press). 2025.08.14
17. Songbook, Nick Hornby. ISBN 1-57322-356-5. (2003, Riverhead Books). 2025.08.15
18. Parable Of The Sower, Octavia Butler. ISBN 978-1-5387-3218-2. (2025, Grand Central Publishing). 2025.08.15
19. Parable Of The Talents, Octavia Butler. ISBN 978-1-5387-3219-9. (2025, Grand Central Publishing). 2025.08.15
20. Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan Didion. ISBN 978-0-374-53138-6. (2008, Farrar, Strauss And Giroux). 2025.08.15
21. Rubáiyát Of Omar Khayyám, The Astronomer-Poet Of Persia, Trans. Edward Fitzgerald. ISBN N/A. (Books, Inc.). 2025.08.15
22. Zero History, William Gibson. ISBN 978-0-399-15682-3. (2010, G.P. Putnam's Sons). 2025.08.15
23. A Monster Calls: Special Collector's Edition, Patrick Ness. ISBN 978-0-7636-9238-4. (2016, Candlewick Press). 2025.08.15
24. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Jules Verne. ISBN 0-7064-1320-2. (2008, Octopus Books Limited). 2025.08.24

BOOKS READ

6. Good Girl, Bad Blood, Holly Jackson. ISBN 978-1-9848-9643-8. (2022, Ember/Penguin Random House LLC). 2025.08.11
7. Hospital Station, James White. ISBN 0-345-02027-8. (1970, Ballantine Books). 2025.08.27

Good Girl, Bad Blood

Page 52, line 5.

"And your podcast" — he swallowed — "hundreds of thousands of followers; that's probably more effective than any media connections the police have."

Holly Jackson
Good Girl, Bad Blood

June 2025

BOOKS ACQUIRED

11. The Qur'an , Trans. T.B. Irving. ISBN 978-81-85063-92-3. (2007, Goodword Books). 2025.06.04
12. Murder Considered As One Of The Fine Arts; Three Memorable Murders; The Spanish Nun, Thomas De Quincey. ISBN N/A. (G.P. Putnam's Sons). 2025.06.26
13. Delta Of Venus, Anaïs Nin. ISBN 0-671-40-74249-3. (1990, Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster Inc.). 2025.06.26
14. Freedom: A Collection Of Short Fiction Celebrating The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Various Authors. ISBN 978-1-44340-774-8. (2009, Key Porter Books Limited). 2025.06.26
15. The Documents Of 20th Century Art: Futurist Manifestos, Ed. Umbro Apollinio. ISBN 670-33338-7. (1973, The Viking Press). 2025.06.26

BOOKS READ

4. Star Healer, James White. ISBN 0-345-32089-1. (1985, Ballantine Books). 2025.06.01
5. The Martian, Andy Weir. ISBN 978-1-101-90358-2. (2015, Broadway Books). 2025.06.16

The Martian

Page 52, line 5.

"Not forever," Teddy said. "Within a year he'll be covered in sand from normal weather activity."

Andy Weir
The Martian

Star Healer

Page 52, line 5.

But he could not ignore it, because, apart from making it fractionally worse, he had been presented with a puzzle so alien that even his long experience of extraterrestrial behavior and thought processes at the hospital was not of much help.

James White
Star Healer

May 2025

BOOKS ACQUIRED

10. Louis Armstrong, In His Own Words: Selected Writings, Louis Armstrong; Ed. & Intro. Thomas Brothers. ISBN 0-19-511958-4. (1999, Oxford University Press). 2025.05.07

BOOKS READ

3. Final Diagnosis, James White. ISBN 0-812-56268-2. (1997, Tom Doherty Associates, Inc.). 2025.05.06

Final Diagnosis

Page 52, line 5.

Braithwaite nodded. "I'd say that you have the words about right, and all you have to do is say them to Leethveeschi rather than me."

James White
Final Diagnosis

March 2025

BOOKS READ

2. The Beginning Place, Ursula K. Le Guin. ISBN 0-553-14259-3. (1981, Bantam Books Inc.). 2025.03.14

The Beginning Place

Page 52, line 5.

"I can't get out," Hugh said. "There isn't any way."

Ursula K. Le Guin
The Beginning Place

February 2025

BOOKS ACQUIRED

7. Solomon Gursky Was Here, Mordecai Richler. ISBN 0-14-011608-7. (1990, Penguin Books). 2025.02.28
8. Baldwin, Styron, And Me, Mélikah Abdelmoumen. ISBN 9781771966269. (2025, Biblioasis). 2025.02.28
9. The Crooked Maid, Dan Vyleta. ISBN 978-1-44340-774-8. (2013, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd). 2025.02.28

BOOKS READ

1. Left Neglected, Lisa Genova. ISBN 978-1-4391-6463-1. (2011, Gallery Books). 2025.02.21

Left Neglected

Page 52, line 5.

He walks past me, unwraps the package, and dumps a slab of raw, bloody, red meat on the floor next to the lion.

Lisa Genova
Left Neglected

January 2025

BOOKS ACQUIRED

1. The Beginning Place, Ursula K. Le Guin. ISBN 0-553-14259-3. (1981, Bantam Books). 2025.01.27
2. Dragon's Egg, Robert L. Forward. ISBN 0-345-28349-X. (1981, Ballantine Books). 2025.01.27
3. Quiet: The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can't Stop Talking, Susan Cain. ISBN 978-0-307-35215-6. (2013, Broadway Books). 2025.01.27
4. Inkheart, Cornelia Funke. ISBN 978-0-439-70910-1. (2007, Scholastic Inc.). 2025.01.27
5. Inkspell, Cornelia Funke. ISBN 978-0-439-55401-5. (2007, Scholastic Inc.). 2025.01.27
6. Inkdeath, Cornelia Funke. ISBN 978-0-439-86629-3. (2009, Scholastic Inc.). 2025.01.27

December 2024

BOOKS ACQUIRED

44. Hyperion, Dan Simmons. ISBN 978-0-553-28368-6. (1995, Bantam Books). 2024.12.04
45. The Fall Of Hyperion, Dan Simmons. ISBN 978-0-553-28820-9. (1995, Bantam Books). 2024.12.04
46. Endymion, Dan Simmons. ISBN 978-0-553-57294-0. (1996, Bantam Books). 2024.12.04
47. The Rise Of Endymion, Dan Simmons. ISBN 978-0-553-57298-8. (1998, Bantam Books). 2024.12.04
48. The Emigrants, W.G. Sebald. ISBN 0-8112-1366-8. (1997, New Directions/Penguin Books Canada Limited). 2024.12.04
49. Eichmann In Jerusalem: A Report On The Banality Of Evil, Hannah Arendt. ISBN 0-14-018765-0. (1994, Penguin Books). 2024.12.04