Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

This is a powerfully haunting book of 1950's & 1960's south from the viewpoint of the young girl in whose voice the book speaks. It is not a pretty book with a happy ending, but one that will grab up the reader and will continue to stay in the reader's mind.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Christian Fiction

On Wednesday I bought a bunch of Christian fiction for the store. Many are in sets of 3 to 5. They are in good condition.

Friday, October 16, 2009

A Few Books New to the Store

I was able to purchase some books new to the store recently. One batch was some nice fairy tale & folklore books, including Grimm's, Arabian folk tales, Jewish folk tales, and another good fairy tale book.
Some recent releases of fiction also has been showing up, mostly romantic novels, but a few adventure/suspense also.
A couple of beautiful Italian cooking books have found their way to the shelves.
There are other books, scattered through the store.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

This huge book kept my interest all the way through although it was at times too intense to read much at a sitting. The vampires in this book are purely evil with no redeeming features at all. But they are very compelling. The history and travelogue of Eastern Europe is fascinating and compelling in its own right. The ending is complex and not what it first appears to be. The characters are well-drawn and interesting.
This is a book well worth reading.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Shifting & Improving

The shifting of the one aisle continues. I've moved the Self-Help books to a new place and also the supernatural/UFO/etc books. They are in better order and easier to deal with now. With the space freed up by moving those, I moved the Large Print and gave them more room. Then I moved the humor books. After that, I started on the War & Sea books, giving them more space and better organization. I've moved the Sea books, the Vietnam books, and the Civil War paperbacks. On Tuesday I'll start on the War books, followed by the semi-Classics/Oldies-but-goodies and the Classics.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Moving books--again

The self-help books got moved this morning as were the supernatural/UFO books. I also moved the Large Print books over a section and was able to have more space for them. Now I am moving the War & Sea books to have better spacing. Then I'll get to the classics and almost-classics/oldies books to give them more space.