New Air Conditioner!

The store had a new AC installed yesterday. The new one is quite an improvement as it puts out cooler air and more of it. This was an expensive deal but will pay off in time.

The Shack by Wm. Paul Young

Last year, I started to get requests for this book, but never had a copy in the store. Finally, late last week, a copy came in and I side-tracked it home to read first. I wanted to see what the book was about and why all the hoop-la about it.
I had no idea what the book was about until I read the blurb on the back, which said, in part, "...In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant, The Shack wrestles with the timeless question :Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain? The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!"

Well, I was not astounded or transformed and I don't need everyone to read this book. However, I do recommend it as an interesting and thought-provoking read. It stays within the Christian tradition but definitely bends the paradigm. Whatever religion or spirituality you may be, this book is worth your time.

Civil War Books

The store has a really nice selection of Civil War books available. Many are coffee table sized with excellent photographs. There are also many fiction books too.

Some New Arrivals

One of my favorite book scouts was in this morning. I got from him a large selection of Sylvia Browne books. From a different source, I have a bunch of "New Age" books that are now out on the shelf. There are a lot of Edgar Cayce books in that group.

Some new titles of Sci/Fi & Fantasy in the store

These are not new releases but are new to the store. I was able to buy 4 big bags of books last week. They are now all shelved. I had to do a shelf shift to get them all up there. Now that the dust has settled, here is a quick list.
13 Anne McCaffrey titles
8 Dennis L. McKiernan titles
7 Mercedes Lackey titles
10 Piers Anthony titles
5 David Eddings titles
13 Raymond E Feist
5 Brian Jacques
2 Andre Norton
3 Katherine Kurtz
3 Karen Miller
1 Christopher Rowly
3 Marion Zimmer Bradley
1 L E Modesitt Jr

Two Books by Julia Quinn

Author Julia Quinn has been around for awhile, writing entertaining books of historical fiction. As many authors are now doing, she writes books that each base the story on different characters who are related in some manner. Usually these books do not need to be read in order, but Quinn has two that really really need to be read not only in order, but one right after the other.
The first book is The Lost Duke of Wyndham and the second is Mr. Cavendish, I Presume. Both cover the exact same time period with the same characters. However they are told from the point of view of different people and it makes for quite entertaining reading. Both have a good sense of humor and sense of the absurd.
For a fun reading time, get both of these.