Tuesday, October 24, 2006

A week of books

Books purchased (so far...) this week:

The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion
Ex-library copy; purchased for $5 through eBay.

Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Purchased for $1 at St Vincent de Paul sidewalk sale.

Sleep, My Child, Forever by John Coston (True Crime)
Purchased for $1 at St Vincent de Paul sidewalk sale.

Books read (so far...) this week:

The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion

"Anna, Where Are You?" by Patricia Wentworth (1951)
Used paperback with stain in the shape of a skull on the inside cover; purchased for $4.50 through eBay.

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine: May 1982
My favourites: "Meet Me by the Mannequin" by Cornell Woolrich (1940) and "A Matter of Succession" by Patricia Moyes (1982).
Purchased for 20c at garage sale.

Book/s currently reading this week:

"Hopjoy Was Here" by Colin Watson (1962)
Falling apart Penguin Books paperback; purchased for 99c through eBay.

"The Concise Handbook of Human Anatomy" by McMinn, Hutchings & Logan
Purchased new many years ago.

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