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The Payless Warehouse Sale.... again.

Didn't think I'd go this time as I'm not really in the best state of finances right now... but I must've been trapped in their tractor beam and they managed to rope me in anyhow.

I managed to escape by the skin of my teeth with these:

1. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
I've been eying this for ages at Borders.

2. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Recommended by a friend a couple years back. Feel slightly guilty it took me this long to actually get the book. How long more will it take for me to read it?

3. Louisiana Power & Light by John Dufresne
Passed the first-page test. Looks like it could be an enjoyable read.

4. Maybe the Moon by Armistead Maupin
From the writer of the Tales from the City series.

5. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer
OMGWTFBBQ! I've been looking for this for yoinks! (Big Sherlock Holmes fan here!)

6. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
I hope I haven't already bought this.

7. We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
Who doesn't like Joyce Carol Oates?
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okay, put your hands down. Geez. She's not that bad.

My wallet is now unburdened by RM24.50. Um. Yay?
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  1. bibliobibuli18/12/06 2:42 pm

    good choices - i haven't read joyce carol oates but have a couple of her books

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  2. Ted Mahsun18/12/06 3:30 pm

    I've only read a few of her short stories... but they seem okay. I'm wondering how her novels stack up.

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  3. sharanya7/1/07 4:35 pm

    I hope I haven't already bought this.

    Been there. ;)

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  4. Ted Mahsun8/1/07 1:57 pm

    yes.. it is a bit of problem isn't it? ;)

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