One of the great pleasures of a life-abroad: Amazon.com
Hallelujah.
I ordered some books on March 7, 2009 from Amazon and didn't expect them till April 3-5th. So imagine my surprise and delight when 2 of the 3 packages arrived today (9 business days early)! I selected the option where they will ship the packages separately, but at no extra cost to me, so that they arrive faster.... ahhhhhh customer service!
Anyway:
The books I ordered:
Augusten Burroughs - A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father
Burroughs is one of my favorite authors. He grew up in a rather messed up household and I really "get" his twisted humor. The finding things funny, or ordinary, when they are totally not funny, or ordinary. He's gay, he's wry, and he's a tad OCD. I love him. This latest book though is not supposed to be a dark-humor memoir like the rest of his books, it's really a memoir of how it was to grow up with his alcoholic father and his attempts to gain his approval, supposedly sans humor.
Marsha Mehran - Pomengranate Soup: A Novel
Iranian sisters move to Ireland, open a cafe, and a "foodie-lit" book ensues. I enjoy books that make me hungry, and this one has recipes as well!
Bill Bryson - In a Sunburned Country
Bill Bryson was born in the Midwest of the U.S. but lived in England for almost twenty years, and he's a travel writer. This is his book about traveling to Australia. I bought it soley based on this quote, which describes his impression of cricket:
listening to two men sitting in a rowboat on a large, placid lake on a day when the fish aren't biting; it's like having a nap without losing consciousness. It actually helps not to know quite what's going on. In such a rarefied world of contentment and inactivity, comprehension would become a distraction.
Now this quote is based on listening to the game on the radio, but I will tell you, it's equally boring watching it on tv, or in person.
Richard Yates - Revolutionary Road
Saw the movie. Loved it. Had to get the original novel.
Andrew Doughty - Maui Revealed
We're going to Maui and Oahu in June (2 months and 19 days.....) I've heard that this "Revealed" series is the best from several places.
I ordered some books on March 7, 2009 from Amazon and didn't expect them till April 3-5th. So imagine my surprise and delight when 2 of the 3 packages arrived today (9 business days early)! I selected the option where they will ship the packages separately, but at no extra cost to me, so that they arrive faster.... ahhhhhh customer service!
Anyway:
The books I ordered:
Augusten Burroughs - A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father
Burroughs is one of my favorite authors. He grew up in a rather messed up household and I really "get" his twisted humor. The finding things funny, or ordinary, when they are totally not funny, or ordinary. He's gay, he's wry, and he's a tad OCD. I love him. This latest book though is not supposed to be a dark-humor memoir like the rest of his books, it's really a memoir of how it was to grow up with his alcoholic father and his attempts to gain his approval, supposedly sans humor.
Marsha Mehran - Pomengranate Soup: A Novel
Iranian sisters move to Ireland, open a cafe, and a "foodie-lit" book ensues. I enjoy books that make me hungry, and this one has recipes as well!
Bill Bryson - In a Sunburned Country
Bill Bryson was born in the Midwest of the U.S. but lived in England for almost twenty years, and he's a travel writer. This is his book about traveling to Australia. I bought it soley based on this quote, which describes his impression of cricket:
listening to two men sitting in a rowboat on a large, placid lake on a day when the fish aren't biting; it's like having a nap without losing consciousness. It actually helps not to know quite what's going on. In such a rarefied world of contentment and inactivity, comprehension would become a distraction.
Now this quote is based on listening to the game on the radio, but I will tell you, it's equally boring watching it on tv, or in person.
Richard Yates - Revolutionary Road
Saw the movie. Loved it. Had to get the original novel.
Andrew Doughty - Maui Revealed
We're going to Maui and Oahu in June (2 months and 19 days.....) I've heard that this "Revealed" series is the best from several places.
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