so as most people know (or at least most people here in the states) the boarder's bookstore chain is going out of business. and this works out very well for me. you see, they are only going to be open until the end of this week. so everything is like crazy marked down. which means i got about $60 worth of books for only $17. that's pretty win if you ask me. one is a kids book to donate to my mom's classroom, but the other three are for me. so here's a quick run down on what i got: scarlet spy by kage baker. it is a part of a series called "the women of nell gwynne's." it's a steampunk book set in england, and it's about a hooker that gets recruited as a spy. royal blood by rona sharon is a historic fiction set in king henry VIII's court. it's a murder mystery, with one of the victims being a lady-in-waiting for the queen, and the man investigating it keeps having crazy visions about the people who got killed. the third is lord of misrule by jaimy gordon. it's about a scam that's being run at a small time horse racing operation. apparently word leaks out and too many people find out the truth.
so that's my current reading list. i'm actually really stoked about it because it's been forever and a day since i last got myself a new book. i can't wait to get started on it, because the books actually sound really good. and if they turn out to be total flops, at least i didn't pay more than $5 for any of them.
oh and if anyone is interested, the book i got for my mom is the monster bed by jeanne willis and susan varley. i totally read it when i was a kid, and it has the most adorable little monster ever. check it out if you have kids. hell, check it out even if you didn't procreate. the pictures are worth it.
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