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- This Old Thing?: The Endless Steppe by book-a-rama on Nov 7, 2009
When I saw The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig on my shelf, I knew it was perfect for today. See that through my window? That's snow. Snow! The cover of The Endless Steppe is appropriate for the day. There was another reason I chose it though...
- This Old Thing?: Possession by book-a-rama on Oct 22, 2009
I didn't post This Old Thing? last week because the holiday threw me off and nearly forgot this week. Bad me.Possession by A S Byatt is one of those books I definitely want to read someday but someday never seems to come. It won the 1990 Booker Priz...
- This Old Thing?: Frankenstein by book-a-rama on Oct 7, 2009
Okay, so that's not the best cover ever for such an awesome book but that's what I got. Don't let it fool you into thinking it's got Abbott and Costello running around shouting "Frankie". It's a serious book about science and man's desire to meddle i...
- This Old Thing?: The Ballad of Peckham Rye by book-a-rama on Sep 30, 2009
This week's This Old Thing is The Ballad of Peckham Rye by Muriel Spark another library sale find. I love library sales! I remember this one was tucked in a box of about 50 P G Wodehouse books. I was overwhelmed by all those ones so upon seeing this...
- This Old Thing?: Jamaica Inn by book-a-rama on Sep 23, 2009
I'm not sure what mystifies my little poppet more: the weird hand, the boobage threatening to pop out of that dress or... is that Stonehenge in the background?This week's This Old Thing is Jamaica Inn by Daphne DuMaurier. The back cover claims it's "...
- This Old Thing?: Agatha Christie by book-a-rama on Sep 16, 2009
Welcome to my new feature This Old Thing? where I pick an older title (or 2 or 3) to highlight and possibly introduce to new readers.Yesterday was Agatha Christie's Birthday. She was born on September 15, 1890. The official Christie Website is having...
- This Old Thing?: Watership Down by book-a-rama on Sep 9, 2009
I'm trying a new feature on book-a-rama. I hope you like it.Brand new books get all the attention but what about those lonely wallflowers, those old pals 'on the shelf' just waiting to be asked out on Saturday night. I'm talking about old books. They...
