Book Lust, part 2

[theatokos]

Books I purchased:
Cabal by Micheal Dibdin - Black Lizard/Vintage Crime has always intrigued me even though I'm not much of a crime or mystery genre fan. I thought I'd give this a shot.

Beowulf by Seamus Heaney trans. - It's time to revisit this in a way that is not heinous. Plus, this edition is bilingual. Cool.

A Wrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle - I remember loving these as a kid. Time to revisit.

The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox - This was on the Economist's best of 2006 list. It was just sitting patiently on the shelf. I couldn't resist.

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl - I hear it's great.....

I wish I knew when I was going to read these. I'm still working my way through Anne Carson's latest and a pretty dull book on panentheism.

Comments

[hangedwoman.livejournal.com]

I loved the Heaney Beowulf.

Deep in their hearts/They remembered hell.

'Calamity physics' is a new term to me, though I do suspect I'd enjoy finding out more about it. :)

[erinya.livejournal.com]

I loved Madeleine L'Engle when I was a kid, too! Is A Wind in the Door the one with Progonoskes (or whatever the angel's name was)? Because that book made me so sad that I refused to read it for years after the first time.

[cambozola.livejournal.com]

Oooh I love buying books! I always buy new ones even though I have piles of them all around my bed waiting their turn to be read!

[hrafntinna.livejournal.com]

Beowulf! Yes.

I heard Seamus read from his translation at the National Theater of Iceland. He commented between excerpts that he though the most erotic parts of the poem were the descriptions of the ships being launched, their prows cutting into the water.