#89-90; currently reading

89. Night Flight - Antoine de Saint-Exupery [c. 1932] [198 pages] S: 28 Nov. F: 29 Nov.
90. Jack Black & the Ship of Thieves - Carol Hughes [c. 1977] [231 pages] S: 28 Nov. F: 29 Nov.

Total Books: 90/100
Total Pages: 19,162

Copied from my Books & Bobs notebook:
Night Flight - Gave off a very dreamy-sleepy feeling while reading it.
Jack Black - Found this book browsing through the children's section at Zimmerman & read it in about 2 hours (between Math & Art and this morning before Math). Was pleasantly surprised at how good it was.

I suppose I should start giving ratings? Though if I'm terrible at reviews I rather doubt I'd be any better at ratings. D:

Anyway, I went back into the library this afternoon and checked two books out: The Cryptologists by Kingsley Amis & Robert Conquest and The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham. I started reading The Tiger in the Smoke and am enjoying it so far, though I was a bit unsettled learning that it was set in the 1950's, since I'm only familiar with the 1920's Campion. :O

#88 & currently reading

88. Murder for Christmas - Thomas Godfrey (editor) [c. 1982] [489 pages] S: 16 Nov. (?) F: 27 Nov. ♥

Total Books: 88/100
Total Pages: 18,733

I'm so glad I got that book. :D It's water damaged, but still readable if I'm careful with the spine.

I started both Night Flight by Antoine de Saint Exupery and Jack Black and the Ship of Thieves by Carol Hughes. I'm almost done with Night Flight and about halfway through with Jack Black.

Night Flight is a very sleepy type of book. It's got incredible imagery but reading it makes me want to laze around in bed, a cat in my lap and a cup of tea nearby. Quite an incovienent feeling when on the bus, and so close to finals week. D:

I found Jack Black at one of the campus libraries and thought it looked interesting, so I started reading it inbetween two of my classes. I didn't have time to check it out but I'm going back tomorrow to get it and/or finish reading it.

Also, I miss PaperBackSwap. :( I think I might start using it again, funded via my grandmother's Christmas cash.

#82-87

82. Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit - David Fisher [c. 1981] [121 pages] S: 1 Nov. F: 2 Nov.
83. Doctor Who and the War Games - Malcolm Hulke [c. 1979] [143 pages] S: 2 Nov. F: 3 Nov.
84. Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor - Terrance Dicks [c. 1980] [127 pages] S: 3 Nov. F: 3 Nov.
85. Passenger to Frankfurt - Agatha Christie [c. 1970] [268 pages] S: 5 Nov. F: 8 Nov.
86. The Patchwork Girl of Oz - L. Frank Baum [c. 1913] [340 pages] S: 12 Nov. F: 15 Nov.
87. The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery [c. 1943] [113 pages] S: 16 Nov. F: 16 Nov. [R]

Total Books: 87/100
Total Pages: 18,244

I've started reading Murder for Christmas, an anthology of crime/mystery stories set around Christmas (I mentioned it in my last post). :D It's so effing awesome, heh.

Library Book Sale!

So. I bought 36 books this weekend. 8D Today was the $2-a-bag book sale and yesterday was the regular book sale. Yay!

On Saturday I couldn't get as many books as I wanted, because I had to take the bus home and only had my backpack to carry them in. DX But today I had a ride and carted away 26!

What I Bought
Saturday
Archaic Egypt - W.B. Emery ($0.50)
The Barber of Seville (music of the principal airs) ($0.25)
The Barber of Seville libretto ($0.25)
The BFG - Roald Dahl ($0.50)
Death on the Nile - Agatha Christie ($0.25)
Freighter Days - Norman D. Ford ($0.50)
Pirates of the Spainish Main ($0.50)
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes - Hugh Greene (editor) ($0.25)
The Story of a Hundred Operas - Felix Mendelsohn ($0.50)
Where to Travel by Freighter ($0.50)
[Total: 10 books @ $4.50]

Today
Attending Marvels: A Patagonian Journal - George Gayload Simpson (org. $1)
The Beginning of English Society - Dorothy Whitelock (org. $0.25)
Captain Cook and the South Pacific - John Gwyther (org. $1.50)
Chartres Cathedral (org. $0.50)
The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx (org. $0.25)
Crossword Puzzle Dictionary - Andrew Swanfeld (org. $1)
De la litterature/de l'allemagne - Madame de Stael (org. $0.50)
Edinburgh: The New Official Guide (org. $0.75)
England in the Eighteenth Century - J.H. Plumb (org. $0.25)
The Era of the French Revolution 1789-1999 - Leo Gershoy (org. $0.25)
La France: Carrefour des civilisations - Benjamin F. Bart (org. $1)
French Course for Technologists and Scientists - H. Sheldon jackson and J. Standring (org. $0.50)
Les grands auteurs francais du programme - Andre Lagarde and Laurent Michard (org. $1)
Gods from Outer Space - Erich von Daniken (org. $0.25)
The Mentor Book of Major British Poets - Oscar Williams (edited) (org. $0.50)
Murder for Christmas - Thomas Godfrey (editor) (org. $0.50)
Night Flight - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (org. $1)
The Night Manager - John le Carre (org. $0.50)
The Norton Book of Travel - Paul Fussell (editor) (org. $0.75)
Oraisons Funebres et sermons I & II - Bossuet (org. $1)
The Patchwork Girl of Oz - L. Frank Baum (org. $0.50)
The Pelican History of Greece - A.R. Burn (org. $0.25)
A Perfect Spy - John le Carre (org. $0.50)
Poesies Choisies (org. $0.50)
The Theban Plays - Sophocles (org. $0.25)
[Total: 26 books @ $2.00, roughly $0.07 per book.]

Taking into account the original (library sale) price, I WOULD have paid $15.25 for the lot. Heh.

#78-81

78. Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child - Terrance Dicks [c. 1981] [128 pages] D: 28 Oct. F: 30 Oct.
79. Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl - Terrance Dicks [c. 1979] [109 pages] S: 31 oct. F: 31 Oct.
80. Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen - Terrance Dicks [c. 1976] [139 pages] S: early Oct. F: 31 Oct.
81. Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion - Terrance Dicks [c. 1974] [156 pages] S: 1 Nov. F: 1 Nov.

Total Books: 81/100
Total Pages: 17,132

#76-77

76. Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora - Philip Hinchcliffe [c. 1977] [140 pages] S: 23 Oct. F: 25 Oct.
77. Doctor Who: The Invasion - Ian Marter [c. 1985] [159 pages] S: 25 Oct. F: 27 Oct.

Total Books: 77/100
Total Pages: 16,600

The Invasion had Jamie in it! :D YAYJAMIEYAY.

#74-75; reached goal!

74. Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks - Terrance Dicks [c. 1976] [144 pages] S: 19 Oct. F: 20 Oct.
75. Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster - Terrance Dicks [c. 1976] [140 pages] S: 23 Oct. F: 23 Oct.

Start: 1 January 2006 (24 August 2006)
Finish: 23 October 2006
Total Time: 296 days
Total Books: 75/75
Total Pages: 16,301

...yay! :D So I guess now I'll...make a new goal of 100 books? Those Doctor Who books go really fast-- I can read 1 1/2 in a day just on the bus and in between classes. I really liked DW & the Loch Ness Monster, by the way; it was one of the more interesting plots.

I've still got 13 more Doctor Who books to read, but after I'm done with them I'll move on to some bigger ones. D8 Though I'll miss reading Who books-- must get more!