What did YOU buy today? November 2014

Bought one for a book group. Was supposed to read the 750-page History and Social Influence of the Potato by Redcliffe Salaman for January for my history book group. Instead, I'm choosing to read Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent by John Reader from Yale UP. More modern, fewer pages, and Salaman is one of his sources.

Got a gift card in the mail for my birthday, unexpectedly. Spent it on the Applewood Books print-on-demand reprint of Oldtown Folks by Harriet Beecher Stowe (and on an Ani Di Franco CD).

And have grabbed several ARCs at work recently (don't *think* I've mentioned any of these yet):

* _The Power of 100! Kickstart Your Dreams, Build Momentum, and Discover Unlimited Possibility_ by Shaun King (January 2015)
* Ruth's Journey by Donald McCaig (out now; about the origins of Mammy of Gone with the Wind fame, this is authorized by Mitchell's estate)
* Into the Savage Country by Shannon Burke (February 2015, historical fiction)
* Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper (January 2015, historical fiction)
* The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens (out now, contemporary mystery/thriller)
* The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell (March 2015; second book by one of the authors of Rule of Four)

Well, I didn't buy it today, but it arrived today, does that count? Rosemary and the Princess, the third of Josephine Lawrence's novels for young girls featuring Rosemary Willis and her family.

Odd that you mentioned her. I recently watched the Criterion collection movie "Make Way For Tomorrow" based on her novel Years Are So Long, and then had to read the original book. I enjoyed both, if such can be said about such depressing content.

Rosemary was a childhood favorite of mine, and I found it held up well to re-reading as an adult. I only recently discovered that there were more books featuring the Willis family, and found both Rainbow Hill and Rosemary and the Princess available on eBay. I recommend them...and they aren't depressing at all.

Two ARCs:

* _The Mapmaker's Children_ by Sarah McCoy (May 2015; multiple time period story - today, and mid-19th C. U.S.)
* _Private Affair_ by Rebecca York (January 2015; contemporary romance)

Two ARCs, and two purchases:

* Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar (Pub date either December 2014 or January 2015 - letter and cover of ARC differ; aka Virginia Woolf and her sister)
* Almost Famous Women by Megan Mayhew Bergman (January 2015; short stories of daring women in history, some better known than others)

* Tradition of Deceit by Kathleen Ernst (contemporary mystery with ties to history)
* The Brotherhood of Book Hunters by Raphael Jerusalmy (historical fiction, a bit intriguing despite a Renaissance time period I usually despise; oddly, a blurb recommends it to fans of Umberto Eco {hmmm?} and Dan Brown {hmmm!} -- would not have thought much overlap there -- if more the latter, I may be returning it....)

Well, not all today, but over the last few days, these:



My husband is responsible for some of them.

>7 laytonwoman3rd: Bad husband. ;) Nice photo btw!

Two more ARCs:

* After the War Is Over by Jennifer Robson (Pub date 1/15; historical fiction, just post WWI, second book in series)
* Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin (Pub date 3/15)