Book Fair Week 2009 (part 2)

As I mentioned in part 1 of my Book Fair Week posts, I was in Quebec City this weekend for the Quebec City Women’s Club Book Fair, which took place on Saturday. All their books are $1 each with the exception of a few they consider special books (usually bestsellers in great condition, art books and other coffee table books), which are anywhere from $2 to $10 each. I stayed away from the special books, so this is what I got for $24:

The books are:

• 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares
  
• A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
• A Wrongful Death by Kate Wilhelm
• Another Thing to Fall by Laura Lippman
• Bloodless Shadow by Victoria Blake
• Creating a Life Worth Living by Carol Lloyd
  
• Death in the Garden by Elizabeth Ironside
• Factoring Humanity by Robert J. Sawyer
• Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
• Kiss the Sunset Pig: A Canadian’s American Road Trip (with Exotic Detours) by Laurie Gough
  
• Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend by Alison Leslie Gold
  
• Obstruction of Justice by Perri O’Shaughnessy
• Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion by Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern
  
• Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
  
• The Doctor’s Wife by Elizabeth Brundage
• The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
  
• The Genius Factory: Unravelling the Mystery of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank by David Plotz
• The Girls by Lori Lansens
• The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
• The Petty Details of So-and-So’s Life by Camilla Gibb
• The Secret Life of a Schoolgirl: A Memoir by Rosemary Kingsland
  
• The Tall Pine Polka by Lorna Landvik
• The Three Miss Margarets by Louise Shaffer
• White Teeth by Zadie Smith

My friend Michelle, who gave me a lift to Quebec City (and bought 83 books at the book fair!), gave me two more books:

• My Latest Grievance by Elinor Lipman
• The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

My best finds are A Short History of Progress (recommended by my sister R.), The Enchanted April (which someone at the book fair said was one of the best books she’d ever read) and Old Books, Rare Friends (which sounds great!).

Have you read any of these books? Are there any you’d recommend (or disrecommend)?