Monday, October 24, 2011

Mailbox Monday (October 24): McGill Bookfair Loot

Mailbox Monday buttonMailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books they received during the previous week. Warning: MM can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and huge wish lists! Mailbox Monday, which was started by Marcia (who now blogs at A girl and her books) is on blog tour—this month, it’s hosted by Serena at Savvy Verse & Wit.

As I mentioned in last week’s post, the McGill Book Fair was on this past week and I came home with a modest pile of books (for $2 to $4 each):




The books are:
I now own the first nine books in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series (but have only read the first three). I’m also the proud owner of no fewer than four copies of A Door into Ocean. (The Women’s Press edition is by far my favourite and this copy is in much better shape than the other copy I own, so it made sense to me to “replace” it for only $2—not that I plan of getting rid of the first copy!)

What did you find in your mailbox this past week? For other Mailbox Monday posts, head over to Savvy Verse & Wit.

9 comments:

  1. A Door into the Ocean has an interesting cover. I haven't read all the McCall Smith books. Congrats on having the collection!

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  2. Great finds! I've heard good things about Baker Towers.

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  3. Wait a minute! You own four copies of A Door into the Ocean?? That's worse than me! (And I'm very bad.) Well, at least you only came home with six books from the sale!

    I hope you enjoy your books, Avis!

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  4. I love your finds. I want to read the Haigh book for sure. If have a small collection of Smith's books too!

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  5. Great mailbox! Enjoy all your new reads, these are all mostly new to me. Happy reading!

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  6. It looks like you found some great buys!

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  7. Enjoy your new loot, Avis. I've read most of The Ladies'No.1 Detective Agency books, and loved the movies as well.

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  8. Great picks Avis. I got a couple of sciency books, but my top fiction finds from the McGill book fair are:
    - The Petty Details of So-and-So's Life by Camilla Gibb
    - Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
    - Floating in my Mother's Palm by Ursula Heigi
    - The Blind Side by Michael Lewis (non-fiction, but has become a movie so it almost counts!)

    I'm actually reading the first of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series (I started it a couple of days ago), and am really enjoying the deceptive simplicity of it :)

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  9. I read a lot of scifi and I'm wondering why I haven't read A Door into the Ocean. Hmmmm. Anyway, nice week, especially when you can find books for two dollars.

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