a couple months ago the durham county public library had a big sale. on the last day of the sale you could buy a grocery bag (paper, not plastic) and fill it to the brim for only $7.00. we definitely had to take advantage of that! we really racked up… and now we need a new bookshelf! here are the titles we came home with.
the cider house rules… john irving
the dive from clausen’s pier… ann packer
snow flower and the secret fan… lisa see
the memory keeper’s daughter… kim edwards
we were the mulvaneys… joyce carol oates
bringing up boys… dr. james dobson
reading lolita in tehran… azar nafisi
running with scissors… augusten burroughs
taltos… anne rice
blood and thunder, an epic of the american west… hampton sides
snow falling on cedars… david guterson
the shipping news… e. annie proulx
the book of ruth… jane hamilton
middlesex… jeffrey eugenides
bel canto… ann patchett
on becoming baby wise book two… gary ezzo
marley & me… john grogan
vegetable gardening
in addition to all of these, we also got another book about gardening (which is currently on loan to jon’s dad) and some records for corey. i’m pretty sure it will take me 10 years to read all of these books, but $7.00 for 19 books was just too irresistible for me to pass up.
thethomthoms 
Jun 07, 2011 @ 20:12:55
Brenda has lots of good things to say about the James Dobson parenting books!
Jun 30, 2011 @ 16:44:34
Let me know what you think of “Cider House Rules.” I picked it up quite a few years ago and managed to get about half way through it before I couldn’t take it anymore. I am a total weeny (and that part of me is still disturbed from what I read), but I think what bothered me the most was that there was no one in the book to cheer for or even think well of. But lots of people absolutely love it (according to Amazon) so go figure. 🙂
Jun 30, 2011 @ 21:14:22
it could be a million years before i read it, but i will let you know. i don’t even know what it’s about, honestly! i liked “a prayer for owen meany”.