A quite belated catch up post (also, happy new year! So says she a mere eleven days into the new year…) on what Santa bought me over Christmas. Some were a gift to myself and the rest were picked out for myself on behalf of others who didn’t know which books to get me. :-p
Ta-dah!
The titles are:
- Therese Raquin by Emile Zola
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
- Emma by Jane Austen (which I’ve already broken in and halfway through)
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
- The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
- The Monk by Matthew Lewis
- Candide and Other Stories by Voltaire
- Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
- The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
A nice loot and something to get the year off to a strong start. I’m also seriously running out of room. And, of course, I forgive Santa for being late with the presents…
Mad Bibliophile 
Great bunch of books Mae – you chose well for yourself! Now, enjoy reading them.
Thanks Sue! They’re so nice and shiny. They’ve been piled up my bed these last few weeks. I’m really running out of room!
LOL Mae … is this one of those situations where you put them on the bed, take them off the bed to sleep each night, and then in the morning put them on the bed again … ad infinitum. I know that story!
Oh yes!!! I thought I was the only batty one doing that! It’s ridiculous! Good to know others have done the same thing too.
Yes, we can be batty together – just don’t tell my neatnik sister in law!
That loud sound you just heard was my jaw hitting my desk! What a wonderful pile.
LOL!! I’m sure your loot from Santa was just as inspiring as mine! 🙂
Lovely loot – well worth waiting for!
Yes, and they trickled in slowly too, prolonging the ‘opening presents’ excitement!
These look really great, better late than never, right?! 🙂 Have fun reading those!
I knew Santa would eventually find his way. Must have been all those stopovers where milk was replaced with rum…
I really loved Therese Racquin when I read it last year for Tamara and Bookbath’s Paris in July. It was very suspenseful, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. The rest of the stack looks great, too!
I think I was inspired by one of the reviews. I just had a craving to read it and it does sound very good.
What a nice bunch of books. The Castle of Otranto is an interesting read though…
Mm, yes, I remember a few reviews of it last year including yours. It sounds a little wild!
Hope you persevere with Emma! Looking forward to your review of the Jacobson.