Book Exchange Haul

I have access to a decent-sized informal lending library these days.  There are a lot of Harlequin romances, a lot of John LeCarre, and many books where police dogs save the day.  I can't quite bring myself to read His Holiday Prayer -- which I'm sure is amazing.

But you just never know what you might find.  I'm an old, broke, pensioner who can't resist free reading materials.  I love the randomness of books I would never otherwise have read.  It's a dorky kind of pleasure, but it works for me.

I snagged:

Sew Deadly by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
Knit Two by Kate Jacobs
Sybil Exposed  by Debbie Nathan
Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

I also grabbed Schoolhouse Brides, Teachers of Yesterday Fulfill Dreams of Love in Four Novellas, although it stands a strong chance of getting DNFd.

The most exciting of these books is this copy of The Scarlet Pimpernel, which is leather bound, does not appear to have ever been read before, and includes a little pamphlet that explains in-depth about the story and provides additional vocabulary.  An amazing little treasure.

I have two Silvia Moreno-Garcia books to read at the moment, Signal to Noise and Silver Nitrate.  But I look forward to reading the randomness.  Simple pleasures for simple minds.

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