This one comes from the gentleman's collection ~ a young librarian with some heavy reading. Uninscribed, but likely dating to the 1880s.Recently the gentleman and I received an extraordinary addition to our already burgeoning library ~ more than a hundred history, art, architecture, and garden books. Along with biographies, published journals and diaries. A carefully curated archive, a treasure trove of information, given to us by a true scholar. Oh, the gift of knowledge is a most glorious thing!
With visions of English pleasure gardens dancing in my head, it is hard to image that I have room for much fiction. But, oh I do! My winter reading list:
* Curiosity, by Joan Thomas (due out in the US in March)
* Walt Whitman's Secret, by George Fetherling (this and the above, via The Overdecorated Bookcase)
* The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, by David Mitchell
* Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey
* The Professor and the Madman, by Simon Winchester (one piece of non fiction!)
* and of course, finishing up those Stieg Larsson mysteries!
Happy weekend, happy reading. Cheers.
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7 comments:
she is one truly beautiful soul. congrats on the splendid splendid gift.
I have read 2 on your list, have you read the 13th tale? just went right thru that. I adore the librarian
Oh!! I do hope you like those books as much as I did . . . and I'm going to add the others to my list (the ones not already on it, that is). Happy reading indeed! :)
Indeed the most glorious gift I could ever imagine....I could just hug her! This treasure will give you a lifetime of joy. The gentleman's photograph is perfect for the occasion!
I need to apply for a JCB & Her Gentleman library card. what a wonderful, loving gift. I have visions of you two having to walk around your apartment with 1' wide, book-lined pathways!
Victoria ~ a beautiful soul indeed!
little a ~ 13th tale is on my stack, but I haven't read it yet. Perhaps I'll have to throw that on the list too.
Inkslinger ~ I ALWAYS like your recommendations.
mom ~ so nice to have the gentleman's collection to dip into every now and then!
hbd ~ your vision is not far off base! We are thinking of cataloguing everything through Library Thing, so library cards may very well be needed!!
100 volumes? Time for more bookshelves!
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