rather a lot of books

[rivendellrose]

I went out shopping for books for my trip this weekend (last night to Elliot Bay Book Company, and today to Half Price Books), and... I think I may have slightly over done it? I have this thing where I sort of get out of control with books. It's like any other addiction - if you allow yourself to take even one drink (or, in my case, buy one book)... it just leads to going nuts and overdoing it. Sooo... I'm a lot more poor, but I have a lot of awesome books. Yay.

I'm also having occasional teensy-tiny little nervous breakdowns about OMG LEAVING ON WEDNESDAY. Well. Technically, going to LA on Wednesday night, and then omg leaving-for-real on Thursday morning. But still. Same diff, in a general sense. Either way, it's all very suddenly immediate and I'm only freaking out a tiny bit, really, of course. Really. Hah.

Expect a near-constant state of panic between now and Thursday. And then silence, hopefully followed by a triumphant "News From Tokyo!" kind of post on Friday night. Well... assuming the hostel really does have Wifi. If not, the triumphant post might have to wait until I can find a local internet cafe. :D

But that's not yet. Not until Friday. Until then.... yeah. Until then, it's all over but two more days of work, and a lot of packing and panicking and general fuss and worry. Wheeeeee.

Comments

[lacrimaeveneris.livejournal.com]

Eek! Well, good luck, try not to panic TOO much. Also, what books?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Thank you, and I'll try!

Umm... let's see.

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
The Court of the Air - Stephen Hunt
Contact - Carl Sagan
The Scar - China Mieville
Big Bang - Simon Singh
RuneMarks - Joanne Harris
The Year of Living Biblically - A.J. Jacobs

There were some other purchases as well (one Sandman collection, a replacement of my copy of Terry Pratchett's Jingo, a Tanya Huff Valor novel, and four Hellboy graphic novels - but those aren't coming to Japan with me. They're just because I couldn't not buy them. ♥)

[lacrimaeveneris.livejournal.com]

Oooo... Sandman. I could never finish Jonathan Strange for some reason... I should try it again, it's been a few years. Year of Living Biblically is absolutely, utterly hysterical.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping that being stuck on a plane with it will help... ;)

Yay! I'm glad to hear a recommendation of that one - it just looked too awesome not to get.

(and I suppose I should say "I don't think any of those are coming with me. The Hellboy definitely aren't because a few of them are signed by Mignola (be still my heart) and I don't want them getting hurt, and the Sandman is hardcover and I don't want to carry anything big. But the others might if I have space. :D)

[lacrimaeveneris.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah, the Sandman books are kind of ginormous.

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

I've read Contact, Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and I just started The year of living Biblically.
I haven't heard of the others. Let me know what you think, I'm always looking for good books.
It souinds like you gave yourself the day off from work Wednsday, that will help keep your stress level down hopefully!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

You bet! And yeah, I've always had Weds. off - originally it was just because I wasn't sure what time my flight was going to be, but I certainly wasn't going to go back and change it, given how likely it is that I'll have to do running around that day. :D