I want to see what everyone has on their book wishlist. So if you have one at Amazon or wherever, post a few titles. This doesn’t mean that you plan to buy the books; if you’re like me, you use your wishlist to make library requests, too, and to remember neat books you want to read.
Rules:
Post 5 random titles.
They must be off the first page of the wishlist (most recent)–I know you all have multiple-page lists. Ideally, post the very top title first.
Here are mine:
Enchanted Glass by Diana Wynne Jones (#1, not yet published)
Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age by Kay S. Hymowitz
Puffin Book of Classic Indian Tales by Meera Uberoi
Tinsel: A Search for America’s Christmas Present by Hank Stuever
Hungry: A Young Model’s Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves by Crystal Renn
I have this; it’s awesome, which you probably know.
dangermom, I’m glad you started this thread. I didn’t know that Amazon doesn’t remove items from the list after they’ve been purchased.
The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart by M. Glenn Taylor Ice Moon by Jan Costin Wagner The Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford The Unforgiven and The Searchers by Alan Lemay
Opinions appreciated, if anyone’s read any of those.
The Mastery of Music: Ten Pathways to True Artistry by Barry Green (Author)
Complete Preludes, Nocturnes and Waltzes: 26 Preludes, 21 Nocturnes, 19 Waltzes for Piano (Schirmer’s Library of Musical Classics) by Frederic Chopin (Composer)
The Armageddon Rag by George R.R. Martin (Author)
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil
The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality by Dalai Lama
Probability Measures on Metric Spaces by K. R. Parthasarathy
Probabilistic Inequalities by George Anastassiou
An Introduction to Ergodic Theory by Peter Walters
Teaching Statistics: A Bag of Tricks by Andrew Gelman, Deborah Nolan
Supermodularity and Complementarity by Donald M. Topkis
I have a separate Amazon wishlist just called “Library books” so I can keep track of what I want to check out. Otherwise, I’ll forget and go to the library with nothing in mind. I have 194 books on my library wishlist.
The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn Peake – (I was intrigued by the recent thread on him in CS and actually checked it out of the library today)
The Skating Rink by Roberto Bolano
Awaiting Your Reply by Dan Chaon
Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals by Christopher Payne
The Everyday Life Reader, edited by Ben Highmore
Ordinary Affects by Kathleen Stewart
A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit
Theories & Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of Artists’ Writings, edited by Stiles & Selz
My first couple of books are ones I want to buy as gifts, so…
Hidden History of New Hampshire by D. Quincy Whitney
Waiting for May by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Pillsbury Complete Cookbook
Here are five I want for myself:
A Good and Happy Child by Justin Evans
Heir to the Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
Illusion by Paula Volsky
Firebirds Rising: An Original Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Sharyn November
The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente
I have a couple of wishlists with books…one’s a list of textbooks that I hope in vain someone will buy for me before I actually have to shell out the cash myself since I am but a poor grad student, one is just books, the other is my main list of everything I’d like right now. I’m picking and choosing from the first pages of all three of those because I can.
Mutabilitie by Frank McGuinness
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
The Irish Story: Telling Tales and Making It Up in Ireland by R.F. Foster
Cook’s Illustrated Best 30-Minute Recipe
Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children Who Died Through the Northern Ireland Troubles by David Kittrick & others
It was actually a bit alarming to realize exactly how far down I’d have to go on my non-textbook lists before I found books that weren’t related to Ireland. And I don’t even use Amazon to keep track of my library visits – I have a notebook for that.
I use Amazon all the time, but I don’t use the wishlist function. I usually either just go ahead and buy whatever I come across or don’t, depending on expense, etc.
Maybe I can play along, however, by listing my 5 most recent purchases? Or would there be something else that would be a closer equivalent?
The Flowering of the Middle Ages – Joan Evans
The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture – Mary Carruthers
Blink – Ted Dekker
Reign in Hell – Keith Giffen
Mystical Astrology According to Ibn Arabi – Titus Burckhardt
I keep a long Amazon wishlist, because I put everything on there that I’m even slightly interested in. Here are five recently added ones that I’m actually likely to buy in the next few months:
*William Marshal: Knighthood, War and Chivalry, 1147-1219 (2nd Edition) *by David Crouch
*Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son *by Michael Chabon
I also have From These Ashes by Fredric Brown on my list!
Also:
Pumpkin Teeth by Tom Cardamone The Marquis of Bolibar by Leo Perutz Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter Dæmon in Lithuania by Henri Guigonnat Alone with the Horrors by Ramsey Campbell
I was disappointed with this book. If I can remember who I loaned it too, I’ll get it back and send it to you. Maybe you’ll like it better than I did. I found it really dry and emotionless, which is something, considering the subject is a child murder.
Isn’t Perutz something? I had all his books once (were there more than three?) but sold them during a budget crunch. I wish I had them back.
Thanks – but maybe I’ll just knock it off the list unread (wouldn’t be the first time, nor, I’m sure, the last). Your specific comment, frankly, trumps the generic “sdmb” of the recommendation.
Yes, I am really enjoying his books so far. I think that Little Apple is the last easily available one that I have to get. All of the ones printed by Arcade back in the early ninties are cheaply available used on Amazon!
I am a little surprised at your response, since I cherry picked those listings to see if I could introduce anyone to an obscure author.
Well, it worked for Guigonnat and Cardamone. You’re the only other person I know who’s read Perutz. Angela Carter I’ve heard of but haven’t read. I’ve read a lot of Ramsey Campbell but not recently.
There was a thread awhile back asking for books that no one else has read. That’s where I found Elleander Morning and a few other titles that were really good.
You’re the only other person I know who’s read Perutz. Angela Carter I’ve heard of but haven’t read. I’ve read a lot of Ramsey Campbell but not recently.