more books to read?

Did I want to read a book called Corpse at St. Andrew's?  Like Scotland?  The phrase written on the back of a DDs receipt would suggest I did...will need to investigate further.  AFTER cleaning the apartment, bah.  I could be blogging or watching House, or reading The Rose Grower,but apparently I will have a random staying at my place tomorrow night, so I need to clean.  Again, BAH.  Thank goodness for the Black Eyed Peas station on Pandora right now...briefly, though - The Rose Grower, by Michelle de Kretser, is surprisingly engaging.  Started it yesterday, liking it a lot.  Gave up on La Salle, for now - style is weird, def. too much for a exhausted/sore Friday last week!  Her Fearful Symmetry was perfect for post-electrolysis hunkering down though.  Glad I finally read it, and totally worth what I paid (which was 50% off the hardcover price to be fair though).

Reading list

I just got this review from the New York Times in my inbox, and I think I will try to check this book out at some point - although hopefully after it's in the library!  I am worried I have some sort of weird depression that manifests itself through compulsive book buying.  I picked up a book off the table in front of the Harvard Bookstore on my way to class yesterday, even though I have a mountain of books at home, and haven't even gotten Her Fearful Symmetry out of the bag yet.  And I'm not even sure what the book's about - I just saw Newfoundland in the inside front cover, and I liked the cover, and it was under $4 so I bought it, and then tried to justify it to myself.  Oh, well - cheaper than two cups of coffee, and at least I put up a new bookshelf in the apartment the other day.  But I am not allowed to buy ANY new books until either I finish all the unread ones I have in my possession at the moment, or one I've really been waiting for comes out.  Like the Ariana Franklin.  Whichever happens first.

Update

I think in a past post I mentioned I wanted to read The Dead Travel Fast by Deanna Raybourn, thinking it would be stupid, but fun. Well, half right: it was definitely stupid. Not a total waste, I suppose, since I did come across a couple words I need to look up, but definitely thinking now about the couple of coffees I could have gotten for the price of the book.
On the bright side, when I was headed to the register with the book I spotted Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger, which I have been interested in reading, but was unwilling to pay full hardcover price for, and was stuck pretty far down on a list at the library - but there it was, with a 50% off sticker, and I got an additional 10% with my Barnes & Noble membership, so I picked it up. Of course, I have a stack of library books literally a foot high piled up on the floor in front of my fireplace, so I may not get to it until the thing's in paperback anyhow, but what the hell.
Also read that Regency mystery, When Gods Die, by C.S. Harris over the weekend - it was fine, nothing exciting, and I think I liked the first one better, but I barely remember it, so who knows. And some dreadful book about New Netherland, and a murder, and some random other stuff...The Dutchman's Dilemma, maybe? Okay, maybe not dreadful, but boring.  Certainly will not be returning to that author, whoever it is, that is for d**m sure, but I will probably read another Harris at some point if I need a book for the busride home from work or something.
Happily ensconced in The Big Over Easy from Jasper Fforde's "Nursery Crimes" series right now - maybe too happily, as I snuggled down into my covers with it last night when I should have been doing my homework. It's not the Thursday Next series, but I still think I just love anything Fforde does...how many books make you giggle, and laugh out loud?