Books and shopping

[callmemadam]

Do you play the game of 'which book is currently most commonly found in charity shops'? I looked in a few shops yesterday and the answer is: anything by Dave Pelzer. Also Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. No doubt many people, like me, bought and then never read it.

Remember the knitted Royal Wedding? The Book People have the knitting book for £3.99. Still with wedding fever, The Book Depository offers me this morning a free eBook: The Royal Wedding for Dummies. Where are the tea towels?

In other news on the high street: our lovely hardware shop where you could buy thingamyjigs has become a Surplus Store; two new charity shops have opened. So much for the Waitrose factor, which was supposed to increase the town's prosperity.

Comments

[karamina.livejournal.com]

Half of a Yellow Sun was suggested by a rather pretentious woman in our bookgroup. She'd already read it and wanted to ponce about sharing her wisdom. Unfortunately half the group hated it, and the other half couldn't be bothered to finish it.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Hee!