My husband asked me if I would help him with some of his Christmas shopping and as it involved a trip to Half Price Books I was only too happy to help.

I found the calenders he wanted and then it was on to some browsing for me. I wandered over to the Clearance Section and got these book bargains:

The Turkish Lover by Esmeralda Santiago
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
The Drowning Room by Michael Pye

All for a dollar each. I love the clearance section. So did anyone else do some book shopping this weekend?

I couldn’t resist joining Booklogged’s Winter Classics Challenge. I have always lamented not reading enough classics in school so this is perfect for me. The hard part was finding the right books but I finally came up with my five classics.

Emma by Jane Austen – Can you believe I’ve only read one Austen book? For shame.

Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson – Thought it would be nice to offset most of the European settings of the other books with this one.

Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon – Because I do like a little murder and mystery in my stories.

Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth Von Arnim – The Enchanted April is a favorite of mine so I wanted to read something else by this author.

Life & Death of Harriett Frean by May Sinclair – I do like the synopsis but it’s also a really slim novel and that might help me complete this challenge.

I don’t know how well I’ll do as I seem to be falling behind on my From The Stacks challenge. There are more challenges out there but I think I have enough with these two because otherwise how can I still participate in some of the online reading groups, my in person book groups, and still have enough time for MY books?

Okay I better go do some reading.