Considering how I spent nearly RM700 at last year's Times Warehouse sale, I showed remarkable restraint this morning - the damage came to just RM223, including Martin's stuff.
Admittedly, I spent far less time looking at the books. We were there first thing and left after about an hour. Later, I hear, they opened more boxes. This happens every year. I think it's necessary to go a few times because more titles will become available as the continue opening boxes. I may go again on the last day. I may.
Eyeris has just popped along to say that Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell is going for RM15. (It had not been unpacked yet when I was there or I would have got a copy.)Imagine! It's RM89 or so at bookstores. Crazeeeee!
I got some good books including biographies of Margot Fonteyn and the six wives of Henry VIII; The Diddakoi by Rumer Godden (I've been looking for this for a while now so I'm well chuffed); Haruki Murakami's Dance Dance Dance, as well a book about his life and work; and volumes II, III and V of Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.
Hsian: Yes, please send me the review. Wld love to read it. I'm just discovering Murakami. Promising so far ...
Soowm: VS Naipaul is a pain just abt everywhere pains are the hardest to bear!! ;-)
Posted by: Daphne | Monday, May 02, 2005 at 11:32
Great Bargain available
Bought 20 books in 2 hours time. But not able to sight Murakami works. However there is an abundant of VS Naipaul works.
Posted by: soowm | Sunday, May 01, 2005 at 00:51
You are a fan of murakami too - excellent! :)
I have most books. Succumbed to temptation two months back and even got hardcover of the latest one, Kafka on the shore.
My personal favourites are Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World and also The Wild Sheep Chase.
Will send you a very old review I did of Sputnik Sweetheart for first issue of The Edge's Options if you are interested.
Must go check out Times sale tomorrow.
Posted by: Hsian | Friday, April 29, 2005 at 20:15