It's the happiest day of the year! Amazon Xmas gift card day! I spend it all on books and actually have a list of most wanted based on availability in local libraries, factoring in holds on popular books (sometimes I just want to cut in the line) and puzzling out how to get the max for my $$. (I told you it was the happiest day of the year.)
This year's choices:
The Kingdom Power and Glory - Alberta
South - Mario Fortunato
(I got this off a year-end list, along with Absolution by Alice McDermott but I think the McDermott will be available at the library)
Y/N - Esther Yi
The Book of Goose - Li
(Library has both in electronic format only which due to certain complications I can't check out)
Two fairly obscure (in the US) UK books -
This is Memorial Device
Villager
Just realized I left off Western Lane, the only Booker nominee that sounded interesting... fortunately there's some wiggle room left.
Also would like November 1942 by Englund as I liked his WWI book, but the library has it on order so may wait on that one.
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