A pile of books

I'm finally home after a week away, first at the coast in Suffolk and then at my Dad's house.  It's been a really wonderful week. It's probably the longest I've spent with my Dad, Stepmum and sister since well before I was married- possibly about 6-7 years. I'm very sad to be home but I am looking forward to seeing CBC when he comes home tomorrow.

So in Suffolk, one of the things my sister and I were most excited about was visiting the two amazing second-hand book shops in the town we were staying in.  One of them is more antiquarian and rare books- the other is general secondhand books.

In the latter of these, which boasts 1/2 a mile of book shelves (and over 45,000 books on the shelves!), I ended up buying 11 books.
I have no shortage of books to read already but in this age of the demise of the high street, I do think supporting these businesses is very important. Plus, I was able to find all sorts of exciting books!

Want to see what I chose?
Go on then...

1 and 2.  I really liked the children's TV presenter, Floella Benjamin when I was growing up so I was glad to find 2 autobiographies in the children's section.  I was aiming to try and read some more non-fiction this year (after only reading 2 out of 127 books last year) so this will include my 2rd and 3rd titles to add to the non-fiction log this year!

3.  Anthony Hope's Rupert of Hentzau:  I really enjoyed reading the Prisoner of Zenda so I was really excited to see a sequel to it in the classics section.

4.  Alan Bradley's A red Herring without mustard: I recently read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, a Flavia De Luce mystery which I picked up when shopping with Sophie and Hazel so I was delighted to find another in that series.

5. A moment of Silence by Miss Anna Dean:  Last year, I read the other 3 books in the Dido Kent mysteries so it was with great alacrity, that I spied the only title I hadn't read on the shelves.

6.  The Ruby Slippers by Keir Alexander:  I just caught sight of this on the shelves when trying to find out where the crime section was, and I am a fan of Oz so I really was intrigued by this. It's not a crime book...

7. The Incredible Crime- I have a terrible addiction to these British Library Crime Classics reprints- they look so nice together on the shelf!

8.  Where were you Robert?  This is a translated text and I thought this children's story looked intriguing with an interesting story line.

9.  Elegy for Eddie- I really enjoy the Maisie Dobbs mysteries so it was a delight to see one I hadn't read.

10. Roald Dahl's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar & six more:  I only read this book once as a child and was fascinated by the Henry Sugar tale but I remember nothing of the six more... I thought I'd remind myself!

11.Noah Barley runs away: This is by the author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas which was brilliant so I thought I'd like to try another book by that author.

I also bought a birthday present for my sister in the other book shop. She mentioned that she wanted to find a certain book but never knew where to look.  I simply asked the shop keeper when she was in another room and he found it in 5 seconds!

Are there any books you like the look of here?

I hope to review them once I have read them.

xx