27 December 2009

Sunday Salon: Literary Spoils

My Christmas was lovely and bookish this year.  Not only did I get a wonderful book related gifts from my Secret Santa:


but I also received a variety of bookish presents from my mother and grandmother:


In the above photo we have the following items:

1. britten and brulightly - This graphic novel first came to my attention on Nonsuch books here and quickly made it to my wishlist.
2. The Complete Maus - While I'd heard of this graphic novel(s) before, when Trish reviewed it here, it moved up my to buy list.
3. The Annotated Lolita - I've had Reading Lolita in Tehran on my shelves for some time, but I refused to read it until I had read Lolita.  I have no excuse now.
4. Three Pulp Fiction covers - These three large postcards are actually the covers of old pulp fiction books my mom found at Art.com.  I just adore the way women are portrayed in these: Girls out of Hell, How Cheap Can You Get?, and I Prefer Girls.
5.  5 Book Plates - These gorgeous bookplates are from Jennifer Gordon at Etsy.  I was first introduced to her through Carl at Stainless Steel Droppings, and I love her work.
6. Bookmark - My mom bought me a stainless steel bookmark and had READ engraved on it.  The top of the bookmark has a place to put a picture.
7. Giftcard - Yay for the $20 giftcard from my in-laws! Gotta love it.

I'm very excited to dig in to my new gifts, but first I have a list of other bloggish-bookish things to do:

1.  Finish Age of Innocence and write up my Ethan From/Age of Innocence blog post for the Classics Circuit.
2.  Write my end of year reading report, top books read, and challenge updates.
3.  Finalize and publish my Las Vegas post.

But first I have to sleep!  No sleep in Vegas, no sleep over Christmas, and I am too old to go so long without a solid nine hours of beddy-bye time.  And of course I have to enjoy all the other wonderful gifts I got:


Oh, and I should probably prepare for my next semester classes too.....hmmm....maybe I should stop typing now.
Posted by Trisha at 6:05 AM
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18 comments:

  1. yay - the Annotated Lolita is the BEST!!

    Enjoy!
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  2. My copy of Lolita isn't annotated, but I still loved it to pieces. It's such a wonderful book! You go so many good things for Christmas! Enjoy. :)
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  3. You totally made out girl! It is my intention to read Maus for my GN challenge...
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  4. I love your gifts! I may have to hire your family to shop for me next year! :--)
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  5. Looks like you were spoiled this year! I'd love to have the Complete Maus. I did get a book for the Vietnam reading challenge and a book gift card, so I was happy. :)

    --Anna
    Diary of an Eccentric
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  6. Wow, you got a lot of interesting looking stuff!

    And thank you for commenting on my post. It's been fun getting to know you and reading your blog as well. Ditto on hoping for good tv shows!
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  7. Bibliolatrist - I can't remember which blog told me to get the annotated version - maybe it was yours?

    Amanda - Whew, my list is nothing compared to yours! What an awesome Christmas you had.

    Sandy - Same here! We should discuss while reading.

    Rhapsody - Ha! I recommend giving specific lists of what you want. About half of what I receive, I specifically ask for. Not that I'm complaining!

    Anna - I dropped numerous hints..er more like bomb-sized suggestions about getting Maus. :)

    Jen - Here's hoping! *crosses fingers*
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  8. Sweet! I'm particularly jealous of Maus. ;-)
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  9. I love Edith Wharton! I am also a fan of reading Lolita in Tehran, though I have not actually read Lolita. An annotated edition is a good idea.
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  10. What a haul - bookish and otherwise!

    I'm curious about the pitcher/vase items in the front of the last photo - are they antiques?

    Enjoy all your Christmas goodies!
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  11. It looks like you had a fun Christmas, and got lots of good bookish gifts!
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  12. softdrink - I'm soooo excited to read that!

    Stephanie - I'm loving Edith Wharton too!

    Dawn - They are antiques! My grandmother found them at a local antique shop. I love old vases and the such not.

    Alyce - Gotta love the bookish gifts, right?!
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  13. you got some great stuff. Looks like 2010 will be a great literary year for you!!!
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  14. Oh, aren't you spoiled! LOL

    I want to read Lolita as well. Now I am going to find it for my Reader. See what you started...ha ha.

    And I am not even going to think about work until inservice week. We deserve this break. Last semester was something else.
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  15. beastmomma - I'm already looking forward to 2010!

    Deb - Yes, last semester was shudderific. I'm so jealous of your reader!!! Now, who's the spoiled one?
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  16. wow! lots o' loot for you! i read maus waaaay back in high school--i wasn't quite sure what to make of it back then and might have to revisit it! enjoy your books.

    looking forward to your las vegas post! my husband and i went there in 2007--they owe us $52! hahaha! (we're the worst gamblers ever!!)
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  17. Looks like you had a great Christmas. Enjoy all of your new stuff :)
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  18. Nat - Hey if you left the casino with them owing you money, I'd say you are a pretty good gambler!

    Stacy - Thanks!
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