SantaThingSantaThing Entry #172

LibraryThing member secondhandrose

Book tastes

I have very eclectic taste so I’ll share what I like with a few books I’m interested in that are in stock at Readings the designated bookstore in Melbourne Australia. These are only a guide. If you want to go rogue and choose something else entirely you are more than welcome.
I like quirky memoirs (The Autograph Hunter - Adam Andruisier, Beatles Blackouts - Jack Marriott)
Natural history and natural science (Owls of the Eastern Ice - Jonathan C Slaght)
Fiction or non fiction about cats (The Age of Cats - Jonathan Losos, The Goodbye Cat - Hiro Arikawa)
Japanese crime fiction (Six Four - Hideo Yokohama, The Mantis - Kotaro Isaka)
Anything French related - history, food, fashion, fiction, non fiction (a couple of the Maigret novels by Georges Simenon would be great!)

Don't get this!

Religious books, graphic crime or animal cruelty, self help books

Other notes

If you do not hit the price threshold don’t worry. I am happy for thé extra to go to LibraryThing.

Secret Santa

secondhandrose's Secret Santa was Salsabrarian!

Purchasing Details

Store: Readings (https://www.readings.com.au/)

Gift Amount: $50 (USD)

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Comments/suggestions

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ablachly: Removed the Adam Andrusier book because it was already in the member's library, I think. Swapped for Maigret Takes a Room. Also added Year in Provence, just for fun.

Ordered! (Dez 5, 2023, 11:55am)
kristilabrie: There's a little under $12 AUD left in budget, if we can't find a replacement the Santee is okay with a little extra being left over. (see above) (Dez 5, 2023, 8:30am)
HeathMochaFrost: The Julia Child book is a great choice, but it's currently out of stock on the Readings site. The Adam Andrusier might not be the same one that's in her LT catalog, but it's confusing.

She does mention the Maigret series by Georges Simenon, and there are several of those in stock & listed at $16.99. Example ISBNs:

9780241206843, 9780241303993, 9780241304235.

(Dez 5, 2023, 12:20am)
LibraryPerilous: The Hidden Language of Cats: How They Have Us at Meow, by Sarah Brown (Dez 4, 2023, 11:45pm)
seongeona:

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (Dez 4, 2023, 11:01pm)
saroz: She doesn't have Antoine de Saint-Exupery's "The Little Prince," which is not only wonderful, but one of the most famous French books of the 20th century. There's also Peter Mayle's "A Year in Provence," a great, very popular memoir set in France. (Dez 4, 2023, 9:25pm)
EerierIdyllMeme: The Sweet Life in Paris (Nov 29, 2023, 3:52pm)