I went on my first book buying spree since spring! <3 I’m nearly done with the books I bought then and I bought all of these used. Everything under $5 (usually around $2.50) but shipping is killer.

I bought:

• Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
• Time’s Arrow by Martin Amis
• The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
• The Dead Fish Museum: Stories by Charles D’Ambrosio
• Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
• The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
• The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
• The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

I’m particularly interested in Patricia Highsmith’s novel because I’m currently reading The Cry of the Owl for school. Since she seems to be such a miserable writer and I’ve heard good things I’m interested in the book with the character I’m somewhat familiar with to start off.

This is the highlight of what has been a busy and stressful month.

I started the editing of the semi-incestuous story during a break at school and really need to get back to it. I’ve added about 300 words and am about a page and a half in. Not quite sure if the editing is going to be enough to turn in but I want to turn it in anyway, even if I write a new story. I need to start thinking about the essay for my portfolio, I think I’m going to intersperse the editing process of the semi-incestous story in it.

I’m thinking about submitting some of the poetry I’ve written in the past two years to some literary magazines. Wish me luck if I decide to go through with it!

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