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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Top 10 Books Connie Hopes Santa (or her husband) Will Bring this Year

Posted by MedSchoolWife at 12:00 AM

Let's see if I'm capable of beginning this post some way other than, "It's time for another Top 10 Tuesday, hosted by our friends over at the Broke and Bookish." There, I think that counts.

This week, I, Connie, shall list the top 10 books I hope to show up under my Christmas tree this year. And what a beautiful Christmas tree it is. Seriously.

Now, I would like to put in a request, Broke and Bookish friends, that next year we don't wait until 5 days before Christmas to do this one. How about a couple weeks before, to give those lovely, wonderful, but clueless significant others/gift givers/Santa's elves time to locate said books on Amazon and take advantage of the free super saver shipping? Mmmmm?

All right, here we go.

10. Vegetariana by Nava Atlas -- remember when I mentioned this in my review of Literary Ladies? Still need to get my hands on a copy.

9. A Writer's Diary by Virginia Woolf -- key excerpts from my favorite author's many diaries

8. You Learn By Living by Eleanor Roosevelt -- the more I learn about her, the more I love her.

7. Reading Women by Stephanie Staal -- ever since reading Ingrid's review of it, I have been dying to get it.

6. Any Kazuo Ishiguro book I haven't read yet (any recommendations?)

5. Eats, Shoots, and Leaves by Lynne Truss -- I know, I know, this book was SO 6 years ago, but I never got around to it, and now, as an English teacher, I have a feeling I will find it particularly applicable.

4. Ulysses by James Joyce -- Not that I expect to read it any time soon, but it would be nice to know that it is on my bookshelf, patiently waiting for the day I feel particularly ambitious.

3. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens or any other of these beauties printed by Penguin.

2. The beautiful, hardbound, Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou

1. A first-edition, with the dust jacket, copy of Orlando by Virginia Woolf *long sigh*

All right, Brad, (husband) go ahead and bookmark this page, and keep it in mind for next year.

What books are you hoping for this Christmas?

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1girl2manybooks 43p · 693 weeks ago

I really love those Penguin covers! I wish I owned them all

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Laura · 693 weeks ago

Yes yes yes to the Penguin Clothbounds! They're so beautiful! And I didn't know the Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou was a thing, but now I want that too!

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Emily · 693 weeks ago

First Ed of Virginia Woolf? Good luck! I used to be more of a collector myself but then I ran out of money. :)

I also love those new Penguin hardcover editions. Really lovely!

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debnance · 693 weeks ago

Good point! We should be posting this list weeks ahead of Christmas if we really want Santa (or our husbands) to be paying attention!

Here's my Top Ten Books I Hope Santa Brings.

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stinavw 80p · 693 weeks ago

Oh yes, I have admired those penguin editions! They are so pretty.
If Santa/Brad (Branta?) doesn't come through with numbers 7 and 5, you can borrow my copies. :)

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kaye · 693 weeks ago

Awwww, those are some lovely books for Santa to choose from. Have a merry Christmas. kaye—the road goes ever ever on

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novellavialli 22p · 693 weeks ago

Great Expectations and all those other books with it are so beautiful! I want all!

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confessionsofacommonreader 12p · 693 weeks ago

Great list! I know how you feel, i have my eye on a few first signed editions as well.

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nicolepoliti 8p · 693 weeks ago

I also wish this could have been an early-in-the-month top ten Tuesday! I recently won a copy of Penguin's Wuthering Heights on Twitter and I'm excited to see how the book looks (and to check the proofing). I may need to get the whole set!

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anne · 693 weeks ago

I tried to read Ulysses once and just couldn't get into it. I also love those Penguin edition books!

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befabian 11p · 693 weeks ago

Eats, Shoots, & Leaves inspired me to get a punctuation tattoo when I first read it several years ago. It sounds silly, but it really was a life changing book. Also, LOVE the entire Penguin design team. :) Hope SOMEONE brings you some books this year!

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hawscarlet 37p · 693 weeks ago

I love the Penguin clothbounds. I want to replace all of my other editions with those. I would recommend The Remains of the Day for and Ishiguro.

Hope you get some of these great gifts.

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Melissa · 693 weeks ago

I do love those Penguin covers so much! Is it bad that I wanted to just forward my husband a link to my list?

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caryngr 31p · 693 weeks ago

It's funny. I have a copy of Great Expectations, but seeing the cover you posted, I kind of want that one too!

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Loni · 693 weeks ago

Great Expectations is a great novel. I got the edition of Emma printed in that style by Penguin. I think it's lovely.

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Jamie · 693 weeks ago

Proud and ardent English major that I am, I am no fan of Ulysses. I feel that book is overrated solely because of its abundant allusive literary devices. But they do make the critics clap. And having read it myself, I had to applaud...myself. It was very difficult to get through. I am keeping my copy as a trophy--otherwise I would give you mine.

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Laura · 693 weeks ago

The Penguin classics are beautiful, aren't they?

Great wishlist!

Laura @ The Traveling Owl

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readingthethings 62p · 693 weeks ago

Such a great selection! I especially like the Woolf titles. :D

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