Snow, Rain, Sunshine: February

While filtered sunlight decorates (with the help of the curtains) the walls and floors of our somewhat toasty house, I'm still shivering from the weekend.  On a blustery, chill-infested Saturday evening of rainy snow and snowy rain, Mr. Inkslinger and I braved the icy puddles and took a sojourn to ye locale bookshoppe.  And books were had by all.  (pardon the grainy photos, the camera is on the fritz . .  . I have to go Google 'on the fritz' . . . where does this phrase come from? Update: Google singularly unhelpful. Still in the dark.)


The recent acquisitions (from shop and mail):

1. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (Lisbeth Salander!!! Need I say more?)

2. My very own copy of The Green Knight by Iris Murdoch

3. A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey (it's just about time for more Tey!)

4. Cop Killer by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall 

5. The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell (Mr. Inkslinger is continuing to expand his Scandinavian crime novel exposure)

6. Grillhouse Gastropub At Home by Ross Dobson (A yummy-looking recipe tome purchased by an enthusiastic Mr. Inkslinger)

and I am so excited about this next one . . . (forgive my geeky paper-doll-loving squeal of childish glee):

Emily Winfield Martin's paper doll primer!! The Black Apple's Paper Doll Primer has been on my list of must-haves since I heard it was being published. 

I am, admittedly, something of a paper doll admirer in general (like books, they were a technology that seldom failed in my childhood and, as an adult, they are fun to collect), but these are particularly charming and quirky. Very Black Apple.

The Mankell is a co-purchase by Mr. Inkslinger and yours truly.  We loved what we managed to catch of the Wallander series on PBS (must pick up those DVDs!) and wanted to give the novels a go.  Blame it all on Branagh and/or Larsson.