So I went shopping today! One item has to remain a secret for now (I'll explain later). I got the following books at The Strand:

(Did I mention that I love The Strand? Half price or lower on every book, and they get stuff early. Heaven.)

Stupid and Contagious by Caprice Crane (despite negative title, looks like a fun book with many '80s references)
Finishing Touches by Deanna Kizis
The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
The Right Fit by Sinead Moriarty (about adopting a Chinese baby girl, not something I plan on doing but am nonetheless intrigued by.)

Comments

Perplexio said…
Let me know whether or not The Right Fit is any good.

A couple of years ago I read Donorboy by Brendan Halpin. It was fiction, but it had a similar premise to The Right Fit. It's told from the perspective of an adolescent girl, Rowen, whose 2 lesbian mothers are killed when a Turducken truck tips over onto their car. Due to some strange legal fluke guardianship of Rowen falls to her biological father whose sole contribution to her life was providing the sperm. The book is at times touching and humorous.
4:00 PM
Bearette said…
Interesting! I will keep it in mind.

The Right Fit is actually fiction too, though I'm pretty sure the author based a lot of it on her own experiences.
4:09 PM
Anonymous said…
Digging to America is also about internat'l adoption.

liz
5:20 PM
Bearette said…
Cool! I can't wait to read it.

My library is being so slow with that one...not all fast & efficient like the d.c. area libraries.
5:22 PM
Elsa said…
Don't you just LOVE picking up/buying books at places like that! I love it, too - it's so much fun!! It's fun to find books you hadn't heard of before - especially at half price.

Have fun with the new books.

Ditto on what Liz/Anonumous said about Digging to America - it's by Anne Tyler. I like her, but haven't read this book yet.
6:13 PM
Anonymous said…
I'm super intrigued by the secret item!
7:42 PM
Bearette said…
Hehe...I can tell you now. It was a "black market Updike" for DG...his birthday was tonight. He likes John Updike a lot and the book is not even formally out, so I figured it would be a good gift. So I got one from the "inner sanctum" of the Strand. It was their only copy! They put a chain across so I couldn't enter the sanctum, and then handed me the copy. It was very dramatic and fun.
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