My Late Summer Reads

Yesterday the Mr. and I decided on a whim to go to Barnes and Noble. Me, in search of a couple good reads. The Mr., car and tattoo magazines. It was actually pretty nice and relaxing. Something that we actually don't do together. I loved it.


Here are the two books that I picked up:

Son of a Witch: Volume Two in the Wicked Years by Gregory Maguire
Picks up where Wicked left off. Supposedly Liir is the son of Elphaba. I love how Maguire plays with our conceived notions of how fairy tales should work. I was always drawn to fairy tales and folklore.

The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto
Saw this on Oprah's summer read list. About love, lost and the attempts of connecting with someone. I really dig the premise. Hoping that it is as good as the reviews made it out to be.

Gosh, can I say how expensive books are these days. I am one a fan of actually holding a tangible book. $40 for two books.