It's a good start to the weekend...

... when the postman knocks on your door at 9.30am and hands over two parcels.

Parcel number one contains a secondhand copy of Anne Michaels' Fugitive Pieces, which I "mooched" last week from BookMooch.

Parcel number two contains a brand new copy of Jose Saramago's Blindness, which I have wanted to read for several years. I have only been spurred into action by the knowledge it has been made into a film, currently screening at the Cannes Film Festival, and I did not want to purchase any horrid screen tie-in version. I can be a bit snobbish like that.

Oh, and the second parcel also contains a DVD box-set -- House, series 3.

Looks like that's me all set then...

Comments

[Mae]

I get snobbish about the book covers too. I prefer the original and not film tie-ins.

Watching House is always time well spent!

[Andi]

I'm a complete House addict. I can't wait until season 4 comes out in the US because I haven't gotten to follow it this season. Can't wait!

As for the packages, they make a day better, don't they? We got home from vacation yesterday. I had a book waiting for me in our stack of mail and a delivery driver pulled up with another one shortly after. Yay!

[nutmeg]

Hi Kim! I was just cruising by catching up on, oh, about 20 posts! I had to laugh as I just mooched Fugitive Pieces just a couple of weeks ago too. I recieved a lovely ex-library hardback copy too. Also, I was cruising around bookmooch and I usually have a look at your inventory - have you changed your username as I cannot find you at the moment?

[Les in NE]

Blindness was one of my favorites the year I read it. I can still envision many of the seeings, as they were described so vividly by Saramago. I haven't read anything else by him, but would like to give Seeing a read some time. I'm not sure I want to see the film, but I'll wait and see what the overall reaction is to it once it's released. Enjoy the book!

[Natasha Vasillis]

I hope you like Blindness. It's one of my favorite reads. I love your blog.