Borrowing the title from Yomiko Readman’s novels/anime/whatnot, today (or, rather, this weekend) is the New Zealand Red Cross’ Book Sale. And, naturally, I was there.

I ended up with a big mix of things. I should eventually make an index, but off the top of my head:

• 2/3 books of Lord of the Rings (missing the Fellowship, I had this in a single-book edition that I gave away at some point).
• Lots of books from Tom Clancy. I have had contact only with the Splinter Cell games, which I like a lot, so it’s worth checking how good the books are.
• A bunch from Arthur C. Clarke. Hey, I think I’ve only read one book from him before.
• 4/6 Dune books. Same deal as the Lord of the Rings, I had them at some point, but they disappeared here or there.
• Many many thriller books I’ve never heard of. A “lucky dip” kind of thing, at the price they’re going it was worth the try!
• A bunch of Michael Crichton books.
• A random assortment of Sci-Fi and Fantasy novels, including a handful of the Dragonlance and Star Wars novels.
• A couple of cooking books, one for New Zealand dishes.
• Books with pretty pictures of Australia and New Zealand 🙂

All in all, this should provide enough reading material for the rest of the year (until the next book sale!). I spent about 150 NZ$, a pittance!

Good stuff all around.