13 books I bought in London

I went to London and all I got (besides luscious finds from the British Library and another example of terrible event design/implementation) was thirteen books (for a grand total of £17.50) from four bookshops.

I have decided not to borrow or buy any books until all thirteen of these have been both read and reviewed. I am not allowed to begin reading the next book until the review of the last one is done.

With a little luck by then (sometime in November?) I will have gained a modicum of self-control (and at such a young age! So Precocious) and won’t go on some mad compensatory binge. There are of course Underlying Reasons for my book buying (it’s not hoarding if it’s books), but that is for another time…

Here is the order I am going to read them in. If there’s a hyperlinked title, that means I have posted the review.

1958	Anon. 1958. Science for All	Non-fiction	Anon	National Book League	1	indie shop
1979	Vole, 1979. The Little Green Book	Non-fiction	Vole	Vole	1	Housmans
2020	Chomsky: Oracle of the State	Non-fiction	Het Fort Van Sjako	Active Distribution	4	Housmans
1985	Not a Through Street	Fiction	Larsen, Ernest	Pluto Press	1	Bookmarks
1985	Baritz, L. 1985,. Backfire	Non-fiction	Baritz		1.5	Judd
1978	Radical Science Journal 6/7	Non-fiction	Radical Science Collective		1	Housemans
1967	Creasy, J. 1967. The Famine	Fiction	Creasy, John		1	Housmans
1986	Ellis, J. 1986. Social History of the Machine Gun	Non-fiction	Ellis, John		1	Housmans
1979	Houston, R. 1979. Bisbee 17	Fiction	Houston, Robert	Writers and Readers	1.5	Judd
1985	Greene, G. 1985. The Collected Plays of Graham Green. Penguin: London	Fiction	Green, Graham	Penguin	1	Housmans
2006	Iggers, W. and G. 2006. Two Lives	Non-fiction	Iggers, Wilma and Iggers, Georg	Berghan	1.5	Judd
1984	Garner, W. 1984 Rat’s Alley	Fiction	Garner, William		1	Bookmarks
1930	Maurois, F. 1930. Byron	Non-fiction	Marois, Francois		1	Housmans