beautifulduckweed | Reminder to Self: Books to Buy

Books I need to buy because I love them but never got around to acquiring my own copy:

Declare by Tim Powers (mind-bending speculative fiction/alternate history goodness)

Towing Jehovah by James Morrow (Peter brought this book up during the extended conversation on the nature of objective morality between him and Jay, and I was so happy to be reminded of its existence because it's one of the best books EVER)

Blameless in Abaddon by James Morrow (a comatose God is put on trial at the Hague for crimes against humanity; Morrow writes the most blaspheme-a-licious stories)

Tangent: The one Morrow book I own, Only Begotten Daughter, is also good, but not nearly as brilliant as the two books above.

Books I should buy because I gave away my copies to friends before I could read them:

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach (gave away to Brian and Joy as part of their wedding present--I mean, c'mon, if anyone would be able to appreciate this book, it'd be a couple of Goths, right?)

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich (gave away to Jen as part of her Christmas present, and I was SO HAPPY when she said she'd been meaning to pick it up but hadn't had a chance to)

I guess I know what I'm going to spend a nice chunk of my tax return on--besides the Multnomah County iTax and my car, that is.