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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND HOME ISN'T SO MUCH THAT SHE KNOWS NOBODY AS THAT NOBODY KNOWS HER. IN A WAY SHE'S INVISIBLE. IN A WAY SHE'S SAFE.

Long time no see book blog, but I moved to London about two weeks ago and have been busy, and by busy I mean I've mostly been buying books. So, list of books bought:

John Fowles - The magus
Georges Perec - Life a user's manual
Margaret Atwood - Bodily harm
Margaret Atwood - The handmaid's tale
Margaret Atwood - Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood - The year of the flood
Iris Murdoch - A word child
Truman Capote - In cold blood
Françoise Sagan - Bonjour tristesse & A certain smile
Moshin Hamid - The reluctant fundamentalist
Joyce Carol Oates - We were the Mulvaneys
Joyce Carol Oates - The falls (bought this one in Örebro, but haven't mentioned it on this blog before so might as well do it now.)
Joyce Carol Oates - The female of the species
Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones's diary
Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones: The edge of reason
Lorrie Moore - The collected stories

Currently reading Atwood's Bodily harm.