book 'em, steveo

I am doing my best to get the Costco shopping bug out of my system. The closest Costco to the house in Melaque is in Puerto Vallarta -- and it is not a copy of my Salem cornucopia.


I took a brief trip to the warehouse on Friday to stock up on glucosamine (for both the dog and me) and printer ink. While I was there, I also bought a wireless keyboard for my laptop. (I may post something on it later in the week.)


And a book. I cannot resist buying books on these shopping trips -- something I will really miss in Mexico.


This trip added another novel to my reading pile: Matthew Pearl's The Last Dickens. I thoroughly enjoyed his first novel: The Dante Club. Erudite. Witty. Almost-literature.


So on the pile it goes to be read in Mexico.


Here is the inventory of my Mexico-bound reading:

• The Last Dickens -- Matthew Pearl
  
• Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish -- Joseph J. Keenan
  
• Western Mexico: A Traveller's Treasury -- Tony Burton
  
• Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith -- Anne Lamott
  
• A Lincoln -- Ronald C. White, Jr.
  
• Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- H.W. Brands
  
• Deja Reviews: Florence King All Over Again -- Florence King
  
• Breakthrough -- Harry Turtledove
  
• Blood and Iron -- Harry Turtledove
  
• The Center Cannot Hold -- Harry Turtledove
  
• The Victorious Opposition -- Harry Turtledove
  
• Return Engagement -- Harry Turtledove
  
• Drive to the East -- Harry Turtledove
  
• The Grapple -- Harry Turtledove
  
• In at the Death -- Harry Turtledove

I will also take several of the books that helped me prepare for my trip. I listed them in lamps unto my feet.


That should keep my reading habit satisfied for my first six months in Mexico. But I will need to find a supplier soon after that.


Amazon and Powell's Books will be on my speed dial.