\nFarley Mowat\u2019s Bay of Spirits
\nVance Lee\u2019s Restitution
\nDiana Gabaldon\u2019s Outlander<\/strong><\/p>\n
And, if RB had had a third copy to sell, of And three different titles sold of books by bestselling authors <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Eating, reading, talking with friends -- the fun of summer by the seaside.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Of course this list does not include those single books sold which were read by more than one person. For instance, a visitor who usually reads fiction bought Ryszard Kapuscinski\u2019s Travels with Herodotus<\/strong> and Madeline Stern and Leona Rostenberg\u2019s Old Books and Rare Friends<\/strong>. Walking by later, her spouse, who usually reads non-fiction, shouted at those of us enjoying the RB porch wine, view, and proximity to walkers-by that he had two new non-fiction books to read. We shouted \u201cYea\u201d and would have exchanged air-fist-pumps with his wife if we had thought of it. And, he went on, he had just learned that his life would have been better if he had read Herodotus. \u201cThere\u2019s still time,\u201d we shouted back. Next summer, RB will be sure to have Robert Strassler\u2019s The Landmark Herodotus<\/strong> for the return visit.<\/p>\n Finally, some \u201cbig sticks\u201d (read: tall masts) coming into the harbor and walkers-by enjoying the drying, if early autumn, breeze. I finished Helen Simonson\u2019s Major Pettigrew\u2019s Last Stand<\/strong>; yes, to you who asked, it might be a good common read for oldtimers and newcomers who can\u2019t get along. Readers who like to read about individual books other readers are choosing might prefer Helerne Hanff\u2019s 84 Charing Cross Road<\/strong> and Q\u2019s Legacy<\/strong> or Sara Nelson\u2019s So Many Books, So Little Time<\/strong> to Larry McMurtry\u2018s Books: A Memoir<\/strong>. I\u2019ve just started Michael Harvey\u2019s The Fifth Floor<\/strong> for my every-so-often Chicago jolt.<\/p>\n Not quite three weeks left. Long sigh. Time enough, if you hurry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Roseledge Books announces its first bestsellers of 2011! Three copies sold of Farley Mowat\u2019s Bay of Spirits Vance Lee\u2019s Restitution Diana Gabaldon\u2019s Outlander And, if RB had had a third copy to sell, of Kai Bird\u2019s Oppenheimer Elizabeth Zimmermann\u2019s Knit … Continue reading
\nKai Bird\u2019s Oppenheimer
\nElizabeth Zimmermann\u2019s Knit One, Knit All<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTimothy Egan \u00a0\u00a0 (The Good Rain, Lasso the Wind, Bad Burn)
\nLee Child\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (The Enemy, The Persuader, Gone Tomorrow)<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"IMG_1778.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-XrpozrfNvxk\/TVH5tO2X65I\/AAAAAAAAC54\/po9LaZLzi0Y\/IMG_1778.jpg\")
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