I Actually Returned Library Books

I'd had some of them for nearly a year. Since I hadn't gotten around to scanning and documenting the contents (they were costume and medieval fiber books), I felt I'd had my chance and should release them back into the wild.

Of course I couldn't leave the library without a few more. *laughs* I grabbed the Waley translation of Lady Murasaki's 'Tale of Genji.' It was surprisingly narrow. Waley was honored for keeping to the spirit of the novel rather than the letter (which is always a toughy when translating Japanese), so I picked that one out of the selection here. I'm also doing it to celebrate the 1000 year anniversary (a bit late but whatever) of the book. http://genji1000.jp/english/

I also grabbed (not easy to find here surprisingly) a "learn French on your own" book. I actually, much to the derision of my bf, want to learn this language...at least for reading purposes. The book insists that the student not, absolutely not, use the book without a teacher or the records (it's from 1943) that go with it. I'm being all rebellious and stuff I guess. I can't really use my copy of the Rosetta Stone due to the hyper-sensitive hearing issue and accompanying migraines. Besides, the drawn out, stilted, overly neutral nature of the voices gets on my nerves.