New books!

I purchased several new books today, so I thought I'd share them with you.

First, I got a gift card to Barnes & Noble from my brother for Christmas.  With it, I purchased two cookbooks, both from PBS's "America's Test Kitchen" program, one of my favorite cooking shows.  It's on my local PBS station on Saturday afternoons, and my DVR records it for me so I never miss it.  One book is on cooking and one on baking.  I was only going to get one, but they were half off so I figured that meant I should get both!

Then, while at the mall, I noticed that Waldenbooks had a going out of business sale and everything was 40% off.  They were also selling all their fixtures, so it was tempting to buy some of their shelves.  However, they really aren't the type of shelf you put in your living room, so I guess it wouldn't have been the best purchase.  Anyway, I purchased three books.  One is about the case Marbury v. Madison, specifically focusing on the roles John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Chief Justice Marshall played in that seminal case.  Anyone who knows me at all knows that I have to own any book that involves John Adams!. 

The other two books are a bit of a contradiction.  One is the recent book publishing Jimmy Carter's diaries from when he was in office.  The other is a similar book of Ronald Reagan's diaries.  I am very interested in presidential history, regardless of the politics involved, so I thought these books really went well together.  Plus, my husband is a big Reagan fan, so in reality the book is for him.

As usual, I'm accumulating books much faster than I can read them.  Now to go make space on my increasingly full book shelves...