Good Night My Lady and a Forever Farewell

GET A LOAD OF THESE ABSOLUTE UNITS ON THE HIGH STREET

They would look lovelier if there were some women authors in that pile. Or maybe some authors of color.

This is the comment I was waiting for, and frankly, I’m surprised it took 2 days before someone said it. :) @akamine-chan, these particular books were give to me by a kind follower (@anyawen) who wanted to support my giveaways. She got these (and other) books from a library book sale, and out of the 30-something books she gave me, there were only two by female authors (one by Carson McCullers–which I’m keeping!–and one by a writer whose books wouldn’t be considered “classics”) and none by authors of color. That said, I really wanted to spotlight her kindness and feature just books she gave me in this giveaway. I’ll add this: I get almost all of my giveaway books from library book sales, too; and it’s the sad truth that the overwhelming majority of “classics” available at these sales are by white men. I purposely make it a point to look for and buy classic paperbacks by women authors and authors of color in an effort to strike somewhat of a balance in my giveaways. Usually it works out that 4 out of 15 of my giveaway books are by women and/or authors of color. (Take a look at all of my past giveaways.) Some may complain that isn’t balanced enough, but I’m at the mercy of what’s available to me.  I get a fair share of (what I consider) unfair judgement, so I don’t mind at all when someone brings something to my attention in a pretty non-judgmental way. Thank you for doing that. I’m fully expecting it to happen again another handful of times while this giveaway runs. :)