I went online to spend some Amazon payment money that I had racked up from MTurk, so I bought some books. I picked up Light Boxes by Shane Jones, A Very Bad Wizard: Morality Behind The Curtain by Tamler Sommers, and Button, Button: Uncanny Stories by Richard Matheson.
I'm not really a fan of book trailers, but here's one for Light Boxes.
Light Boxes was the main reason that I placed the order, as it was just released today by Penguin Books. The book was originally released last year by Publishing Genius Press out of Baltimore in a limited run of 600 copies, which sold out. Spike Jonze must've gotten his hands on one of those copies, as he optioned the novel. The movie is in development with Jonze producing and Ray Tintori directing*. I've been anticipating reading this book for a while, even though I barely read any of the descriptions, and I only have the slightest idea of what the book is about. The main reasons that I wanted it were a)the Spike Jonze/Ray Tintori connection b)the cover looks cool c)i couldn't have it for so long because it was out of print.*** d)Shane Jones is from Albany, NY and he is about my age.
A Very Bad Wizard was recommended to me some time ago, and I'm finally getting around to checking it out. I've been wanting to read some of Richard Matheson's short stories, and Button, Button was only five bucks, so I bought that to get Amazon's free shipping***.
I also decided to buy some other books that I've been wanting to read for a while, but I bought them used on Half.com rather than Amazon. I got Paul Feig's Superstud and Kick Me, 2666 by Roberto Bolano, and Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson.
*If you aren't familiar with Ray Tintori, get familiar: watch his short film Death To The Tinman.
**I probably would've bought the book anyhow if it hadn't been out of print earlier. However, I probably wouldn't have bought it yet. The out of print situation increased my anticipation just enough to make me buy it as soon as it was available.
***If you didn't know, Amazon has free shipping on orders of $25 or more. In some cases, such as this one, when you are just under $25, it's actually cheaper to buy one more item (a cheap one) and get free shipping than it is to just pay for the shipping.
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