I know I should probably just let this one go, but I bought some awesome books in January and I can’t move on to my February list until I tell you about them.

Thanks to Cindy of Cindy’s Love of Books for this weekly book meme that I have morphed into a once a month list of my book purchase indulgences.

After receiving some great books for Christmas and with a ridiculous number of books still waiting to be read, I had promised myself that 2010 would be a year of minimal book purchases. That resolution lasted until January 4th, when we arrived in Canberra to visit with friends for a week. All of the books listed below were purchased as we visited different tourist attractions around Canberra.

National Art Gallery of Australia

Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne & Beyond: Post-Impressionism from the Musée D’Orsay

Almost Famous Daisy by Richard Kidd

Degas and the Little Dancer by Laurence Anholt

Collection Highlights from the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

The Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas

National Museum of Australia

Land Nation People: Stories from the National Museum of Australia

The Watchmaker Who Saved Christmas by Bruce Whatley

Parliament House

Billy Hughes: Wartime Australians

Australia’s Government Explained – Elizabeth Masters

Dismissed: Whitlam, Fraser, Kerr and the Story of 1975