Another month, another thread, another step closer to winter... Time to get stockpiling books for those snowy evenings and lazy holidays, folks! ;-)
That's what I kept telling myself last weekend at my local library's annual Friends of Library sale. Over the course of 3 days I came home with 49 books for under $20. Far too many titles to list, but included are cookbooks, works of fiction, memoir, biography, and history.
I have three new ones from vine..
The Mist by Carla Neggers
The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
The Man with the Golden Flute: Sir James, a Celtic Minstrel by James Galway
I just bought A Child called "It" by David Pelzer and
The Fellowship of the Ring by Tolkien for 500 Yen each which is sooo cheap!
I think I read the first one years ago and I gave the Ring-Triology a try when the first movie was released but I thought it was so boring... So I will try it again, hopefully it's better this time.
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I am new to this website and I just finished "The First Crusade" by Thomas Ashbridge. I really want to study ancient Europe or CE - Catholic Europe. Any suggestions on how best to follow the crusades?
nzurisana--wow that many books for $20--outstanding!!
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I carried the following home from vacation: "The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" and
Married to a Bedouin. I recommend both.
Picked up a very out-of-character book at B&N yesterday.
The Love Dare by Stephen Kendrick. It was recommended by our premarital classes counselor. Ironically, we deliberately chose to use a secular agency and then she brings up this and mentions it's what the Kirk Cameron 'Fireproof' film was based on. But some poking around showed that people from a range of (and even a lack of) religious backgrounds found the first half of it helpful, and it was only $10, so we agreed to try it.
I also placed a Powells.com order yesterday but it feels it would be bad luck to list the books until they actually arrive. Especially since they're all used and I don't want to jinx myself on something being already-sold after all.
Today our flirty postie arrived at the shop bearing a new hardback copy of
The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman. I read it from the library but when I ordered my own copy a few weeks ago, it was all torn where someone had scraped a sticker off the front. Since it was advertised as 'Like New' I got a refund and ordered another one from someone else... and now I have one of my favouritest books for my very own. :-D
Oh, and on my tiny errand run to the local newspaper office, I managed to fall into the remaindered bookshop next door and buy
Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. I've never read any of his but
Fiesta and
A Moveable Feast are the two I really want to try - and now I have them both waiting for me.
WHEN AM I GOING TO HAVE TIME TO READ ALL THESE BOOKS? But still I can't help myself...
Ellie , I just started reading
A Moveable Feast . I have the new edition which was edited by his grandson Sean Hemingway .
Jonathan Ames's book of essays,
I Love You More than you Know- out loud funny. the man has no gumptions to share his more embarrassing thoughts and perspectives...most of which both you and i also harbor.
i was driven to read one of his books out of watching the new HBO comedy "Bored To Death" written by Ames and his fictionary self being the lead character. Ted Danson steals the show on most weeks.
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>15 I'm forever falling into any place that sells books ;) although my wallet has been quite fortunate recently in that I can't usually find anything I really want (I miss my British Heart Foundation stores)
About the time issue... give up sleep? get a caffeine IV drip to keep a permanent state of alertness :P
I've just bought The Plastic Mind by Sharon Begley for a book group. I'm thinking I need some winter-esque, snowy landscape type books, so think I might hunt out
snow falling on cedars. Any other suggestions for my seasonal reading? I've already tried reading Smilla's Sense of Snow but couldn't get into it.
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I received my 3rd member giveaway today in the mail.
Act like a Gentleman Think Like a Woman by Maria Bustillos
I haven't read Steve Harvey's book but it is one that I want to read. Now I think I have to buy it next week.
Thank you so much. I looked at your book list and will heed your advice. I accidently found this website last week and was so excited. I have always been an avid reader but after spending a couple of weeks the last 2 summers in Belgium and Italy I became absolutely facinated with the architecture of the early crusaders. I love history anyway. Thanks again.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - Anne Brashares
I bought a book for my studies:
Walther von der Vogelweide a book af his poems. In Germany he is the most popular medieval poet, don't know if he is known in Great Britain/America as well.
>20 I have a "Let It Snow" group of books on my 1010 Challenge thread. Of course, since I haven't read any of them yet I can't really recommend them but I thought it might be helpful anyway.
http://www.librarything.com/topic/71146>30 Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have a look.
Yesterday, I left Barny Noble's without having bought anything and expected to head to church to take a nap before the book group met. My car, however, apparently recognized the 30% coupon lying in the passenger seat and took me to Borders. I came away with
Alphabet Juice by Roy Blount, Jr., which had gotten good notice on the radio, on-line, and maybe in print. Usually (for the past couple of years) I leave new books downstairs until they are entered in LibraryThing, but I wanted easy reading, so I did not delay disappointment. I'll finish it but it is not great; I expected great from what I had heard of it.
Today's mail brought me two books from Barny Noble:
More Information Than You Require by
John Hodgman. I really enjoyed
The Areas of My Expertise and feel that more of the same must be a good thing.
Blunder by
Zachary Shore. At 65 sometimes I try to figure out what happened.
Robert
#34 mstrust: "just one or two" -- famous last words of LTer approaching book sale
I'm teasing you . . . "just one or two" is a favorite mantra of mine also. Besides, it looks as though you found some treasures, and how can you be expected to walk away from those? Enjoy.
"Just one or two," the sister cry of "I'll only be five minutes." Either way, immediately guaranteed to elicit knowing looks/deep sighs/utter despair when uttered outside a bookshop by an LT-er to, well, anyone else...
Mollygrace and Ellie- the reasonings were piled on top of the fact that maybe a week ago I had told, no, VOWED to my husband that I wouldn't need to buy anymore books until the new year as I just returned from New York with two boxes of books. When I showed him the bag of my books yesterday he just looked at me and said, "I knew it!" LOL!
I went to Borders today to use my coupon for buy 1 get one 50 percent off. I had 3 books I really wanted to buy so I had to choose a 4th one to make sure I go 50% off at least 2 books. Here is what I bought:
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (need to read for library book club by Nov. 18th. I just joined the book club and I am thrilled that they decided to read this book.)
Prairie Tale by Melissa Gilbert (This I chose because of a recommendation from a fellow LTer. Will probably read for my 1010 challenge)
3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares (just a book I kept seeing at the store so I figured I better buy while I had a coupon)
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey (going to read this book because I just read
Act Like a Gentleman, Think Like a Woman by Maria Bustillos and I want to see what all the fuss is about Steve Harvey's book)
Happy reading all!!
Monic'a
I have fallen behind on posting my books :( I have books from Amazon, from a Local used store and from local chains.
Seraglio by Janet Wallach, Historical Fiction
An ARC that I got for free from the used store. It is fiction based on the true story of a young girl from the French Caribbean who is kidnapped by pirates, and sold into slavery in the Sultan's harem. She eventually becomes powerful and involved with several Sultans.
Housecarl by Laurence Brown, Historical Fiction
Set in Saxon England just before the conquest, follows Harold and Saxons.
The Pyramid by Henning Mankell, Mystery
Short stories that are prequels to the
Kurt Wallander Swedish mysteries.
Psycop: Property and
Camp Hell by Jordan Castillo Price, Fantasy, Mystery, Gay Romance
Books in the
Psycop series. Future mysteries where cops use those with psychic powers to investigate crimes. The first book is an omnibus of books 3 and 4 in the series (
Body and Soul and
Psycop:Secrets) and the second book is book 5. The series follows Victor the psychic cop and another cop who is also his lover, Jacob.
Terminal Cafe by Ian McDonald, SF
Set in the future, very dark. About nanotechnology that brings resurrection of the dead, and the social structures that evolve to exploit them.
The Women of Whitechapel and Jack the Ripper by Paul West, Historical Fiction
Authors fictional study of the women and their milieu, and his theory of who Jack was.
My Dead Body by Charlie Huston, Vampire,
Book 5 (and possibly the last ?) in the
Joe Pitt series. Set in modern day NYC, very noir setting of vampire Joe Pitt (its a disease) trying to live free of entanglements of the other vampire clans in Manhattan.
Veil of Lies .by Jeri Westerson, Historical Mystery
First book in a new series set in the England during the Medieval period (1384) about a private sheriff,
The Killing Moon by Chuck Hogan, Thriller
Mystery set in Massachusetts that involves the local police in the crime and cover up.
Never After by Laurell K. Hamilton, Fantasy Anthology
Short stories by 4 authors who take the idea of a failed wedding and run with it.
Search the Dark by Charles Todd, Historical Mystery
Book 3in the
Ian Rutledge . Set in England after WWI, the main character is a shell shocked Scotland Yard Inspector. He hears the voice of the soldier he executed for refusing to advance, and the 'two' of them are sent around the country to investigate crimes.
Beat the Reaper by Jack Bazell, Black Humor
Story of a criminal, a doctor, a hospital and the mafia, the witness protection program, and the grim reaper.
2 Non-Fiction:
Before the Pharaohs by Edward Malkowski, Speculative History
Looks at Egyptian pre-history with a different interpretation.
The Mind of Jihad by Laurent Murawiec
It looks at contemporary and historical religious violence as the worship of violence and power.
Spent two days in Maastricht with my boyfriend, and did some book shopping and giving and getting:
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (for my reading classic resolution)
- The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (Booker Prize 2008)
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (many times recommended to me, and I have already finished it, and liked it)
- Thomas Aquinas: A very short introduction by Fergus Kerr (My first Very Short Introduction, already finished it)
- Blood Test by Jonathan Kellerman (A free gift because they are promoting the English book this week)
- Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Booker Prize 2009, and a gift from my boyfriend ;))
- Amigurumi; Gehaakte dieren by Annie Obaachi (A how to book about Amigurumi)
- Merklapmotieven en hun symboliek by Albarta Meulenbelt-Nieuwburg (About Dutch samplers, including charts)
- Noble House by James Clavell (A gift to my boyfriend, who wants to collect the Dutch hardcover editions of Clavell's books from the early eighties)
That's not too much is it?
Brilliant load of books!
Pride and Prejudice - great place for an early foray into classics. A copy of
Slaughterhouse Five arrived here yesterday too, in a load of brilliant books given to us by a friend, so I'm looking forward to it!
> crazy4reading-
The Book Thief is a terrific read and you should be able to finish it in time!
Ficus & divinenanny- Both very nice hauls!
From my sister (bless her heart):
Dracula &
Frankenstein combo from International Collectors Library. Nice!
From library sale:
America America by Ethan Canin I did not even know what this book was about but I've seen a lot of LT praise! We'll see!
Just finished Kelly Carrigan's mid-life drama, breast cancer surviving, toddler parenting, Irish family supporting, humorous book, "The Middle Place". ER choice, "When She Flew" by Jennie Shortridge just arrived so it's next for fun stuff. Meanwhile, upstairs are the on-going, more studious books, "Reading like a Writer" Francine Prose (really a writer named Prose), my classics challege book, "Wuthering Heights" and the Short Stories Collection of John Cheever.
Actually, the above mentioned memior is by Kelly Corrigan (I did not intend to misspell your name, Kelly...which is central to her life, as you will read) and the title, which I also got wrong is more correctly: "Middle Place"...delete 'the'. I did, in fact, read and very much recommend the book.
A friend called last week, announcing he's finally sold his house & is moving to Virginia. Did I want a crack at his bookshelves before he left?
I came home with four boxes of books, mostly American military history. Fortunatly, we had a bookshelf crisis at our house that made acquiring many more feet of shelving mandatory, so I had room for them all.
What kind of bookshelf crisis makes more shelves mandatory, and how can I get said crisis?
Absolutely, I could definitely use that kind of crisis right about now! Since apparently I can't stay away from a bookstore!
Went back to Books-A-Million today...
Lucinda, Darkly by Sunny - I'm a fast reader so i just finished that one, review to follow if I can stay awake long enough.
Trade editions of part of my all-time favorite - the Black Jewels Trilogy:
Heir to the Shadows book 2 and
Queen of Darkness book 3. Love trade size so now I have to find book 1, too.
#50.....I also loved Kelly Corrigan's
Middle Place. It was a wonderful book.
I don't have children but I would like to think I'd proceed as my mother did. She never suppressed any new ideas that I had or wanted to read about no matter how controversial those ideas were.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Premium-White-...>53 I had about 400 knitting and quilting books on a pair of stackable bookcases. The weight of the books made the stacked cases list heavily to port. They were clearly going to go at any moment. So I emptied them, stacking the k&q books on the floor of my sewing room. I planned to swap them onto another nearby bookcase, but its shelves aren't adjustable and are too narrow to accommodate the k&q books.
The old stackable cases were moved upstairs & swapped with another pair of stackable cases which had been living with much lighter loads. The 'new' stackable cases came downstairs to receive the four boxes of books and my history collection. KB has promised to build me new bookshelves this weekend for the k&q books.
I'm not sure you want to go through all this if it's not absolutely necessary.
Oh darn the evils of Oxford with it's six squillion bookshops!! One day wandering round the shops and I came away with four books and a rather sore shoulder from lugging them about- but on the bright side I spend less than a tenner! :)
Got:
Dracula - in a bright green penguin classics edition for only £2.50 in Waterstones
The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chawick from an Oxfam bookshop
The Lies of Locke Lamora also from the Oxfam shop
and I was really chuffed with a never-read copy of
The Shadow of the Wind for a POUND!! :O
All in all a rather good day if you ignore the abominable mizzle that persisted all day.
Ugh.. after a couple months of putting off adding new aquisitions to my LibraryThing library, I finally updated it and there's way too many to list. So, I'll just name a few of my favorites that I'm looking forward to reading and some more unusual ones:
I picked up several children's books at a recent library sale (as well as three Stephanie Plums) including:
Samantha's Surprise by Bethany Tudor- I'm only one of two LT members with this title, AND my oldest daughter's name is Samantha :-)
Maggie and the Pirate by Jack Keats- it's a cute and bright little illustrated children's book, AND, of course, my youngest daughter's name is Maggie ;-)
Goodbye, Vietnam by Gloria Whelan. We always buy up all the books on Vietnam, as Maggie's dad is from Saigon (he doesn't call it Ho Chi Minh City so neither do I, accepting him as an authority on the subject. My landlord is one of Maggie's many "uncles"... in Vietnamese culture, close friends of your parents are called aunts and uncles, just as if they were blood relatives... and also calls it Saigon, so there you go... lol) ANYWAY... lol... the book is about a family leaving Vietnam for the US.
#52 I want a friend like that who lets you empty his shelves. Mind you I don't need such a friend because I have nowhere to put said books, but I definitely want those books anyway.
Found at the Friends of the Library:
The Forsyte Saga by John Gallsworthy
True History of the Kelly Gang by
Peter Careyand from BetterWorldBooks the first of the 11 I ordered in order to have the 2010 books chosen by my RL Book Club:
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
#63 The sad part is he's moving to Virginia and I'll have no one locally to discuss history with. Which is why I hang here.
>59 DevourOfBooks -
Nefertiti is brilliant - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
Gah was bad again today and bought Rachel Vincent's new book
My Soul to Take from Borders before I got my train. Oh and I read it all before halfway through my 5 hour journey back to Uni... darn things never last long.
From The Book Depository:
Small Memories, a childhood memoir by
José Saramago that was released last week in the UK.
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M'lady - darn those railway station bookshops, right?! When I was at York I always used to 'pop in' to WH Smith before I caught my train home, 'for a magazine and some sweets', and I'd always end up with at least one book as well! And don't even get me started on airport bookshops, with all those temptation-laden hours waiting in the departure lounge...
>59,
Having read two of her other books I think that is a safe assumption!
#67- I loved The Little Giant of Aberdeen County- I hope you like it
I just received Under The Dome, Stephen King's new book, through the wonderful folks at Amazon
>Ellie It wasn't even the railway bookshop! I had to walk past the Borders on the way there and I asked my bf if we could make a quick stop in there cos I wanted to get a book I'd seen the other day but didn't buy at the time. It's all my friend's fault though she told me to get it cos it hasn't actually been published over here so getting that imported copy would save me a whole lot of money getting it shipped from the US. But luckily it was a very enjoyable book so I forgive her hehe ;)
Movie, dinner, new footwear, and a Borders coupon:
Moral Clarity by
Susan Neiman. This is subtitled "A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists." Though I question the notion of psychological or social maturity after, say, adolescence, I thought maybe it was a handbook for me. I certainly would like to be morally clear.
Robert
From PBS:
Up the Country: Letters from India by
Emily Eden and
Daughter of Earth by
Agnes Smedley.
From ebay: Illyian Spring by
Ann Bridge,
The Virago Book of Erotic Myths and Legends,
The Virago Book of Fairy Tales,
Provincial Daughter by
R.M. Dashwood,
Bobbin Up by
Dorothy Hewett,
Love in Winter by
Storm Jameson,
The Echoing Grove,
A Note in Music and The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann,
Deerbrook by
Harriet Martineau,
The Doctor's Family,
Phoebe, Jr and
Miss. Marjoribanks by Mrs. Oliphant,
Pepita by Vita Sackville-West, Pemberly by Emma Tennant,
Agape Agape by
William Gaddis,
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis,
Clouds Among the Stars and
Sommerball by
Victoria Clayton,
Heritage and
The Easter Party by Vita Sackville-West,
Moments of Being and
The Years by
Virginia Woolf,
The Provincial Lady in Russia,
The Provincial Lady in London, and
The Provincial Lady in America by E.M. Delafield,
As Music and Splendour,
English Diaries and Journals and
The Flower of May by Kate O'Brien.
And two ARC/ERs:
The Privileges by
Jonathan Dee and
Thin Threads: real stories of Life Changing Moments compiled by
Stacey K. Battat.
I think I have had a month of spending to make up for something else I was needing. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.........it had better stop soon or I will have to go back to work to support this habit.
belva
Wow Belva, SOMEBODY'S been enjoying herself this week... Enjoy dearest, you deserve it!
I've been having more fun than an individual should be allowed to have. Two days in a row I went out to eat, bought a book, saw a movie, and other stuff. Yesterday's book was
The Ascent of Money by
Niall Ferguson on an in-store only coupon at Barny Noble's. It fits a current minor interest.
Robert
>krysbrezinski- That is a heck of a list! Good luck!
Just stopped off at the little book shop today to drop off a few books for credit.....and I left the little book shop today with more books to take home. I love that place!
I got:
Foreign Body by Robin Cook
Twelve Times Blessed by Jacquelyn Mitchard
and for hubby:
Rough Weather by Robert B. Parker
I just received
The Jane Austen Book Club which I bought ob ebay as a second-hand version. I hope to read it soon, it will probably be the next. I fell in love with the film, so the book can just be better I guess.
I also bought
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen which I intend to read in parallel to the book club, but I don't actually know if I can handle that.
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Received from Book Depository yesterday as I was leaving work. (The only reason to be glad that you stayed late at the office is receiving a book as you are heading out the door.)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
I can't wait to start reading it tonight!
>85 Wow, that's quite an undertaking! Good luck.
Our school's library had a book sale and I came back with only two books. Not because of my amazing self control, but because there just wasn't much there...
I got
The Caine Mutiny and
Second Child. I have so many on my shelf I haven't read, though, it's kind of pathetic. I think I'm just addicted to buying books, which is sad, because I'm completely broke right now.
I made a promise to myself, though, to help keep my self control. I told myself that for every 5 books I read on my shelf, I could buy 1 book this summer. Rereads, borroweds, and books for school don't count.
I'm currently at 3. School ends in May. :S
90 kristenn: Some wonderful selections. O'Nan is a favorite of mine.
Last Night at the Lobster was one of my top five books of last year -- very deceptive little book -- seems as though it's about not so much, and yet . . . and yet . . . (That O'Nan fellow is some writer.)
89 leannerd: Self control -- especially as it applies to buying books -- is, alas, not my strong suit either. I always promise not to buy books for myself as I do my holiday shopping, but there are so many new books out there -- I wind up coming home with more "gifts" for myself than for anyone else. Not exactly the "spirit of the season," is it?
Anyway, I wish you well with your plan, leannerd. May seems a long way off, but seeing the tbr pile get smaller while your bank balance gets bigger may provide you with the strength you need.
Next to a big bunch of embroidery and handicraft books (chrismas is soon, so I need to start crafting christmas presents) I bought
Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux on tuesday and ordered
Mort by Terry Pratchett on the internet which will arrive todat hopefully.
Just came back from my first library book club and our book for December is
Testimony by Anita Shreve. I know I have seen one of her books mentioned on here. I can't wait to start reading this book.
>93 Ooh, I haven't read Phantom of the Opera since I was younger, but I remember really enjoying it. I keep meaning to reread it one of these days--I'll have to look around for my copy.
>89 leannerd -
"I told myself that for every 5 books I read on my shelf, I could buy 1 book this summer." Hmmm, like we've never heard THAT one before on these threads! May you have better luck than most of us did! ;-)
>93 Teipu - I'd like to read
Phantom of the Opera soon too. It's a hot contender either to read when I have some time off over Christmas, or as part of my 1010 challenge next year...
Yesterday I bought a sweet little book called Trüffel und Pralinen (engl. Sweets and Chocolate) with pretty useful recipes for christmas as well, so I will have a nice time in my kitchen this december. Tried one today but either it isn't cold enough outside or I just did something wrong...
And I received
The complete novels of Jane Austen today, which is a very big book.
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>98 divinenanny - I've been doing that recently too, but mainly with DVDs so far. I've bought more presents for myself online recently than I have Christmas presents for everyone else!
91 & 96: Thanks, guys. It's fine right now because I'm in college and have no money and no job anyway, but I'm going home and back to my part time job over Christmas break, so that might be a little rough. I know I'm getting books for Christmas, though, so maybe that will make it easier. :D
Library Sale! Library Sale! They had quite a few good ones, too. They always do that. On months I can afford to splurge, they have old and irrelevant non-fiction, 50's romance novels and phone books. Then, when I really can't afford to buy anything, they have all the books I've been dying for! They hate me! lol
I did get a few good ones, though...
Edgar Sawtelle... I actually was sure I'd find out I spent $1 on a duplicate copy, but I hadn't actually got this one yet.
Glass Soup by Jonathan Carroll... this makes my 2nd Carroll book, and I've not really read him yet. He's been recommended by LT friends, though.
Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker, a man who scares my pants off no matter what genre.
Candyman, the book version, still creeps me out.
The Painted Veil sounded familiar, so I bought it.
The Bodhran Makers I grabbed up because I knew a Bodhran is a Celtic drum, and then when I read the description, I couldn't resist. A poor but proud people rebelling against the oppression of the church and choosing to celebrate their Celtic heritage.
From PBS, I also got
Johannes Cabal The Necromancer and I'm dying to get into that one. It sounds like a mixture of
Faust and
Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Mister B. Gone was a fabulous book. I got it on Christmas Eve and finished it Christmas night. If you like Barker, you will love it.
Amazon came to call at my home today bringing the much dreaded
Clarel, the much anticipated
Winter Evening Tales and the exciting
The Civil War: A Narrative. I am very excited to add to my Civil War collection. I hope Shelby Foote is as good as everyone claims him to be.
Oh, and let us not forget the very lovely Norah Jones singing her "The Fall" CD, even though it has a rather Eweeeeeeeehy cover on it.
belva
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#93 and #96, you have me intrigued with your mention of
Phantom of the Opera. I just yesterday finished watching the movie, the 1943 or so version with Claude Rains, it was amazing! Then I made a note to look for the book. Off I go to look at my library's catalog....
My Latest books:
Howling Legion by Marcus Pelegrimas, Urban Fantasy
Book 2in the
Skinners series. Secret society of warriors who fight the monsters in the real world.
Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett, Cozy Mystery
This is book 3 in the
Booktown series. It is set in a local town down the road from me (though the NH town in the story is fictional). Main character owns a mystery store and is involved in local murders. Wonderful supporting cast.
Odd Girl Out by Timothy Zahn, SF, Space Opera
Book 3 in the
Quadrail series about a future civilization, of which humans are a small part, that includes aliens and a space train called the Quadrail. Stories follow Frank Compton, a detective as he tries to prevent disaster and find wrong doers.
Sometimes We're All Real Same-Same by
Mattox Roesch, Fiction
Story of an Eskimo mother and her son who are living in LA. The son gets into trouble with gangs and their life is not good. The mother moves them back to her remote Eskimo village in Alaska. Culture shock ensues for her son.
(touchstone not working).
Diving into the Wreck by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, SF
Story of a salvage diver (ocean, space) who comes upon a wreck in space with a difference.
The Sand Fish by Maha Gargash, World Fiction
Story set in Dubai, about a poor woman trying to survive. She ends up forced to marry and then has other survival issues to deal with.
In The Courts of the Sun by Brian D'Amato, Thriller
Book about the modern day and the past. It deals with the Maya prophecy about the end of the world on 12/21/2012.
I got an Ipod touch and found out that you can read Kindle books on it. I was sick and wanted the next book in a series, and couldn't go out. So I thought I would give an ebook a try. I don't like reading on my PC, so I thought I wouldn't like ebooks on a reader. I have read really short stuff on-line but this was my first time trying a full length book. Loved it. Easy to read. So now I have another book buying option (still miss the lack of a physical book though).
Rituals of the Season by Margaret Maron, Mystery - ebook
This is book 11 in the
Judge Deborah Knott series, and the first ebook I read. Sad things happen around Christmas, but her personal event works out well.
Wetlands by Charlotte Roche, Fiction - ebook
Story of a young woman in the hospital. The book is her musing about her life, her experiences and her attitudes. Incredibly
gross and disgusting , but interesting. Though her attitude towards abusing others becomes annoying. Its all about her body, fluids and excretions and her approach to hygiene.
Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement, SF -ebook
Old time SF book that is oop, except in a couple of collections. It is the January book for my RL SFF book group and I didn't want to order it.
Well I was out with my daughter to get our nails done and afterwards we went to get some breakfast. I noticed our small library was having a book sale. So I decided to stop there after we ate. My daughter's boyfriend also decided to buy books. They were having a dollar a bag book sale. I have never been to one and was thrilled to be able to buy books for such an inexpensive price. I only bought one bag. Rob, my daughter's boyfriend bought 2 bags plus 2 DVDS. Here are the books I bought:
A Stranger in the Mirror by Sidney Sheldon - I have read a few of Sidney's books and am usually quite pleased with them.
Match Point For Murder by
Kin Platt - The title just caught my interest.
Famous American Plays of the 1950's by Lee Strasberg - The plays are: Camino Real, The Autumn Garden, Tea and Symphony, The Zoo Story and A Hatful of Rain
King Lear The Yale Shakespeare - Edited by Tucker Brooke and William Lyon Phelps - Shakespeare that is all I have to say
The Persian Expedition by Xenophon - Mainly got for my ABC challenge
Patriot Games by Tom Clancy - For my 1010 challenge next year, need books for my books to screen category. (I actually have many books for this category just always looking for more.
At Wit's End by Erma Bombeck - Just saw the authors name and decided it would be a great read.
Scandals by Barney Leason - Just looked interesting
Get Your Kids to Clean Their Rooms and other impossible tasks by The Parenting Resource Group - my daughter thought it would be good for my son since I can't get him to do anything, or it seems like that.
That Was Then This is Now by S.E. Hinton - Love S. E. Hinton
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury - I believe I have heard about this book on here.
Dances with Wolves The Illustrated Screenplay and Story behind the Film by Kevin Costner, Michael Blake, Jim Wilson
IT by Stephen King - I have never read Stephen King and I want to give him a try.
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King - same as above, plus I think my son may like some Stephen King books
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides - another one I think I heard about on here.
Those are all the books in my bag. Now to add them to my library.
Monic'a
Well when i came home yesterday there was my new french-spanish dictionary and
The Reader which i need to read for my uni class and today I came back from a day out with my lovely chum Jess with two books admittedly one was borrowed (
Splendor) and the other I bought for £2 in the oxfam bookshop and I was very chuffed to find it -
I capture the Castle which I've been wanting to read for a while. It was very amusing since Jess wanted a copy as well and it took trekking round 5 bookshops to find another one - there would have been fisticuffs if we hadn't ;)
# 103 crazy4reading
you really should give King a try, he wrote some very terrific books.
It is a good book to start with, it was one the first I read by him either and I it really scared me to death. I couldn't stand having the cover looking at me, so I have to turn it when I wanted to sleep.
Tallulah_Rose- That is what I am afraid of with Stephen King, being scared to death. My sister reads his books all the time and my son has read a few. So I guess it is time for me to give him a try.
>110 I've read a lot of Stephen King, and I'd recommend reading one of his shorter works to get a taste of what his writing style is like, and whether it's too scary for your enjoyment. Some of my personal favorites are Misery, The Shining, Carrie, and The Long Walk.
#110
That might be a problem, although King wrote a lot of books which aren't that scary. Haven't read Tommyknockers so can't say anything about it. He has this great "Dark Tower" series which is totally different from all his books and mostly not scaring in the usual way. You maybe should give that a try.
edited to enter: Das Mädchen was not so frightening, at least for me... But with
It you got one of his better books. Enjoy! ;)
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Rachel -
I Capture the Castle is so beautiful and quirky and uplifting, I hope you love it! There's a movie too, which is very good, though Rose Byrne gets a bit irritating in it...
It wasn't me this time, really! But the boyfriend had to read for class, and what better to do than buy? So now we got:
Saturday by Ian McEwan on our shelves...
Went to the Friends of the Library used book store. They were having their buy a bag of books for $15.00 per bag. I bought
Ruby in Her Navel. I already have
Land of Marvels by the same author and can't wait to get to these two books. Also got
Breathing Lessons,
Wide Sargasso Sea, and
Widow for One Year. I also got a recorded version (cassettes) of
Shadow Divers,
All Over Creation, and
Warrior Queens. I still have a cassette player in my car so will be able to listen to these even if they have no resale value. It wasn't a huge haul because the sets of cassettes took up lots of space. But that is OK as my house is overflowing with books to listen to or to read.
I forgot to mention that I went to the library to get Connie Willis' book
Doomsday Book and the recorded version of
Deep South by Nevada Barr. Which I did. I am going to drive the Natchez Trace over Thanksgiving and wanted to read the second, (for me, but actually the first of the two) of the books about the Natchez Trace written by Barr.
In today's mail, two boxes from Barny Noble. The post office says that they've had one of them at the local post office since Saturday and that the other is yet to leave Kearney, New Jersey.
The Importance of Living by
Lin Yutang. I've been aware of this book for many decades; I may even have a copy. The question of the importance of living remains fresh to me, however, so I am hopeful to become informed about it. Maybe it is not important, though; we'll see.
Handbook of North American Indians: History of Indian-White Relations series edited by
William Sturtevant. I am native American, but my ancestry in America does not go back very far (a few generations ago we were celtic and teutonic). I like from time to time to read about those whose ancestry in America does go way back. This is the second volume in this series that I've acquired; I think that there are few more that I want, but I will not likely acquire the whole set.
Music I-LXXIV by
August Kleinzahler. I like music. I am hopeful that Mr. Kleinzahler will help me understand how and why.
Shadow and Claw and
Sword and Citadel both by
Gene Wolfe and altogether comprising
The Book of the New Sun. I loved science fiction at the age boys are supposed to love science fiction and gave it up, not because I stopped loving the genre, but because it was so rarely well-executed. These are supposed to be good; I'll try.
The Hour of the Star and
Selected Cronicas both by Clarice Lispector. I didn't know how to tag the second of these. I used a tag I've already established, 'ideas,' but I think I haven't captured it.
Eugene Onegin: a novel in verse by Aleksandr Pushkin and translated by
Vladimir Nabokov. From time to time I like to settle into a long poem. I hope the touchstone I have selected is a reasonable one. The translator's commentary is in another box that has not yet left Kearney, New Jersey.
The Best American Comics, 2009 edited by
Charles Burns. I have 2006 and 2008 so I thought I might could add the others to my unread pile, and this one was much cheaper than 2007.
All but two of these came out of various enthusiastic discussions on LibraryThing. I don't seem to be in synch with anybody else, but I share many of the interests held here.
Robert
PS I lost a touchstone on editing.
R
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I stopped at our little book shop on the spur of the moment today.....was pleased to find
The Likeness by Tana French. This is the follow-up to her debut thriller,
In The Woods. Looking forward to reading this.
My latest books:
Why We Suck by Denis Leary, Humor, Rant
found a cheap copy in paper at BJs Warehouse. Looked like fun. His comments on current culture.
Winter's Child,
Death's Half Acre,
Hard Row all by Margaret Maron, Mystery
They are the 12-14th books in the
Judge Deborah Knott series.
The Akhenaten Adventure by P.B. Kerr, Childrens
An adventure book for kids looks like fantasy and historical fiction. Got it for me. They were in a pile at the B&N register, and I am a sucker for anything with Akhenaten's name on it.
Green Plums by Herta Muller, fiction
Story of life for ethnic Germans who lived in Romania under Ceausescu's communism. There has been talk of it on LT after it won the Nobel Prize, so I picked it up when I found it at the store.
Second Line by Poppy Z. Brite, Collection
This is 2 short novels set in her Restaurant series in New Orleans
Liquor. It is a reprint, the first story was from
The Value of X about how Ricky and G-Man hooked up and started
Liquor and then second one is from the book
DUCK, which is the most recent and possibly last story in the series.
A small haul:
The Book of Shadows by James Reese.....Hinky, creepy and a tad perverse...yum yum
Skels by Maggie Dubrus...one would think this would be hinky etc., but it's not...it's a heartbreaker
Blonde by J C Oates...a masterpiece!
Careless in Red by Elizabeth George....because i'm a completist geek
Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley...a modern-day
Decameron...what's not to love?
Happy Thanksgiving, all
J
In Costco yesterday to load up on pies for a quarter dozen pot-lucks I ran across:
The Prisoner by Thomas M. Disch.
This is the novel on which the 1960's television series and the forthcoming AMC series are based. I loved the former and will look for the latter on DVD.
Merry Thanksgiving,
Robert
Another haul....but included herein is the Coup of Coups (couscous???):
Intimate Apparel by Karen Elizabeth Gordon
The Black House by Paul Theroux
Bodily Harm by Margaret Atwood
The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble
....and that Coup thing
Cages by Dave McKean......i won't say how much i had to pay for this...USED.....i scare myself at times
oh, and Touchstones are on strike, it seems
J
Seven Stories Press is offering free copies of several of its classic titles, not including shipping. I just found out about the sale 10 minutes ago, and bought five books. The sale ends at 4 pm EST, in less than 15 minutes!
Black Friday Titles from Seven Stories PressI suppose the Post Office is trying. One box got through from Barny Noble.
Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Lovett and Stephen J. Dubner. I know that the guy can get things wrong. He is, nevertheless, provocative and not stupid. I would have waited for the paperback, but I had a good coupon for a hardcover.
Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse, volume II by Aleksandr Pushkin and translated by
Vladimir Nabokov. This is actually the companion volume to the novel poem itself, a commentary by the translator.
Perfect Poison by M. William Phelps. This is the odd duck, not only because it is a mass market paperback. Somebody posted mention of it without a touchstone; hoping to ease the burden on other people interested in it I merely posted a message with the title touchstoned and forgot about it. Sometime later somebody referred to my message, and I wondered why I had put it there. I clicked on the touchstone. It sounded macabre in a way that I might appreciate, and it is set not far from the home of my first seventeen years, so I put it on a wish list and finally ordered it (mass market paperbacks are not as cheap as they were in my youth (29¢) but they are way cheap compared to trade paperbacks). Later on something reminded me why I had made the post in the first place.
I wish that author touchstones were more reliable and that title touchstones were easier.
Robert
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Ooops, what happened there?! Anyway, we've collected two lots of books recently for the bookshop - one from my Mum's old GP and one from the charity shop I used to volunteer at. Since both actively encourage me to read some of the books before we sell them, I've acquired a few, including:
A better copy of
The Canterbury TalesAnne Rice's
The Vampire Lestat and
Queen of the DamnedTo the Hermitage by Malcolm Bradbury
Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann
Plus a selection of fascinating-sounding psychology-type books from the good doctor. Now I just have to get reading!
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From Internet Book Database I won:
Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce I have never read any of her books so decided to take a chance on the book. Will be reading after the new year most likely.
I could not pass up a 40% coupon, so there I was in a brick and mortar Barny Noble's disappointed in what was on the shelves.
The Classical World by Robin Lane Fox. I used my coupon on this after I compared it with a Modern Library collection of some of Camus's writing. I have read about the classical world; I, of course, have not mastered it. Reading more will do me good. Robin Lane Fox is a polished writer. It wasn't on my wish list.
End the Fed by
Ron Paul. This was way discounted and on a subject I have looked at recently. There is so much said across such a wide spectrum, and an amateur like me has to take sombody's word for it, the more I read the better I can decide on which authority to appeal to. (I wonder whether I could parse that sentence.)
So I have to shop online to use up the rest of the 40% coupon before it expires. An expensive book on American Indians might do it.
Robert
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>divinenanny- Happy Sinterklaas! You made quite a haul!
>msf59,thanks! And it is only Part 1 (of 4), 3 more to go and I know two will include at least some books :D Of course, as this was a private exchange between me and my boyfriend, I was very helpful by suggesting gifts ;)
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From Bookdepository.com
Catching Fire by
Suzanne CollinsJust received today. I got it for $6 or $7. It was 50% off. So was
The Hunger Games, I should be getting that one in the mail any day as well. I am looking forward to reading them.
Thanks, to another LT'er I was able to receive an ER book of
Brutal Telling by
Louise Penny. May have to put my Civil War book aside for a short time or read them both at the same time. I have done it before.
Jude- Sorry about adding to the wishlist but that's what we do around here! And remember that title could eventually make it's way to you! :-)
>jmaloney17- I read
The Hunger Games recently and loved it. Looking forward to the follow-up!
In a package from Barny Noble today:
One Second After by William R. Forstchen. This is a novel congruent with my interests as an amateur apocalyptician.
Robert
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As part of my Christmas present my dearest darling got me The Museum of Innocence by Ohran Pamak
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