• Welcome to BookAndReader!

    We LOVE books and hope you'll join us in sharing your favorites and experiences along with your love of reading with our community. Registering for our site is free and easy, just CLICK HERE!

    Already a member and forgot your password? Click here.

Recently Purchased/Borrowed

At last: Pat Frank -- Alas Babylon. £1. been looking for it for ages.

and Don DeLillo - - White Noise £2

I love charity shops.
 
The Enchanter and Pnin both by Nabokov and from Amazon for the bargain price of £11.97

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, and Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster both in paperback from QPD, at extortionate prices, but I got a free book, and a free Granta diary.

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides and Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs from a very very great new (at least new to me) shop here called FOPP, for £3 each.

Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks and Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood from a cheap little used bookshop.

And Minority Report by Philip K. Dick for £1.49 from Oxfam Books, bargain!
 
At the library yesterday, I investigated the sale cart and found these 20 children's books to bring home. I paid $5 for the lot:

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie-Laura Numeroff
If You Give A Moose A Muffin-Numeroff
If You Give A Pig A Pancake-Numeroff
Sunken Treasure-Gail Gibbons
The Milk Makers-Gail Gibbons
Goldie Locks and the Three Squares-
The Random House Book of Poetry for Young People-ed. Jack Prelutsky
Too Many Books-
One Morning in Maine-Robert McCloskey
Millions of Cats-Wanda Gag
Arrow to the Sun-
All About Deer-Jim Arnosky
The Disappearing Alphabet-Richard Wilbur
Beacons of Light: Lighthouses- Gail Gibbons
Just Plain Fancy-Patricia Polacco
Three Jovial Hunstmen-Susan Jeffers (I love her illustrations)
Purple Cow to the Rescue-Ann Cole
Animal Lore and Legend: Owl-Vee Browne
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life-Maurice Sendak ( a chapter book)
Owl Moon-Jane Yolen

Then from interlibrary loan, I picked up:

Between Earth and Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places-Joseph Bruchac (for school)
First Woman and the Strawberry-Gloria Dominic (school)
The High Deeds of Finn Mac Cool-Rosemary Sutcliff (for me)
Voices Made Night-Mia Couto (for me)
The Decorated Journal-Gwen Diehm (for me)
Dan Eldon:The Art of Life-Jennifer New (for me)
 
venusunfolding said:
just picked up The Blind Assassin and Margaret Cho's I'm The One That I Want for $1 each
Click to expand...

Great bargain! I'm glad to see so many of us reader rabbits being such resourceful steward of our $$$ :D
 
Today I bought all of them paperback.

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien:D
The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien:D
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy:D
Emerald Sea by john Ringo:D

Well thats all the books I'm buying this month.
 
abecedarian said:
Great bargain! I'm glad to see so many of us reader rabbits being such resourceful steward of our $$$ :D
Click to expand...

the clearance shelves at half price books are my friend.

today I picked up

Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Roos
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Almost Like Being In Love by Steve Kluger
Santa Evita by Tomas Eloy Martinez
Song of the Exile by Kiana Davenport

and I only spent 15 dollars.
 
Just bought:
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
There will be Dragon John Ringo

Also I bought a the one ring book mark.

Can somebody tell me how to keep myself from buying books?:eek:
I have plenty of space to put the books but that doesn't mean I should buy them right?
 
kuroc = I have plenty of space to put the books but that doesn't mean I should buy them right?
Click to expand...

As long as you have plenty of space, you must continue to buy books. Those are the rules. :D Let us know when you run out of space, and then we'll review the rules (but I don't think they will change much.)
 
The local bookstore was having a sale, so I picked up Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon, as well as purchasing The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King from a NZ version of eBay
 
Received Going Postal by Terry Prachett in the post today, as part of a bookring. This will be my first Terry Prachett read (hopefully) right through, so I'm very excited. I've heard great things about this guy.
 
abecedarian said:
At the library yesterday, I investigated the sale cart and found these 20 children's books to bring home. I paid $5 for the lot:

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie-Laura Numeroff
If You Give A Moose A Muffin-Numeroff
If You Give A Pig A Pancake-Numeroff
Sunken Treasure-Gail Gibbons
The Milk Makers-Gail Gibbons
Goldie Locks and the Three Squares-
The Random House Book of Poetry for Young People-ed. Jack Prelutsky
Too Many Books-
One Morning in Maine-Robert McCloskey
Millions of Cats-Wanda Gag
Arrow to the Sun-
All About Deer-Jim Arnosky
The Disappearing Alphabet-Richard Wilbur
Beacons of Light: Lighthouses- Gail Gibbons
Just Plain Fancy-Patricia Polacco
Three Jovial Hunstmen-Susan Jeffers (I love her illustrations)
Purple Cow to the Rescue-Ann Cole
Animal Lore and Legend: Owl-Vee Browne
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life-Maurice Sendak ( a chapter book)
Owl Moon-Jane Yolen
Click to expand...

WOW! Bargin. Good haul :)

For myself, I got a couple of SF novels for £1 each.

Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
Look to Windward - Iain M. Banks
 
Wabbit said:
WOW! Bargin. Good haul :)

For myself, I got a couple of SF novels for £1 each.

Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
Look to Windward - Iain M. Banks
Click to expand...

You should have seen my youngest kids when they investigated this stuffed bookbag I brought home. Even my reluctant reader was excited and she made me read several of the books to the group. With Sunken Treasures, I pulled out my new world atlas(Thanks Stewart!) and we looked at the Florida Keys..Life is good!
 
MonkeyCatcher said:
Received Going Postal by Terry Prachett in the post today, as part of a bookring. This will be my first Terry Prachett read (hopefully) right through, so I'm very excited. I've heard great things about this guy.
Click to expand...

One of my favourite Discworld books. :)
 
While out getting a few last minute Valentines Day gifts for my boyfriend, I got myself one book. :)

Autobiography of a Geisha - Sayo Masuda

Only £2.97 new! :D
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top