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What did YOU buy today? January 2008 edition

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1trinah
Jan 2, 2008, 2:10am

Two days in and I've already bought three books. It was at a DVD, CD and Book sale at the convention centre nearby, so I thought I'd check it out.

I got:

Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
Eclipse by John Banville
Lucky by Alice Sebold

2Zeesosa
Edited: Jan 5, 2008, 5:55pm

I went to a used bookstore and purchased:

The Regulators by Richard Bachman
The Bachman Books by Stephen King
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

3beserene
Jan 5, 2008, 8:02pm

Oh my gosh I love Christmas gifts! But even better, honestly, is returning Christmas gifts, getting store credit, and buying books! I got two copies of Fragile Things this year and a duplicate of Gilmore Girls season #4, so I took them back and, voila, had $90 to spend at B&N. I bought:

Princess Academy
Book of a Thousand Days
Here There Be Dragons
Shakespeare: the World as Stage by Bill Bryson (not sure why the touchstone isn't working)
The Night Before Christmas cut paper edition (really cool)
two hardcover Batman dailies collections
and a couple of gifts for other people.

Hooray for book shopping!

5ejd0626
Jan 5, 2008, 8:14pm

I purchased The Blind Assassin and For Her Own Good the other day.

7acheney First Message
Jan 7, 2008, 4:34pm

I just joined this group and love the idea behind it! I am guilty of buying books that I will not get to reading anytime soon (even though I should maybe stop this behavior in order to make some inroads!). That said, I bought two books today:

The English Patient - highly recommened by my cousin
Health Care Meltdown: Confronting the Myths and Fixing Our Failing System - Since I work in healthcare I find it beneficial understanding the indsutry.

8torontoc
Jan 9, 2008, 7:18pm

I picked up
Zoli by Colum McCann
The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde and
Fables of Brunswick Avenue by Katherine Govier at a discount book store.

9Bookmarque
Jan 9, 2008, 7:24pm

From B&N online sale & a sale at BOMC

The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles
Briarpatch
Twilight at Mac's Place - both by Ross Thomas
What Was She Thinking - Zoe Heller
Deeper
The Reckoning - both by Jeff Long
The Witness at the Wedding - Simon Brett
and
The Video Hound's Golden Movie Retriever 2008

Yay!! Ross Thomas. I'm such a dork that I hugged them upon arrival.

11extrajoker
Jan 11, 2008, 5:23pm

caroline123 -- Housekeeping is beautifully written. So many amazing passages!

I have not bought any books (yet) today.

My most recent purchases, from a local used book store, were:

Coastliners by Joanne Harris
The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman
The Hob's Bargain by Patricia Briggs

13sarahjanesandra
Jan 12, 2008, 3:16am

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.
Atonement by Ian McEwan.
Runemarks by Joanne Harris.

Costco gets me every darn time.

15KathyWoodall
Jan 12, 2008, 8:57pm

I'm getting so much better. *snicker* I only bought one book today!!!!
The Stand by Stephen King

16investory
Edited: Jan 13, 2008, 4:39pm

The Guardian by Dee Henderson. just got it and already read it. It is the second book in her series and I loved it.

17uath
Jan 15, 2008, 9:55pm

Developing and maintaining practical archives : a how-to-do-it manual by Gregory S. Hunter

18MugsyNoir
Jan 15, 2008, 10:35pm

I purchased A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. The Kite Runner was great and I'm really looking forward to this one.

19sarahjanesandra
Jan 16, 2008, 1:34am

Arrived today from Chapters online:

The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman.
Sepulchre by Kate Mosse.
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man by Christopher Hitchens.
5 Minute Face by Carmindy.

20SqueakyChu
Jan 16, 2008, 7:58am

I won't list all the books I got this weekend. It was over 50 from a thrift shop book sale at Yesterday's Rose in Fairfax, Virginia. Most of these books will be given away to new BookCrossers at some upcoming book festivals or meetings, but a few I'm saving for family and friends. I also scored two pristine copies of The Kite Runner! Each of the 50+ books I got cost me about 16 cents!

21tropics
Jan 16, 2008, 11:04am

Each of these books are hardcovers bought this week at the used outlet at my local library and at the adjacent White Elephant for $0.50 to $3.00:

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise Of Disaster Capitalsim - Naomi Klein
Made In America: An Informal History Of The English Language In The United States - Bill Bryson
Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion - David Brinkley
100 Birds And How They Got Their Names - Diana Wells
Surviving The Island Of Grace: A Memoir Of Alaska - Leslie Leyland Fields
Another Country: Navigating The Emotional Terrain Of Our Elders - Mary Pipher, PhD

24homegirl
Edited: Jan 19, 2008, 1:51am

Confessions of Rick James:Memoirs of a Super Freak by Rick James

26Bookmarque
Edited: Jan 19, 2008, 9:54pm

took a trip to B&N & got -
Antony and Cleopartra by Colleen McCullough, the latest in the Masters of Rome series
The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller
Valley of Bones by Micheal Gruber
More Twisted by Jeffery Deaver

and at the donation table at the supermarket
Naked Prey by John Sandford

some touchstones won't load. shocking.

27ankhet
Jan 19, 2008, 11:41pm

Hee! A Border's near me is closing, so in addition to almost everything being marked down, everything in the store was 40% off, AND buy 4, get the 5th free.

I bought:

-Cravings by Laurell K. Hamilton, MaryJanice Davidson, Eileen Wilks, and Rebecca York
-Extras by Scott Westerfeld
-Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell
and two cross-stitch books

28harrietbrown First Message
Jan 21, 2008, 6:30am

Have you read The Shock Doctrine yet? I'm thinking of reading it and would like to know what other people think.

32harrietbrown
Jan 25, 2008, 9:32pm

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
Roxana by Daniel Defoe

And Freebies!

Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Deception Point by Dan Brown
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Haunted America by Michael Norman & Beth Scott
The Lonely Life by Bette Davis
On the Road by Jack Kerouac

33homegirl
Jan 26, 2008, 4:43pm

Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

34uath
Jan 26, 2008, 5:26pm

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Witch way to murder : an Ophelia and Abby mystery by Shirley Damsgaard
Codex by Lev Grossman
The books of magic by Neil Gaiman

35Bookmarque
Jan 26, 2008, 6:55pm

Came home with Duma Key today. 100 or so pages in and it's quite good. I have high hopes for the remaining 500 pages.

36Shortride
Jan 27, 2008, 1:38am

Picked up Tales of the City at a used bookstore.

37ankhet
Jan 27, 2008, 1:52am

...well, the books I bought today are both graphic novels, and I had a coupon to use on one of them (thank god!), but still...

-Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8: The Long Way Home
-Serenity: Those Left Behind

Both Joss Whedon shows/comics. What can I say, I'm a fangirl. (Except of Angel...the show. Ew. Loved the character; hated the show.)

39thioviolight
Jan 27, 2008, 10:20pm

40hemlokgang
Edited: Jan 28, 2008, 4:14pm

sacred time, intrusions, the worst thing I've done all three by Usula Hegi

hope and other dangerous pursuits by Laila Lalami

the sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

41alaskabookworm
Jan 28, 2008, 4:15pm

Went by the SPCA Thriftstore this morning; Monday is 50% off books-day. Feeling cocky about getting the following:

The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett
Naked in Baghdad by Anne Garrels
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut
Rivers Running Free edited by Judith Niemi
Fraud by Anita Brookner
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
It All Adds Up by Saul Bellow
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
Dictionar of the Khazars by Milorad Pavic
Skin by Roald Dahl
The Discomfort Zone by Jonathan Franzen
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Dark Wind by Gordon Chaplin
Respect by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
The Greatest Generation Speaks by Tom Brokaw
Glass, Paper, Beans by Leah Hager Cohen
Almost Perfect by Alice Adams
Climbing High by Lene Gammelgaard
Too Far Afield by Gunter Grass
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith
and
The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke

(I also picked up six kid-VHS tapes, a jigsaw puzzle, and 47 books for my kids that I didn't put into LT. Total cost for everything: $29.)

42sunnygirl34685 First Message
Jan 30, 2008, 5:14pm

Bought:
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Darcy's Story by Janet Aylmer
Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger
Letters from Pemberley by Jane Dawkins
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Looking for Alaska by John Green

Borrowed from library:
My Favorite Midlife crisis (yet) by Toby Devens
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson

43mikeydawg
Jan 30, 2008, 10:44pm

Kavik the Wolf Dog, signed by the author.....to add to my dog book collection. :)

44ejd0626
Jan 30, 2008, 11:15pm

Went to a half-priced book store & got:
The Terror Dream by Susan Faludi
A Much Married Man by Nicholas Coleridge
Visiting Life by Bridget Kinsella
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood.

Was at a local book store & had a coupon so I got:
Atonement by Ian McEwan

46janoorani24
Jan 30, 2008, 11:59pm

The Window Style Bible: Over 500 Inspirational Ideas for Curtains, Blinds, and Fabrics by Gina Moore

Custom Slipcovers Made Easy by Elizabeth Dubicki

I know...boring. But I need to redecorate.

47homegirl
Jan 31, 2008, 3:42am

48alaskabookworm
Jan 31, 2008, 6:11pm

Got my next Early Reviewers book, Danny Gospel by David Athey today in the mail.

At the library, picked up the following from the "freebies" bin:

never drank the kool-aid by Toure
The Bruce Trilogy by Nigel Tranter
Next by Michael Lewis
Monkey Girl by Edward Humes
Torn Between Two Cultures by Qudrat Aseel
Honor Lost by Norma Khouri

49uath
Feb 1, 2008, 4:35pm

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50hemlokgang
Feb 4, 2008, 3:55pm

I bought The Magnificent Ambersons because it is on so many must read lists.

51alaskabookworm
Edited: Feb 4, 2008, 9:57pm

Did my weekly trip to the SPCA Thriftstore to get used books for 50% off. Got numerous books (25 or so) for the kids, and for me, the following:

The Crime of Galileo by Giorgio de Santillana
For Love of Evil by Piers Anthony
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Heaven Cent by Piers Anthony
Demons Don't Dream by Piers Anthony
Dragon on a Pedestal by Piers Anthony
Man from Mundania by Piers Anthony
With Shuddering Fall by Joyce Carol Oates
The Queen of Zamba by L. Sprague de Camp
The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro
The Last Life byClaire Messud
Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier
Shannon's Way by A.J. Cronin
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
Vale of the Vole by Piers Anthony
Being a Green Mother by Piers Anthony
The Bounty Hunters by Elmore Leonard
Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani
Wonderland by Joyce Carol Oates
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
Son of the Morning by Joyce Carol Oates
The Color of Her Panties by Piers Anthony
Marya by Joyce Carol Oates
Question Quest by Piers Anthony
Hawaii by James A. Michener
Feather Crowns by Bobbie Ann Mason
The Caveman's Valentine by George Dawes Green
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
Longitude by Dava Sobel
Expensive Habits by Maureen Howard
Rootie Kazootie by Lawrence Naumoff
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley
The Center of Winter by Marya Hornbacher
The Queen's Man by Sharon Kay Penman
Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
Immoral by Brian Freeman
Very Far Away From Anywhere Else by Ursula K. LeGuin

Spent $17 on the above-mentioned, including kid books.

Then, because that just didn't seem like enough, I ordered two by Matt Haig from abebooks.com. Spent $12 on those.

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