Just a placeholder for now, since I didn't make a purchase on Friday. Have some stuff on hold but can't afford to pick it up until next weekend.
I should probably not count the books I've gotten from BookMooch lately because I have no self-control at all on there.
On Saturday, I went to a huge town-wide garage sale that also happens to have a used bookstore that participates in the sale. I bought
Deryni Checkmate and
The Quest for Saint Camber by Katherine Kurtz,
The Summer Tree and
The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay, and
The Keeper's Price edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley, then on the way home, I stopped at Borders and bought
Doubleblind by Ann Aguirre.
My purchases seem to swing between binge and starve. This is a binge week, so next week I must starve. I purchased:
* a 2010 wall calendar of J. W. Waterhouse's art (on my walls I have posters of work by him, Albert Moore, and Frederick, Lord Leighton)
*
Lady of Persuasion by Tessa Dare (new-to-me historical romance author, as yet unread)
*
Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander (historical mystery; had an autographed copy shipped to me from a bookstore in Tennessee where she did a signing)
*
Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes (history of culture and science; a book which I've been salivating over for weeks and finally bought)
*
Indiscreet by Carolyn Jewel (I've bought a couple of her historical romances, should read one and see if I like it)
*
A Christmas Scandal by Jane Goodger (historical romance; my mind associates her with a really good reading experience, but can't recall without research which of her books I read)
* _Thinking Write_ by Kelly L. Stone (a book on writing and creativity, couldn't find a touchstone)
That's all, but isn't that enough?
#2: LOL @ Laura. Nice friend you are. ;) But don't you just love HPB clearance sections? I still remember when their clearance books used to be around a quarter each, maybe 10 years ago. Still, much better than paying full price!
#5: J. W. Waterhouse's pictures are so gorgeous; I wish I had some around my place. But that reminds me--I need a 2010 calendar (note to self). And I know what you mean about having to pace yourself with shopping. I did a bad thing yesterday after work and brought my wallet with me to Half Price Books. Bad, bad idea! (But so worth it! :)
Bought
The Time Traveler's WifeIt'll be a while before I read it as I have a substancial pile I checked out from the library.
So far this month:
Well, I ran into my local independent bookstore to pick up Audrey Niffenegger's new book,
Her Fearful Symmetry, and somehow came out with that and two other books,
Peter Ackroyd's
J.M.W. Turner and
Granta 108: Chicago. I also ordered a book,
I Like it Like That: True Stories of Gay Male Desire, which I picked up today.
Also today, I stopped by a used book sale (and will go there again tomorrow, when everything is half-price), and picked up:
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography, by
Roland BarthesMarc Chagall: His Life and Work, by Isaac Kloomok
Pretty Monsters, by Kelly Link
and an auction catalog,
Livres provenant de la Bibliothèque L. P. Pierre Lucien Martin reliures : Dunoyer de Segonzac dessins originauxAlmost forgot: the other day there was an ARC of
Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson, on the breakroom table, so I grabbed it. I've heard good things about him.
There was also a copy of
Eye of the World, but I left it because I own it. Presumably they were both there because Sanderson will be continuing Jordan's series, with
The Gathering Storm coming soon.
8> Welcome back. Bought any shoes lately? :-) How are you liking
Her Fearful Symmetry?
Brought home another ARC, this one historical fiction:
Rainwater by Sandra Brown. It's set in the 1930s and apparently draws on her family's actual experiences.
The library was selling books today, got four Anne Rice Books: Blood Canticle, Black Wood Farm, The Vampire Armand and Memnoch the Devil for .50 each!
#11: I've always wanted to try at least one of
Sandra Brown's books, since she writes so many. Thanks for inadvertantly reminding me about her. :)
#12: Nice! :) Which reminds me, I need to finish reading my
Anne Rice books. I loved her witch series and her erotica, but for some reason, I just can't get into her vampire books. Strange, since I love vampires.
#13: I haven't read a Marion Zimmer Bradley book in forever! I think the last one was one of her
Sword and Sorceress anthologies. I just never find her books for sale anymore. And I'll have to try the
Fruits Basket series sometime. I see them on hold at work all the time, so I'm kinda curious what all the fuss is about.
I hit a library book sale after work today (meant to go yesterday, but was too tired to go). I only had a few minutes to shop before they closed, so I wasn't too thrilled with my purchase. But still, 17 books for less than $10--awesome! :)
Juvenile/YA*
You Are So Cursed! by Naomi Nash (Finally, I can start this series!)
*
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This by
Jacqueline Woodson*
The Boy from the Basement by
Susan Shaw* Sweet Valley High: Super Star: Enid's Story by
Francine Pascal* Children of Winter by Berlie Doherty
*
Bad Girls in Love by Cynthia Voigt
*
Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon by
Lisa Papademetriou* The Tale of The Dark Crystal by
Donna BassNonfiction* Haunted Homeland by Michael Norman
*
Just Sisters by Bonnie Kuchler
*
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven &
David BorgenichtHorror/Fantasy/Mystery/Contemporary**
Key to Conflict by
Talia Gryphon*
The Vampire's Seduction by Raven Hart
* Bones of the Moon by Jonathan Carroll
*
Empire of the Ants by Bernard Werber
* Dead Copy by
Kit Frazier*
The Terrible Girls by
Rebecca Brown*I'm too lazy to separate them into genres. :)
#14: I haven't actually read much by
Marion Zimmer Bradley, so I'm catching up now. I've been buying and Mooching a lot of her books lately and I have the Renunciates sub-cycle of her Darkover series in my TBR.
Fruits Basket is really cute, but it gets angsty as it goes along. I've read the whole series- borrowed from the library- and now I'm collecting them to re-read as comfort reading.
Here's my latest acquisitions:
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (one of her books I have actually read!)
Smoke and Shadows by Tanya Huff
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Farscape: Strange Detractors by Rockne S. O'Bannon & Keith R. A. Decandido
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I bought Twisted by Andrea Kane - this looks like it might be my favourite thriller/suspense of the year, it is so good.
Shattered Silence-- The Untold Story of a Serial Killer's Daughter by Mellisa G. Moore
I ordered Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek, have heard great things about this one.
#15: I haven't read much
Marion Zimmer Bradley either.
The Mists of Avalon was my first by her (about 15 years ago), and I've maybe read one of her books every 5 or so years after that. Pretty bad, huh? :) I'll have to give her
Darkover series a try, especially since it's so huge.
Oh, I forgot to mention I picked up the first volume of
Fruits Basket, so maybe I won't be so clueless.
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So last week I was pretty good: bought 3-4 magazines for me, a DVD set (w/a coupon and on sale) for my sister's birthday.
Today, two books for me:
*
The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy by Peter H. Wilson (exactly what it sounds)
*
Love Letters: How to write them and when to use them by Ingoldsby North (self help book written in 1867, this was a book a customer ordered and didn't pick up so was to be sent back to U Chicago Press)
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#17 I started reading Bradley's books 11 years ago and only read
The Mists of Avalon and
Darkover Landfall, but continued to collect her books. Now I have almost all of the Darkover books, a few of the Avalon books, and several of her
Sword and Sorceress anthologies. I picked up another of her Darkover anthologies last night too, to go along with the Renunciates theme, I got the
Renunciates of Darkover and I plan to read the trilogy plus the two anthologies and some other Darkover novels next year for my 1010 challenge. I've also listened to
The Colors of Space on Librivox and as soon as I get my computer fixed and can use my iPod again, I'll be listening to
The Door Through Space.
I also bought
Amazons II edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson since it was a) only a dollar b) I have the first one c) I seem to be collecting DAW anthologies and d) I have been collecting feminist SFF anthologies.
I hope you enjoy Fruits Basket!
Binged a bit again. Dang.
Brought home 3 ARCs over the last two days:
*
Viking in Love by Sandra Hill (historical romance, February 2010)
*
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean (historical romance, March 2010)
*
The Red Door by Charles Todd (an Ian Rutledge post-WWI mystery -- yay! made my day! love the Todds!)
And in addition to a music CD and the latest issues of "Belle Armoire" (altered/wearable art) and "Romantic Times Book Reviews" magazines, I bought:
*
To Love a Wicked Lord by Edith Layton (historical romance by an author whose voice I like, her last work before her death)
*
The Hob's Bargain by Patricia Briggs (never read her before, but I like the cover and I hear good things about her urban fantasy novels, which this is not)
*
To Desire a Devil by Elizabeth Hoyt (historical romance, fourth in a quartet, I own 2 - hopefully 3 - of the others in the series; have yet to read her but hear good things about her)
*
Veil of Lies by Jeri Westerson (dark-toned medieval mystery; debut by an author who's on some of the same listservs I am)
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