Book shopping!

OK, so I know that there's a particular book that was probably added to a LOT of our libraries today, but other than that, whatcha got??
We went to Phoenix Books, one of my favorite new/used shops here in SF, and totally scored: We got the boxed set of the Chronicles of Narnia in the original publication order (which I have had and rebuilt over the past year but this one still has the box and is all the same edition), as well as one of the YA mystery books Mare has been re-collecting (John Bellairs and Brad Strickland's various characters' series), and a copy of Mark Twain's The Innocents Abroad, which I've been dying to read since hearing an excerpt on the Writer's Almanac.

BUT - the biggest find was... A first edition of Roald Dahl's My Uncle Oswald, his "first novel for grownups." I can't wait to read it!

I just ordered The Dragon Heir by Cinda Williams Chima from Amazon. It comes out August 12, so I don't have it yet, but I will soon! :)

Laia, I definitely prefer the original publication order. If you read The Magician's Nephew first there is no magic and wonder about Narnia when the kids first arrive there!

Other than the new book , I have the Tales of Beedle the Bard Collector's Edition and the 10th annivesary edition of SS on my Amazon pre-order list. Also on my Aamzon pre-order list is Melissa Anelii's Harry, A History

Lol, well the last books I bought were That Book, Eclipse, and New Moon. I probably will get the Percy Jackson and the Olympians books soon and, hopefully, The Tales of Beedle the Bard when it comes out.

Yesterday I went to an author reading by Ann Patchett. She is awesome! I already had her new book Run, but I bought Truth and Beauty while I was there. I really recommend her book Bel Canto. It is one of my all time favorites.

Well I've got The New Book, and I picked up Eoin Colfer's new Artemis Fowl book. I've also picked up a few others I haven't added to my library yet. I need to get on that.

kirby, my partner LOVES the Artemis Fowl books; that one's on our list, but she has a few Bellairs books and a couple of Robert Asprin omnibuses to get through first :)

I received two books over the last couple days. They are The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants as well as the second book in the same series. I got them from BookMooch since I've watched the first movie and the second one is coming to theaters soon.

Gah. I must go shopping for more than just Breaking Dawn. I'm not sure what to get though. I'm thinking Little, Big because so many here have talked about it.

Chels-I need to get the 4th Percy Jackon too!

I wasn't going to get that book but when I saw it at Borders it just found its way into my hand anyway. In addition to that I picked up Gale Force which is Rachel Caine's newest Weather Warden book and Fallen by Erin McCarthy to read and discuss over on the Romance group.

aglaia- Not only the Artemis Fowl books, but I love most of Eoin Colfer's books. The Legend of Spud Murphy is hilarious. I happened upon it one day this summer and purchased it because of the author, but fell in love with it after I read it. I'm going to read it to my students this year as one of our read alouds. It's about boys who hate to read, but they're parents stick them in the Library during the day (as a free summer baby sitting thing). They are very afraid of Spud Murphy, the librarian. This one is great for reluctant readers.

Hey... I think I just wrote a mini review. ;)

Ok, it's not a book, per se, but its book realted!!

*dancing around*

Friday morning I got a THE BOOK calendar with very groovy pics from the up comming flm (EEEEEEEEEEEEE!) and today! Today, I got an *giggle madly* ooooh... ooooh... EDWARD CULLEN T-SHIRT!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

:D

#12 suge:
I thought you'd get those.

I got a Twilight movie calendar when I bought my copy of Breaking Dawn. Finally, I have a calendar! Sucks that I have to wait a month till i can use it, though.

wwwha whaaa wwwha.

I'm sorry, suge.

I know you're trying to make me feel bad. I'm completely heartless so you are wasting your time.

Only a month till September. I am so sad. It's time for me to die again. I die every winter. and I re-born every spring.

Well, if you hadn't married Hades against your mother's wishes you wouldn't be in this condition.

I think the problem was she got hungry while she was there. Suge! Just say no to food served by the dead!

Demeter will even have her for a bit this time around.
Cheer up, suge! You have a trip around your mom's birthday. Lovely weather - lots of sun. :)

Hades is hot. I always imagine him as devatatingly handsome over 6'2 and brooding with smoldering black eyes. mmmmm. AND he wouldn't mind if when I cussed. Or when I had evil thoughts in my head. He would understand me.

*takes out a pad and writes "don't eat food dead people give you"*

When you think about it, Hades was really misunderstood. He was so in love and he probably knew he would have trouble getting a date because, well, he is the god of the underworld...

Never mind suge, eat the dead people food.

Isn't that what we do when we use some old family recipes? ;)

I had been reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall online at the old job and I was loving it, but now I don't have time to read online anymore, so I went looking for it in bookstores. I finally found it yesterday. *sigh* So happy!

18 to 23- LOL! I've always felt sorry for Hades. And to make things worse, people kept barging into Hades's kingdom and demanding things. The guy just couldn't get a break.

True. Hades always seemed to be the most level-headed of the greek/roman gods. So he chose to help the wrong people during the war with his parents. He coulda been big if his bro hadn't kept him down.

I once wanted to write a story from Hades' perspective.

Oh good bib. I thought think The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is one of the most modern of the Brontes' books in terms of it's take on social problems.

Hades. For years I carefull spit out the seeds of pomegranates. You can't be too careful and my gradeschool had a series of mythology books that our reading lessons were based on.

The myth of Demeter and Persephone was one of my favorites as a child. It is also one of the most important of ancient Greek myths because it explains the seasons, it is symbolic for that rite of passage of when a girl leaves her parent's home and becomes a wife.

I think that the Percy Jackson books are excellent, for those of you who are interested in Greek Myths. They come to life wonderfully in those books.

Also, another book that portrays a usually dark character in a different light is kathurah and the Lord Death (sorry I can't spell Kathurah, and I can't find the book now! I looked in all my YA shelves! Blast my disorganization!)

Keturah and Lord Death -- I love that book! I should read it again.

Oh! Keturah! I tried every variation of Katurah that you can imagine! Yes, that was a very fab book.

oh and those of you out there that haven't read any of the Gorgia Nicholson books! You HAVE to! Georgia is hilarious. She is an english school girl who, like nobody that we know is kinda boy crazy, but she puts a spin on everything. She actually has to have a glossary at the back of each of her book. And you guys were complaining about Suge-ism.

RE #1:

Two books in the mail today! My Early Reviewer (The Little Prisoner) and Marked. So exciting!

OOh I loved Marked!

It was sitting in my wishlist on BookMooch forever! Ever since I bought a copy to donate last December. (Should've read it first, huh? ;) How many books are in the series?

I read the first two or three Georgia Nicholson books and then I stopped. I loved them, but I never got around to reading the rest. Are they worth it Suge?

Ah, see, I don't like the Georgia Nicholson books. I read the first one because everyone raves about them, and didn't really care for it -- then, a few months later, I read the second one, hoping that they improved with time. (They didn't.) I think they're fun light reading -- chick lit for the under-15 set -- but I didn't care for any of the characters, so I never went on with the series.

I've read the first four Georgia Nicholson books and have the fifth one in my TBR pile. They're funny quick reads. I plan on reading the full series.

Yes, they are very easy light reads. But they are HILARIOUS. Everything Georgia says is funny. She pokes fun at people and she can be very mean and like many of us: selfish, but all in all she is a fab girl. AND SHE IS ENGLISH!! I enjoyed all nine books. As you read on, you realize that there is an intersting message in there that I wont divolge to you, but that Gorgia fails to get. I can't wait for the next book in the series.

Hmmm . . . I went to the local used book store a few days ago, and was underwhelmed. The prices are higher than I like to pay for used books, and the selection wasn't that great. I think I've been spoiled by Half-Priced Books. *sigh*

I went to Half-Price Books today! Total cost: $3 plus tax. I got So You Want to be a Wizard.

One book, I know. I was only there for ten minutes before the person I was shopping with dragged me out of there.

Sorry for reviving a thread! I was trying to find one appropriate rather than create a new thread.

I bought the coolest thing on Sunday! They're not both books, but the kit at least comes with a book.

I used to own Chris Baty's No Plot? No Problem! but silly goose me, I gave it away on BookMooch a year ago not knowing it's a helpful book for Nanowrimo, which I would like to try to participate in this year.

I also bought something else. This is the cool part... It's called The Writer's Toolbox: Creative Games and Exercises for Inspiring the 'Write' Side of Your Brain.

You start off by drawing a first sentence from a pile of popsicle sticks and directions continue to tell you what to do from there. It comes with popsicle sticks titled 'non sequitur sticks' for transitional writing and 'the last straw' for some drama as well. There are sixth sense cards that leave you to describe something such as a specific smell or taste. The protagonist game has palettes to spin describing character possibilities, actions, obstacles, and goals.

This is only for small and beginning writing exercises, but I think it's pretty neat and wanted to share about it here.