Wishlist list!! (yours, not mine!)

Here's the deal. My birthday is coming up, and my big present is going to the Hospice Thrift Store, where they have the cheapest/best books ever. AND I might go to the used bookstore down the street, too.

I have too many TBR books. I don't need, or *want*, any more. However, my BookMooch inventory is getting a little thin, so that's my goal that day, to grab up as many random books as I can to put in my inventory.

What does this mean for *you*? I usually have a list with me of friend's wishlisted books, in case I come across one. So list, people, list! Give me 3-5 of the books you want most, and I'll keep the list with me while I shop.

This won't be happening until June 3rd, so you have some time to give me those lists, figure out which you want most, etc.

That's really thoughtful, not to mention enterprising, of you Heather!

Anything by Slavoj Zizek, except Violence.
Anything by Jane Bowles
Anything by Jeff Vandermeer except Veniss Underground
The Iron Council by China Mieville
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera

I'm cheating a little with the author names, but it's easier to look out for too, and all of them are heavily wishlisted.

Enjoy your birthday shopping spree!

Just a quick question: is it US only? Or would you be willing to send to France? That would be great!

Whoops, forgot about the country detail. I'm in South Africa.

There's always the Angel option though.

Heather19, I agree with LaurenSeraph -- this is really thoughtful of you! Hope you have a wonderful birthday!

If you come across any, the books that I want (most of all) are all by Oliver Sacks:
Uncle Tungsten
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Awakenings
The Island of the Colorblind

I would love it, if you are able to find any!

I'm in Canada, BTW.

- Geophile

Wow. The Hunt is always exciting but you do realize that you will be walking in there with a list that weighs 10 lbs, right? I hope you have fun and that you have a wonderful birthday!

Here's my list:

any David Goodis (except Piano Player)

Victoria Hanley - Light of the Oracle or The Healer's Keep

Kenneth Fearing - The Big Clock

Nancy Collins - Walking Wolf: a Weird Western

Wookie Cookies: A Star Wars Cookbook

Heather is always so sweet :)

The Magicians and Mrs. Quent by Galen Beckett
Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer (really anything by her!)
Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees
Anything by P. G. Wodehouse
God's Undertaker by John Lennox

Thanks so much and happy birthday!

Wow, that was hard - but the ones I'm having the most trouble finding are:

Glen Cook - Garret Files - I only have a couple, so any will do!
Sheri Tepper - The True Game - any of them but the ones with "Mavin Manyshaped" in the titles!

Thanks TONS!

That is so nice of you!
I have a lot that seem to be hard to find... but these I think are 5 that I am especially looking for:

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Free-range knitter: The yarn harlot writes again
LA Magdalena (Theo Nikonos Mystery)
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel
People of the Book: A Novel

You really are super to ever try to do this! :)

Edit: I'd cross off Dewey (thanks to carlym), but i don't seem to make it do that... I'll add though (Just to make it an even- ok uneven- 5):

Love Your Dog Pictures: How to Photograph Your Pet with Any Camera

You are amazingly nice:) Is this to the UK as well?

A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas Basbanes

The Fantasy Writer's Assistant: And Other Stories by Jeffrey Ford

Doctor Grordbort's Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory by Greg Broadmore

The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino

Black Swan, White Raven by Ellen Datlow

Macophile, I was recently given Dewey (nice hardback) and probably won't hang on to it once I've read it. If you want to leave me a comment, I'll contact you after I've read it to see if you're still looking for it (no promises on when I'll get to it, though).

Wow - the possibilities are endless! Thanks for this opportunity. Here's my list.

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Guernica by Dave Boling

Ex-libris by Anne Fadiman

Beginner's Greek by James Collins

The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner

Ack! I forgot to mention that I ship worldwide. lol (Tho international shipments *may* be delayed longer then domestic).

This is going to be fun! *starts the list*

My daughter wants the whole collection of the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Meade.

The books in these series are:

Vampire Academy
Frostbite
Shadow Kiss

I know I am repeating others' requests for some of these but here goes-
People of the Bookby Geraldine Brooks
Dewey by Vicki Myron
Seven Cats and the Art of Living by Jo Coudert
The Genizah at the House of Shepher by Tamar Yellin

This is really lovely of you!

I am in the UK and would be really pleased if you could find any Care Bear books!

Many thanks!

Heather, that is nice of you! But VictoriaPL is right, it will be a challenge! Here are my top five book desires:

Fiction:
March by Geraldine Brooks

Non-Fiction:
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: a Memoir, a History by Lewis Buzbee
Past Imperfect:History according to the Movies by Mark C. Carnes
The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale

Oh my gosh, Heather19 - that sounds like a birthday dream come true. I wish I could join you! How sweet of you to share your happy day with us.

I would LOVE to get my hands on these:
The Zookeeper's Wife
Apartment Gardening: Creating an Interior Oasis (I lost my first copy in a loan gone bad)
The Uncommon Reader
Barnacle Love
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

Heather, you're totally amazing and deserve all the hugs in the world! :D

In Winter's Shadow or The Kingdom of Summer by Gillian Bradshaw
The Hidden Land by Pamela Dean
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavic
Anything by James Tiptree Jr.

Heather, thank you so much! It sounds like a fun trip.

My Name is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare by Jess Winfield
My Own Country by Abraham Verghese
This is not Civilization by Robert Rosenberg
Maps of Time by David Christian
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

Thanks for doing this :) ! I don't know how findable my wishlisted books are, though.

1. Wildwood Dancing - Juliet Marillier
2. Cybele's Secret - Juliet Marillier
3. On her Majesty's Wizardly Service - Diane Duane
4. The book of night with moon - Diane Duane
5. To visit the queen - Diane Duane

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you!

Most thoughtful of you.

Freddy's Book by John Gardner
Fat Skeletons by Ursule Molinaro
World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy
anything by Anna Swir

Wow - what a wonderful idea!

(Just wondering though - if you don't want any more books on your tbr pile, what do you need books in your inventory for? They will generate new books to read in the end, you know.)

Books I would love and that are not big fat cookbooks:
The mind of a Mnemonist and
The Man with a Shattered World by A.R. Luria,
Dragon's Play by Charles Belyea
Autopoiesis and Cognition by H.R. Maturana
Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino

Of course I don't expect you to actually find any of these, but one can dream ...

*continues making list*

wester: I've cut back on mooching books, but I still love sending them out. The points I get usually go to friends in need of points, or the stray wishlisted book I can nab. I've said before that if I never mooch another book, I'd still send out, 'cause it's so much fun.

I would LOVE these

Foreman AmandaGeorgina Duchess of Devonshire

Moore Christopher Blood Sucking Fiends a Love Story Or you Suck by the same author
Ellen Kushner The Fall of The Kings
or
Shanna Swendson Damsel under stress or don't hex with texas

I you can find them I would love any of the following:

1. Any of the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

2. Trickster's Choice or Trickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce

3. I, Q a Star Trek Novel by John DeLance and Peter David

4. 7th Heaven, 8th Confession or any Maxium Ride Series book by James Patterson

Thanks so much!

You are so kind!

Right now, what I want more than anything is Circle of Ashes by Cate Tiernan. It's one of those cases that a book has gone out of print because it didn't sell well, making available copies "rare", thereby making some people think they can charge upwards of $30 USD for a paperback originally priced at $6! What's worse is that it's the second book of a quartet that I have all other books for.

Barring that rarity, the Tricksters omnibus by Tamora Pierce would be lovely. Not sure if it's open to South Africans, but the Science Fiction Book Club put out this beautiful hardcover of both Trickster books a couple years ago.

Thanks and good luck!

27: ACK!! You have *got* to be kidding me! I went to the library today and saw a Tricksters omnibus in the booksale pile! I wasn't thinking and passed it up. *headdesk* I'll definitely keep a lookout on my spree, though. And yes, it's open to all people worldwide!

Hey Heather

On my birthday last week I happened to get copies of two of the books I asked for - Iron Council and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting. Yay!

If you see those titles you should take them anyway though - they're on plenty of wishlists and will be mooched quickly :)

Since I've scratched two books off my list can I add one request? Anything by Kurt Vonnegut

28: With Tamora Pierce, the rule is "grab it". :P

Happy Birthday Heather! why you must be all of about 21ish now:)
Its so pleasant to hear how others enjoy finding books for others. I'm glad it gives you that satisfaction as well.

I'll stay away from listing newer books but these are hard to find:

Memoirs of a 1000-Year-Old Woman: Berlin 1925 to 1945 by Gisela R. McBride

The Repentant Rake (A Restoration Mystery) by Edward Marston

Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia by Orlando Figes

Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life by Sari Nusseibeh

A Table for One: Under The Light of Jerusalem by Aharon Appelfeld

Thanks for looking, Heather!

Just one that came to mind:
Satellite Down by Rob Thomas.

Thanks for looking :)

Well! Mom took me for a surprise early-birthday book-shopping spree yesterday (thankfully I had the list with me!)

Unfortunately I didn't find *any* of the books on the list (weep, sigh!). I did find LOTS of great books though, some I'm keeping out of my inventory so I can read them first, but most are getting added right away. (oh, and this is NOT the only book-shopping-spree I'll be having, so there is still a chance of me finding some of the books)

I got hardcover copies of Cross Country and Judge and Jury by James Patterson. Who wants first dibs?

I also got quite a few knitting/needlepoint/cross-stitch magazines and small books. I remember BMers liking that kind of stuff, I just can't remember who. Dibs, anyone?

The rest are misc stuff that will be going up in my inventory just as soon as I finish typing out their condition notes (I do it in advance, it's easier that way). Feel free to look! http://bookmooch.com/m/inventory/heather19