A Book Search Among Friends - the October Chapter

Since today is October 1st!!

I got caught in a newbie's scam (very rare, but it happens) and had requested two books so a friend could finish the series...

and since it is October, it is even more appropriate that I make this request:

Anybody have an unwanted copy of A Quick Bite and/or Tall, Dark and Hungry by Lynsay Sands that they no longer want & will be willing to send (for points, of course) so someone can complete her series?? PM me, if you can help! Thanks!!

I have no points at the moment, but if someone has any of these I think I can offer up some highly wishlisted books I've been teetering on the fence about listing and get points to mooch these HARDCOVER edition books.

Melusine, The Virtu, The Mirador or Corambis by Sarah Monette.

Smoke and Shadows or Smoke and Mirrors by Tanya Huff.

Blood Rites or Backup by Jim Butcher.

These are all books I've read and really want to collect them in hardcover. I'm actually not too picky about the condition, so long as they're not falling apart.

>2 Jenson_AKA_DL: I suppose C/W MARS would frown on your keeping one of their copies. :) Anyhow, if you're really not picky about condition . . . I mooched a hardcover copy of Smoke and Mirrors about six months ago. If there had been condition notes I probably wouldn't have, because it's ex-library due to water damage, so most of the pages are wavy. They seem to have dried it out well enough that mold isn't an issue, and everything else does appear to be intact. There are even those tiny metal strips that helpfully set off security alarms at stores and other libraries! I'm just not that attached to it.

To be honest, though, my ability to mail things the next month or two is kind of up in the air.

Wavy pages don't bother me so long as they're legible and turn. If I don't find one in the meantime I'd be happy to mooch your copy of Smoke and Mirrors. Just let me know when you can send it. Thanks!

You're right, C/W Mars might get a little peeved if I started keeping the books I like LOL. Right now they're my best friend so I have to be nice.

Anyone have any study guides for the pharmacist NAPLEX exam such as APHA, Kaplan etc. I would be forever grateful!

I have an extra copy of Angels and Insects by A S Byatt...if anyone is interested...i haven't added it to my Inventory yet...PM me w/ your info and i shall get on it, toot sweet.

this is now on my Inventory...

this has been Mooched and is no longer In House

I have a stack that I haven't gotten around to listing on Bookmooch yet, but I'd be happy to send if anyone here wants them. Most are in good to very good condition. Most YA/MG.

Paperbacks:
Dune - this one's a little worn and has a stain on the edge of about 100 pages. I have no idea what the stain is, but I don't think it's hazard/toxic/gross.
A Drink before the War 2 copies (Ok, nobody asked, but I have to explain how I ended up with 2 copies. My husband goes with me to library book sales, and he gets bored, so I told him to look for Dennis Lehane books for janmpb. He's so happy when he finds one, that I don't have the heart to tell him that she's not looking for them anymore.)
Sacred
Running out of Time
Song Quest
The House with a Clock in its Walls
Catalyst
High Wizardry
The Thief and the Beanstalk
Never mind
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
The 911 Report
The Gates of Hell

Hardcovers with jackets - almost new looking
The Janson Directive
Faithful

I have a copy of "Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume I" that is in like new condition except for one drawback (which might mean no-one will want it, but I thought I would offer it as the seller has sent me a replacement and it is a 90-95% perfect book) This copy is missing p. 96-128, and the pages 129-159 are repeated. If anyone wants it let me know. :)

Instead of searching online forever, I figured I might have better luck asking BookMoochers. Any Harlequin/etc fans out there: Can you suggest any of those books that have a more... naughty... feel to them? I love Harlequins but most of the ones I've read are too romantic/mushy for me. I like the... well, more toward erotica. Anyone have any suggestions?

10: I was looking for something similar earlier this month, Heather :) I mooched Fanny by Erica Jong and I see there are a few other copies available on BM at the moment. I'm still waiting for it, but from reviews it seemed like it be quite fun, and I've just finished Fear of Flying which I really liked.

You could try the Beauty trilogy by Anne Rice. They're kind of a naughty version of Sleeping Beauty - lots of lots of different stuff going on. I have all three books and if you're interested, I'd be willing to put them up on BM for you. They're in near perfect condition and are the hardcover versions of the books.

Im not particularly a Harlequin fan, but I do have a large box that was given to me to post. I've never read any of them, but I'll pull a few to see if I can find some naughtier books for you.

Edit: I know i have one called Sin Seer by Andrew Shaw. Its not Harlequin but sounds pretty racy (and looks so too by the cover). Priority Male by Susan Kearney also looks kinda like what your looking for. Its hard to pick books that you haven't read before, lol.

I had suspected that my adult nephew had forgotten how to read, but i just found out that he has gotten into the Dexter books by Jeff Lindsay. He's read the last two, i'd love to get him the first two but they are heavily wishlisted. If anyone has readable copies and would consider listing them, I'd be very grateful. Bonus points could be arranged *nudge nudge wink wink*.

The books are:
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
http://bookmooch.com/detail/0307277887
and
Dearly Devoted Dexter
http://bookmooch.com/detail/1400095921

Heather19, Passion by Lisa Valdez is an extremely steamy historical romance.

7 > I don't have any point yet, but if you are willing to send The Janson Directive, I would greatly appreciate. My BM name is qforce.

Just posted McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales* by Michael Chabon, editor. It's a trade paperback with a Bookcrossing label. It's the only one of that book listed.

http://bookmooch.com/m/detail/140003339X

*Taken. Thanks, Zach!

I have a book called Destiny by Sally Beauman that I was going to put on BookMooch. It's a really racy romance & I think I read somewhere she used to write Harlequins. I know she got an astronomical advance for this book - kind of like Audrey Neffinger or whatever her name is, got for the book she wrote after The Time Traveler's Wife and I have to say, Beauman earned it. It's exciting, racy, romantic - the perfect "get away from it all" book. Beauman's Dark Angel is pretty racy too, and there's usually a copy or two on BookMooch. Good luck with your search & have fun reading the results!!! :)

@ #10 - i dont read a lot of harlequin but I think the ones labeled as Blaze are generally more racy. I downloaded a free one on the kindle, but i think they probably offer them free to other book readers, or just loading to your computer from their website.

If anyone happens upon Outlander please let me know... been dying to get into this series!

I'm currently on a search for City of Illusions and The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin. I'm not too particular about condition or edition so please, if you have a copy you're willing to part with, let me know!

>20 vikitty:
I don't have a copy per se, but I did manage to read it by placing a hold on it at the public library. Have you tried doing the same?

Yes I've searched but there are 13 people on the waitlist in front of me. :/

Ah. I only had 5. (Then again, a city as huge as the one I live in kinda needs an equally huge public library system. Or three systems, but New York likes being an exception.)

21: Rebecca, I've left a PM for you about City of Illusions :)

Does anyone has an unwanted copy of this edition of Shopaholic Ties The Knot? Please, let me know :)

Joojanah I have a copy of that edition, front cover corners are a little dogeared but otherwise good condition. If you want it let me know and I will list it and reserve it in your name

>25 inkspot:: Just dropping another note to say thank you!

27: Yes, please! My bookmooch name is joojanah. Thank you so much!

My points are burning a hole in my pocket! :)

These are my most wanted books right now if anyone has any and is willing to part with them...

I am looking for Ellen Datlow Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. I need volumes 2,4,9,12,16 and 21 in the large quality paperback.

I also need Andrew Lang Fairy books. I only have pink and yellow and blue. I don't care if they are paperback or hardcovers.

Here are a few others I am looking for in hardcover...

The Amorous Umbrella by Marvin Kaye
The Incredible Umbrella by Marvin Kaye
The Annotated Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Annotated Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Story of a Marriage - Andrew Sean Greer
The Artful Dodger - Nick Bantock
The Court of The Air - Stephen Hunt
Freedom & Necessity - Steve Brust and Emma Bull
The Year of Disappearances - Susan Hubbard

I will take any or all of these books if you are able to find them or anyone else has them available.

Thanks again!

Jenn

A couple other books I'm very interested in are some older books by Richard Peck: Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death and The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp. I'll take these books in any edition and any shape so long as they're holding together.

It'a a magazine, not a book, but does anyone have the June 2009 edition of Scientific American--the one with the article "The Taming of the Cat" ? These aren't ever on the newstands here....I have plenty of points so might as well try my luck
Thanks
Carol

Does anybody have a copy of Blue Moon by Alyson Noel they'd like to part with?

I have a copy Sukisue7 but I haven't yet read it. If no one else has a copy for you, and you aren't in a hurry, I can move it to the top of my TBR pile and reserve it for you when I am done. :)