So . . . what books did you get? ;-)

I'm guessing that I'm not the only one who got at least a few new books lately. I want to hear what everyone else got! (You can talk about the other stuff you got, too, if you want.) ;-)

This was a good Christmas for books in my life -- I got five, all ones I had on my wish list or to-be-purchased list. They are:
The Dragon of Trelian
The Thirteenth House
I Am the Messenger
The Well of Ascension
An Abundance of Katherines
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow

I've read all but the last one, but the others are all ones I've really wanted to own. Now I have to go find shelf space for them (decidedly tricky, since my shelves are all full and I have stacks of books in corners at the moment).

Yayy for books! Merry Christmas foggi! I am curious as what else you got for Christmas??

I got Flyte and Queste (the two I needed to complete the Septimus Heap series until the fourth that is), and I still have two presents from my friends but we are exchanging gifts tonight...but I am sure they are not books :P...

Have a great day everyone!

#2 -- Oh all right! ;-)

I got a pair of jeans and a nice warm sweater, the DVD of Enchanted, nice new heavy-duty cookie sheets, a decorative nutcracker, and more chocolate than I think I will ever be able to eat! Also gift cards to Home Depot, Applebees, and Bob Evans. ETA: Oh, and of course the wonderful Snape poster and Sorcerer's Stone DVD from ejj from the gift exchange.

Sophie got a ball with a battery inside that makes it roll around randomly on its own, and she loves it! She also got some treats and a rawhide chew.

I will let Espy tell you about his gifts himself. :-)

None other than the Bronte collection I got from Bella for the gift exchange. But I did get the dvd of Julie and Julia.

I didn't get any books, but I did get a Snuggie. Which comes with a booklight, which is cool. Plus I got a new set of knitting needles - very nice ones.

My husband really knows what I like.

I got a cookbook.

I take it back, my MIL gave me a book about the Yankees. Thanks, Mom!

Well, as for books...

I got An Abundance of Katherines from Foggi and Fantasy Worlds (Probably not the right touchstone) From Suge as my secret Santa gift. I really need to take a picture of those and post them in that thread.

For non-book gifts I got...
A Analogue to digital video converter
Mario Kart Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
The World Ends With You (DS game)
Final Fantasy IV
Mocha Frappuccino
Pokémon Cards
A hoodie
A nice button-down shirt
A new blanket
USB memory card reader
A wooden statue
A ceramic pocket-change plate/wall art piece
A trip to see Sherlock Holmes with Foggi

I'm sure that I've forgotten something, but all-in-all not a bad Christmas.

I got The Lost Files of Nancy Drew, a scrapbook thing that I can't wait to curl up with, Murder of a Sweet Old Lady and New Orleans Mourning, all from my sister. My kids got me the DVD of Planet Earth, which I can now watch ---

on our giant TV and blu-ray player, courtesy of my brother-in-law! I was stunned. I had no idea he was planning on giving us such an expensive gift. I was just happy he was going to have Christmas Eve dinner with us. The new video games the kids got are so different with a huge screen.

And I gave books all around, Alanna, a couple of Lemony Snicket books, and Death from the Skies for my oldest daugher, two by Neil Shusterman and a Yellow Submarine journal for my youngest daughter, and Jimmy Coates and The Candy Shop War for my son. And a Nero Wolfe for my mom. Now I need to finish my truffle cake and prime rib and I can go to bed with a book!

no books

some cash, always nice

some candles

a pair of slippers

some new oven mitts and pot holders

a music box

thats about it!

No books...yet. Still have to go to Christmas dinner at my granddad's and then celebrate with my mom's side tomorrow.

I did get a $25 gift card to Borders and a green LED reading light. And we got my dad a Sony Reader and cover with light and gift card for ebooks. I might just borrow it sometime...

I also got clothes, boots, a stuffed panda, a hamster cage, HBP on DVD, a Glee CD, a Coldstone gift card, and stocking stuffers. Plus my birthday laptop was also part Christmas.

Well I am feeling quite spoiled. In addition to Carbonel King of Cats from Kerian in the gift exchange I got Carbonel and Calidor the third in the series, The Mousewife and Miss Hargreaves. Also my dear Rom gave me the Kindle so I am feeling terribly terribly spoiled today. Along with some tea (from Kerian and others), a cup, a bookmark HBP on DVD and a calendar I will not need to leave the house again.

Foggi, I just read I am the Messenger very different but I liked it. I will be curious to see what you think.

#12 -- Oh, I read I Am the Messenger a year or so ago, and loved it, which is why I requested it. I know this is akin to heresy, but I like I Am the Messenger better than The Book Thief -- or at least, I like it in a completely different way. I don't think I will ever reread The Book Thief (at least, not for several years), but I will probably reread I Am the Messenger.

Well let's see. compski got me Bleach 13 & Bleach 14. Mom and dad got me a $50 gift card to Barnes & Noble. Yay!

About a month ago mom and dad got me all-weather floor mats for my car. I needed them early because the factory mats were wearing out on the drivers side and it gets muddy when it rains here. So I've got to enjoy my Christmas gift early.
I also got some nice etched Mickey Mouse glasses that mom found at a flea market to go with my black and white plates that I bought myself last Christmas.

Do gifts I bought myself count? If so, I bought myself a new T.V. and a new Nancy Drew game for the computer. I also got myself the M&M Racing for the Wii.

I love the Nancy Drew computer games - I got one of those too. Mine is Danger on Deception Island to replace a copy that got ruined a few years ago. I still haven't finished the one where Bess got kidnapped. Stupid monkeys.

I tried a DS version of the ND games and didn't like it. I'd buy one for the Wii, but the only one they have out I already have for the PC.

That's good to know. Have you tried the Hardy Boys game out now?

I've been given these books in the last week:

The Swan Kingdom *
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much ~
I Can Has Cheezburger? ~
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters +
an I-Owe-You-a-Book with a recommendation from someone else of a P&P comic book,
and ta-dah, a bookcase!! 5 shelves! Yey!

* From my secret santa, Maren.
~ A late birthday gift from our own Bella.
+ From my closest friend at work.

Maren of course also gave me other wonderful gifts I named and took a picture of in our holiday party thread, and MrA and Donna the marvelous card and candle. My mom made me a beautiful matching jewelry set of a bracelet, earrings, and a necklace. She also gave me the bookcase, a folding laptop table, and the new Black Eyed Peas CD. I had lost my cardigan wrap so my grandmother bought me a new cardigan and a shirt to wear with it at work both from my favorite store, and one of those soft Charlotte Russe bathrobes and pair of pajama pants. She also gave me earrings from her trip to Hawaii last month. One of my sisters gave me slippers, house socks, and the I-owe-you-a-book. My boss gave me a 12X16 framed pretty purple flower. The manager of our mall's Starbucks saw that I was having a bad day earlier this week and gave me a Christmas CD that's normally charged for for free. Slinky gave me a motor and let my ears be the first, and so far only, to hear it.

Wow all of your gifts sound awesome!...I received tonight a Gryffindor tie!, Hogwarts House Cup Challenge (a board game), Uno Stacko (can you tell I love board games?) and a bracelet :P. I couldn't be happier :D

lump o' coal. Again.

Well Mr A, you must try to be good next year! LOL!

Those of you who got gift cards for bookstores and such (lucky!) will have to tell us what you bought with them!

I received:
money
a $25 Barnes and Noble gift card
a laptop case
a few shirts
a new wallet

books: Pride and Prejudice and zombies and Jan Brett's Snowy Treasury. Adara got Put Me in the Zoo and Jason got the Gathering Storm.

Adara got lots of toys, including a shap sorter, soft blocks that squeek, stacking cups, a tower of rings, and several more. as well as some clothes.

we got DVDs: Star Trek, Juno, Up, Finding Nemo, the Incredables, and Merry Popins.

games: Munchkin, Last Word, Yahtzee, Rummikub, Apples to Apples, Pairs in pears, scrabble slam!, Zombie Fluxx, and Xactika.

Kitchen stuff: a Mixer that can be both a hand mixer or has a stand, cookie sheets, measuring cups, a muffin tin, a cheese grater, cassorole dishes, and a cutting board.

socks, pjs, and some random stuff.

Adara and I will also both be getting a book a day for the next 12 days. my family goes overboard for christmas.

Yesterday I also got a $25 gift card for Borders from my uncle! Today I'm hoping for a book or two. I'm also hoping that my family will just give me my birthday presents already as opposed to waiting for us to celebrate the birthdays (there's like 5 now) which doesn't seem like it's going to happen. I want to know what they got me so I can buy the stuff they didn't.

#24 -- I like the idea of a book a day for the twelve days of Christmas!

I love it. I just don't know what to do with all my books. I only have 2 small bookcases right now.

Maybe on the twelfth day of Christmas they should give you a shelf.
Or maybe they should do that on the first day of Christmas.

Or maybe you should have put it on your Elfster wish list. :o)

#17 cmbohn: No I haven't picked that one up. I saw it the other day in Wal-Mart. I'll check Game Stop out the next time I'm there. It's usually cheaper through them.

#22 foggi: Will do! Usually a B&N gift card is the only thing on my list.

#28 jp: I love it! On the first day of Christmas my family gave to meeeee... one shelf to go on my waaaallll.

rissa my walmart had three shelf bookcases for 19 $ today, You should check yours

Wow! Everyone got such wonderful gifts!

My oldest daughter gave me Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and My Sister's Keeper (book and DVD, we cried thru the WHOLE movie) and the DVD The Break up.

My oldest son gave me a book he picked out from RIF, called Jacob Have I Loved.

I also got my piano, a bunch of materials for fly tying, and an electric can opener. and the awesome socks from LG, that only leave my feet when I have to wash them!

My dad usually sends some kind of gift card, but it hasn't come yet.

Santa brought the family a Wii with the Cabela's Big Game Hunter game and extra contollers.

Espy & Foggi....how was Sherlock Holmes?! I was thinking about going to see it.

we don't really have room for more shelves right now, at least not in a place where they wouldn't be terrorized (our roommate's son is going through the terrible twos).

I got the SYTYCD tickets which were used last week for the show and my parents gave me lots of money to go on a shopping spree. I got lots of new clothes and The Last Olympian!!

#32 - I thought it was excellent. The character interaction was fantastic and really sold the movie for me. I highly recommend it.

My kids chipped in and bought me a Dust Devil that I will use at work (they heard me talking about needing it to clean around the computers). Monsieur got me a Garmin and I got him his annual supply of clothing items (he has a severe aversion to malls). I got a new comforter and sheet set for my son and I helped my daughter find a new scent. She chose Nina after I tried to see if they still sold L'air de Temps. Everyone was happy! I did buy a book for my daughter - The Red Necklace. She also got two H.P. calendars (I got her the one with pictures from H.P.& H.B.P.).

I got cash for Christmas, so today I headed over to the Blockbuster near me that's closing next week. I was able to buy the first season of Pushing Daisies for $7.99. I'm watching it now. This show is so good! Why didn't people watch it?

I enjoyed Sherlock Holmes, too. It's closer to the source material than the trailer lead me to believe.

#37: I know! I love that show too, bib...Do you know if the second season is out on DVD yet?

#37 I love that show! I was so sad when it was canceled.

Yesterday I got a lot of things I wanted. Rabbids Go Home Wii game (first Rabbids was very fun), Sims Castaway Wii game (was on my list), Harry Potter and Philosophy (on list), Adam Lambert CD (on list), $40 Borders gift card (on list!), Baskin Robbins gift card (on list), and a cute shirt and pretty necklace. And for a late b-day present I got Apples to Apples which I had mentioned that I wanted. :D

No books but I did go and get HBP on DVD for myself. I'm thinking of opening an Amazon account

#39: Yeah, it's been out for a while. They didn't have it at the closing Blockbuster though, so I'll have to look for it somewhere else when I can afford it.

I watched Pushing Daisies. I think it just came out the wrong season.

#20 - think yourself lucky you got that. LadyN did get you some good stuff ;)

PS. The Orangutan is mine. I fed him for a week and a half while he was in his box and we bonded :)

#41 I did that, too, polly, along with Star Trek.

candy bananas are bad for 'rangas.

#44 & 46 - if you too can't both look after him together, then he comes back to me!

Right. I got a good book haul this year. Last Night in Twisted River, The Children's Book, Wagamama Cookbook, The Food and Cooking of Cambodia, Tricks of the Mind, Last Chance to See, Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table, and Planet Ape were all gifts. And then I picked up Her Fearful Symmetry for half price in Waterstones, along with the The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook which I bought with gift tokens.

Other gifts included a diary, jewellery stand, stripey toe-socks, gloves, a brooch, bath stuff, a kitchen herb garden (cool!) and some pjs. I did very well, and am very lucky.

I got Pride and Prejudice as a graphic novel from JP! I read it on Christmas day. I love it when I've read a story over and over, but it still makes me laugh every time I read it! I also got $35 worth in Barnes and Noble gift cards, so I'll be deciding what to use them on.

#48 --> Oooh! One of my sisters just told me about that book, cat. She and her boyfriend, both readers who dislike classics, were very amused by its form and leafed through it in a bookstore. They recommended it to me. I am glad you like it.

#41 Polly,
I love my Amazon account! I am on it a few times a week checking on priccs and adding to it! I like buying my books used so I get many of them for pennies!

yes I saw that,PollyAnna! So if you order several books at once its just one shipping price right? So I could get so many books!!!!

I only received one book, but I'm super excited about it: Tender at the Bone.

I received a lot of scarves and socks, so I should be warm while I read in 2010!