A Book Search Among Friends, July 2010

Please post what you're looking for ASAP - tomorrow {7/2} is the half off sale day at my thrift shop with the cheap books, and I have a $15 budget for BM books.

I plan to leave for the thrift around 7:30am CDT, so I'll need your requests by then.

I'm looking for No Hands: The Rise and Fall of the Schwinn Bicycle Company, an American Institution by Judith Crown for my husband. He is a bike nut and just asked me to find this book. Anyone have one??

>1 dakotamidnight: Anything that says "Doctor Who" or "Torchwood" or "Sarah Jane Adventures" (or "Bernice Summerfield") will be snapped up by someone here. Especially novel-length things. Not sure where they'd be located (aside from science fiction), though the thinner books might be in children's.

If they have comic book collections, anything Gotham Central, Blue Beetle, Owly or Marvel Adventures. Marvel Adventures & Owly are child-friendly.

Um, and more specifically:
Doppelgangster and Unsympathetic Magic by Laura Resnick (adult)
The Fifth Elephant and Where's My Cow? by Terry Pratchett (adult and children's)
Superior Saturday and Lord Sunday by Garth Nix (young adult)
The Iron King by Julia Kagawa (young adult)

I wish we had a thrift as awesome as yours around here! Thank you for allowing yourself to be burdened with what will probably be a long list.

For upcoming books in a reading challenge I would love to have:

Le Petit Prince The little prince in either English or French.
Short and sweet 101 very short poems
Oranges are not the only fruit
The brothers Lionheart

Thanks for checking :) :)

Let's see, Ditto on the Doctor Who stuff. She is right, anything Doctor Who/Torchwood would find a home here QUICKLY.

I am still looking for the following Children's Royal Diaries books:

Anacaona: Golden Flower - Edwidge Danticat
Catherine: The Great Journey - Kristiana Gregory
Elisabeth:The Princess Bride - Barry Denenberg
Lady Of Palenque: Flower of Bacal - Anna Kirwan
Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars - Sheri Holman
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba - Patricia McKissack
Kristina: The Girl King - Carolyn Meyer
Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets - Patricia Clark Smith

I am also looking for the Sword and Sorceress anthologies by Marion Zimmer Bradley.

Thanks so much for looking!

Anything by Henry Miller (especially Quiet Days in Clichy or Sexus) or any of Tariq Ali's novels (from the Islam Quintet).

Thanks for doing a BM sweep!

I'm looking for books in the Recluse series by L.E. Modesitt Jr. and any of Cory Doctorow's books. If your thrift does sections they'd be sci-fi/fantasy.

I am looking for....

Beyond the Limbo Silence by Elizabeth Nunez
A feather on the breath of God by Sigrid Nunez

I am doing some early searches for my classes this upcoming fall.

I am always looking for quilting books/magazines and sewing/knitting books, especially if they have patterns for clothes (looking for individual sewing patterns too).

These children's books by Eva Ibbotson
-Dial a Ghost
-Island of the Aunts
-Not Just a Witch
and any other well written children's fantasy for my 5 year old daughter.

And The decoy Princess by dawn Cook.

Historywitch--add me to your friends list on Bookmooch. I've posted a few Quilting books and magazines here and there but I'm about to clean out my sewing room and go through my books in the next month or two. I've got too much to fit in our new house.
I may also have some other things, such as quilt patterns, etc that I am getting rid of. I'd love to know someone who might be interested in them!
I'll go see if you have a link to your bookmooch id on your LT profile page and if so, I'll send you a friend request.

10: Oooh thank you very much, they will certainly be going to a good home. I make a lot of clothes but am just starting to look into quilting-I only have a few books and bits at the moment!

#9 What kind of clothing patterns are you looking for? I have a whole pile of mostly children's patterns, many uncut, that I've been meaning to ship off to a pattern swap kinda place.

#12 I have a five year old girl and a 9 month old boy and I make clothes for them and children of family members, so I would take any childrens patterns you have off your hands. If you have any plus size ladies patterns or patterns for men I would take those too.

Just wondering if anyone has a copy of Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel? It was a Librarything early reviewers book last month.

#14 - Actually, I expect to have two. :) I got one from the publisher and then won a copy for LTER. The LTER copy hasn't arrived yet, I don't think anyone's gotten it yet. When it arrives, I'll save that copy for you. I've already read it, just haven't put together a review yet, but I'd give it 3.5 stars.

Wow, that's two wishes in a row I've been able to grant. :) Quick, somebody wish for a pony and break my streak!

> 15 If you aren't planning on keeping both copies of Infinite Days I will gladly take the other copy off your hands!

Posting my list - already posted it on the Library Sale thread, but can't hurt to post in more than one spot.

It's long, but I have LOTS of points.

I'm looking for:

Anything by Mary Fabyan Windeatt {This will be stories about Saints mostly}
Let's Read and Find Out Titles {children's science}
Catholic Stories for Boys And Girls all Volumes
Little Flower's Girls Club member books and leader and craft guides for Wreath's II-IV
Missals - Especially vintage
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
Worms Eat My Garbage
Smithsonian Backyard and Oceanic Titles
Anything by Ann Ball {these will all be related to Catholicism and crafts}
Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum: A Guide to Catholic Home Education
Anything by Inos Biffi
The Five Chinese Brothers
Who Lives in This Meadow? A Story of Animal Life
Angel Food for Boys and Girls
The Father Brown Reader
Anything by Mary Ann Budnik
Anything by Thornton Burgess
Know Your Mass
The Little Apostle On Crutches
Most books by Tomie DePaola
Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons
The Carrot Seed
McGee & Stuckey's the Bountiful Container
MCP Mathematics student and teacher's books
Crops in Pots
The Adventures of Sister Regina Marie A Worker for Jesus

Magic School Bus {MSB} Titles:
Magic School Bus Visits the Planets
MSB Sleeps For the Winter
MSB Gets Crabby
MSB Inside Your Mouth
MSB To the Rescue: Flood
MSB And the Science Fair Expedition
MSB Gets All Fired Up
MSB In The Rain Forest
MSB Flies From The Nest
MSB Inside the Human Body Teaching Guide
MSB Weathers the Storm
MSB Arctic Adventure
MSB To the Rescue Earthquake
MSB Color Day Relay
MSB In the Bat Cave
MSB Adventures in the Food Chain
MSB Fact Finder: Whales
MSB Fishy Field Trip
MSB Wild Leaf Ride
MSB Rocky Road Trip
MSB Under Water
MSB To The Rescue Forest Fire
MSB Get's Cold Feet

And just about anything vintage Catholicism - I love vintage books.

Sorry, Weelass, I am required to keep at least one copy of all books that feature vampires, both sparkly and bloodthirsty, for the flock of teenage girls that I provide books for.

Ah ok! Thanks anyway :)

5: Belladonna - I found today two royal diaries books - Cleopatra and Eleanor. Do you need those?

20> No, I already have those 2.

The ones I am still searching for are...

Anacaona: Golden Flower - Edwidge Danticat
Catherine: The Great Journey - Kristiana Gregory
Lady Of Palenque: Flower of Bacal - Anna Kirwan
Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars - Sheri Holman
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba - Patricia McKissack
Weetamoo: Heart of the Pocassets - Patricia Clark Smith

Thanks for thinking of me though!! :)

One of my local independent bookstores is having a close-out sale. It's sad to see another one go. If there is something that you are looking for, please let me know. I should be able to fulfill a few requests. The books are going pretty fast, but its hit and miss as far as the authors are going. These are brand new books, at 50% off or more, so I've been stalking the shelves. I'll be heading over Friday morning to see what I can find.

22: Could you look for mine? My list is in post 17.

I'm really hoping to get the Magic School Bus and the Lets read and find out Science titles - if it's half off new they should only run maybe $1-$3 each, maybe less even.

I would love a copy of Ghost Road by Pat Barker if anyone has one to give up. I just finished reading the first of the trilogy and have the second one all queued up. I am in Canada for those who don't send here... thanks :)

I just received notice that I've won a Member Giveaway of Wolf Man by Edo van Belkom.

I haven't yet read the preceeding book Wolf Pack and if anyone has it I would love to read it before this one.

I'm looking for the following books on bookmaking:

Expressive Handmade Books by Alisa Golden
Miniature Scrapbooks by Taylor Hagerty
Artful Journals by Janet Takahashi, and
The Artful Storybook by Terry Taylor.

Anyone have these? I'm willing to smooch an extra point for any of them. Thanks!

Looking for a copy of The Sash Canada Wore about the history of the Orange Lodge in Canada, and any local histories of Leeds & Grenville county Ontario as well.

Just had the Orange Lodge book recommended to me tonight, hoping that perhaps one of our Canadian members might find it locally.

Hi, I'm looking for a copy of Watership Down for my niece. She's reading it as part of a summer reading program. She has to have it read by the second week in August...if anyone has a copy they can mail right away I'd greatly appreciate it! It would probably be better if someone in the US has it due to time constraints. Thank you!

Looking for eggplant cookbooks, please & thank you

>28 maeven: I've got an excellent condition mass market copy of Watership Down that I would gladly like to get rid of considering how it scarred me for life when I was but a wee thing. I don't even know why I have one; I must have inherited it along the way.

Anyhoo, I'm reserving it for you as we speak. I plan to go to the P.O. on Thurs.

>30 macsbrains: Thank you so much! I'll let my niece know it's on the way! Scarred for life??? Oh no! I have somehow never read this book and had planned on reading it after my niece is done! Now I'm wondering if I should! :) Thanks again, I really do appreciate it! I am hoping she becomes as crazy about books as I am!

#30 macbrains, did you see some sort of movie also on Watership Down? That is one of my top 5 all time favorite books but I only read it as an adult. Every one I know that read it in school as required reading shakes when they discuss it. Something is wrong with that required reading list is all I can say.

I can never pull up our drive at night and see a rabbit & not think of Fiver & Hazel.

31 & 32
Re: Watership Down - I read it when I was really really little and I became very very freaked. Disturbed by it is perhaps a better description. I may have also seen the movie, though I really can't recall. I just have images in my head, and an acute feeling of anxiety. Between Watership Down, The Velveteen Rabbit, and the Rats of NIMH....

Is there a common thread there? I remember I had a sticker book for the movie version of the Secret of NIMH and it had scratch and sniff stickers and for years whenever I smelled it I had flashes of terror. I wonder what this says about me lol.

But no, even now I will not go near these. I am not willing to rediscover why they scare me so much.

Black Beauty too -- though I was older, so it didn't disturb me quite so much.

Edited to add: Though it may partially explain why I have an overwhelming urge to protect animals and stuffed toys.

Hmmm... Watership Down is on my TBR list, although it is in storage right now :P

Hello all!

here's my most recent list of wishlist books:

Roddy Doyle's The Dead Republic, the 3rd in the Henry series

anything by David Foster Wallace

cookbooks related to Eastern Europe or Russia (in English!)

Go Diego Go, Kipper, Dora, Wonder Pets children's early readers or picture books

The Salt Smugglers , Plants Don't Drink Coffee.

Thanks in advance!

33: Don't feel bad - I'm the same way with the movie Edward Scissorhands. I saw a bit of it when I was young {maybe around 5?} and can't stand someone else doing the scissorhands to this day {I'm 25 now!}

Curiously enough, I watched The Crow the TV series at the same age - it was a favorite of mine.

>30 macsbrains:, 31, 32, 34 & 36
Oh this should be a seperate thread like "Bothersome Books"

I am a fan of The Wizard of Oz, ametur productions and also of Wicked. My husband was greatly bothered when he was little & would not touch this story.

I have a friend who can't stand Bambi.

dakota...I can see Scissorhands being scary at age 5 when I think about it. At that tender age Johnny Depp would just not matter!!

I get a bit anxious when I see the book "Every Last One" and I read murder mysteries!

I am looking for a copy of 84, Charing Road

please.

Looking for the Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas, and The Glass House by Simon Mawr.

I'm a little late to the discussion but I read Watership Down when I was about 12 and loved it. It was one of my favorite books at the time and made a very strong impression on me.

From the other thread it does seem that your reaction to Watership Down depends very much on how old you were when you read it, and whether may have been tainted by the movie even if you don't recall it.

I find the severe dichotomy quite fascinating.

I'm looking for a giftable copy of Eat, Pray, Love for a cousin of mine.

I'm looking for a bunch of Hardcovers from the EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY series:
Sons and Lovers
The Rainbow
Anything by Jane Austen
Crime and Punishment
Oblomov
The Master and Margarita
The Beat Poets anthology
Portrait of a Lady
The Good Soldier
Love in the time of Cholera
Howard's End
The Raj Quartet by Paul Scott
Great Expectations

If you have any of these to trade I'm open to double points on some of them. Thank you!

I also need 3 books for my bookclub -

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
The Girl who Fell from the Sky byHeidi Durrow
One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Thanks!!!

I am always looking for Baby-Sitters Club books in languages besides English. I have all of the American editions, and I have most of the UK editions, but not that many in other languages.

I have decided to take the plunge and go back to school to get my Bachelor's after 6 years of sittin on my tush.

I am looking for either Calculus for Dummies or Complete Idiot's Guide to Calculus. I have Calculus Made Easy and ... well... its still not clicking.

Im not starting until January but I thought it would be good to get some practice in for the dreaded math courses I'll need to take.

May I also suggest any Schaum's study guides? I found them very useful when doing my undergrad, in a variety of subjects.

Congratulations by the way!!!

I majored in math and used to tutor calc in my early days of college. I probably don't have anything useful still lying around, but I'll look in the old dusty boxes and see if there's something basic. No promises.

(Well, I shouldn't really say majored since I'm two classes short of my bachelor's and just cannot bring myself to deal with school anymore.)

So! Now that I've FINALLY found THE Harlequin book I've been looking for for years, I'm dismayed to find that there are no copies available on BookMooch, AND no copies have ever been listed on BookMooch! Yipes!!

Offering ten extra points to anyone who has Spellbinder by Bethany Campbell that I can mooch! Anyone? Pretty pretty pwease?

I will check my local hospice shop :)

>50 Heather19:

I can get it from Paperbackswap if you'd like, I have a few extra points there... http://www.paperbackswap.com/Spellbinder-Harlequin-Romance-Bethany-Campbell/book...

>46 rainbowgirl28: Let me see if I can find Bonjour, Marjorie! when I get home. We might have given it away, but I could swear it's still somewhere in the basement. It'll be a few days, though. Or, um. A week.

THE AUGUST THREAD IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS!!!

http://www.librarything.com/topic/96271

all outstanding requests can move there if they want to move there...