I got 15 Suzanne Brockmann's books for around $21, so yes, you can get good bargains on eBay.

Wow Tricia. I think I'll check out ebay next time!

They were all paranormal genre.. and from the looks of it several are what I been wanting.

Couple I have already and will just put up on paperbackswap.com :)

So considering the price I think I did really good! :D

Wow! That's a lot of books...all ones that you wanted??

Yeah I just won a couple auctions the other day that had 50 and 30 books in them. It came out to be less then a dollar a book even after shipping! :D

i forgot about ebay i will have to check them out..

I love my local library, I keep asking them to buy more pnr/uf books and they have a pretty good section now. Ebay is also a really good place to buy used books.

We did, just like to tease a little bit...thrift stores are a great place to find cheap books, but not when you're looking for something specific. I shopped at thrift stores in high school for books and bought most of my classics that way. Great bargains!

ops sorry.. spelling isn't a friend at times.. Thrift store i meant to spell.... :)
at least u kinda knew what i was muttering about..

I wish there was a theft store where I live...oh wait, that's why my husband is so busy at work (in the jail) haha...too many people get it confused, I guess.. Hehe Just kidding, Steph.

ya.... here every Wednesday. all books are half price. which comes in handy when u find a lot of books hehe :)

Stephanie wrote: "For me i go the the theft store a lot..."


The theft store huh??? I need to find me one of those :)

Yeah buying erotic romance is killer on the wallet! but I have been able to find most books relatively inexpensively. I don't mind used either. I LOVE California thrift stores =). Temptation will be hard will resist when I move back.

For me i go the the theft store a lot and i can get a lot of books for cheap in good condition. and if i joined our challenged i would miss all the nice cheap books :( ... i rather pay 2 bucks a books rather then 10 bucks or more new.. i can never pass up a sale :)

The best you can do is try. The page counting works for me. It is a system that slows my brain down and reminds me whenever I am browsing "Oh yeah I have 3500 more pages to read before getting this new books" LOL. I don't know WHY it works but it does work. On occasion, like for group, I will go ahead and get a book. But I've cut back tremendously on "grazing". Just picking up what looks good, sales, and books my my fave author.

I think my only "rule" going forward it to try to read more books each month then I add to my To-Read shelf

Michelle, that's a good idea. And DarkHeart, I like your ten book rule! But I think I'm incapable of sticking to rules with books. I just broke my "no new series" rule too, at least when it comes to putting new books on my tbr shelf.

I put everything I want to read on my TBR list, and sometimes add to other lists. Then as I finish, they move to the READ list and I will assign them to their corresponding shelves. I should have been a librarian in REAL LIFE. Haha I used to alphabetize and organize my bookshelves when I was a little girl, still do.

The really sad thing for me is that the books on my TBR shelf are either actually upstairs on my bookshelf or on pre-order and I just haven't read them yet (unless they're also on by "To-Buy" shelf, but that's only 2 of the 97 LOL). I find myself incapable of just ordering one book, so I order at least four at time, and suddenly I'm swamped again. I did get the list down to about 70 books around January, but it's gotten out of control again. This month's new author challenge I'm doing hasn't helped. I've gone and ordered the rest of the series for a couple of the books already. I guess I need to revist my rule of not buying anymore books until I've read 10 I already own.

Honestly, I haven't been to the library in months, especially with recently moving. Whenever I found something new, I would list it as currently reading. Usually though, I would go to the library with a list of books and hope to find one or two, same with the book store. Supposedly, that's how I knock off books from my tbr list:) I need to check out the library here for any loan/exchange programs. I use to have a library exchange shelf but I deleted it when I was doing some recent cleaning:)

Just wondering what you guys do with your library books? I mean, do you list them as tbr's or something else??

I'm adding and adding and ADDING, I'm just not BUYING right now! Haha

Alright, I couldn't even last a day. I had to add a book to my tbr list. What can I say, I'm an addict. Thought I'd better just admit it before anyone who notices starts ragging on me:)

I will, definitely. I love chllenges and I'll check out the March challenge next!

I am already going to have to break my own rule. But I am no where near going to win this challenge anyhow. I am reading a darn good series and the newest book comes out this month. And I think the next one next month. I usually won't buy a book for any reason. There are a few books I want desperately. But since I am leading the discussion I figure that is the only good reason/exception =).

Each month is a new change to begin the challenge,so don't forget to try =)

Shanon wrote: "I'll keep my eye on you - or maybe I'll just send you all the interesting series that I find mwah ha ha"

My fiends are evil:) But it's true, you guys seem to find the best books and it's so hard to resist! I just need some self control!

books i would like to finish this Year:

Keri Arthur:
3. Tempting Evil
4. Embraced By Darkness
5. Dangerous Games
6. The Darkest Kiss

J.R. Ward:
2. Lover Eternal
3. Lover Awakened
4. Lover Revealed
5. Lover Unbound
6. Lover Enshrined
7. Lover Avenged
The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider's Guide

this is so far.. there are more books that i will add.. this is for the year :)

I'll keep my eye on you - or maybe I'll just send you all the interesting series that I find mwah ha ha

Hey, you and others on my friends list will know if (or when) I break!

Just keep repeating it to yourself & MAYBE it will work. :)

Yep, no new series for me!

Haha, I think that's going against the rules, Kat, but I can see the reasoning and it makes sense to me!! I mean, its dumb to start a series and then not get to read the rest because you refuse to buy a book. Just don't start another new series until you've trimmed down your TBR list...good luck! At least you're a fast reader!

I guess I just need to stick to not adding any more books to my tbr shelf. And, I've already found a loophole! If I'm in the middle of a series, then I can add the next book. I usually don't add an entire series because I don't know if I'll like it all. So, no adding for me unless I already have the series. How's that for a resolution! How long to do think it will last, a week, tops?

Thanks for the offer Kenjii. I've been looking at the posts for your challenege. The only reason why I haven't joined is that I have some books that I plan on buying for my birthday coming up (Sookie Stackhouse at the top of the list!).

I also have an awesome used book store here in town and I like going in and exchanging books, with a 50 cent charge, so I think that would count as buying books! I just haven't let myself buy a book unless i's already on my tbr list. That way, I cut down on the list and I continue to get new books (at least new to me!) Thanks for the offer. I'll see what the next challenge is but I don't think I can go long without buying a book. As long as I stick to my list, then I'll be good! But I certainly enjoy seeing how far everyone else in the challenge has gone!

Kathryn and Michelle: You should join my Count Off Challenge. Basically you aren't supposed to buy books during the month and if you win the challenge you pick the next challenge. Check out the thread. It is a "book diet". To help cut down on book buying and help get that TBR pile down =O)

I may have mentioned this but I truly want to get my TBR pile down to 200 or less max. 50 or less min. 20 or less as an ultimate goal. I don't think I have all my books listed but it's pretty long. The challenges definitely are helping.

We should all make a pact to not add any more books until we have read a bunch from our tbr. I promise!

Yep, that's my goal too. My problem is that 50% of my books are historical romances which is a genre I haven't read in months!!!!

I feel like you Kathryn...no new books until I've read at least 10 I ALREADY OWN...except for the new Sookie Stackhouse! Haha

I have so many books at home to read, I think I should not allow myself to put anymore books on my tbr shelf until I've knocked a bunch out!

Last year I read 142 books, so my goal for this year is 150. I want at least 30 of those to be from my TBR pile. I tend to read LOTS of library books (esp. as I work in one) and buy LOTS of books but I don't end up reading any of my own. So..... my goal is to at least read as many of my own books each month as I buy. I am trying (hahaha) to not allow myself to purchase any books unless I have read some of mine and put them on bookmooch. The funny thing is, tho, that when I do read one of my own it is usually a re-read and/or a keeper.

Sometimes I drive myself nuts, but it's all part and parcel of being an obsessive booklover/reader. =)

I'm sure I will - I love books and if a story is captivating I'm sure I'll love regardless of the genre. Thanks for all the great suggestions!

Horror varies like romance. You find your favorite kind of horror and usually can't quit. Horror novels are not like horror movies. Horror, good horror, strips away humanity and lets you see the underneath. I like apocalyptic novels, a lot of which are in horror. Hope you find some you like =)

I read Silence of the Lambs years ago - I totally forgot about it. I remember being SO scared throughout the book that I made my dog sleep in the bed with me (a bad habit to start it turned out). It was a fun read.

Dawn wrote: " Shanon wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Then I'm trying to break into some more serious and scary stuff, more horror type novels but I haven't gotten far. "

I used to LOVE horror books but I have not read..."

It's been years but I've read all of the old Stephen King novels and I'm just not feeling those types of stories anymore, same with Dean Koontz. And I've read most of Bradbury, which I love! As for the Hannibal Lector books, my husband has those but I just couldn't get into them. I think I like the horror books more with creatures and bad things that go bump in the night. I just started I Am Legend and I am really enjoying it.

Shannon wrote: "WOW Paula - that's a lot of books. Is it all for this month??"


Well, the sooner the better as I have more but I doubt I'll be able to read all in one month, LOL. I don't ususally have a goal/time frame but after reading everyones posts @ Goodreads.com I've got a lot of catching up to do. :o)

My main goal is to read all the books that I have stacked in piles at my house (different genres). I don't mind how many books I read this year, it will possibly be around the 200 mark. I'm trying to cut down on my tbr list, I want to get it under 200 by the middle of this year.

My overall goal for the year is for 125 books. If I keep up with Yz's reading challenge, that will account for 108, but I know there will be new releases that don't fit into the challenge, or newly discovered authors like I've had this month that I then need to read the series of, which will add to my numbers.

These are my reading challenge books for the month:
1. Vulnerable The First Book of the Little Goddess Series - Amy Lane - 07 Feb *****
2. Blood Memories - Barb Hendee
3. Marked - P.C. Cast
4. Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead - 01 Feb *****
5. Pleasure Unbound - Larissa Ione - 03 Feb ****
6. When Darkness Comes - Alexandra Ivy
7. Greywalker - Kat Richardson
8. Working for the Devil - Lilith Saintcrow
9. The Becoming - Jeanne C. Stein - 05 Feb ****

I've also read, am reading or will read by the end of the month:
- Frostbite - 10 Feb *****
- Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, Book 3)
- Bone Crossed
- Wounded The Second Book of the Little Goddess Series
- Bound The Third Book of the Little Goddess Series

Shanon wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Then I'm trying to break into some more serious and scary stuff, more horror type novels but I haven't gotten far. "

I used to LOVE horror books but I have not read much in years. I would suggest Stephen King like The Shining or Pet Sematary. I also used to like Thomas Harris he wrote the Hannible Lector stuff. Oh and one of my favorites was by Ray Bradbury Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Hope that helps.

BriansGirl wrote: "Last year I read 83 books. I've only been keeping records for 5 years. The highest I've ever gotten was 88 books. I'm shooting for 100 books this year but not sure I'll make it. In several reading ..."

Wow - you go, girl!

Kenjii wrote: "I have alot of challenges to complete plus BOM reading. I have them outlined on my shelf =)"

But we can't peek as your profile is set to private. :0( lol