Just ordered some manga from Betterworldbooks. I ordered:

Revolutionary Girl Utena Vol. 1
Castle In The Sky Vol. 1
The All New Tenchi Muyo! Vol. 4
Pokemon Adventures Vol. 1

I can't wait for them to come in the mail.

Yep, Possession won the 1990 Booker.

I did the same thing.

Yeah, I agree that House of Leaves doesn't seem like a book that you can read in one go. I took it out of the library and then when I saw how it was structured on the inside, immediately took it back to the library since I knew that I would never finish it by the due date. So, I'm glad I now own a copy and can take as long as I want with it.

Ooh, good stuff. Possession is a slow start, and can be slow in general at times, but it is somehow powerful (it is an award winner after all. Man Booker, I wanna say...) I've wanted to get my hands on House of Leaves for awhile. It's not really one you can do from the library, you have to spend time with it.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I just found the holy grail of thrift stores and the best part of it...it's amazing used book section, which had a separate shelf for science fiction and fantasy and a separate shelf for horror (this always surprises me since most bookstores just tend to lump those two together).

Anyway, I picked up:
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Confessions of Georgia Nicolson-Louise Rennison (YA)
Eragon-Christopher Paolini (YA)
Skylight Confessions-Alice Hoffman
Mystic River-Dennis Lehane
Odd Thomas-Dean Koontz
Possession A Romance-A.S. Byatt
Inkheart and The Thief Lord-Cornelia Funke (YA)
The Drawing of the Three, Night Shift, IT, Carrie, and Pet Sematary-Stephen King
House of Leaves-Mark Z. Danielewski

And there were so much more that I wanted, but I decided to exercise a little bit of control. Still, I'm so excited that I found a used copy of House of Leaves since I was thinking of splurging and buying it full price. And I really can't say no to it for 2.99.

I am off later today to pick up the next in the bendicet sociey series, #2 and maybe #3 if I am lucky. Really don't need to buy any as me to be read pile is huge but I cannot get excited about any of them at the moment.

Today at B&N I picked up:
Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
The Princetta by Anne-Laure Bondoux

On thursday I went to my library's book sale and this is what I got:

Classic Books From The Library of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry by J.K. Rowling
Pokemon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back by Tracey West
How to Write & Sell Your First Novel by Oscar Collier
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery, Bunnicula Strikes Again!, Howliday Inn by James Howe
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Wishbone: The Halloween Joker by Anne Capeci

Misty hmmm check this thread. Fatwallet has a perpetual thread thats updated with the coupon weekly.

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deal...

I know bad just makes you spend more money. Example right now till the 23rd 30% off.

http://www.bordersmedia.com/coup/coupon3...

Michael wrote: "I fuel my book habit, well our families by being on Border's Mailing list. At any given time there is always a 25%-40%. With the 40% always being a lot more compelling. My wife is super addicted to..."

I'm on it, too, and I forget to check that email account often enough, and I always miss them. Or get them when I'm broke and really shouldn't spend any money, no matter how %-off it is.

I fuel my book habit, well our families by being on Border's Mailing list. At any given time there is always a 25%-40%. With the 40% always being a lot more compelling. My wife is super addicted to the Joe Ambercrombie - First Law series. As for me I love scifi and have been going back and forth between Catching Fire and Charles Stross's Space Opera Saturn's Children.

Hmm on my buy list is probably The Magician's Elephant, which was written by the Tale of Despearaux author.

I'm too much of a scatter brain, I jump between mulitple novels as I buy them. >.<

Ok. I heard A Dirty Job was good so i will read it and see for myself. I am excited to read that and Hunger Games!

Linda Grace wrote: "I just bought Catching Fire yesterday. Hopefully I will get to read it soon."

So good. So good.

Jo wrote: "I ordered Hunger Games and A Dirty Job "

I'm sure you will love the Hunger Games. I've been wanting to read A Dirty Job, but a friend just finished it and said she was disappointed. Let me know what you think when you read it.

I finally found Graceling. I'm soooo excited!!!

I ordered Hunger Games and A Dirty Job

I just bought Catching Fire yesterday. Hopefully I will get to read it soon.

Ahh, here we go: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1422...

You should stop by and tell us what you thought. Maybe you can get that discussion started again. :)

Letitia wrote: "If you enjoy retelling of stories, try "Curse Dark as Gold" by Elizabeth Bunce. It's an interesting look at Rumplestilskin from another point of view and I loved it!

"

I believe we have a thread for that around here somewhere...

If you enjoy retelling of stories, try "Curse Dark as Gold" by Elizabeth Bunce. It's an interesting look at Rumplestilskin from another point of view and I loved it!

Hahaha, I sympathize with everyone who has a bursting shelf. I mean, I don't need anymore books, I have enough to last me a year or two, but I just can't help buying more despite the fact that my house may collapse with the weight of the books, LOL! :-D

Ha. My shelves have started buckling, so I lay them on their sides and stack them as high as they will fit. This fits more, and props up the next shelf. One day, I'm going to pull out the lynchpin and the whole systems going to collapse...

Haha - yes shelf problems must be a common problem. I'm currently literally having to hammer books into my bookshelf which is fortunately quite deep and can hold about 3 rows of books. They're so tightly packed in though I need a hammer and chisel to get them out.

Must stop getting new books!

By the missus! Otherwise I will spend my next life trapped in Ikea trying to buy shelving! And if you've ever been trapped in Ikea you'll know that's about a close to hell as anyone would want to come.

Allison wrote: "I know what you mean though...I wish I could just INHALE a bunch of books through my nose or something.

That would be gross though, and possibly get me arrested. :\

"

If you find out how to do that - inhale books - can you let me know. Of course one wonders whether, as a writer that is, it might work the other way. Exhaling would save me a lot of time and torture. As it is, writing a book feels a lot like holding my breath.

Haha - by who? It's good advice too - I must keep away from any place selling or giving away books!

Fiona wrote: "I saw a library book sale today.

There was absolutely nothing there that interested me that I didn't already have. Is this worrying?"

I've been given strict instructions to stay away from library book sales.

Ooh, so good.

Yay, Persepolis has come into the library and I'm picking it up on Tuesday.

April wrote: "Postcards to No Man's Land and This Is All are actually really very different. The characters are different, the settings are different, but I enjoyed both. I haven't read any of Chambers' other bo..."

Thanks April. I've taken a closer look at a couple others. This Is All looked really fascinating and it looks like the sequence I read them in isn't a big deal.

Postcards to No Man's Land and This Is All are actually really very different. The characters are different, the settings are different, but I enjoyed both. I haven't read any of Chambers' other books though. :-(

April wrote: "I loved Postcard From No Man's Land. It's fantastic. When you read it, if you really liked it, I would recommend you check out Aidan Chambers' other book, [book:This Is All The Pillow Book of Cord..."

April, I see these are part of his Dance Sequence. Are they very related to each other? Do you think it would be helpful if I started at the first one? I see you've read these two.

Natalee wrote: "Because of the characters? They are a bit stereotyped! And they (authors) try too hard to sound like teens but end up sounding cheesy!"

And so many of the references are too current, if you know what I mean. They are going to be dated and forgotten so quickly; they've given this series such a short shelf life. And some of the writing is just so cliched! There is a real tendency toward cheese, you're right.

Lol thanks Alyssa! I think i am going to read Sookie next. I am put off a little by the size of Labrynth so that is nearer the bottom of my pile

Jo wrote: "I have brought lots of books this month
Dracula
Time Travelers Wife
Lovely Bones
Labyrinth
The first Sookie Stackhouse book
The first House of The Night book
Great Gatsby
Salems Lot
The A..."

I enjoyed Labrynth and The Awakening but Sookie is one of my all-time favorites. I'm jealous becauses you're new to the books and you have the whole series ahead of you...Enjoy!

Patti wrote: "I love this thread :). I've been mired in a grant assignment for a leadership course I'm taking, but I just now finished it (until the critique tomorrow...); I have so many books I want to read I ..."

Can't wait to hear about the books you're about to score! Sounds like a fun Saturday!

I love this thread :). I've been mired in a grant assignment for a leadership course I'm taking, but I just now finished it (until the critique tomorrow...); I have so many books I want to read I don't know where to begin! Let alone what I want to buy :). I've got some books to take to trade in when my husband & I go to the Phoenix area on Sat. We're going to Changing Hands in Tempe (I have a 25% off birthday coupon!), and Bookman's in Mesa (that's where I hope to trade in, and it's a huge used books/media place); after all that, we're off to visit friends for the rest of the weekend. I've been doing a lot of rereading, but I'm soon to get New Moon from the library--not a Meyers fan, but thought I should read it as a teen librarian & because of the new movie. I'm enjoying the House of Night series much more. Great thread, tho I feel a little late to the party :).

Misty wrote: "See, I felt that they were kind of bad until book 3, when they become better, if never great. I mean, I always thought they were fun for a quick read, but I never would have recommended them..."

Because of the characters? They are a bit stereotyped! And they (authors) try too hard to sound like teens but end up sounding cheesy!

See, I felt that they were kind of bad until book 3, when they become better, if never great. I mean, I always thought they were fun for a quick read, but I never would have recommended them...

Natalee wrote: "Oooo fun! Your hubby hooked you up!! I've read all the HoN books. Fun reads! Some of the characters get annoying at times but I still still enjoyed them a lot. I liked the Cherokee references, too. I even looked some of them up. I can't say which ones until you've read them all."

Yay, I'm so excited! I will have to remeber to ask you about those when we are finished going through them.

I just got A Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones.

Linda Grace wrote: "My husband bought me the whole House of Night Series last night!! :) We also bought 2 children's books while we were at Borders to donate to the library: The Hidden Staircase & [book..."

Oooo fun! Your hubby hooked you up!! I've read all the HoN books. Fun reads! Some of the characters get annoying at times but I still still enjoyed them a lot. I liked the Cherokee references, too. I even looked some of them up. I can't say which ones until you've read them all.

I've been buying the Bloody Jack books by L.A. Meyer.

Fiona wrote: "I saw a library book sale today.

There was absolutely nothing there that interested me that I didn't already have. Is this worrying?"

there is already such a long list of things we worry about in regards to you that one more thing hardly makes a difference.

:D

Fiona wrote: "I saw a library book sale today.

There was absolutely nothing there that interested me that I didn't already have. Is this worrying?"

lol No, Fiona. It just means you read a whole lot. Which is great! :)

I saw a library book sale today.

There was absolutely nothing there that interested me that I didn't already have. Is this worrying?

Haha... yeah he likes it. We didn't get too far into it, but he likes that she has cherokee heritage and thinks it will be a good book.

Linda Grace wrote: ":) Thanks!! I was very happy about it. I started reading Marked to him last night. "

Is he enjoying it? I'm currently only fourteen chapters in, and I'm loving it. So much so, that I've already ordered #3-5, even though I haven't read #2 or even finished #1 yet!!

:) Thanks!! I was very happy about it. I started reading Marked to him last night.

Lucky you Linda Grace!