Most recent acquisitions- Heat Wave (from the TV show Castle- maybe lame, but I couldn't help myself) and Boneshaker!

Just received 3 books in the mail today from paperback swap:

The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane(thank you Shelby for passing in on to me!)

The Lost Symbol

Bridge to Terabithia

@ Sheila- I LOVED Bridge to Terabithia. In fact, I'm pretty sure I still have my original copy from middle school.

Am a bit of a book-snob and can't stand reading 2nd hand/library novels! So I end up buying A LOT of books :)
This week I've bought:
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
Addition - Toni Jordan
The Gift - Cecilia Ahern
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Othello - Shakespeare
The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K Le Guin

... And it's only Wednesday... And I have a basket on Amazon waiting to be ordered... Oops!

The Blue Notebook - James A. Levine

A haunting yet astonishingly hopeful story of a young Indian prostitute who uses writing and imagination to transcend her reality.

All of the U.S. proceeds from this novel will be donated to the International and National Centers for Missing and Exploited Children (http://www.icmec.org).

Oh Rose, I keep seeing this book and I keep passing it up! I'll be anxious to see what you think!

Rose, I loved loved the Blue Notebook - haunting is so true - I can't pull my thoughts from the exploited children. I had the feeling I had read it before or seen a similiar movie. Very well done I thought. Then I feel slightly quilty for being drawn to and captivated by such a heart wrenching reality.
tbyrd

Harriet wrote: "Am a bit of a book-snob and can't stand reading 2nd hand/library novels! So I end up buying A LOT of books :)
This week I've bought:
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
Addition - Toni Jordan
The Gift - ..."
Shadow of the Wind is a brilliant book, haven't read the others

Chris wrote: "Harriet wrote: "Am a bit of a book-snob and can't stand reading 2nd hand/library novels! So I end..."
Yeh I've been wanting to read it for a while. After I saw that it was basically a book about a book, I knew would be good! The Angel's Game looks really good as well - have you read that?

Well I was in a bit of a funk yesterday evening, so I headed to the library to cheer myself up and what do you know - the used bookstore was open :o)

I bought The Longest Trip Home A Memoir, Sense & Sensibility, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, and March. All for about $6.

I also rented The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, since I've heard so many good things about it.

Sarah wrote: "Well I was in a bit of a funk yesterday evening, so I headed to the library to cheer myself up and what do you know - the used bookstore was open :o)

I bought [b:The Longest Trip Home A Memo..."

I've got March to read. It looks really good. Have you read Little Women?

No, but I have Little Women on my TBR shelf at home!

Little Women is amazing :) As is Good Wives, the first sequel. I hope March is good... I'm always a bit sceptical when authors use parts of my favourite classics to write their own novels. (Don't even get me started on the whole Zombies, Seamonsters and Austen thing...!) Hopefully this will be good though!

LOL, I like the Austen monster-ripoffs! Well, I should say I like the idea of it - I think it's fun. I only got to read part of P&P&Z though, I'm hoping to finish reading it soon. And I heard the author of that is coming out with a new one: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. I can't wait to try it :o)

I've just bought Wicked: The Life and Times of The Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. - I just saw the musical version in London's West-End last weekend and I absolutely loved it so I'm dying to have a go at the book too...although I hear its a bit darker than the show.

ally

Sarah wrote: "LOL, I like the Austen monster-ripoffs! Well, I should say I like the idea of it - I think it's fun. I only got to read part of P&P&Z though, I'm hoping to finish reading it soon. And I heard the a..."

Yeh, I should probably read them before I judge... But the idea of someone ruining Austen is just too much for me to handle! I can deal with Little Women (just), but Jane Austen is just pushing it a bit to far!
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter? How random!

Ally, lucky you :) I really want to see Wicked!

Harriet- I'm a huge Austen fan and was surprised by how good Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was. I expected it to be mostly terrible but I kind of loved it. There were always a couple of points in P & P that annoyed me so it was kind of awesome to see some of those characters get a beat down. :)

Yogagrrl wrote: "Harriet- I'm a huge Austen fan and was surprised by how good Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was. I expected it to be mostly terrible but I kind of loved it. There were always a couple of points in..."

Hmm... I might give it a go then. I'm kind of curious about it anyway, but if an Austen fan likes them, then maybe I will too... Maybe i'll add it to my tbr list and think about it!

It seems Austen fans are pretty divided over the whole monster-remake thing. To some, it's just ruining good literature, and to others, it's just something silly and fun.


I've tried to start reading Wicked before, but it just didn't grab my attention. Maybe I need to see the play first! I think it's coming to my city soon anyways.

My boyfriend bought me

Vampire Academy
Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2)
Battle Royale

Unfortunately, I have not been in a bookstore since August!! the disgust......the horror......the shock!!

In the last week or so, I've bought:
The Historian
Restoration
The Return
Three Day Rule, The Get to Know a Family You're Never Going to Forget ...
Dracula the Un-dead (need to read Dracula first though...)
Firmin Adventures Of A Metropolitan Lowlife Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife
Mr Commitment
Stuart England Second Edition
Sex and the City
One Fifth Avenue
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Great Gatsby
Any good/bad reviews on any of these?

I am very interested in reading Dracula the Un-dead. I hope you enjoy it!

A recent visit to the Goodwill turned up a practically brand new hard cover copy of Loving Frank, a Hardcover of Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan and a paperback of Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. I bought Heaven to Betsy and Betsy in Spite of Herself. These are Betsy-Tacy books. I haven't heard of them before, but they were very intriguing. I love a little bit of the past. Has anyone else ever heard of these books? At the Dollar General I found a light mystery(my fave kind of fluff) called The Ruthless Realtor Murders by David A. Kaufelt and at Wal-Mart I couldn't resist The Book of Bright Ideas by Sandra Kring. My favorite recent splurge was a gift from my husband. The school library was having book sale and he purchased for me The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand and a number of vintage books. The following all had copyrights in the 1930's, 40's, and 50's. Silver Pitchers by Lousia M. Alcott, three Nancy Drew mysteries, The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, and The Fun Encyclopedia which is full of all kinds of need ideas. My husband was very sweet to think of me and I am very blessed!

I got these 3 from Readitswapit

City of Ashes
Glory Bus
Kissing The Rain

I usually spend way to much money when I go to the bookstore...I love to shop! But this time I restrained and only bought 1. I picked up Julia's Chocolates for the November read. I am very excited to start reading it!

Harriet - I read One Fifth Avenue towards the end of the summer this year. I enjoyed it but it was different than I expected. I thought it would be a chick read, with the love story intertwined into Bushnell's explorations of NY society. However, it was more real life than anticipated. It was not a New York fairytale. I think that is what make Bushnell's writing stand out though, she keeps her writing based in the real world and explores NY in all of its grittiness. Not to say that there was moments of happiness throughout the read.
All in all, the book was really well written and Bushnells characters were relatable and entertaining.

Melissa wrote: "A recent visit to the Goodwill turned up a practically brand new hard cover copy of Loving Frank, a Hardcover of Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan and a paperback of Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Ca..."

That was so nice of your husband! You have gotten a lot of good books lately! Yea!

Cindy wrote: "Melissa wrote: "A recent visit to the Goodwill turned up a practically brand new hard cover copy of Loving Frank, a Hardcover of Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan and a paperback of Breakfast at Tiffan..."

Thank you! I am indeed blessed with a sweet and loving husband!

Lipstick jungle Bushnell
Yankee wife miller
lady vixen Busbee
beach music conroy
Captains and the kings Caldwell

Melissa....that's the only kind to have! :)

Terri...good haul!!

I've just bought the audiobook version of Antonia Fraser's book about Mary Queen of Scots. - It's read by Patricia Hodge and its really good.

Ally

I also just got gallant match by blake and pirate bride by drake off the swap sites

We popped into the Goodwill on our way to Arkansas to spend Halloween with the kiddos and I couldn't resist The Thornbirds by Colleen McCullough
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie and
Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood.

I visit home without a trip to the flea market. Here I found The Works of Oscar Wilde. I am quite excited to get started on this one.

For about $5 on Thursday, I got the hard-back:
The Little Stranger and The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
and I got paperbacks:
The Butterfly House...Alice's Tulips...Shelter Me and Sweethearts
plus I got like 4 story books for my boss' girls who came trick-or-treating. It was buy one get one free at St. Vincents....score!

Finally bought The Help! Am so excited to read this one!

Wow Nadia, I'm excited for you too! I haven't gotten a copy yet; let me know what you think of it!

Bought the following recently/today xD...

- Terry Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule
- Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall
- Linda Colley's Britons Forging the Nation 1707-1837
- Federico Lorca's Selected Poems with parallel Spanish text
- Irene Némirovsky All Our Worldly Goods

Ok, so as a treat to myself for acing my last advanced patho exam I went to the bookstore! First time I have been in one since August!

I got:


The Angel's Game Carlos Ruiz Zafon
People of the Book Geraldine Brooks
The Last Dickens A Novel Matthew Pearl
2666 Robert Bolano

and my son stopped the other day and got me

The Gargoyle Andrew Davidson


Now to find the time to read them!!

Great books Kat!
I just got Local Knowledge from PBS.

The Van Alen Legacy
The Return of the King
Unwind

I bought the Kerouac Selected Letters Volume 2 1957-1969 and World Enough and Time at the English Department book sale for $1 each. And last night I ordered The Poetry of Robert Frost The Collected Poems, Complete and Unabridged and Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat The Great Speeches from Amazon...because it's not like my birthday is right around the corner and I'll probably get a decently sized Amazon gift certificate.

Kat wrote: "Ok, so as a treat to myself for acing my last advanced patho exam I went to the bookstore! First time I have been in one since August!
"

Congrtulations! I know you've worked hard. What's next?

Elizabeth wrote: "Kat wrote: "Ok, so as a treat to myself for acing my last advanced patho exam I went to the bookstore! First time I have been in one since August!
"

Congrtulations! I know you've worked hard..."



Well, we still until Dec 4 in this semester... I have a couple of more papers to write for two of my classes....... but.... I can almost mark this semester off my calendar!!

Fire Along the Sky by Sara Donati

Recently I've bought...

Mercy Among The Children - David Adams Richards
The Secret Book of Grazia dei Rossi - Jacqueline Park
The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera (which I'm reading now)

I got The Shack by William P. Young for a gift, but I already had that so I got The Help by Kathryn Stockett.

I am getting Graceling from readitswapit

Jo...I've had Graceling on my list to read forever! Will be anxious to hear what you think of it!

I will let you know. Not sure when i will get chance to read it though.