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Coree - what are your thoughts on The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie? I bought it recently on a whim because the cover was so cute! Looks like an interesting read.
I didn't buy anything but I picked the following up at the library / checked out on my sony ereader this week:The Children's Book
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Baking Cakes in Kigali
The Help
Treasure of the Golden Cheetah
I've finished the Sweetness, Baking Cakes, and Golden Cheetah already and started The Children's Book although I am having a bit of trouble getting into it. The weather is crummy here and I have a bit of a cold so perhaps tomorrow.
My books from Amazon came yesterday :o)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
The Help
The Unlikely Lavender Queen A Memoir of Unexpected Blossoming
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
Since it was just my jar of change that paid for those books, it feels so wonderfully guilt-free!
I also found these for $2 each at the library bookstore:
A Mercy
Three Junes
Yay!!!
I just found a copy of East of Eden too at my favorite thrift shop! I have been lurking around the discussion...and was thinking about starting it and trying to get caught up for your chunky book discussion!
Kat, I enjoyed Mrs. Kimble when I read it 3-4 years ago, hope you do too. We're reading East of Eden in the "chunky book" section right now. It wouldn't take you long to catch up and join us!
I splurged today and went to B&N... had a gift card and a 50% off coupon..... I got
The Stand... havent read King in YEARS... thought I'd give him another try
I, Alex Cross..my all time favorite author James Patterson
The Piano Teacher Janice Y. K. Lee
Mrs. Kimble Jennifer Haigh... was on clearance
East of Eden... Steinbeck... have always wanted to read this one
Got them all for less than $40!
Today I purchased Under the Dome by Stephen King. Borders won me over with there 50% coupon on this book. I get it home a and my 2 year old claims it as his. I am please with my purchase and can't wait to start it. And Chris we can always need books and can never have enough.
Loved Kite Runner and Lake House, have Memoirs of a Geisha on my shelf. You always "need" more books,don't feel guilty just enjoy them!
OK - well - I picked up Jean Plaidy's The Captive of Kensington along with a Time out city guide for Berlin as I'm going there for a long weekend in April.
I also picked up a copy of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
my next purchases will probably be either The Scarlet Letter, Anna Karenina or Lady Auderly's Secret. - I must get my head into Victorian literature1 - I think I'm going to have gto leave behind the modern reads for a while.
Ally
I don't buy too many books, usually head to the library. I did however have to pick up the latest Patricia Cornwell but gave it to my mom while I try to make it through the stack of books I already have on the night stand. I love to go into Barnes and Noble and wander around looking for different authors and books I want to add to my "to read" list.
I recently bought:- Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere A Novel
- Rainer Maria Wilke's Letters to a Young Poet
- Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White
- E.M. Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread
- Jill Mansell's Rumour Has it
=D
Sarah wrote: "So this past week I've accrued:
PLUS I just got an email that I won Truly, Madly A Novel from First Reads.
I won a copy too Sarah!! Yay for us!!!
So this past week I've accrued:
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Bookmarked For Death (Autographed!!)
High Tide in Tucson Essays from Now or Never
The Bibliophile's Devotional 365 Days of Literary Classics
PLUS I just got an email that I won Truly, Madly A Novel from First Reads.
AND I turned in all my change at a Coinstar machine and got an Amazon certificate to go spend.
What a good week!
I bought these two sciece fiction books last week from a second hand store. Or the other one was like fantasy/science fiction. I don't know when I will have time to read them but at least they fill out the gaps in my bookshelf nicely. I received 'Never Cry Werewolf' at Friday. Can't wait to read it.
I bought New York by Edward Rutherfurd, and the first three books in Charlaine Harris's Harper Connelly series and then A Christmas Carol and The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore.
Karen wrote: "I bought Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (first book I've read by him) and so far so good, about 1/2 way through.
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Please post your final thoughts on this one, it's been on my To Read shelf for quite awhile. Should I bump it up a bit?
I bought Christine Falls by Benjamin Black (first book I've read by him) and so far so good, about 1/2 way through.I also bought When Autumn Leaves by Amy Foster. Both books were impulse buys and what a nice surprise When Autumn Leaves was! I recommend this book, it is really charming.
Cindy wrote: "Let me know Fiona when you start it! I would love to read it with you."
Ok, thats cool. Look forward to readin it nxt month Cindy x
Cindy wrote: "Some great books Fiona! I have The Bookseller of Kabul but have yet to read it. (That's becoming a famous line for me!) Too many books, too little time!"
Maybe you and I can read it together in December Cindy?
Some great books Fiona! I have The Bookseller of Kabul but have yet to read it. (That's becoming a famous line for me!) Too many books, too little time!
This week's goodies:
The Hidden Oasis - Paul Sussman
When Will There Be Good News? - Kate Atkinson
Die For Me - Karen Rose
The Death Collectors - Jack Kerley
Fatal Cut - June Hampson
The Last Templar - Raymond Khoury
Or She Dies - Gregg Hurwitz
The Alexander Cipher - Will Adams
The Devil's Star - Jo Nesbo
The Bookseller of Kabul - Asne Seierstad
The Lost Army of Cambyses - Paul Sussman
The Last Secret of the Temple - Paul Sussman
The Hundredth Man - Jack Kerley
Hahahaha thanks ladies!! I'm so excited! Here is the item number if you wanna check out which ones I won!!
140357490166
Happy Reading!
I just won a box of books on Ebay for 20.00 bucks including shipping! 55 books--like I need 55 more books!! I hope I can get them in the house before my husband sees them! LOL-all are romantic suspense!! God Help Me--I'm an addict!!!
I'm excited about my new books, but now my TBR pile is growing faster than I can read! Glad to hear that you liked White Oleander Jo. I have been wanting to read it for some time now.
I went to my library's used book sale yesterday and bought
Emma.
Wuthering Heights
Saving Fish from Drowning A Novel
White Oleander
The Zookeeper's Wife A War Story
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the PieWater for Elephants
I bought Snow Flower and the Secret Fan again and Peony in Love both by Lisa See also I got Wings by Aprilynne Pike.
Know just what you mean! I have so many on my shelf I just "had to read" that are still sitting there waiting!
I got The Shack by William P. Young for a gift, but I already had that so I got The Help by Kathryn Stockett.
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)
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!
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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!!
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!
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Congrtulations! I know you've worked hard. What's next?
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.
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!!
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