Three from the library - Total cost of that $1.50

The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Day Before Midnight by Stephen Hunter
Atonement by Ian McEwen

Kindle:

The Given Day A Novel by Denis Lehane
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Store Bought:

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Witch & Wizard by James Patterson

I ordered Fallen and Lament The Faerie Queen's Deception

I didn't get any books for Christmas either, but I did get a nice fat gift certificate to Chapters that's burning a whole in my pocket! Can't wait to go and splurge in the next couple days.

Wow! Everyone got some great stuff! Since I didn't get any books for Christmas, I just had to stop by the used bookstore to see if anything would jump out at me. It did. I picked these up:

A Ship Made of Paper by Scott Spencer
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

Liz wrote: "Fiona wrote: "I think I can get away with this as I have actually thrown some away from my physical TBR... which probably means I should not be adding even more to it but..."

I will always support..."

That kinda support always gets me into big trouble!

I am at my mom's for the holidays and discovered that the local library is having a book sale. I couldn't resist popping in to see what they had. I found a 1939 copy of Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier for only 25 cents! I am so excited! I just started it today and already I'm loving it!

For Presents I received:
Change in Altitude by Anita Shrive
Naughty Neighbor by Janet Evanovich
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz

Fell into my cart while shopping:
Lavender Morning by Jude Devereaux

Picked up from the library:
Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig

In anticipation a soon to be arriving FIRST READS:
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (Pink Carnation, #6) by Lauren Willig


AND gift cards to Borders.... Life is good!

Natalie ~ loved Round Ireland with a Fridge. Very amusing. I hope you enjoy it!

Spent my B&N giftcard on two nonfics , Round Ireland with a Fridge and Descartes' Bones A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason , both seem very interesting !

I went to the bookstore with some gift cards and christmas money and left with 5 books (3 for me and 2 for my 3 yo daughter)
She got:
Pirates of the Carribean and Carlie and Lola Boo! I made you Jump.
I got
House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
Ghost Hunting: True Stories of Unexplained Phenomena from The Atlantic Paranormal Society-Jason Hawes
The Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton

Oh wow.... so many great xmas presents and splurges out there!! Thanks for sharing......

Fiona wrote: "I think I can get away with this as I have actually thrown some away from my physical TBR... which probably means I should not be adding even more to it but..."

I will always support your book buying, Fi ;)

Jeane wrote: "Cheri wrote: "Jeane wrote: "I moved to this place four months ago and today I found out that my library is closing for four months!!! :-((( I guess I will ahve to go more to the shops now.....

L..."

Ugh they "re-furbished' Gosport library. it used to be brown and thoughtful and quiet. Now it is white, echoey, noisy and nasty. I'm sure there's less books too. They said there would be more but I reckon when they said "thousands of new books" they actually meant they'd chucked out thousands and thousands and then brought in a few brand new books rather then more books.


Err not to scare you at all. I'm just saying... anyway apart from the massive fine I have there which I can't pay that is why I use the library in the city.

Dan wrote: "Right. We've all used excuses like that before, so just consider yourself in very good company. ;-)"

and, in her dreams she got new bookshelves and she is gonna send soooo many books to me. Right Fiona? Ok, let us dream....I need to get my thoughts away of my library...

Susanna wrote: "Four months?!?!"

Pleaaase, enough!!!!!! I am suffering...:-)))

Cheri wrote: "Jeane wrote: "I moved to this place four months ago and today I found out that my library is closing for four months!!! :-((( I guess I will ahve to go more to the shops now.....

Last week I bough..."

Uhm, of what I remember before my mood went too much down, there was something of lifts. So I think they will do refurbishing or something...but why???? Really, not wrong wth the library...maybe they will do better access for wheelchairs because now that I think about it there probably isn't....mmmmm, still...4 months....

Fiona wrote: "Jeane wrote: "I moved to this place four months ago and today I found out that my library is closing for four months!!! :-((( I guess I will ahve to go more to the shops now.....

Last week I bough..."

Just the thought.....
My boyfriend didn't even have to read the note on the door after he saw my face.

Right. We've all used excuses like that before, so just consider yourself in very good company. ;-)

I think I can get away with this as I have actually thrown some away from my physical TBR... which probably means I should not be adding even more to it but...

Fiona wrote: "Oooooooooooops I bought some books."

Hmmmm. Somehow this doesn't surprise me. ☺

Oooooooooooops I bought some books.

Elantris - Brandon Anderson
The Godfather - Mario Puzo
Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami
Waterslain Angels - Kevin Crossley Holland.

Well today my mum and I went out to Chapters, so I bought her Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong... then was so excited when I saw the hardcover of Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen in the graphic novel section. ^^ So I bought that as well.

Then, although I didn't buy these myself, for Christmas I received:
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible by A.J. Jacobs
Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
& To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

That is impressive, Leanna! I hope you enjoy them all.

Oh, how I LOVE Christmas! I was super spoiled this year. In addition to an iPod Nano, an Xbox 360 Elite, tons of clothes, and about $200 in various gift cards, I also got two boxes of books!

From the parents:

Mercy by Jodi Picoult
Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult
The Pact by Jodi Picoult (read, loved, but unowned)
Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
(My mom and I are both big JP fans and she hit up a garage sale in the fall and got all of these in amazing condition for about 10 bucks)

They also got me:
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
Little Children by Tom Perrotta
The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe (which I am SO excited to read!)

From my older brother:
Black Lightening by John Saul
Shadows by John Saul
Second Child by John Saul
Darkness by John Saul
Nathaniel by John Saul
Sleepwalk by John Saul

And from my younger brother:
A $20 Borders gift card, which I used yesterday to get
Frankenstein Book 1: Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz
Paper Towns by John Green

I'm very excited about most of these; I got a couple of doubles, but nobody bought any new books, so I don't feel too guilty. :D I'm extremely excited to read The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. As soon as I finish City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (probably tonight) I'm going to start it.

Also, I got a stocking full of bookmarks. :D

I got Sweetwater Gap by Denise Hunter and Lonestar Sanctuary by Colleen Coble as a 2 in 1 book,
Love Finds You in Treasure Island, Florida by Debby Mayne and Love Finds You in Lonesome Prairie, Montana by Trisha Goyer & Ocieanna Fleiss with a gift card. Today I picked up,
Secrets of the Highlander by Janet Chapman,
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb,
Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson & Gabrielle Charbonnet,
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult and
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory.

I just splurged on two books from a gift card that I got for Christmas. I got Atonement by Ian McEwan and The Secret History by Donna Tartt.

Jayme wrote: "Cheri wrote: "MORE BOOKS! :D I think this will be it for awhile-- my new car payments will kill off most of my book money.

Belated Christmas package:
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Zomb..."



Yayy! Although, now I'm facing a problem-- what should I start first?! The Zombie Survival Guide would be useful as I'm sure the zombie invasion will happen in the near future but, at the same time, The Lightning Thief looks really good.

Cheri wrote: "MORE BOOKS! :D I think this will be it for awhile-- my new car payments will kill off most of my book money.

Belated Christmas package:
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Zombie Survival Gu..."

A smokin' load of these are on my to read list. Which makes me want to put the ones that aren't onto my list...

MORE BOOKS! :D I think this will be it for awhile-- my new car payments will kill off most of my book money.

Belated Christmas package:
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (I just bought a copy earlier today!)
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
Junky by William S. Burroughs

From the secondhand book shop with 77 dollars in book credit:
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time the novelization
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by JKR
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Anna Casey's Place in the World by Adrian Fogelin
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Gamer Girl by Mari Mancusi
Chronicles of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

and about fifteen other books-- mostly picture books for my 6 year old sister and a six book dragon series/Twilight magazines for my 12 year old sister.

Four months?!?!

Jeane wrote: "I moved to this place four months ago and today I found out that my library is closing for four months!!! :-((( I guess I will ahve to go more to the shops now.....

Last week I bought [book:Indi..."


Oh no! Why?!

Jeane wrote: "I moved to this place four months ago and today I found out that my library is closing for four months!!! :-((( I guess I will ahve to go more to the shops now.....

Last week I bought [book:Indi..."

4 months??? EWWW that is awful!!!

Liz wrote: "So not a splurge, but I've gotten a few things for Christmas this year!
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
[book:Good Omen..."

ohhhh! really good haul! :D

I moved to this place four months ago and today I found out that my library is closing for four months!!! :-((( I guess I will ahve to go more to the shops now.....

Last week I bought India After Gandhi. Only 9 euro and it looks big and interesting.
The Book Thief
The new 1001 movies you must see before you die, for my boyfriend's christmas. He loves it! He is completely with his nose in it at the moment!!!!

People of the Book

The Shadow of the Wind for my friend who moved to Barcelona
and I got for my christmas:
Fuori Da Un Evidente Destino by Giorgio Faletti
The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
A Death in Tuscany by Michele Giuratti

I got just what I asked for and expected under the tree, an Amazon gift card to buy Kindle books. I've had a wish-list in progress, so I redeemed the card and went on a spree as soon as all the boxes and paper were cleaned up. It took me less than an hour to max out. Here's what I bought:




...with enough cash left over to cover the following preorders, which should all be here by January 5th:




Hope everyone got what they wished for! :)

So not a splurge, but I've gotten a few things for Christmas this year!
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
One Last Look by Susanna Moore
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

We did Secret Santa at work this year and my coworker gave me a BN gift card! I bought the following:

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
A New Dawn: Your Favorite Authors on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series edited by Ellen Hopkins

lol yeah me too i will decide soon maybe my mum says i should save them for next year as i told her about all the books coming out but as if i can save it for then

I'd been thinking of that... but I have no idea what to get so I am going to just browse! I spent hours with my Amazon tokens agonising about what books to buy. I shall be much more easily persuaded in the shop I'm sure...

Fiona wrote: "~♡Katie♡~ wrote: "i have £50 to spend in waterstones now i just need to decided what books to get with it"

That's my problem too. Getting to Waterstones is also a bother. "

i am getting mine from the waterstones website as its so much easier and plus its cheaper online so then you get even more lol

~♡Katie♡~ wrote: "i have £50 to spend in waterstones now i just need to decided what books to get with it"

That's my problem too. Getting to Waterstones is also a bother.

i have £50 to spend in waterstones now i just need to decided what books to get with it

Thanks! :D

Twenty books! Well done!

I got A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599 and Wolf Hall, and the whole family got Eiffel's Tower And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count, which I will undoubtedly read.

Woah that's loads of books!!!

Well done Cheri!!

For the first time ever, I got books for Christmas! :D So although it's not really a splurge, I'm still ridiculously happy!

Liar by Justine Larbalestier
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Sold by Patricia McCormick
Smack by Melvin Burgess
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau
The Guy Not Taken by Jennifer Weiner
Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
For One More Day by Mitch Albom
The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc by Loraine Despres
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Thin Red Line by James Jones
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Books I bought recently:
Forgotten Laughter by Marcia Willett
Children of the Mist by Aleen Malcolm
Covenant of the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis
Children of the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis

Today I caved in to my itch for new books, and I took a trip to my library's downstairs used bookstore. Here's what I got:

Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
Walden by Henry Thoreau (this edition was much prettier than the one I had so I got it--bad habit!)
Hiroshima by John Hersey
Time Must Have a Stop by Aldous Huxley
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (really old, well-preserved copy...I couldn't resist)
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Five Middle English Narratives (too interesting to pass up)

and finally some German books:

Das Urteil by Franz Kafka
Der Fremde by Albert Camus
Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann
Tonio Kröger / Mario und der Zauberer by Thomas Mann

I am still amazed that I got all of this for only $3.75 :)

Oh, and a recent trip to Books-a-Million (really sad there are no Borders near me!) left me with:

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Fellow-Townsmen by Thomas Hardy

Lots of reading to do!

I finally found a book by an author that is incredibly hard to find here: Becoming Bindy Mackenzie.

Jessica, please let me know how 20th Century Ghosts is... I havent bought it yet, but I want to!