What I'm Reading #2
Today I went on a thrift store shop n' hop with one of my best friends! She loves clothes. Me? My weakness is books.
Lots and lots of books.
Oh dear...
(Bee-tee-dubs, all these together cost under $20!!!!)
One of the cool things about thrift stores is that you never know what you're going to find. Unless they're really popular, my library doesn't carry a lot of old books, so when I want to find vintage fantasy and science-fiction, I have to get them thrifted.
I was really excited about finding volumes 1 AND 2 of Persepolis! They were only $1 each! The two Judy Blume books, Forever (which is banned from my library because it's about--gasp!--SEX) and Deenie, were TEN CENTS each.
And then there's The Man Who Never Missed. It's supposed to be like the Cain Saga by Matthew Stover, which I really, really liked. Science-fiction assassins are AWESOME. Mind-killers looked good too. It didn't have a summary which peeved me off, but the blurb on the back said it's like Heinlein.
Then again, book blurbs are not to be trusted. For example, a blurb on the back of Peterfreund's secret society series claimed that it was "just like Harry Potter." Um. Except that Harry Potter is juvenile fantasy and the Secret Society series is new adult contemporary and apart from taking place in boarding schools they have NOTHING at all in common? Yeah. Whatevski.
Young adult books are harder to find but I was pleased to get Wings and The Never-Ending Story. The stuff I write is so dark it's nice to kick back with some fluffy fantasy.
And then, of course, we have my favorite: classic gothics (SO EXCITED about The Secret History and My Brother Michael--Mary Stewart is a BAMF), Regency romance, Paradise (Louisa demanded I get a copy), and DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY. Austenite murder mystery? I think we all know I'm totally down with that.
Do you have any of these books? I LOVE doing buddy-reads and comparing status updates with my GR friends. So if you have one of these books and were thinking about starting them, hit me up!
Two book nerds are better than one!
Lots and lots of books.
Oh dear...
(Bee-tee-dubs, all these together cost under $20!!!!)
One of the cool things about thrift stores is that you never know what you're going to find. Unless they're really popular, my library doesn't carry a lot of old books, so when I want to find vintage fantasy and science-fiction, I have to get them thrifted.
I was really excited about finding volumes 1 AND 2 of Persepolis! They were only $1 each! The two Judy Blume books, Forever (which is banned from my library because it's about--gasp!--SEX) and Deenie, were TEN CENTS each.
And then there's The Man Who Never Missed. It's supposed to be like the Cain Saga by Matthew Stover, which I really, really liked. Science-fiction assassins are AWESOME. Mind-killers looked good too. It didn't have a summary which peeved me off, but the blurb on the back said it's like Heinlein.
Then again, book blurbs are not to be trusted. For example, a blurb on the back of Peterfreund's secret society series claimed that it was "just like Harry Potter." Um. Except that Harry Potter is juvenile fantasy and the Secret Society series is new adult contemporary and apart from taking place in boarding schools they have NOTHING at all in common? Yeah. Whatevski.
Young adult books are harder to find but I was pleased to get Wings and The Never-Ending Story. The stuff I write is so dark it's nice to kick back with some fluffy fantasy.
And then, of course, we have my favorite: classic gothics (SO EXCITED about The Secret History and My Brother Michael--Mary Stewart is a BAMF), Regency romance, Paradise (Louisa demanded I get a copy), and DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY. Austenite murder mystery? I think we all know I'm totally down with that.
Do you have any of these books? I LOVE doing buddy-reads and comparing status updates with my GR friends. So if you have one of these books and were thinking about starting them, hit me up!
Two book nerds are better than one!
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Amara wrote: "Nenia wrote: "One of the cool things about thrift stores is that you never know what you're going to find. Unless they're really popular, my library doesn't carry a lot of old books, so when I want..."Oh my gosh, that is amazing. Mine are fifty-cents to seventy-five-cents for paperbacks and $1 for hardcover, with kid and YA being cheaper sometimes.
Still, that isn't bad. A lot of places I've been to are twice that--or more!
I'm super excited about that one. Tamora Pierce's characters are always so refreshingly self-sufficient, and I hear it's her best.
Jane wrote: "Ohh, nice haul :D Awesome price too!"
Yessssss. I'm so happy!
This is such a great thing to see. Thrift stores for the win! Picked up a copy of The Great Gatsby for 20p yesterday. I gave him £1: felt a little bad...
The majority of my books are from the thrift store...Goodwill specifically as they have the most selection. One is even the kind where everything is in these big vats and you have to dig...I'm short so I always end up with bruises on my stomach after a good hour or two digging. But the books are 25 cent per pound and that makes it well worth the effort.
This, this, this. And my local thrift store is awesome because books are really cheap--20¢ each.
(And since I see you picked up a copy of Alanna: The First Adventure, let me just say that it's one of my favorite series of all time, and I hope you enjoy it!)