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Got a used book order in today and one of them arrived signed! Death in the 12th House: Where Neptune Rules: A Starlight Detective Agency Mystery by Mitchell Scott Lewis
The last of my used books December order has arrived:
. The really cool thing about that last book is that it's autographed! And I didn't know it was signed when I ordered it! :-)
I didn't think too much about the book bingeing I did on Cyber Sunday, but my orders keep on arriving. Today I got:
and
More and more keep arriving! What fun it is opening all these deliveries. Today I got:
Another order arrived today! Got
Oooooh! Sally, I'm jealous! I would love to have that Beatrix Potter book in my collection. I recently read a great mystery series by Susan Wittig Albert where Beatrix Potter is the main character. FYI, the first in the series is The Tale of Hill Top Farm.
Another delivery arrived yesterday:
Got a delivery today of
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Considering I'm currently at 275 of 315 (87%), now 15 books (5%) behind schedule, with one month to go, I'll settle for reaching 300.
How did you do in this year's vote? I ended up with only two first place winners among my votes: Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist and The Day the Crayons Quit. I did have one that won second place in one category and third in another though, The Golem and the Jinni.
It's December, how will you end the year with your book buying? Share your purchases here.
I discovered a new used book store today and picked up
Tammy wrote: "At the thanksgiving table today someone mentioned in the future books going the way of albums and cassettes, I sure hope not. I like my traditional books...."It won't happen. More likely e-readers will go the way of albums and cassettes. Electronics have a habit of changing formatting, good old-fashioned paper books don't change like that.
Just bought:
Whoa! I was just flipping through another of my used books that arrived yesterday, and it is signed too! Girls Don't Fly by Kristen Chandler
Got an awesome surprise today. One of the used books I ordered arrived signed! It was Dogs Don't Lie: A Pru Marlowe Pet Noir by Clea Simon.
Lawrence wrote: "Thom wrote: "Don't you miss the feel and smell of REAL books?"No, I don't miss the feel and smell of real books because I still have over a 1,000 books in my library. But when you run out of room..."
No no no. You've got it all wrong. What you really do is get rid of unneeded furniture, like the sofa and the bed. Make room for more bookcases. You can always sit and sleep on the floor, right? ;-)
I went on a used book buying bonanza for my birthday. I hit a library bag sale and had a blast, coming home with:
.I also went to Half Price and used a coupon to buy:
and then I used another coupon to order from www.Thriftbooks.com :
.And the icing on my birthday cake was my parents took me to IKEA and bought me three new bookcases so I have somewhere to put all these books. I think I had some fun today. :-)
I'm getting a little worried. 2 months left, and I'm not sure I'm going to reach my goal. I've currently read only 255 books toward my goal of 315 books, which puts me 9 books (3%) behind schedule. :-(
