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message 3001: by Victor (new)

Victor I received Maus I and II and The Name of the wind in the mail today.


message 3002: by Amber (new)

Amber (amberterminatorofgoodreads) I got some free ebooks at Smashwords recently and hope to check them out soon.


message 3003: by Lucy (new)

Lucy (mesdupmoi) | 336 comments I've not bought any recently, but I am going to a charity booksale tomorrow, so hopefully I will get some there!


message 3004: by Kit★ (last edited Sep 19, 2014 07:54PM) (new)

Kit★ (xkittyxlzt) | 345 comments Went to Goodwill today and picked up Where Serpents Sleep Where Serpents Sleep (Sebastian St. Cyr, #4) by C.S. Harris and Shiver Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy Falls, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater for me and a few for the kid too. Tomorrow I'm aiming to go to the library book sale! :)


message 3005: by Lucy (new)

Lucy (mesdupmoi) | 336 comments I went to a booksale to raise money for my local library this morning, and got 9 new books :) Not the End of the World, All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses an Eye, Pandaemonium, The Horse Dancer, The Woods, The Secret Garden (a favourite from childhood!), Fairytale of New York, and Change of Heart all for myself, and then I picked up a copy of George's Marvellous Medicine for my 6 year old :)


message 3006: by Janie, Group Owner & Book Addict (last edited Sep 20, 2014 07:28AM) (new)

Janie Johnson | 6303 comments Mod
Nice Haul Lucy! After 3 weeks I made it back to the book store and some books. I got 7 books for $9.13

She's Come Undone
Bad Love
The Darkest Evening of the YearHarvesting the Heart
Lone Wolf
Night Road
House Rules
Harvesting the Heart


message 3007: by Dustin (new)

Dustin | 797 comments Janie wrote: "Nice Haul Lucy! After 3 weeks I made it back to the book store and some books. I got 7 books for $9.13

She's Come Undone
Bad Love
[book:The Darkest Evening of the Year|37..."


I'm be interested in your opinions on She's Come Undone, once you've read it.


message 3008: by Kit★ (new)

Kit★ (xkittyxlzt) | 345 comments Library sale turned up a passel of books for the kid, and for me I got Moloka'i Moloka'i by Alan Brennert , The Door in the Wall The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli , Let Me In Let Me In by John Ajvide Lindqvist , Off Season Off Season by Jack Ketchum , Dealing with Dragons Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #1) by Patricia C. Wrede , and three for my Mercedes Lackey Valdemar series collection, Winds of Fate Winds of Fate (Valdemar Mage Winds #1) by Mercedes Lackey , Winds of Change Winds of Change (Valdemar Mage Winds, #2) by Mercedes Lackey , and Changes Changes (Valdemar Collegium Chronicles, #3) by Mercedes Lackey . Didn't find any I was directly searching for, but found enough off my other lists to satisfy me :)


message 3009: by Janie, Group Owner & Book Addict (new)

Janie Johnson | 6303 comments Mod
Hopefully I will get t it soon Dustin. I was thinking of arranging a buddy read of that one.

Wow Kit great haul for you.


message 3010: by Courtney (new)

Courtney | 73 comments For my birthday, I received:

Bird Box
Dare Me
Shantaram
The Rosie Project

Yesterday I bought Dragonfly in Amber and Voyager. I'm late, but I've reluctantly climbed onto the Outlander bandwagon lol.


message 3011: by Janie, Group Owner & Book Addict (new)

Janie Johnson | 6303 comments Mod
First happy birthday Courtney. Great haul for you.


message 3012: by Judy (new)

Judy | 234 comments I liked She's Come Undone but I can't say I know anyone else who did.....I like quirky odd stories and characters. Wally lamb reminds me of john Irving a little.


message 3013: by Amanda (new)

Amanda (amandainpa) | 19 comments I loved She's Come Undone. It is one of my favorite books. I Know This Much Is True is also a really good book by Wally Lamb.


message 3014: by Judy (new)

Judy | 234 comments Thanks Amanda glad to hear you liked it too, I also liked I know this much is true .


message 3015: by Courtney (last edited Sep 21, 2014 11:59AM) (new)

Courtney | 73 comments I also loved She's Come Undone. We Are Water is fantastic too.

And thanks, Janie!


message 3016: by Judy (new)

Judy | 234 comments Thanks, I haven't read we are water yet


message 3017: by Kit★ (last edited Sep 28, 2014 07:21PM) (new)

Kit★ (xkittyxlzt) | 345 comments Picked up an interesting looking steampunk (so it says on the cover blurb) book at the dollar store today, Tarnished Tarnished (The St. Croix Chronicles, #1) by Karina Cooper .


message 3018: by Gavin (new)

Gavin (thewalkingdude) | 315 comments Woot, payday, therefore book buying day:
Full Dark, No Stars
Wuthering Heights

I'm expecting to get more in a couple of weeks.


message 3019: by Kit★ (last edited Sep 28, 2014 07:21PM) (new)

Kit★ (xkittyxlzt) | 345 comments Stopped at the little flea market store nearby and picked up a couple. Two horrors, The House The House by Bentley Little , and Monstrosity Monstrosity by Edward Lee , and a mystery with a detective who is a ghost that sounded interesting, Desolate Angel Desolate Angel by Chaz McGee .


message 3020: by Marylene (new)

Marylene | 7 comments This weekend I bought 5 books, since Barnes and Nobles was doing 20% using membership instead of the usual 10%. I bought The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater The Raven Boys,  Beautiful Lies  by Jessica Warman Beautiful Lies, The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks The Best of Me, Six Months Later by Natalie D. Richards Six Months Later, and Cartwheel by Jennifer duBois Cartwheel. Super excited!!!


message 3021: by Janie, Group Owner & Book Addict (new)

Janie Johnson | 6303 comments Mod
Nice hauls everyone! You gotta love book hauls. YAY!


message 3022: by Kit★ (last edited Sep 29, 2014 01:33PM) (new)

Kit★ (xkittyxlzt) | 345 comments Picked up another one at the dollar store today, a western one, but with vampires, Blood Riders Blood Riders by Michael P. Spradlin . Sounded interesting.


message 3023: by Janie, Group Owner & Book Addict (new)

Janie Johnson | 6303 comments Mod
That is interesting Kit.


message 3024: by Dustin (new)

Dustin | 797 comments Awesome book hauls, everyone!


message 3025: by Corey (new)

Corey | 1411 comments Got a couple of good books for my birthday, If You Really Loved Me by Ann Rule and Target America (Sniper Elite, #2) by Scott McEwen , good books to add to my collection!


message 3026: by Judy (new)

Judy | 234 comments Happy birthday . Enjoy!


message 3027: by Corey (new)

Corey | 1411 comments Judy wrote: "Happy birthday . Enjoy!"

Thanks Judy!


message 3028: by Dustin (new)

Dustin | 797 comments Happy Birthday, Cory!!:)


message 3029: by Corey (new)

Corey | 1411 comments Dustin wrote: "Happy Birthday, Cory!!:)"

Thanks Dustin!


message 3030: by Dustin (new)

Dustin | 797 comments Corey wrote: "Dustin wrote: "Happy Birthday, Cory!!:)"

Thanks Dustin!"


You're most welcome, my friend!


message 3031: by Janie, Group Owner & Book Addict (new)

Janie Johnson | 6303 comments Mod
Always nice to get books for your birthday! Happy Birthday Corey!


message 3032: by Corey (new)

Corey | 1411 comments Janie wrote: "Always nice to get books for your birthday! Happy Birthday Corey!"

Thanks Janie!


message 3033: by Marylene (new)

Marylene | 7 comments Corey wrote: "Got a couple of good books for my birthday, If You Really Loved Me by Ann Rule and Target America (Sniper Elite, #2) by Scott McEwen, good books to add to my collection!"

Happy Birthday Corey! It's always awesome to get books for your bday or even better...gift cards to bookstores. I cant wait to get one this month for my bday on the 21st. Its guarateed for every bday! :-)


message 3034: by Corey (new)

Corey | 1411 comments Marylene wrote: "Corey wrote: "Got a couple of good books for my birthday, If You Really Loved Me by Ann Rule and Target America (Sniper Elite, #2) by Scott McEwen, good books to add to my collection!"

Happy Birthday Cor..."

Thank you Marylene.


message 3035: by [deleted user] (new)

Yesterday I bought on my Nook The Fountainhead, The Stranger, This Side Of Paradise, and Naked Lunch. Happy Belated birthday Corey! I hope you had a great day!


message 3036: by Holly (new)

Holly | 1184 comments Happy belated birthday Corey!


message 3037: by Corey (new)

Corey | 1411 comments Holly wrote: "Happy belated birthday Corey!"

Thank you Holly!


message 3038: by Corey (new)

Corey | 1411 comments Janessa wrote: "Yesterday I bought on my Nook The Fountainhead, The Stranger, This Side Of Paradise, and Naked Lunch. Happy Belated birthday Corey! I hope you had a great day!"

Thanks Janessa!


message 3039: by Holly (new)

Holly | 1184 comments Corey wrote: "Holly wrote: "Happy belated birthday Corey!"

Thank you Holly!"


You're welcome!


message 3040: by Corey (new)

Corey | 1411 comments Holly wrote: "Corey wrote: "Holly wrote: "Happy belated birthday Corey!"

Thank you Holly!"

You're welcome!"


By the way Holly, I sent you a book recommendation, Whispers And Lies by Joy Fielding, I can't remember if you got it or not, but anyway you should give it a go, it was very good.


message 3041: by Holly (new)

Holly | 1184 comments I think I did Corey, thank you. I was going to see if the library has it because I'm going there tomorrow.


message 3042: by Corey (new)

Corey | 1411 comments Holly wrote: "I think I did Corey, thank you. I was going to see if the library has it because I'm going there tomorrow."

Awesome! And you're welcome.


message 3043: by Holly (new)

Holly | 1184 comments :)


message 3044: by Corey (new)

Corey | 1411 comments I just went out and bought Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy, #3) by Ken Follett with my birthday money, and it cost only a little over $23, which isn't bad for a new book.


message 3045: by Holly (new)

Holly | 1184 comments Corey wrote: "I just went out and bought Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy, #3) by Ken Follett with my birthday money, and it cost only a little over $23, which isn't bad for a new book."

I can't wait to get the rest of this trilogy! I really want to read them!


message 3046: by Holly (new)

Holly | 1184 comments Picked up a copy of The Last Minute today.


message 3047: by Dustin (new)

Dustin | 797 comments Janessa wrote: "Yesterday I bought on my Nook The Fountainhead, The Stranger, This Side Of Paradise, and Naked Lunch. Happy Belated birthday Corey! I hope you had a great day!"

Yay, Naked Lunch and The Fountainhead! Great chioces, Janessa!!


message 3048: by Janie, Group Owner & Book Addict (new)

Janie Johnson | 6303 comments Mod
I have the first book Fall of Giants to the Century trilogy. I gotta say it scares me though being a historical. I don't do very good with historicals, but I do wanna try it.


message 3049: by Victor (new)

Victor I bought Until the End by Christopher Pike
TTYL, TTFN, and L8R G8R by Lauren Myracle
The Magusterium by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancy

I received Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld and Horrorstöre by Grady Hendricks


message 3050: by Corey (new)

Corey | 1411 comments Holly wrote: "Corey wrote: "I just went out and bought Edge of Eternity (The Century Trilogy, #3) by Ken Follett with my birthday money, and it cost only a little over $23, which isn't bad for a new book."

I can't wait to get the ..."


I gotta be in the mood to read them because they're really long.


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