What books have you checked out or bought lately

[Leslie]

I am soo happy that I was approved for 2 books I requested on NetGalley. I got and

[Nicole D.]

I pre-ordered can't wait for the 19th.

[[deleted user]]

I'm borrowing [bookcover:Bringing Adam Home] from my aunts to read when I finish [bookcover:A Clash of Kings].

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

nice!
I just bought like 6 or 7 Heyers.

[Hannah]

I still haven't read any Heyer books! I actually only heard about her last year.
I had a terrible email today... Half Price Books is doing their percentage off coupons next week, and I'm not able to go there because the closest one is in Ohio...pout...
The last book from my first-ever Amazon order, "The Lilac Sunbonnet" by S.R. Crockett, is on my dresser waiting for me to read it. As soon as I finish, I'm going to buy another Amazon card and order more!

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

From the library today I borrowed:

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[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

oh yay and my order from Thriftbooks came today so in the mail I got:

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[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Which Heyer's Alice?

[Nicole D.]

Alice wrote: "nice!
I just bought like 6 or 7 Heyers."

Which ones?
I am reading one of her mysteries right now.She is a genius.

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

Hannah wrote: "I still haven't read any Heyer books! I actually only heard about her last year.
I had a terrible email today... Half Price Books is doing their percentage off coupons next week, and I'm not able..."

I only heard of her last year as well. lol
@Soph: Urm...Frederica; The Talisman Ring; Arabella; The Grand Sophy; Bath Tangle. :)

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Nice! Arabella is great and I want to read the others as well :)

[Nicole D.]

Frederica is my second or tied as my favorite.I also really loved The Grand Sophy and Bath Tangle(more of a bad boy hero in this one).I haven't read Arabella or The Talisman Ring just yet.

If you read The Talisman Ring and Arabella(which Soph told me was great)before me tell me if you like them.

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

Nicole D. wrote: "Frederica is my second or tied as my favorite.I also really loved The Grand Sophy and Bath Tangle(more of a bad boy hero in this one).I haven't read Arabella or The Talisman Ring just yet."

OH and Beauvallet I also bought and am really looking forward to as it is a pirate story! =D
can't wait, ladies! ;D

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

which is your fav or tied to fav besides Frederica, Nicole?

[Nicole D.]

Alice wrote: "which is your fav or tied to fav besides Frederica, Nicole?"

Cotillion(which I think you already read).I was laughing so hard.Sprig Muslin is really funny and great also.I started Beauvallet but stopped it because I was on a romance burn out.It's her only pirate story.Venetia was really great and a really great romance.The Convenient Marriage so funny and the hero is one of my favorites of her's.My goodness she is just so good I can't decide which order my favorites are.

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Cotillion is great! I really need to read some more Heyer's! I have three sitting on the shelf waiting! I will read one as my next book - Venetia I think. Or the Corinthian. What do you think Nicole or Alice? Which one?

[Nicole D.]

I think you would love them both.It depends do you want a more love story or an adventure with a love story.If you want more of a love story go with Venetia and more of an adventure with love story go with The Corinthian.

[Salyna]

I just won The Tutor's Daughter by Julie Klassen . Just waiting for it to come in the mail!

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Thanks Nicole! :)

Let me know how the Tutors daughter is! Great win!

[[deleted user]]

Just 'bought' Glamorous Illusions on Amazon - free on kindle. :) Great book.

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

Nicole D. wrote: "Alice wrote: "which is your fav or tied to fav besides Frederica, Nicole?"

Cotillion(which I think you already read).I was laughing so hard.Sprig Muslin is really funny and great also.I started Be..."

YES! I did read Cotillion! loved it!! the end was GREAT!

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

Soph wrote: "Cotillion is great! I really need to read some more Heyer's! I have three sitting on the shelf waiting! I will read one as my next book - Venetia I think. Or the Corinthian. What do you think Nicol..."

Maybe Venetia?

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Venetia it is!

Just bought 'what matters in Jane Austen' looks really interesting! Goes into real detail about her work!

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

COOL! :D
I need to buy the rest of the Heyers I want to read. :))

[Nicole D.]

and @ Barnes and Noble

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Today at the library I picked up

[Maggie]

At home from the library right now:
A Plain and Simple Christmas
Harry Potter and Philosophy
The Grapes of Wrath
Colonel Brandon's Diary
The Gatekeepers
The Woman Who Died a Lot
The Uglies
Ashton Park
The Magic Room
(and lots of books on Wal-Mart and the American Dream for a paper I have to write)

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

The mail brought: , , and a Christmas crafts book.

I have a few more coming in the mail in the next couple of days as well.

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

I'm waiting on ONE...and I have been..forEVER! lol

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

Alice wrote: "I'm waiting on ONE...and I have been..forEVER! lol"

ack! hate when that happens lol

[Evelynn]

Thrift store finds:

There are probably more I'm forgetting.... When I go to thrift stores, I usually come out of the book section with a stack of books. ^_^ Shopping for books at thrift stores is my therapy; makes me smile when I'm down.

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

lol ikr? was this all from one trip?? O_o

[Evelynn]

6 of them are from one trip, the other 5 from another. xD

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

NICE! :D

[Beth]

Evelynn wrote: "6 of them are from one trip, the other 5 from another. xD"

Loved Catherine, Called Birdy when I was growing up! I still have my copy from 5th grade :)

[Evelynn]

@Beth: You've just given me all the more reason to read it!

[Beth]

Yeah, definitely! Birdy is quite the spunky heroine. I've read it more than once over the years (haha, I make it sound like I'm up in years--I'm 24).

I also liked The Midwife's Apprentice, although it's a bit more sad and not quite as humorous.

[Beth]

The mailman brought me A Noble Groom (thanks Bethany House!) and The Typewriter Girl (came from Paperbackswap.com).

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

I love thrift stores and used bookstores too! Evelyn, "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" is one of my all time favorite books!!

[Evelynn]

@Kim N - Lost-In-A-Book: I sounded so cute, and I've found that a lot of Newbery books are really good, so I bought it and hope to read it soon!

[Kim-Lost-In-A-Book]

yes I like a lot of the Newberry books too. I liked "Witch of Blackbird Pond" too but it's been many moons since I've read it so I don't remember much of it - just that I liked it when I read it lol.

But I've read "From the..." a couple of times - most recently in 2011.

[Evelynn]

I love The Witch of Blackbird Pond.

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

Evelynn wrote: "I love The Witch of Blackbird Pond."

ME TOO!!!!

[Hannah]

So do I! It's now on a select shelf in my sitting room that has the few favorite paperbacks not in bins in the basement.
Yes, I need a new bookshelf...I never give up books unless I dislike them. I'm constantly rereading something or other.
Still chipping away at my Christmas books...finished two more of them today.

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

Hannah wrote: "So do I! It's now on a select shelf in my sitting room that has the few favorite paperbacks not in bins in the basement.
Yes, I need a new bookshelf...I never give up books unless I dislike them..."

*gasp* books...in BOXES?...in the BASEMENT??? HORROR OF HORRORS!! lol ;P

[Hannah]

Plastic bins. Cardboard would be horror...

[Caity, that crazy moderator]

OMW YES! xP

[Maggie]

Recently bought The Clockwork Princess and Edenbrooke :) Also started reading The Grapes of Wrath, and just finished reading Anne of Ingleside and 1984. This week I'm planning on getting a lot of reading done, it's Spring Break and I just had a surgery done on my nose (deviated septum, not a nose job!) so I have to lay low. Love the excuse to read a ton!

[Sophie, The Romantic Moderator :)]

Hope your ok :) great excuse to read lots! Enjoy Edenbrooke! I look forward to hearing what you think! :D

[Maggie]

Thanks! With lots of rest, Pride and Prejudice, and tissues I should be just fine :)