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[Jonathan]

Bought two completely different books today, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life. First one is just a must to me, based on the review it has, I had to read it. Second one is about meditation. I am a big daydreamer and read that meditation could solve it, so I thought I'd give it a shot!

[Leigh]

Jonathan wrote: "Bought two completely different books today, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life. First on..."

Do you need to solve your daydreaming?

[Jonathan]

Leigh wrote: "Do you need to solve your daydreaming? "

Oh yes definitely! I daydream all the time, leading to some awkward situations where someone would tell me: "Do you remember that time where I told you about..." And I don't remember at all! This happens almost everyday.

[Leigh]

I can see how that would be a problem in many situations. Personally, I daydream quite a bit too, but usually when doing the dishes or folding laundry. Nothing important to remember about that!

[Jonathan]

Leigh wrote: "I can see how that would be a problem in many situations. Personally, I daydream quite a bit too, but usually when doing the dishes or folding laundry. Nothing important to remember about that!"

Yeah, probably not!

The worst part is when I ask a question about a certain subject and that we spoke about it two minutes ago, but can't remember because I was daydreaming!

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Just picked up The Book of Strange New Things on Amazon for £3.27 :D (Kindle)

[Joey]

Man. I love the Amazon Daily deals. Every couple of days I find a good book for $.99 to $1.99.

[Tom]

yesterday was rogues, the grrm short story thing for £1

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Aww, sad I missed that!

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I preorderes the ltd edition of Knights Shadow by Sebastian de Castell. Its the follow up to Traitors Blades which was a great fantasy with more than a hint of Dumas Three Musketeers about it

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

I found at the dollar store for $1. Super pumped.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Kirsty wrote: "I just bought Lord Brocktree and Martin the Warrior(buy one get one half price) in an ebay shop. Returning to childhood! £4 for the both."

YESSSS! I have almost all of these, just missing the most recent few I think :)

The last book I bought was The Quiche of Death which I got for 50p from a charity shop for my mum as I thought she would enjoy it :)

[Tom]

The walking dead novel: rise of the the governor is on Kindle daily deal 99p.
not sure it counts in fantasy and Sci - Fi but come on its walking dead

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

ahh Claire I'm so jealous! I love the Old Kingdom series :) Garth Nix was doing a giveaway copy of Clariel and bells charm bracelet a while back on his Facebook page - I didn't win, was a little gutted :(

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I bought N0S4A2 by Joe Hill. I've been tempted to try his stuff for a while and my favourite bookshop were selling the HB for ten euro so decided to give it a go.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I just ordered a signed copy of The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss ☺

[Kevin]

You've quickly become a Rothfuss fan, Paul :)

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Just a bit. Hard to read Name of the Wind and not become a fan

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Just a bit. Hard to read Name of the Wind and not become a fan

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Haha, yay!

[Paul]

One day I'll get to read some Rothfuss, Paul. Have a bit of a backlog (which is a bit of an understatement)

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Don't we all? :P

[Paul]

Well. Yes. This site really doesn't help!

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

We all leave our teetering TBR piles ☺

[Abrea]

I'm trying to resist the urge to buy any more books until I move, next week. I already have 7 boxes full, plus I have one more bookshelf yet to go. :P The last book I bought, though, was Damaged Goods: New Perspectives on Christian Purity.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Paul wrote: "I bought N0S4A2 by Joe Hill. I've been tempted to try his stuff for a while and my favourite bookshop were selling the HB for ten euro so decided to give it a go."

Joe Hill is very talented. I've enjoyed every book of his I've read.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Thanks Wayland I've been meaning to try him for a while

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Just got these from Amazon:

Deviltry

and

Along Came a Wolf

by 2 of my fellow writers on Twitter.

[Abrea]

Excellent choices, Wayland! I haven't gotten to Deviltry yet, but I plan to read it as soon as I find what box it got packed in. :P I enjoyed Along Came A Wolf fairly well.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Last two really enjoyable ones I bought were malice and valor by John Gwynne. They are the first two in the faithful and the fallen Series. They were amazing! Definitely one of my top five of all time now. I believe malice won the David gemmell award

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

I picked up Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything for a few ££ off Amazon Marketplace, and Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! for the impending arrival of Babot (Baby Cabot :P )

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

I read the Freakonomics book. I thought it had some fascinating ideas, if maybe not wonderfully well documented reserach. But it's the kind of book that makes you think some.

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Kirsty wrote: "I picked up Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything for a few ££ off Amazon Marketplace, and Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! for the i..."

Loving Babot! :D

[Paul]

Kirsty wrote: "I picked up Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything for a few ££ off Amazon Marketplace, and Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! for the i..."

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything and the sequels are really good books on behavioural economics.

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

I just bought on the kindle as it was recommended by one of my favorite authors, Kevin Hearne.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Kirsty - do you have the Terry Pratchett's 'where's my cow?' for Babot and yourselves? :)

So a round up for the past few weeks:

I bought a load of the Penguin Classics as they were at 80p:
The Robber Bridegroom - Brothers Grimm
The Night is Darkening Round Me - Emily Bronte
Lips Too Chilled - Matsuo Basho
Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti
Anthem for Doomed Youth - Wilfred Owen
The Beautiful Cassandra - Jane Austen
The Tinder Box - Hans Christian Andersen
Woman much missed - Thomas Hardy
The Eve of St Agnes - John Keats

The Martian - Andy Weir
Silverhorse - Lens Kaaberbol
Ghost Story - Jim Butcher
Pandora's Star - Peter f Hamilton
A Noble Thing: The National Trust and it's Benefactors
Threaded for Trouble - Janet Bolin
Orphaned Worlds - Michael Conley
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone - Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
Raising Steam - Terry Prachett
Thud! - Terry Pratchett


A lot were deals in charity shops seeing as it was World Book Day month :)

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Well i just ordered a copy of Sagans Diary by John Scalzi , a novella that slots between Ghost Brigades and The Last Colony in the Old Mans War series. It was a special edition done by Subterranean press so a nice one to get

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I've read the whole series Claire. Well worth it .Peter Grant is a great character

[Paul]

Would second Paul's recommendation. It is the current City read: http://www.cityread.london and there is a group on here:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

It follows the geography of london very well. Both this series , Gaimans Neverwherw and Tom Pollocks Skyscraper Throne series use the geography of London brilliantl and if you want to get a feel fir the cuty they are a good start

[Paul]

:-0

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I second pauls :-0

[Kevin]

:-0

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

The Blade Itself
The Vagrant
Heirs of the Blade - and only £3 for this one, which was all paid for with Waterstones points... so free, for a brand new copy... I will admit to being a tinsy tiny bit smug :P

[Kevin]

Claire wrote: "Paul wrote: ":-0"
Paul wrote: "I second pauls :-0"
Kevin wrote: ":-0"

I just want to say to Paul, Paul and Kevin that I have remedied the error in my ways and borrowed a host of Neil Gaiman books ..."

At least you have begun to realise the error of your ways :) You really need to read American Gods, The Graveyard Book and then all the rest of Gaiman's work. :)

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

No Terry Pratchett
:-0
You're in for a treat when you delve into both anyway :-)

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Well I both the soeciall edition Novellas from Brandon Sanderson for his 2015 apoearances and while I was at it I bought the previous set. 50 quid signed and delivered :-)
I also preordered a few books, World War Moo by Michael Logan , Legion Skin Deep by Sanderson and Radiant States by Peter Higgins

[Rinn, (Retired mod) Captain of the SSV Normandy]

Thanks to Kirsty linking the 3 for £10 on Amazon deal in our Deals thread, I bought Station Eleven, Edge of Tomorrow and The Girl with All the Gifts earlier. A nice present waiting for me when I go back to the UK in a few months <3

Since Edge of Tomorrow was £7.99 by itself, it was a damn good deal!

[Paul]

Claire!!! You haven't read a Terry Pratchett either!!!!!! :-0 :-0 :-0

Though it is good that you have rectified that now

[Andrew]

I've had The Ocean at the End of the Lane as a "backup" book for a long time now LOL But I have enjoyed Gaiman in the past, and I hope to again :)