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[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Kimberley wrote: "



It's really nice, I was desperately waiting for this version..."

I'm very excited for that one, too. I'm waiting for the entire Heroes of Olympus to be in a paperback set, too.

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

It doesn't count as breaking my resolution if I buy books for baby... :D

Got these in a set from Book People for about £13 Dorling Kindersley too - BARGAIN:
Star Wars: Are Ewoks Scared of Stormtroopers?
Star Wars: What Is a Wookie?
Star Wars: Who Saved the Galaxy?
Star Wars: Ready, Set, Podrace!
Star Wars: Luke Skywalker's Amazing Story
Star Wars: R2-D2 and Friends
Star Wars: Join The Rebels
Star Wars: Bounty Hunters for Hire
DK Readers L2: Star Wars: The Adventures of Han Solo
Star Wars: The Adventures of C-3PO
The Story of Darth Vader
Star Wars: The Legendary Yoda
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Knight
Star Wars: Death Star Battles
Star Wars: Star Pilot

Star Wars: A New Hope (Star Wars)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)

Also a Book People Bargain:
Steeds of the Gods
Beast Keeper
Hound of Hades

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I found The Master of Heathcrest Hall at the library sale for 10 cents. :D It's the third in a trilogy. I loved the first one -- The Magicians and Mrs. Quent -- and still haven't read either sequel.

[Kimonawhim]

10 cents for a book? Nice!

I was on a trip to the bookstore again yesterday, yes, this is sometimes how I spend my friday night with friends ;P!



Kept my promise of wanting more Sanderson ;P And then of course the buddyread for #2 in Throne of Glass is coming up.. I don't really have a solid reason for The Magicians; it seemed interesting, and there's a new tv series for it that seems interesting too. Was wondering if maybe some people are up for a buddy read on that? Or has it already been a BoM? Lastly, there's Fangirl.. yeah.. what can I say? I wanted to try something different ;P Rainbow Rowell seems light and cute!

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

Kimberley - ALL of those are great choices

[Paul]

This weeks library haul:

The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
The Edge of the World: How the North Sea Made Us Who We Are
The Hunt
A Time to Keep Silence
Knowledge Is Beautiful: A Visual Miscellaneum of Compelling Information

bought two:
Mountains of the Mind
Jupiter's Travels

and got two from the shelf at work:
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Where Did It All Go Right?: Growing Up Normal in the 70s

[Kimonawhim]

Rinn wrote: "Kimberley - ALL of those are great choices"

Have you read them all? Even Fangirl? :O

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

Here are some books I've bought in January and at the end of December:

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Mpauli I'm interested to see what you think of that Romulus Buckle one. I'm always on the look out for a decent steampunk book/series. I read cherie priests clockwork century books and the Tales of the Ketty Jay series as my first forays into the genre so I've been fairly spoiled.

[Mpauli, Bitten by a radioactive book]

Lancer wrote: "Mpauli I'm interested to see what you think of that Romulus Buckle one. I'm always on the look out for a decent steampunk book/series. I read cherie priests clockwork century books and the Tales of..."

I can recommend the books by Mark Hodder, starting with , The Bookman Chronicles by Lavie Tidhar beginning with or by Tim Akers. And if you're into Weird West, the two Golgatha books by R.S. Belcher are excellent. The series starts with

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Thank you! I've read six gun tarot and really enjoyed it. I will definitely look into the rest. I've always had a slight fascination with the genre since watching my brother play Arcanum: of steam works and magic obscura when we were younger. I've been meaning to play it myself but haven't had time

[Whitney]

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audiobooks:

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

Went crazy on Amazon:

[Kimonawhim]

@Rinn, Nice! I wonder what you will think of Red Queen and Jonathan Strange; they're both books I'm interested in. I just read A Court of Thorns and Roses and loved it ;P

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Some nice books purchased this month, I enjoyed Six Gun Tarot and the Adventures of Spring Heeled Jack, was bored to tears with Jonathan Strange And Mr. Norrell

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

just picked up a few books today because my daughter had a gift card so i took her to use it and grabbed a few for myself,

so I got The Black Prism, The Man in the High Castle, and The Rising.

Will do my best to finish The Man in the High Castle before the end of January and pick up that energy cell :D

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Just picked up a box set of 6 brand new Poirot books for £5 :D

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Freya wrote: "Just picked up a box set of 6 brand new Poirot books for £5 :D"

Got to love Poirot. I've read all of Agatha Christie, really enjoyed her work.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Mpauli wrote: "Lancer wrote: "Mpauli I'm interested to see what you think of that Romulus Buckle one. I'm always on the look out for a decent steampunk book/series. I read cherie priests clockwork century books a..."

I'll check some of these out and pass them along to my husband, who's starting really getting into steampunk.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Lancer wrote: "just picked up a few books today because my daughter had a gift card so i took her to use it and grabbed a few for myself,

so I got The Black Prism, [book:The Man in the High Castle..."

I really enjoyed The Black Prism, did yours come with the original title or the newer one? Brent Weeks put out a new cover for the first book that is more consistent with the other books.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Rover mine still just says The Black Prism. I have seen this copy in book stores for quite a while so I'm gonna assume it's the older version

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

cool, I meant original cover not title....forgive me it was too early for me to communicate with people....

[Veronica]

I picked up a few older titles at my local used bookstore (less than $1-2 each):
War for the Oaks
Sword-Dancer
Sword-Singer
Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future

I also still had a couple of B&N gift cards from Christmas so I picked up Retribution Falls and Zero World.

Then I bought a couple of books for my kids but I plan to read those as well:

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (for my 9 year old daughter)
Rot & Ruin (for my 12 year old son who loves zombies)

[Sarah]

Freya wrote: "Just picked up a box set of 6 brand new Poirot books for £5 :D"

Wayland wrote: "Freya wrote: "Just picked up a box set of 6 brand new Poirot books for £5 :D"

Got to love Poirot. I've read all of Agatha Christie, really enjoyed her work."

I have yet to read any of her work, but she is on the list for this year.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Roger I pretty sure it's the older cover.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Just picked up American Gods by Neil Gaiman for 4 dollars a from the used book guy. I know I won't get to it for a while but didn't want to pass it up for so cheap and in such good condition

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

Got a few reads in the charity shops today:
- A History Of Scotland
- Neverwhere
- The Way of Kings, Part 2 (so I have the entire thing on Kindle but I hate reading on Kindle... and this was 50p)
- The Black Guard

[Veronica]

I find that when I'm trying to decide what to read next, I will almost always reach for a physical book as opposed to picking something on my kindle. Nothing beats the feel of a physical book in my hands. At this rate I may never get around to reading what's on my kindle so I've pretty much stopped buying books that way. The DC/Marvel challenge has forced me to read some of my kindle books though so that's good.

[Sarah]

Veronica wrote: "I find that when I'm trying to decide what to read next, I will almost always reach for a physical book as opposed to picking something on my kindle. Nothing beats the feel of a physical book in my..."

I use the Kindle app on my phone to read a lot of times during my lunch break and such. It is really convenient.

Otherwise I totally agree, definitely prefer the feel of a physical book in my hands.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Just went back to used book guy and grabbed The Handmaiden's Tale after seeing it is a BOTM for February

[Veronica]

Sarah, does the kindle app eat up a lot of memory?

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

Veronica wrote: "I find that when I'm trying to decide what to read next, I will almost always reach for a physical book as opposed to picking something on my kindle. Nothing beats the feel of a physical book in my..."

Absolutely! It was a godsend when I was living abroad, but now I have all my paperbacks at my disposal I will go for them first 99% of the time. It does mean I have a lot of great books on Kindle that go untouched though :/ And many review copies...

[Sarah]

Veronica wrote: "Sarah, does the kindle app eat up a lot of memory?"

Not really, at least I don't think.
Plus, as long as you have a cell phone signal books download really quick. I only ever keep a couple books on my phone at any given time because of the ease of downloading a new one.

[Whitney]

so I just got the audio of The Fifth Season.

i'm supposed to be saving money so I traded The Summer Tree for it. I do want to read some Kay but he's going to have to wait as I'm more interested in this other title now that I know about it.

My plan was to get my audible credits once per month and then use scribd to read new books instead of buying one ebook for 10 dollars every time I wanted to read something I didn't own. this is not working so far. Library doesn't work that well we used to have a system where we could check out books for almost a month then they changed it to two weeks which really messes me up. I do use over drive though.

[Andrew]

I feel like my preference is for the real book, but anytime my library doesn't have a copy of a book I really want (NEED), I tend to get the Kindle edition which is usually much cheaper, aside from used books. After sullenly opening the book and actually getting into the story, it is of course exactly the same experience!

Plus it has it's own benefits, aside from environmental and space-saving. I can set it down without losing a page, read hands free, easier to hold with one hand (all very beneficial when a dog demands belly-rubs!)

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

There are pros and cons of each, one thing that physical books will always have over ereader is lend ability. Me and one of my good friends like to exchange book and series we have enjoyed when we get to see each other and it doesn't require lending your entire ereader. But I do like it for the function of knowing how many pages are left in a chapter and being back lit and not requiring a lamp being on or wearing my super dorky headband light.

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Lancer wrote: "There are pros and cons of each, one thing that physical books will always have over ereader is lend ability. Me and one of my good friends like to exchange book and series we have enjoyed when we ..."

I've determined that I much prefer a physical copy, it seems that I just pay more attention to an actual book then a digital one. Not sure why but I just retain the story a lot better with a physical book instead of an ebook

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

Lancer wrote: "There are pros and cons of each, one thing that physical books will always have over ereader is lend ability. Me and one of my good friends like to exchange book and series we have enjoyed when we ..."

Just wanted to point out that with the Kindle you don't have to loan your whole ereader. You just email your copy of a book to a friend. They have to have a Kindle as well though.

[Ryan]

I assume you mean .mobi files, Hybrid? The Amazon proprietary formats like .azw3 are generally (always?) DRM protected.

[Kimonawhim]

Roger wrote: "I've determined that I much prefer a physical copy, it seems that I just pay more attention to an actual book then a digital one. Not sure why but I just retain the story a lot better with a physical book instead of an ebook "

Same here! I can't explain why either, I just tend to be more invested in a physical copy.. and I just love the look of books on my shelf, and I love going to the bookstore to get new copies of books. It's the whole experience that does it for me, really :)

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I just really don't to try ebooks.
I've read short stories on the app but I want to stick with physical books

[Roger, Knight Radiant]

Kimberley wrote: "Roger wrote: "I've determined that I much prefer a physical copy, it seems that I just pay more attention to an actual book then a digital one. Not sure why but I just retain the story a lot better..."

I usually have a few books on the kindle app on my phone, mostly things I've gotten free and want to see if the author is any good. If it can hold my interest on the phone app then I will give more of their stuff a try.

[Veronica]

Roger wrote: " Not sure why but I just retain the story a lot better with a physical book instead of an ebook."

I can relate to this experience. I just seem to pay better attention to what I'm reading if it's a physical book.

I also find that it takes me longer to finish an ebook than a physical one. I have to motivate myself to pick up my kindle to start reading again even if I was enjoying the story. I don't have that problem with physical books unless I'm really disliking the story.

[Sarah]

I agree that reading the ebook takes longer than the physical book.


Picked two books up in the used book room at our library last night:



Both in really good shape and only 25 cents each. Can't go wrong.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Points for ereader would be the price as well as if you live somewhere rural or not near any book store or library but have Internet it makes it easier to access/buy books and not have to pay shipping if necessary or wait for them to arrive.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Easy enough to get most books anywhere with no delivery charge though and a lot of new releases cost nearly the same .

[Andrew]

I remember enjoying Stranger in a Strange Land as philosophical bender in the guise of sci-fi. Though it's been about 15 years since I read it.

It has a lot of love/HATE among reviewers, with most negative reviewers outraged by specific statements and scenes that seem sexist or backwards, or alternatively taking progressive mindsets too far into an absurd "free-love" destination. The problem, I feel, with these criticisms is they may be confusing things a character says and themes the book explores, with the actual message the author and book itself supports.

It is a bit all over the place with it's (pseudo) intellectual conversations, tangents, and destinations--some of them ringing true; others using semantics to "defend" outdated and backwards positions; others confusing the semantics of progressive thought to an absurd conclusion. I felt as a whole the book was about inspiring revolution and open-mindedness, while at the same time warning against being easily bamboozled.

[Sarah]

Andrew wrote: "I remember enjoying Stranger in a Strange Land as philosophical bender in the guise of sci-fi. Though it's been about 15 years since I read it.

It has a lot of love/HATE among reviewers, with mos..."

I have yet to read it. Its one my dad suggested. I had intended to just check it out from the library when I was ready to read it, but for a quarter I figured it was worth buying.

I think with most of the older sci-fi stuff you either love it or you hate it. There rarely seems to be any middle ground.

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

Ryan wrote: "I assume you mean .mobi files, Hybrid? The Amazon proprietary formats like .azw3 are generally (always?) DRM protected."

I don't know what any of that means Ryan. Lol. I just know that I can email a book to a friend through my Amazon account.

[Dawn]

I think what you are talking about is that you can loan your kindle books to friends via your kindle account. Unfortunately, this is only available in the US. Those of us outside the US are still waiting for this feature to be made available, if we get it at all :- (