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[Alex]

Kevin wrote: ""the book people". Makes them sound like some sort of hilarious cult. :)."

sounds less sinister than "the librarians!"

[Gary]

Picked up a free E-book copy of The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

I remember watching the 50s movie of The Mysterious Island lots as a kid because we had it taped on VHS

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

Bonding time with my cousin is book shopping . He's the only person I know who reads more than me. Our grandparents raised fierce book dragons. RAWR.

Emperor of Thorns
The Way of Shadows
On the Edge

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I won a copy of Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor from GR, and it arrived today. The author is my cousin's best friend and was named after my grandfather (Jack Clinton Gilbert). I saw him around when he was a little kid when I visited relatives over the summer.

[Sparrow Knight]

The Fifth Season
The Diamond Conspiracy
Dogs: A New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior and Evolution

[Sparrow Knight]

Rinn wrote: "Quicksilver - basically brand new in a charity shop, and only £1.50!"

I listened to that thru Audible & enjoyed the series. Yes, it's massive, so sometimes it drags a bit, but I found myself wishing I had a print copy to go back & refer to some complicated bit of info that was relevant later, or figure out some plot twist. Great world building w/vast historical sweep nicely incorporated. I hope you enjoy it!

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

So this is very different for me because I am not really a comic/graphic novel for me but I just ordered:

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files #5
and
Judge Dredd: America

I have always been interested in the Judge Dredd world and setting (I like crappy movies so loved Judge Dreed from 1995). After recently rewatching the much better Dredd with Karl Urban I looked into the comics and did some reading to find the best place to start to enter into the story of Judge Dredd and these were the ones that came up the most as the best place to start.

So now I am super excited to get them in the mail and dig in. I am not really into the whole superhero stuff. I find them to be much to overpowered and it takes away all the fun for me (like Thor being able to throw a monster that weighs half as much as earth, or Hulk holding up an entire mountain). That kind of stuff does nothing for me. So lets hope this goes well

[Gary]

Raven Rebecca wrote: "sir Lancer wrote: "So this is very different for me because I am not really a comic/graphic novel for me but I just ordered:

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files #5
and
Judge Dredd: America

I ha..."

Raven Rebecca wrote: "sir Lancer wrote: "So this is very different for me because I am not really a comic/graphic novel for me but I just ordered:

Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files #5
and
Judge Dredd: Ameri

I ha..."
I have a number of comics that were reprinted from the British comic. Most of them have brilliant Brian Bolland covers. I love Dredd.

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

My best friend and I came across a book sale fundraiser while we were out to lunch and I picked up some books that I am super pumped about:

Old Man's War
Maplecroft
The Magicians' Guild
Sailing to Sarantium
Ill Wind
Fool's Errand
Fool's Fate
Golden Fool

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

Ahh, what a haul! :D

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

Rinn wrote: "Ahh, what a haul! :D"

I thought so! Especially since the Tawny Man trilogy are all good hardcovers.

[Alex]

got a small haul last sunday, went to a local city central library's basement bookstore and a local bookstore I'd never been to and grabed some stuff

In the Company of Ogres
Infernal Devices
Heaven Cent
Demons Don't Dream
The Unlikely Ones
Enemies of Fortune
Callahan's Con (The Place, #2)
Cross-Currents

total about $8. Hoping it was more than worth it

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Good hauls for both of you! Hybrid have you read and Robin Hobb. I picked up the faraeer trilogy at a book sale not long ago and look forward to it

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Huzzah for the Hobbs Hybrid!

Those are fantastically big hauls you have both got :D

I picked up a decent hardback charity copy ofJudas Unchained yesterday.

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

I bought The Watchmaker of Filigree Street on Kindle as it was £1.59 yesterday. Not sure it's my usual cup of tea but it looks interesting!

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

I'm going to aim to finally read some Hobb next month. I have 3 of her books, all look fantastic, yet I've never gotten to any of them.

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

sir Lancer wrote: "Good hauls for both of you! Hybrid have you read and Robin Hobb. I picked up the faraeer trilogy at a book sale not long ago and look forward to it"

I read Assassin's Apprentice a few years ago and have the second book sitting on my shelf waiting. I really recommend Hobb based even on one book. I loved the way she introduced the history of the world in each chapter. It was a unique way to do it and I really enjoyed the adventure.

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

I have been wanting to read her for a while and think that's what I'll start next after retribution falls.

Also,

My two Judge Dredd collections came in today! Super excited for them.

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Today was a happy day.

When I was at school (maybe year 5/6?) I read some books from the school library. This was not unusual, i read lots of books from the library. However over the last couple of years, these particular books have been tickling the back of my mind. I couldn't remember the title, or author (great!), but i remembered they were dark, and a bit weird.

Recently I thought I might have found them on GoodReads, but really wasn't sure...I can't even remember what I searched for in order to find them... ANYWAYS today I was in my local Oxfam bookshop (man i love that place!) AND I FOUND THEM. YAY! Well i foudn the first two of the trilogy, they weren't really a bargain at £3.29 each but It's for charity annnnd i couldn't resist. I'm so happy, after Retribution Falls, I'm going to have to get them read. I hope they're not rubbish...

The Woven Path
The Raven's Knot
by Robin Jarvis

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

annnnnd I just bought the third one on Ebay.

The Fatal Strand

[Gary]

Picked up two E-books that were on sale for my Nook.

The Warlock in Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff

The other was Tales From High Hallack, Volume 1: The Collected Short Stories of Andre Norton, Volume 1 by Andre Norton

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Picked up The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman for 79p in a charity shop today

[Paul]

Bargain Kirsty!

[Gary]

Picked up Tekwar by William Shatner for $1.99 for my Nook a couple of days ago.

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

I have a business trip to Atlanta tomorrow so I stocked up on a couple of novellas for the short flights.

Perfect State
Firstborn
The Builders

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Good choices :-) I enjoyed all three :-)

[Mike]

Last books I bought were The Time Of Contempt and Baptism of Fire to keep the Witcher saga going.

[Gary]

I picked up the Nook version of Prudence by Gail Carriger for $2.99

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

sir Lancer wrote: "I have been wanting to read her for a while and think that's what I'll start next after retribution falls.

Also,

My two Judge Dredd collections came in today! Super excited for them."

Yes Lancer! Definitely get onto that.

Today I picked up Matter by Iain M. Banks and A Book of Spells by Sara Maitland for £1.50 total.

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

The Assassin's Blade, Temeraire, 3rd Assassin's Quest novel by Robin Hobb and American Gods - all £0.50 each :)

[Paul]

Bargain Rinn!

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Just picked up fools fate and the Golden fool by Robin Hobb. Just finished Assassins apprentice and absolutely lobed it. So now have the faraeer trilogy and the tawny man trilogy and after taking my first foray into Discworld with The Color of Magic I plan on going on a big Hobb run.

Also grab Desert Spear by Peter V Brett. So that I have the first three when I start the Demon Cycle

[Gary]

Discworld gets better as the series progresses. That said I have always enjoyed the first 2 books.

[Fannie]

I just bought Way of Kings. 2.99$ on kobo. One of the book that I want to read since a long time.

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

A Court of Mist and Fury - £4 in Asda (and on Amazon UK apparently) :D

[Mike]

Just arrived today Red Rising and Sea of Ghosts.

[Greg]

Raven Rebecca wrote: "I ordered Six of Crows, The Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems, Complete and Unabridged, and Outward Bound Wilderness First-Aid Handbook - I'm ..."

Raven, I love Frost!

And if I ever get stranded in the wilderness, I'll text you pictures of berries so you can tell me which ones are poisonous. :)

[Alex]

found randomly in a small town bookstore The Goblin Emperor

[Kimonawhim]

@Alex The ratings seem really good for a randomly picked up book! I always tend to pick up the wrong ones when I do that.. the bad ones.. :(

I added three books to my collection recently:

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Just bought Wool (Wool Trilogy Series Book 1) for £1.99 on Kindle

[Paul]

Spent a lovely day wandering around some on London's best bookshops yesterday. Went to Foyles, Stanfords, Waterstones, Hatchards and Daunts. Didn't buy that many but did get
Edgelands by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts
Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane
Fragile Things: Short Fictions & Wonders by Neil Gaiman (signed)
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman (signed)
The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Non-fiction by Neil Gaiman (signed)

[Alex]

kimberly wrote: "The ratings seem really good for a randomly picked up book!"

Ha, I just grab the books with interesting sounding names (and pretty covers) and it sometimes works out

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

That's how my wife book shops for me for birthday/Xmas gifts. She knows I like SFF and knows for the most part what books I have. I have however taught her how to check and make sure she is buying book #1 in a series of she goes off the cover after one Xmas of getting a few second and third books in a series that I had to go out and get the first book a for. That dis lead me to John Gwynne's Faithful and the Fallen series which is now one of my favourites and the final book is one of my most anticipated.

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

Raven Rebecca wrote: "I got The Way of Shadows from my library's sale bin for a dollar."

Win!

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

The Healing in the Vine, cost a little second hand, but with my Tamora Pierce's I want to get particular editions. This was still cheaper than I last saw a copy for a few months though :)

How To Crochet: A Complete Guide for Absolute Beginners - with average skill I can knit, I am also learning to spin using a drop spindle. Now I want to learn to crochet so that I can use all my slightly random old wools to make granny squares, so that when I want to start a new knitting project I don't feel bad about buying a new wool!

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Freya wrote: "The Healing in the Vine, cost a little second hand, but with my Tamora Pierce's I want to get particular editions. This was still cheaper than I last saw a copy for a few months thoug..."

I learned how to crochet granny squares a year or two ago. I'm not sure if I still remember, though! I can do very basic knitting. 3D objects are beyond me, but I really want a Jayne hat. Maybe I'll get my knitting teacher-neighbor to make it for me.

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

I just bought This Savage Song by VE Schwab. I dont think its supposed to be out yet but it was on the shelves in the book shop

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Have you seen the knitted/crocheted stegosaurus hats, Audrey? :D One day...

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Squire also arrived today, though I think I will be saying something to the seller on Amazon... that is not Used- Like New, it is more Used - Good.... grrr!