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[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Scott wrote: “Audrey wrote: “If you like it, let me know and I’ll get you an invite to Sullivan’s group.”

Firstly, thanks! And secondly what group where and huh?
Still battling monsters in this FF book for now....”

It’s a private group called The Dark Room.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Mike wrote: “For the first time in a long time I went into a bookstore and did NOT buy a book. I don’t know whether to be proud of myself or disappointed.”

I think I’d be proud of my willpower but disappointed about not having a book.

[Maximum]

Audrey, that sounds interesting, thanks for thinking of me! I’ll definitely get back to you after I’ve read the book, I have high hopes for it because the author has been in my “why haven’t I read any of these yet” pile for quite some time along with Rothfuss and Abercrombie.

Mike, you are a stronger man than I. On Friday I walked out of Waterstones with the “Nearly definitive” Hitchhiker’s collection, spending way more than I should have!

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Books I have been gifted or bought, new or second-hand in the last week:
Spinning Silver
Tell Me a Dragon
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
The Black Prism
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Company of Liars
First Warning: Acorna's Children
The Complete Okko
The National Trust Book of Scones: 50 Delicious Recipes and Some Curious Crumbs of History

[Vinca]

Freya wrote: "Books I have been gifted or bought, new or second-hand in the last week:
Spinning Silver
Tell Me a Dragon
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
[book:The..."

Is it weird that the one I got excited about there is the scone book? I'm always after a good scone recipe :-D

[Maximum]

Freya wrote: "Books I have been gifted or bought, new or second-hand in the last week:
Spinning Silver
Tell Me a Dragon
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
[book:The..."

Me too! Except I got interested because it said "scones" and I've been eating healthy and working out for the past couple of months and every time I see a cake I go weak in the knees. :)

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Vinca wrote: "Is it weird that the one I got excited about there is the scone book? I'm always after a good scone recipe :-D ..."

It is never weird to get excited about scones - there are 50, I repeat 50 delicious sounding scones both sweet and savoury contained within! I don't know where to start!

Scott wrote: "Me too! Except I got interested because it said "scones" and I've been eating healthy and working out for the past couple of months and every time I see a cake I go weak in the knees. :) ..."

Haha I take it it would then be very cruel to describe the recipes and photograph the evidence? XD

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

I also got The Zoo: The Wild and Wonderful Tale of the Founding of London Zoo today in the post!

[Maximum]

Freya, please do share recipes. I can have scones at the weekends, as I've set them aside for being allowed beer and such :)

[Maximum]

Ok, so I got some cashback through a website and apparently I can get 13% extra on top if I take it as gift card. And I can go for a National Book Token card. I think I may be in trouble here guys because that'd give me £75 of "free" book credit to go nuts with.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Do it!!!

You can either splash out in one go, or sprinkle the book happiness over the course of a few months.

[Margo]

Ooh, that's a hard one! Make a big dent in your current wish-list or wait or wait to see what's around the corner? I love that kind of quandary 😁

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I’ve never made scones at home; I need to try. I have a recipe for Samoan pancakes I still need to try. They are very similar to scones.

[rin]

I impulse bought The Black Tides of Heaven and The Red Threads of Fortune as I saw the cover illustration for The Descent of Monsters. They were also under £3 on Kindle UK...

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

I've never heard of Samoan pancakes before!

Scones are beautifully easy to make, I'll be making some Welsh cheddar and herb ones at some point this week :)

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Scott, the Welsh cheddar and herb scones are fab. Some of my friends have the same recipe book, and just as I was leaving them today they were about to make the lemon and blueberry ones!

[Maximum]

Freya wrote: "Scott, the Welsh cheddar and herb scones are fab. Some of my friends have the same recipe book, and just as I was leaving them today they were about to make the lemon and blueberry ones!"

Mmm...how do you make them?

[Maximum]

I did it again! Oh gods I need help! **sobs piteously on the phone to BA sponsor**



The work on the book vault continues...

[Lancer, Warden of the Slums]

Looks good Scott. Glad to spot some Chris Wooding in there.

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

Scott wrote: "I did it again! Oh gods I need help! **sobs piteously on the phone to BA sponsor**



The work on the book vault continues..."

If by need help, you mean you need someone to take those off your hands.....

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Now you need a shelf dealer to support your habit.

[Vinca]

Scott wrote: "I did it again! Oh gods I need help! **sobs piteously on the phone to BA sponsor**

The work on the book vault continues..."

You've got a good supplier there, that looks like a great collection. Must have a supportive other half too 😂

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I just pre-ordered Maria Snyder’s Navigating the Stars. It’s being published in Australia.

[Maximum]

Scott wrote: "I did it again! Oh gods I need help! **sobs piteously on the phone to BA sponsor**



The work on the book vault continues..."

Everything except Ace of Skulls. The shopkeep said he's got it at home and will keep it behind the counter for me.

[Maximum]

Cupcakes & Machetes wrote: "Scott wrote: "I did it again! Oh gods I need help! **sobs piteously on the phone to BA sponsor**

The work on the book vault continues..."

If by need help, you mean you need someone to take thos..."

I think not! I haven't even finished sniffing them yet! **riffle** Aah, fresh books.

[Maximum]

Vinca wrote: "Scott wrote: "I did it again! Oh gods I need help! **sobs piteously on the phone to BA sponsor**

The work on the book vault continues..."

You've got a good supplier there, that looks like a great..."

Very supportive, yes. She helped me carry them home.

[Veronica]

Scott wrote: "I did it again! Oh gods I need help! **sobs piteously on the phone to BA sponsor**



The work on the book vault continues..."

Drat, you live in the UK. That's definitely too far for me to go to visit this little gem of a bookshop you've discovered. Though by the looks of it, you may have cleaned it out already. Awesome haul! :-)

[Maximum]

Veronica wrote: "Drat, you live in the UK. That's definitely too far for..."
They seem to get a lot of cool books in all the time. I've cleared them out a couple of times now and the books grow back like weeds! Great thing is, it's a charity shop for an animal shelter, so I get to feel all the warm fuzzies for helping small furry creatures. Last time I was there the shopkeep also made a pot of tea and gave me Ben & Jerry's ice cream, so I plan to move in I think.

[Vinca]

Scott wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Drat, you live in the UK. That's definitely too far for..."
They seem to get a lot of cool books in all the time. I've cleared them out a couple of times now and the books grow bac..."

That sounds amazing. Where is this place? Definitely want to pay a visit if I'm anywhere near!

[Maximum]

Vinca wrote: "Scott wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Drat, you live in the UK. That's definitely too far for..."
They seem to get a lot of cool books in all the time. I've cleared them out a couple of times now and the ..."

It's in Southport, about 45min train journey from Liverpool.

[Maximum]

Apparently they also have a branch in Ormskirk, nearby. I'll have to go there and see if it's as good.

[Veronica]

Scott wrote: "They seem to get a lot of cool books in all the time. I've cleared them out a couple of times now and the books grow back like weeds! Great thing is, it's a charity shop for an animal shelter, so I get to feel all the warm fuzzies for helping small furry creatures. Last time I was there the shopkeep also made a pot of tea and gave me Ben & Jerry's ice cream, so I plan to move in I think."

Well who could turn down Ben & Jerry's?

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

I wasn't meant to be buying books because, y'know sometimes a person likes to be able to afford to eat now and again, but I just somehow ended up getting La Belle Sauvage, Lud-in-the-Mist and The Girl in The Tower...

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

My comic con haul:
Peter & Wendy: A Tale of the Lost
The Crimson Campaign
Changing Wax

I had restraint.

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

Audrey wrote: "My comic con haul:
Peter & Wendy: A Tale of the Lost
The Crimson Campaign
Changing Wax

I had restraint."

Good job Audrey! I have always wondered at my own restraint if I went to con, my feeling is that it would not be good. ;)

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Considering that I also bought steampunk jewelry, nerdy car decals, a Mistborn T-shirt and lanyard, and some artwork, it was still a spending spree.

My son bought an Anduril sword, a Tardis bathrobe, some Lego figures, and a bunch of dice.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Hahahaha excellent :D

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

My son also got an exploding lemon, which is a thing in some game.

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Audrey wrote: "My son also got an exploding lemon, which is a thing in some game."

"Citrus explodes, I don't know why..." A line from a short run show called "Journeyman"

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

In September I got The Iron Jackal and The Ace of Skulls, though that one hasn’t arrived yet.

For my birthday I got The Empty Grave and with a gift card I got Oathbringer.

Then I went to a Brandon Mull book signing and got Death Weavers and Wrath of the Dragon King

Yesterday I went to the library’s annual Local Authors and You event and got a haul of books from local authors. It was great fun, and I’m excited about all the books.
Shadow of a Life
Kyle by Fire
Billy Blacksmith: The Demonslayer
Step Right Up (Sirkus av Magi)
SunRider, Book 1

[Maximum]

Yesterday I got a surprise package from Amazon, and then I squeed myself a little when I found it was Brandon Sanderson's Skyward. The book is just gorgeous!

[Kirsty, Jedi Master]

I want Skyward!! Birthday coming up, hopefully I’ll get hold of it soon <3

My most recent purchase is the illustrated Tales of Beedle the Bard. It’s stunning

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Looking forward to reading Skyward as well. One I think I preordered (twice by mistake) as soon as it was announced.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I just ordered Skyward. They were offering signed and numbered copies. How does one resist that?

[Maximum]

I guess I missed out on that by doing an Amazon preorder.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

It was in Sanderson’s newsletter. I thought they’d be out of copies, but it looks like I got one.

https://www.wellerbookworks.com/skywa...

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Nice.

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

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder and Kingdom of Ash (two rather different books...)

[rin]

I ordered The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition for Kindle back in August and it arrived last month. I'm tied up reading various titles I've not finished yet but looking forward to enjoying it.

[Maximum]

I visited **that** bookshop again today. 63 books makes for a torturous and agonising walk to the bus stop!