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[Maximum]

Also I recently bought a new bookcase to go on my landing because I did this one time too many. It is full and I have a new haul.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

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

The price you pay for books is more than money.

[Maximum]

63 books for £55. Bargain.

[rin]

I decided to get on audiobook, especially when I saw she narrates it herself! I'm into the third chapter and loving it. x

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

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

Amazing!

[Margo]

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

Who knew reading is a form of keep fit?! Great buy but kindle books are much lighter 😄

[Maximum]

Yeah, but I need to keep in shape. I might go for a walk today - to the pub.

[Sandy]

I found some Dragonlance books that I don't have - wahoo! 5 of them - Bridges of Time Series.

[Dawn]

Scott wrote: "Also I recently bought a new bookcase to go on my landing because I did this one time too many. It is full and I have a new haul."

Scott, you just need some new furniture ;-)

[Dawn]

Finally! Lies Sleeping arrived. The last book in the Rivers of London series and the Waterstones edition has an extra short story. I'm tempted to read it first but I'm worried it might have spoilers.

[Vinca]

Dawn wrote: "Finally! Lies Sleeping arrived. The last book in the Rivers of London series and the Waterstones edition has an extra short story. I'm tempted to read it first but I'm worried it mi..."

Last as in latest or last as in he's not writing any more? I'm just reading The Hanging Tree so am a bit behind, but really enjoy the series :-)

[Paul, A wanderer in unknown realms]

Definitely latest and not last.

[Dawn]

Isn't it? I thought it was a 7 book series?

[Maximum]

Those pictures are cool :) If I were a dragon, my hoard would be books. Any gold would be spent on more books.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

I found The Lie Tree in a charity shop for £1 and a couple of local archaeology 'magazines' from a couple of years ago (actually bound and about 200+ pages) for £2 each

[Paul]

Bought Fleet of Knives on Saturday and got Gareth L. Powell to sign it for me.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Very nice, Paul!

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I found the first three Abhorsen books at the thrift store for 75 cents each.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Great haul Audrey :)

I recently bought a few, non-fiction as well as SF/Fantasy:
Pandemic 1918
Chernobyl
How to be a Tudor
Vox
Beren and Luthien

[Vinca]

Freya wrote: "Great haul Audrey :)

I recently bought a few, non-fiction as well as SF/Fantasy:
Pandemic 1918
Chernobyl
How to be a Tudor
Vox
Beren and Luthien"

I read a book on Chernobyl last year and it was fascinating.

[Cupcakes & Machetes, Hybrid Creature]

Birthday book haul:
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Rithmatist
Just One Damned Thing After Another
Dragon Bones
Dragon Blood

The sci-fi/fantasy ones anyway. ;)

[Phillip]

was my last book purchase, though I'm not enjoying it as much as



It feels like a clone of the original novel.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Good to know Vinca, I'm looking forward to it

[Sophie]

Food Wars Vol. 15.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Last night Erin Hunter (one of them) came to a local bookstore, so I got my daughter Into the Wild and Broken Pride. Since I was there, I ended up buying for myself Spinning Silver, Promise of Blood, and a pretty edition of The Princess Bride.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Picked up Mythos by Stephen Fry, Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman, and Life on Earth by David Attenborough at the supermarket today - no more book buying buy me this month as I also had a wee Amazon order a week or so ago..!

[Wayland, Ernest Scribbler]

Just read Norse Mythology recently, Freya, I loved it.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Cool! I'm looking forward to it

[Fannie]

I was sick at home last week and ended up buying three books from kobo.
Artificial Condition (loved the first one)
Ball Lightning Sneak Peek
Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

I'm loving the sound of that last one!

[CrowFox Mischief]

The Murderbot Diaries are wonderful! I'm excited that a fifth one is coming out in 2020, because I was so sure that the series had ended with the fourth one.

I can't really claim on how many books I bought since I've pre-ordered a few throughout the year :P. The most recent one that came was Middlegame. It's pretty good so far!

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

I picked up a few (history) books this weekend and got them all signed by the authors :)

Jambusters - Julie Summers
Brave Faces - Mary Arden
Histories of the Unexpected - Sam Willis & James Daybell

[Paul]

Did you go to the Chalke Valley History Festival Freya?

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Haha is it a little obvious? :D

[Paul]

Yep, just up the road from me

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Nice neck of the woods indeed. It's fast becoming a bit of a yearly fixture for me.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

The National Trust - Merlin Waterson
Traditional Puddings - Sara Paston-Williams
Witchfinders - Malcolm Gaskill
Clash of Empires - Ben Kane

2 second hand, 2 new - total of £6. A good morning's rummaging :)

[Sandy]

wow a really good morning!!!

[Matt]

Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures - Stephen Fry (Reading) (was 99p on amazon)

Limited Wish - Mark Lawrence (Read)

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes - Stephen Hawking (Reading)

All Systems Red - Martha Wells (Read)

Artificial Condition - Martha Wells (to read)

The First Discworld Novels the Colour of Magic and the Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett (to read) (was 99p on amazon)

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - Neil de Grasse Tyson (to read)

Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow - Yuval Noah Harari (to read) (was 99p on amazon)

[Vinca]

Matt wrote:
[book:A Brief History of Time: ..."

How are you getting on with A Brief History of Time? I'd like to read it (and indeed have a copy on my Kindle) but am also a little bit intimidated by it...

[Matt]

Vinca wrote: "Matt wrote:
[book:A Brief History of Time: ..."

How are you getting on with A Brief History of Time? I'd like to read it (and indeed have a copy on my Kindle) but am also a little bit intimidated..."

I have only read the foreword and first chapter but so far it feels easy to read but hasn't got to the "sciencey stuff" yet...I don't think.

I have put it aside a little till I finish Heroes or Ready Player One as I don't like to be the headspace of more than two books at a time. I can update once I get into it more if you want?

[Vinca]

I'd definitely be curious to see what you think of it once you're a bit further in, though I suspect at some point I need to just bite the bullet and start it :-)

[Matt]

Vinca wrote: "I'd definitely be curious to see what you think of it once you're a bit further in, though I suspect at some point I need to just bite the bullet and start it :-)"

I have just finished chapter 4 and it is very readable but does bring many concepts and theories in quickly: relativity, quantum mechanics, theories of everything, gravity and more.

It explains mostly everything but it demands your whole attention to wrap your head around everything.

Good so far, have a go with it, it is super interesting.

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

I just splurged on an autographed hardback copy of The Sword of Summer. It’s in pristine condition, so I think I’ll put it on the shelf and never touch it again.

I THINK I read A Brief History of Time (I know I saw the documentary), and if I remember correctly, it was quite accessible; not all technical stuff.

[rin]

Dropped a book off at the Oxfam bookstore 5 minutes on foot from my workplace ... and left with:






These are authored by writers whose other books I read some of when I was a teenager.

[Matt]

@Audrey that cover is fantastic!

Meditations (Read)
Zen in the Art of Writing (To Read)
Notes from Underground (To Read)
Gorgias (To Read)
Beyond Good and Evil (To Read)
The Three-Body Problem (To Read)
The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life (Read)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (To Read)

I enjoy buying books faster than I can read them... please help.

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Hahaha standard problem Matt!

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

I've been gifted:
Flying Witch Vol. 6
Flying Witch Vol. 7
No Dream is too High by Buzz Aldrin
Red Sky at Night by Jane Struthers

And I bought:
Heroes by Stephen Fry
To Hold the Bridge by Garth Nix

[Audrey, Queen of the Potato People]

Freya wrote: “I’ve been gifted:
Flying Witch Vol. 6
Flying Witch Vol. 7
No Dream is too High by Buzz Aldrin
Red Sky at Night by Jane Struthers

And I bought:
Heroes by Stephen Fry
To Hold the Bridge by Garth Nix”

Very nice.

[Amy]

Just had my hard copy delivered :). The 2nd hand purchase was cheaper than kindle and my library doesn't have it. Looks beautiful, with inserts I'm sure wouldn't have looked half as good digitally. Ok, I feel justified breaking my 99p rule now, just hope it was worth it.