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[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

I have Never Caught on audio. I’ve listened to it a couple of times.

[Pillsonista]

Aubrey wrote: "The result of the last of the sales (leastwise for this month):

Little Reunions - Eileen Chang"

Now this is a great a book. But then again, everything she writes is just so good.

[Cendaquenta]

My most recent acquisitions:
The Criminal Conversation of Mrs. Norton: Victorian England's "Scandal of the Century" and the Fallen Socialite Who Changed Women's Lives Forever (paperback bargain - managed to snag it for under £2 on Amazon)
The Strings of Murder (Kindle - Victorian Scotland supernatural murder mystery)
Testament of Youth (Kindle again - it's on the Daily Deals today for Remembrance Sunday)

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Those damn kindle specials will be the ruin of me. I don’t even bother telling y’all about what I buy from that email anymore. Lol

[Pillsonista]

BAM wrote: "Those damn kindle specials will be the ruin of me. I don’t even bother telling y’all about what I buy from that email anymore. Lol"

Oh man, if I could effectively read from an electronic device like I read from actual bound books, my bank account would never recover. It really is for my own good that I don't have a Kindle.

[Lynn, New School Classics]

I have bought a few books recently, mostly books from the Catching Up On Classics bookshelf that I have not read yet. But I did find a book in all the Amazon links, that was unique and I am excited about: My Father's Country: Story of a German Family. A young girl tells the story of her father who was a German officer before Hitler came to power. Her father participated in a plot to assassinate Hitler. The book is a look at three generations of her family.

[Kristin]

Thank you for this recommendation. I agree with other reviewers, I need to read a book about the German side of the war.

[Pillsonista]

Kristin wrote: "Thank you for this recommendation. I agree with other reviewers, I need to read a book about the German side of the war."

A wonderful book written by a German during the War is Diary of a Man in Despair by Friedrich Reck.

It's a fascinating and exceptionally moving account of one man's struggle to maintain his humanity while surrounded by barbarism, made all the more extraordinary because Reck's own natural inclination was reactionary. You'd typically expect one with his political disposition to sympathize with fascism, but his hatred and contempt for the Nazis knew no bounds, so much so that finally he was deported to Dachau where he would die only weeks before the camp was liberated.

[Rachel]

Aside from just buying a couple more Kindle books for December read alongs (Shirley and Tenant of Wildfell Hall) I am contemplating expanding my collection of antiquarian books and found four volumes in brown leather (1930's) all by the Bronte sisters. The problem, the order will come to just under £200. Do I have a book buying problem do you think?

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Pillsonista wrote: "Kristin wrote: "Thank you for this recommendation. I agree with other reviewers, I need to read a book about the German side of the war."

A wonderful book written by a German during the War is [bo..."

This one also sounds very interesting. Thank you.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Helen, I’m currently reading one about a woman who learned she was one of the children of the Lebensbern? lebensborn? It’s called Hitler’s Forgotten Children.

[Tammy]

Fresh from the library:

At Swim-Two-Birds
Nausea
Ubik

I hope to get to these really soon, but I still have a few checkouts that I haven't completed yet.

[Carol]

BAM wrote: "Those damn kindle specials will be the ruin of me. I don’t even bother telling y’all about what I buy from that email anymore. Lol"

TURN OFF THE NOTIFICATIONS, she suggests. Don't ask me how I know how problematic these temptresses are.

[Carol]

Rachel wrote: "Aside from just buying a couple more Kindle books for December read alongs (Shirley and Tenant of Wildfell Hall) I am contemplating expanding my collection of antiquarian books and found four volum..."

Problem? I call this taking action when fine opportunities present themselves

[Carol]

I obtained Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, Socialist and Scourge of Empire by Katherine Connelly.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

But but but I don’t want to turn off the notifications 🙉🙈 I’ve gotten soooo many books on my to-buy list for $2.00. It’s just that my lest is SO BIG THIS BIG
I will say that since GR changed so that it’s synced with kindle deals I haven’t bought nearly as many. I think I counted seven purchased since the change? It used to be practically one a day.

[Carol]

BAM wrote: "But but but I don’t want to turn off the notifications 🙉🙈 I’ve gotten soooo many books on my to-buy list for $2.00. It’s just that my lest is SO BIG THIS BIG
I will say that since GR changed so th..."

As long as you're happy, I'm happy, BAM! (Books on my kindle are basically lost to me when it comes time to decide what to read next, so the fact that most of them have been free or less than $2 isn't meritorious - for me, only me. YMMV)

[Lynn, New School Classics]

BAM wrote: "Helen, I’m currently reading one about a woman who learned she was one of the children of the Lebensbern? lebensborn? It’s called Hitler’s Forgotten Children."

I think I remember seeing that on a Kindle special list. She lost track of her brother? That does seems interesting, too.

[RJ - Slayer of Trolls]

I got myself a nice new edition of Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry



It's hard to see in this picture but, regrettably, the cover appears to have been be-dazzled.

[Michele]

BAM wrote: "Helen, I’m currently reading one about a woman who learned she was one of the children of the Lebensbern? lebensborn? It’s called Hitler’s Forgotten Children."

Hitler's Forgotten Children: My Life Inside The Lebensborn for the link. Looks interesting.

[ALLEN]

And let's not forget that the *Lebensborn* program figures prominently into the book and movie SOPHIE'S CHOICE.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Allen, I wasn't aware of that! That's on my TBR list.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

So I had an extra paycheck this month and instead of saving funds for the future or buying groceries, I followed Erasmus' advice and bought a plethora of books from ThriftBooks.

[Carol]

I had a great stop at my used bookstore. the following were re-homed to me:

The Pen and the Sword by Edward W. Said
The Black Swan by Thomas Mann
Some Clouds: A Hactor Belascoaran Shayne Detective Novel by Paco Ignacio Taibo II; and
Gunshot Road by Adrian Hyland

[Michele]

Carol wrote: "I had a great stop at my used bookstore. the following were re-homed to me:..."

I like that phrasing :)

[Carol]

Michele wrote: "Carol wrote: "I had a great stop at my used bookstore. the following were re-homed to me:..."

I like that phrasing :)"

I think of them like dogs who found their forever home :)

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Library book sale today $5.25 :

Atonement by Ian McEwen
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Orphan Train Kristina Baker Kline
A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter Miller

Preacher's Boy Katherine Paterson
The Devil's Arithmetic Jane Yolen
My Louisiana Sky Kimberly Willis Holt

The last three are really for my classroom. I have not read Preacher's Boy or My Louisiana Sky yet.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

You bought all of that for $5.25? Great trip!!!

[Luke]

Helen wrote: "Library book sale today $5.25 :

Atonement by Ian McEwen
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Orphan Train Kristina Baker Kline
[book:A Canticle for Leibowitz|673..."

A fellow peruser of library book sales! I salute thee.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Ok now that I have the chance...here is what I’ve invested in this past week:

From Audible:
When Paris Sizzled: The 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and Their Friends
Gold Dust Woman: A Biography of Stevie Nicks
For We Are Many
Her Pretty Face
The Judgement of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism
The Queens of Innis Lear
The Room on Rue Amélie
The Lost Queen
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
Sons of Cain: A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present
A Beautiful Poison
A Conspiracy in Belgravia
The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History


On my IPad:
From the Earth to the Moon
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - The Original Screenplay
Impeachment: An American History
Plays
Kingdom of Ash
Watchers of the Sky

From thriftbooks:
Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds
Royal Pains: A Rogues' Gallery of Brats, Brutes, and Bad Seeds
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
The Helmet of Horror: The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur
Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood
A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song
The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York
A Scandalous Life: The Biography of Jane Digby
Hugh and Bess: A Love Story
The Exchange of Princesses
Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I
Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945
The Curse of Beauty
Hot Toddy: The True Story of Hollywood's Most Sensational Murder
The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries
Edith's Story
Tories: Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War
Rembrandt's Whore
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
The Criminal Conversation of Mrs. Norton

Netgalley:
Wrath of the Gods

GR Giveaway:
Bringing Down the Colonel: A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "powerless" Woman Who Took on Washington

As y’all can see I didn’t hold back lol I spent about $60 at Thriftbooks. Most of Audible was purchased by credits or through the sale they are currently advertising. And I have to admit it felt so damn invigorating to buy all of these and the anticipation of my shipments is just eating at me. I can’t wait to find room for them all!

[Darren]

that's quite a haul there BAM!

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum catches my eye - I have Billiards at Half-Past Nine on my 2019 pile, having nearly chosen LHKB as my first by Heinrich Böll

[ALLEN]

Y'all have been getting some great stuff!
BAM, are you planning a new wing at your home?

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

I’m pretty much turning my front roo,m into a library. I recently purchased a new bookshelf, but I still need two more I think.

[Luke]

A grand haul, Bam. Baba Yaga Laid an Egg is marvelous, and I'm on the lookout for a copy of The Murder of Helen Jewett myself.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Thriftbooks May have another copy Aubrey unless you’re one of those who enjoy the hunt

[Luke]

BAM wrote: "Thriftbooks May have another copy Aubrey unless you’re one of those who enjoy the hunt"

I do enjoy the hunt. I also have a limited amount of space (two bookshelves, both doubleshelved, and under my bed), so it's best to limit my book acquiring activities to the rhythm of book sales, as I usually manage to read as much as I've bought every month.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

So what do you do with your books after you've read them then?

[ALLEN]

Good question!

[Luke]

BAM wrote: "So what do you do with your books after you've read them then?"

Stack them up by my door. When the stack gets high enough, I sell them off at a used bookstore that facilities such transactions.



I'll be bringing this bunch in once that second stack on the right reaches the height of the other one.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

NOOOOOO YOU DO NOT! You hunt down all of those magnificent reads some I’m so envious of and you don’t even keep them??!?!! Imma gonna. Ray please excuse me a moment

[Luke]

BAM wrote: "NOOOOOO YOU DO NOT! You hunt down all of those magnificent reads some I’m so envious of and you don’t even keep them??!?!! Imma gonna. Ray please excuse me a moment"

Ha. Welcome to the millennial lifestyle. Either I keep a copy of all 1500+ books I've read in my lifetime, or I have space for a bed. Besides, the store I sell my books to is much more accessible than the sales I go to, so there's always the chance some lucky customer comes across something they never expected to find for so cheap.

[Katy, Quarterly Long Reads]

Love it!

[Lynn, New School Classics]

Aubrey wrote: "BAM wrote: "NOOOOOO YOU DO NOT! You hunt down all of those magnificent reads some I’m so envious of and you don’t even keep them??!?!! Imma gonna. Ray please excuse me a moment"

Ha. Welcome to the..."
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Space is definitely an issue.

I was so excited when my family bought my first kindle for me for Christmas. I thought, "Finally, a way to have all the books I want in a small space!!" Well, I now read about half on kindle and half physical pages because my eyes just cannot take too much screen time. If something is just a "fluff" read for me I tend to get it on Kindle, or if it is free or nearly free.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

I own 8 bookshelves, a nook, an iPad, I have a kobo app and kindle app. Plus a large flor in my front room. I don't care if I carpet my room in books.

[Terris]

ALLEN wrote: "And let's not forget that the *Lebensborn* program figures prominently into the book and movie SOPHIE'S CHOICE."

Sounds interesting! Sophie's Choice is also on my TBR list. This encourages me to move it up on the list!

[Darren]

ok so, in the last month I have read 7 off my physical TBR pile and bought precisely ZERO!

so I feel justified in buying a measly 2 for the Guardian 1000 Group's December reads, namely:

Travels With My Aunt and Microserfs

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Darren! Such restraint! I’m proud of you
Yes you deserve a present

[Cendaquenta]

I just ordered my Christmas books last night, which was fun. Among them The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition.

[BAM doesn’t answer to her real name]

Oooo I bet those illustrations are to die for

[Cendaquenta]

Well, I hope so, but I won't find out for another month. 😋