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[Sandra]

Bought the entire Wasteland of Flint trilogy - pretty good, but left some unanswered questions - and another Benjamin January by Barbara Hambly.

[Kerry]

I haven't tried the Benjamin January books. What are they like?

Lots of good authors you've mentioned there Kathi.

[Sandra]

Kerry wrote: "I haven't tried the Benjamin January books. What are they like?

Lots of good authors you've mentioned there Kathi."

Not fantasy. A free man in New Orleans in 1800's. Detective stories. Very good.

[Kerry]

Thanks Sandra. If I ever have time...

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

It was a booking weekend for me--4 used book stores and LOTS of books, including a copy of this month's BOTM, City of Bones. My project for this afternoon is to enter them in the Library spreadsheet and shelve them...

[Ken]

Pickup a book I was looking for
Stalin's Ghost

[Ken]

pick up a couple of books yesterday

The Guns of August
Ubik

[Jim]

Ken wrote: "pick up a couple of books yesterday

The Guns of August"

Probably the best single book covering the beginning of the First World War and the amazing blunders by all the nations involved that created a four year stalemate.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Was holiday shopping and got seduced by free shipping and low prices, bought about 20 books (mostly used) for myself--now just waiting for them to arrive. Will update when I have the titles in front of me.

[Helen]

Wow, how lovely and Christmasy. And also, how I like to do Christmas shopping, I bought myself new gloves, dressing gown whilst getting something for mum.

[Sandra]

LOL, I always do buy as much for myself as I do for others! I'm flawed that way. :)

[Bill]

November acquisitions:

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan
House of Leaves
Atlas of Classical Archaeology
Star Wars: Riptide
A Fine and Private Place
Come Lady Death
The Last Unicorn
Lila the werewolf
The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird
The Autobiography of Henry VIII With Notes By His Fool Will Somers
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
My Tender Matador: A Novel
Alien Contact
Absolute Sandman Vol. 5
The Firebrand
Initiate's Trial: First Book of the Sword of the Canon
Feed
Bending the Boyne: A Novel of Ancient Ireland
Firebird
Children of Tantalus: Niobe and Pelops

[Sandra]

I just bought Catherine and The Volga Germans for my Nook. They were on sale for 2.99. Also got the used copy of Melusine that I ordered.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Kernos wrote: "November acquisitions:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

This looks interesting--I've read several novels of ancient Ireland. Might have to add this to my "looking for" list.

[Hélène]

I too added Bending the Boyne: A novel of ancient Ireland to my list! Bronze age Ireland isn't so frequently depicted.

[Shel, Moderator]

I just picked up a few used books from Shara at Calico Reaction - she's clearing out her shelves to make room for her new books and selling a bunch of the old stuff she didn't want anymore. These arrived today:

Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing
Darwin's Radio
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
and In Cold Blood

not that I'll have time to read any of them anytime soon, but I'm looking forward to all of them when I do get to them!

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

My first box of books arrived and it was mostly full of Barbara Hambly books, with one C J Cherryh, also The Sea Thy Mistress, Dreaming the Serpent Spear, and The Solaris Book of New Fantasy.

[Helen]

What Cherryh book did you get? Have you read any others besides Fortress? I'm half way through Fortress of Ice, liking Otter.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Helen wrote: "What Cherryh book did you get? Have you read any others besides Fortress? I'm half way through Fortress of Ice, liking Otter."

I've read Cherryh's Fortress series (which I liked a lot) and her trilogy based on Russian folktales (which I didn't care for at all). I'm collecting the Foreigner books and the one I just got is Destroyer. I have yet to read any of them yet.

I also got the 3 books in Dave Duncan's "The Great Game" trilogy. They came yesterday.

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

Kathi wrote: "I also got the 3 books in Dave Duncan's "The Great Game" trilogy. They came yesterday. "

It's been a long time since I've read that one, but I remember it being a lot of fun. My recollections of it are vague though.

[Hélène]

I've read Cherryh's Fortress series (which I liked a lot) and her trilogy based on Russian folktales (which I didn't care for at all)
Neither did I, they're the only books of Cherryh I never re-read. As a matter of fact, I stopped at the second one.

[Pickle]

Misery for £3.99 in Waterstones.

[Helen]

I was thinking of trying the Foreigner series next year.

[Sandra]

Helen wrote: "I was thinking of trying the Foreigner series next year."

I LOVE the Foreigner series.

[Shel, Moderator]

I only read the first Foreigner book, for our discussion a few months ago, but I loved it and definitely intend on finishing the series...someday...

[Bill]

The Foreigner series I one that I pre-order, read in a few days and then want more. Most all of Cherryh is like that for me.

[Helen]

Finished the Fortress series today, enjoyed it alot.

[Sandra]

Helen wrote: "Finished the Fortress series today, enjoyed it alot."

Yes, I love that one. Hope she writes another one of these days.

[Helen]

I'd like another too. I'd like to find out who/what the evil thing was in book 4 that seemed bigger than Hasufin.

[Kevin]

I just got Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber yesterday for $4 new.

[Ken]

Bought some books for the kids for christmas
For my oldest who is a big Toronto Maple Leaf fan
Why The Leafs Still Suck
For my Daughter
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
and for my youngest
Halo: Cryptum: Book One of the Forerunner Trilogy

[Kevin]

I just bought 1q84 for myself from Amazon along with a gift for my sister that will come on Thursday.

[Maggie]

Used up my December book budget back in October....lol. I made myself leave them in the box for the time being:

The Alchemist
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living Dead
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

and then I picked up two at the used book store:

Dreamsnake
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

and for the nook: The Mote in God's Eye

[Kevin]

Maggie wrote: "Used up my December book budget back in October....lol. I made myself leave them in the box for the time being:

The Alchemist
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
[book:The Zombi..."

Nice, hope you enjoy all the books, especially The Wind Up Bird Chronicles.

[Shel, Moderator]

I emptied out my book jar (yes, I have a change jar that's earmarked specifically for buying books...I know you all understand!) into the Coinstar machine for an Amazon gift card the other day and my goodies just arrived:

-Invader and Inheritor by Cherryh - can't wait to continue the Foreigner series
-CryoBurn, which is most definitely going to be my next read when I finish my current book!
-The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks - his stuff is fascinating!
-and What Chefs Feed Their Kids: Recipes and Techniques for Cultivating a Love of Good Food 'cause I want to raise a good little foodie!

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

I do the same thing, Shel - got a coin jar that goes into the Coinstar machine and gets turned into Amazon cash. However, I tend to spend mine on money because I get so many books for review that I very rarely buy books anymore.

Case in point: just got Lightspeed: Year One, an anthology with every single story from John Joseph Adams' award-winning online magazine. There are some AMAZING stories in this book!

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Shel wrote: "-CryoBurn, which is most definitely going to be my next read when I finish my current book!"

I need to read that soon, too! It's been languishing on the shelf.

[Laurel]

I'm quite jealous that you both have a Miles Vorkosigan book that is as yet unread. I'd give just about anything to have a new one to read!

[Sandra]

Laurel wrote: "I'm quite jealous that you both have a Miles Vorkosigan book that is as yet unread. I'd give just about anything to have a new one to read!"

Is she writing another? Does anyone know?

[Laurel]

I've heard that the next book is about his cousin?

[Maggie]

I need to get back on that series! I have only read apprentice :S

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

Yep, it's been reported that the next book is about Ivan Vorpatril. While I would love to see how the story of Miles continues (especially given the end of Cryoburn), I've been hopping up and down with excitement about finally getting an Ivan story.

[Hélène]

Is this "official", I mean about Ivan? I am hopping up and down! He looked so promising in Memory and A civil campaign...

[Laurel]

Although, I do hope that Miles makes an appearance. Any scene with Miles and Ivan is eventually going to have me in hysterics!

[Bookbrow]

I picked up the hunger games in order to read it before the hype of the movie starts.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Bookbrow wrote: "I picked up the hunger games in order to read it before the hype of the movie starts."

I'm looking for them at the used book stores but they don't stay in stock very long.

[Helen]

I read the three over New Year last year and really enjoyed them.

[Sandra]

I read the first one and found it ok, but it didn't compel me to read the next two. I guess I really don't like the premise.

[Stefan, Group Founder + Moderator (Retired)]

I just read a few reviews, and the entire premise with the new structure of the country and the competition thing just turned me off completely. I don't think I could read it just because of that.

[Nikita]

I'm planning on reading the Hunger Games as well. If you like the premise, Battle Royale was written before Hunger Games and has a similar premise. It's Japanese translated into English, I haven`t read it yet, but I`ve seen the movie based on the book and it was really good (it`s also Japanese so it`s subtitled).