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[Bill]

Hope you are feeling better, Tani.

[Ken]

Picked up a couple of books this week
Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Talents
A World Out of Time

[Tani]

Kernos wrote: "Hope you are feeling better, Tani."

Much better, thank you! :)

[Ken]

Picked up some books. The first two Devvery books.
If they are readable then I will end up getting the rest

Daggerspell
Darkspell

Been looking for this for a while
It's out of print and I have seen several used copies but every single copy has a severe case of broken spine. This was the best one out of the bunch
King Kelson's Bride
I have and read this one as an ebook but wanted a physical copy
It was in the remaindered section
Ancillary Sword

Hide Me Among the Graves

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

I read the Deryni books a long time ago and still have a few on my shelf that I have not read. Another series I should get back to reading.

[Ken]

Went to a book launch party for Robert J. Sawyers latest venture.
Of course I picked up a copy and had it signed
Quantum Night

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Ken wrote: "Went to a book launch party for Robert J. Sawyers latest venture.
Of course I picked up a copy and had it signed
Quantum Night"

Of course you did. :)

[Ken]

Heh
It wasnt all cookies and ice cream
We got woloped with a snow storm that night.
Ended up making a wrong turn and walked a couple of blocks before I realised I had made a wrong turn.
I lucked out because I lived in the area when I first moved here
so I had a good idea where I was and it was still sorta on my way home.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Ken wrote: "Heh
It wasnt all cookies and ice cream
We got woloped with a snow storm that night.
Ended up making a wrong turn and walked a couple of blocks before I realised I had made a wrong turn.
I lucked ..."
Adventures in Book Buying, a new series!

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Picked up a mystery by an author from my hometown, a thriller, and 2 books in the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness while browsing in a used book store near the hotel where I'm staying. Got back to the hotel before the snow started--yay me!

[Ken]

Went out today to get some coffee beans, wandered in a bookstore and came up with this
Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World

[Ken]

Picked up a couple of books yesterday
The Eternal Champion: Book 1 of Erekosë Trilogy
Phoenix in Obsidian
The Dragon in the Sword: Book 3 of Erekosë Trilogy

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Ordered: The Forest Laird: A Tale of William Wallace
The Renegade: A Tale Of Robert The Bruce
Dragon's Treasure
Death of an Empire
All 4 books of The Sharing Knife by Lois McMaster Bujold
Tactics of Mistake--to replace the falling-apart copy I currently have but can't really read because the pages keep falling out.

[Ken]

On a bender this week. That will be that for a while I think
Something coming out in May and a couple of books that are part of a series I am reading that I will need to get to later on
The Knight of the Swords
The Queen of the Swords
The King of the Swords
The Bull and the Spear
The Oak and the Ram
The Sword and the Stallion:
The Warlord of the Air
The Land Leviathan
The Steel Tsar
An Officer and a Spy
Caliban's War
Smoke and Mirrors
Smoke and Ashes

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Ken wrote: "On a bender this week. That will be that for a while I think
Something coming out in May and a couple of books that are part of a series I am reading that I will need to get to later on
[book:The K..."

On a bit of a Moorcock spree, I'd say.

[Ken]

Except for three, they were all picked up at the discount book store.
I have all the rereleased Elric books, I noticed these last week. I went back this week and picked them all up.

[Ken]

The weather this week has been exceptional. So I pulled out my bicycle and started to go for rides to get back in shape. Man this winter has been terrible. I totally fell off my diet and exercise regime so clothes are tighter and lots of huffing puffing and weasing.
I was riding and passed a book store.
Had to check it out
Bought Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
I am a sucker for Rome and Caesar books.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

I don't have the good excuse of a bike ride to get back into shape. I just sat at my computer and binged during the latest sale at Better World Books.
Blue Labyrinth
Crown of Renewal
Heritage of Cyador
The Bone Tree
Geomancer
The Bloody Cup
Dragon's Child
Hunting with Gods
Blood of Dragons
People of the Morning Star
The Empty Throne
The Incrementalists
The High Druid's Blade
Witch Wraith
The Long Mars

King Arthur and Merlin stories are my weakness, and all the books were on my "looking to buy" list.

[Ken]

ooohhhh The Incrementalists. It's a pretty good book. I hear there is a sequel.

I bought another book yesterday, This was something specific I went to get. Been hearing some good things and since it's opening day today I picked up The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports

[Ken]

Been looking for some Perry Rhodan books. When I was a kid we used to visit my Aunt and Uncle, on the way was a lonely bookstore in the middle of nowhere. They had tons of the Perry Rhodan books but I never dipped my toe. At work an associate there was reading the first one. Got me thinking that I should try and locate them. So I targeted the first 10 books.
I bought the first online, ABEBooks, in Dec. Finally after some luck. Picked up 8 more in the intervening months
Galactic Alarm
Invasion from Space
The Vega Sector
The Secret Of The Time Vault
The Galactic Riddle
Fortress of the Six Moons
Quest through space and time
Ghosts of Gol

Only missing one book. Book two. I count myself lucky with locating these ones locally. Still looking for the first ten Doc Savage books. No such luck with those

[Ken]

Went for a little bike ride today. About 20K there and back total. The object of the ride was to visit a bookstore. The things I do to not go to one of the big box book stores. Ha
Beautful day, rode somewhere I had never rode before.
Picked up a couple of books
So You Think You Know Baseball?: A Fan's Guide to the Official Rules
Epiphany: A Christian's Change of Heart & Mind over Same-Sex Marriage

[Ken]

Went to the movies last night. Ran into the manager of the SF bookstore I frequent. She reminded me she had a book saved for me.
Today went for a bike ride to the store to pick it up
Children of Earth and Sky
Drawn Blades
Darkened Blade

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Ken wrote: "Went to the movies last night. Ran into the manager of the SF bookstore I frequent. She reminded me she had a book saved for me.
Today went for a bike ride to the store to pick it up
[book:Children..."

I didn't know Kay had a new book out. Just added it to my "to buy" list.

[Shel, Moderator]

Kathi wrote: "I didn't know Kay had a new book out. Just added it to my "to buy" list."

I knew it was coming out, but didn't know it was released! Kay is one of the few authors whose books I automatically buy. I will probably wait for the paperback, though.

I just picked up Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography, which I'm kind of excited about - I have always adored the Little House books and wondered how much of the actual history was condensed/modified/left out to make it friendly to younger readers.

[Ken]

Kathi wrote: "I didn't know Kay had a new book out. Just added it to my "to buy" list.."

it was released this week. I am waiting for November to read it.

[Ken]

Picked up a baseball book.
I was browsing a couple of weeks ago and stumbled on it. I told myself I wasnt going to buy it. Today, weak from no sleep, I hopped on my bike and rode about 10k (6 miles or so) one way and bought it.
When I paid for it the cashier mentioned the price
I didnt even look at it, It was $40 CDN. I would of bought it
anyway but still, whew, pricey
The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team

[Ken]

Picked up Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

I have been hypnotized by this book. Keep seeing it. I wasnt going to buy it but it looks interesting

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Excited to be ordering books by authors I know, Last Song Before Night by Ilana C. Myer and Taking Hope & The Twelve by James K Burk.

[Shel, Moderator]

Kathi wrote: "Excited to be ordering books by authors I know, Last Song Before Night by Ilana C. Myer and Taking Hope & The Twelve by James K Burk."

Yay! I still haven't gotten my hands on Taking Hope but you'll definitely enjoy the other two :)

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Shel wrote: "Yay! I still haven't gotten my hands on Taking Hope but you'll definitely enjoy the other two :)

I had Taking Hope as a .pdf that Jim sent me before it was published but it seems to have disappeared from my files. I couldn't find it so I decided to get the finished product in paperback to go with my copy of High Rage. And I am embarrassed that I haven't gotten Ilana's book before now, but now is better than never.

[Ken]

Picked up a couple of books over the last month

Jerusalem
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Grass

[Jarek "the Mistborn"]

The final empire
Well of ascension
The hero of ages
Alloy of law
Shadows of self
Bands of mourning
Emperors soul
Warbreaker
Half a king
Half a world
Half a war
Six of crows

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Just sent in a big order to Better World Books:
The Guardian by Jack Whyte
Beyond the Ice Limit by Douglas Preston
Death on Blackheath by Anne Perry
Blood on the Water by Anne Perry
Crimson Shore by Douglas Preston
Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson
Chimaera by Ian Irvine
Bloodfire Quest by Terry Brooks
Cyador's Heirs by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Steles of the Sky by Elizabeth Bear
Skin Game by Jim Butcher
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
The Empty Kingdom by Elizabeth Wein
The Lion Hunter by Elizabeth Wein
The Sunbird by Elizabeth Wein
Alchymist: A Tale Of The Three Worlds by Ian Irvine
A Coalition of Lions by Elizabeth Wein
The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein
Shattered Pillars by Elizabeth Bear

[Ken]

Picked up a couple non genre books today
Dictator
and
Ahead of the Curve: Inside the Baseball Revolution

[Ken]

Went to the bookstore to pick up some Christmas gifts for the kids.
I always get them a book. As I was looking came across a book for me.
Picked up TV (The Book): Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time

[Ken]

Picked up a couple of books
Farthing
Ha'penny
There Will Be Time

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

I belong to another group here at GoodReads and they read fantasy series. For 2017, they are starting with 2 series I have not read, even though I own most of the books, and so I used my Amazon gift card credit and bought League of Dragons (Temeraire) and Heir to Sevenwaters, Seer of Sevenwaters, and Flame of Sevenwaters (Sevenwaters) to complete the series. Early holiday gift to myself!

[Maggie]

I have recently picked up a few with the credits I had at SFBC, I got Jerusalem, Crosstalk, and The Blood Mirror
at the library sale, I got Carthage, The Children's Book and The Girl with All the Gifts

[Kammera]

I went to a garage sale late summer. I picked up the original LIFE magazine featuring John Glenn on the cover.

[Ken]

Kathi wrote: "I used my Amazon gift card credit and bought League of Dragons (Temeraire)."

I have read the first five books and enjoyed them

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Ken wrote: "Kathi wrote: "I used my Amazon gift card credit and bought League of Dragons (Temeraire)."

I have read the first five books and enjoyed them"

Good to know.

[Ken]

My son listened to me and bought me a nice book
Marcus Agrippa: Right-hand Man of Caesar Augustus

Something I was looking at but the price made me think twice about it.
My daughter also got me a $25 amazon card.

[Shel, Moderator]

Got two books from my husband that I'm very excited about: The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (any other food science nerds here?) and Children of Earth and Sky, the newest one from Guy Gavriel Kay.

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Shel wrote: "Got two books from my husband that I'm very excited about: The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science (any other food science nerds here?) and [book:Children of Earth and Sky..."
Ooh, I didn't know Kay had a new book out. Adding to my wish list!

[DivaDiane]

My husband surprised me with a book by William Shatner: "Leonard: My Fifty-year Friendship with a Remarkable Man" I hope it's good.

[Ken]

Diane wrote: "My husband surprised me with a book by William Shatner: "Leonard: My Fifty-year Friendship with a Remarkable Man" I hope it's good."

I follow Robert J. Sawyer on Facebook and he pointed out that it was on sale yesterday at Kobo. He also enjoyed the book

[Ken]

Picked up a couple of books with some Christmas money yesterday
Nemesis Games
The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers' Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse

[Ken]

Kathi wrote: "Ooh, I didn't know Kay had a new book out. Adding to my wish list!."
Last May I believe

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

Ken wrote: "Last May I believe"
well, that's still pretty new.

[Shel, Moderator]

A few students gave me Amazon gift cards as holiday gifts, so I spent them on some nonfiction I've been meaning to read:
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places
Salt: A World History