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Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!*
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Book: Beyond Redemption Author: Michael R. Fletcher
Where: Thriftbooks.com
$$: USD$3.99
Challenge score: 4
Amy wrote: "Updated message 8-- 9/10-- Irish Hearts, picked up from a table at the Dr.'s office"Not the most common source of books, but good find. Did you finish it during the appointment?
if I shop our large book collection at home, does that count? I'm not sure where we got them from, though. I think I can tell if they are second hand, though. and some of them have prices written in pencil, so I know how much they cost, unless, of course they gave us another 20% off of that price.I just finished "First Dads: Parenting and Politics from George Washington to Barak Obama" by Joshua Kendall
I think Beers Books in Sacramento.
the price on the cover said $16.99, but there's no way I paid that! probably less than $5. oh, except it was a hardback. do I get a half a point at least? actually I don't know that it was second hand, maybe just deeply discounted.
The Story of Baseball, by Lawrence Ritter
Goodwill
$2 maybe?
I guess I'll count this as 1 unless people let me count the first one.
updateHow to talk so Kids can learn, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
a freebie in a box that some one was giving away
score: 2
Carol wrote: "if I shop our large book collection at home, does that count? I'm not sure where we got them from, though. I think I can tell if they are second hand, though. and some of them have prices written i..."You can only count it if you got it second hand. A book doesnt turn second hand when you read it a few times or it has been in your collection for years.
****12 Pippi in the South Seas from Astrid Lindgren bought at the local thriftstore for 0.50 eurocent.
****13 On Golden Pond from Ernest Thompson bought second hand on betterworldbooks for 5.48 dollar including shipping international.
****17 Paddeltje, de scheepsjongen van Michiel de Ruyter from Joh. H. Been bought at the local thriftstore for 1 euro.
Book: The Giant Among UsAuthor: Troy Denning
Where: online - Thriftbooks.com
$: USD$4.19
Challenge score: 5
Book #5Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Purchased from thrift store for $1-$2.
Book: Shadows of DoomAuthor: Ed Greenwood
Where: online - Thriftbooks.com
$: USD$3.99
Challenge score: 6
Book: Red Country
Author: Joe Abercrombie
Where: online - Thriftbooks.com
$: USD$8.29
Challenge score: 7
****19 The Cuckoo Clock of Doom from R.L. Stine bought at a church market for around 0,65 euro cent.
I finally finished one!!This Alien Shore, by C. S. Friedman
Bought for half price ($4, I think or thereabouts) at The Book Exchange in Missoula, Montana.
I bought it at Christmas but didn’t start it right away. It’s a long book and I started reading in mid-January for a Buddy Read (which is long over and done now!), but I was reading too many books at the same time.
1 point!
Finally finished a book I bought at the Book Exchange in Missoula,Montana! Bought for $3.99 - This Alien Shore, C. S. Friedman. 1 point!
Get your books in for the last days of this challenge! I opened a new topic for April-June, if you want to join, you are more then welcome!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I guess I'm done for this quarter, my current book doesn't qualify so I won't squeeze in a final entry. 8 used books out of 35 read so far this year isn't bad. The rest were mostly library loans and a couple of purchased-new books. See y'all next quarter. There may be a surge due to stay-at-home restrictions...
Marc wrote: "I guess I'm done for this quarter, my current book doesn't qualify so I won't squeeze in a final entry. 8 used books out of 35 read so far this year isn't bad. The rest were mostly library loans an..."Still a good score Marc! And see you in the Q2 topic!
I'm so sorry, this completely slipped my mind to update and get going for Q2 (I even have a book to put there) But here's the outcome updated at msg. 4, 10 of my used book stash read
Thank you for a new post! It reminded me that I’ve actually read 2 more of my used books: Winter Rose (I cant figure out where I got it, but it was used) and Five on Smuggler’s Top bought at a charity shop for 33p. Total score for this quarter: 3 points.
Diane wrote: "Thank you for a new post! It reminded me that I’ve actually read 2 more of my used books: Winter Rose (I cant figure out where I got it, but it was used) and Five on Smuggler’s Top bought at a char..."Hi Diane, how was The Winter Rose? Was it as good as The very enjoyable The Tea Rose?
I have no idea, Carol, because I’ve never read that one, but from the description it seems quite different. I loved Winter Rose and if you love beautiful prose, you will too. Some people fault it for the climax such as it is not really making sense, but I put that down to it being a different, very dreamlike realm, so it didn’t bother me.
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