What have you purchased? - 2020

[Sarah]

I bought Lab Girl as it was only 99p and is looking promising as being one of next month's group reads.

[Roz]

I'm trying not to buy a lot this year. If I can borrow it and it isn't too long, I figure I'll go that route. But if it's long or not available to me, I'll consider a buy.
So since January I've bought:

Lexicon (fits the Yearlong)
One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg (fits the Yearlong)
When I Was You (fits the Yearlong)
Thief River Falls
One Word Kill (fits the Yearlong)
Penmarric
Bake It Like You Mean It: Gorgeous Cakes from Inside Out (loved the cover cake)

[Janice, Moderator]

I picked up some books that I'll read in March:


The Tell-Tail Heart
Golden Fool
The Mercies - I'm looking forward to reading this since I'll be going to Norway in August.

[Margo]

Roz, that's some haul! Penmarric holds fond memories. I loved Susan Howatch when I was a teen.

Janice, The Mercies sounds so good! Looking forward to reading your thoughts.

[Jayme, Moderator]

I preordered The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. love Erik Larson. This is my most expensive book purchase of the year.

Mu mom and I swap books. When she gets a pile she'll send me a box and vice versa. What I received recently:
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
The Far Field
Beyond the Point
The Lost Girls of Paris

[Roz]

Jayme wrote: "I preordered The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. love Erik Larson. This is my most expensive book purchase of the ye..."

I liked The Lost Girls of Paris. Gave it 4 stars. Actually I like anything Historical Fiction.

[Sarah]

Janice wrote: "I picked up some books that I'll read in March:


The Tell-Tail Heart
Golden Fool
The Mercies - I'm looking forward to reading this since I'll be going ..."

Just added The Mercies to my wishlist. Oooh, you'll have an amazing time. Norway is on my list of places to go.

[Janice, Moderator]

Sarah wrote: "Just added The Mercies to my wishlist. Oooh, you'll have an amazing time. Norway is on my list of places to go. ."

We're doing a cruise and visiting 4 fjords. We embark the cruise in Copenhagen. When we get back, we may tour around Denmark and possibly Sweden. I'm going with my sister, brother-in-law, and a close family friend.

I just read a book, The Good Hawk set in mythical Scotland and Norway, and now I'm going to read another book set in Norway with a Scottish character.

[Kristie, Moderator]

There is a % off member sale starting in the US. If you check your wishlist, some of your titles may be on sale. I just picked up Lethal Bayou Beauty for $5.95.

[Peggy]

Norway is beautiful Janice!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Here's the link for the Audible sale, if anyone is interested. It's a bunch of series and I think usually the first three books. https://www.audible.com/ep/series-sta...

[Kristie, Moderator]

I picked up a few more in the Audible sale.

Swamp Sniper - I now have the first 3 in the series. :)

I haven't started these series yet, but I own the others, so figured I'd wrap up the trilogies. I hope I like them all!
The Toll
Morning Star
Ruin and Rising

My husband really enjoyed 44 Scotland Street, so I grabbed the next two in the series for him.
Espresso Tales
Love Over Scotland

[Janice, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "There is a % off member sale starting in the US. If you check your wishlist, some of your titles may be on sale. I just picked up Lethal Bayou Beauty for $5.95."

Groan! I still have $5.05 left of my coupon at Audible, but there are so many choices! What to buy. What to buy. What I like about this sale is that it's not just the first book in the series. I already have way too many of those.

[Janice, Moderator]

Peggy wrote: "Norway is beautiful Janice!"

That's what I hear. I've downloaded an app to teach me to speak Norwegian. LOL! I'm having fun with it.

[~Annaki~]

I just found The Sealwoman's Gift for £1 on ebay, so bought it, as I have not been able to get it from the library.

[Sarah]

Janice wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Just added The Mercies to my wishlist. Oooh, you'll have an amazing time. Norway is on my list of places to go. ."

We're doing a cruise and visiting 4 fjords. We embark the cruise in..."

Sounds fab!

[Roz]

I just bought The Last Moriarty for $0.99. I needed something with a musical instrument on it.

[Margo]

there's also an audible UK BOGOF. I picked up;

The Woods, Stay Close, The Confession and for Pete, Hope for the Best.

[Janice, Moderator]

Roz wrote: "I just bought The Last Moriarty for $0.99. I needed something with a musical instrument on it."

That's a cool cover! Funny, the books we buy because they fit a task.

[Cherie]

Janice wrote: "Roz wrote: "I just bought The Last Moriarty for $0.99. I needed something with a musical instrument on it."

That's a cool cover! Funny, the books we buy because they fit a task."

I agree with the cover. Where did you get it for 99 cents. Roz? I have it on my TBR list, though not for the cover.

[Cherie]

Oh, Kindle. I bought and . When AmyK yells at me for using her Kindle account, I will tell her that you made me do it, Roz. :o)
(Barnes & Nobel did not have them.)

[Peggy]

I picked up Rode sneeuw in december. It's by a Dutch author who writes historical fiction set in the Netherlands and I've been wanting to try her books for a while.

[Roz]

Cherie wrote: "Oh, Kindle. I bought and . When AmyK yells at me for using her Kindle account, I will tell her that you made me do ..."

Actually I got an alert from Amazon about the second book. So I just checked to see if there was a deal on the first as well and there was. I get deal alerts from BookBub and Early Bird Books as well. Early Bird Books directs you to different distributers including Barnes and Nobel, not just Amazon so that would be good for Nook users.

You can blame me any time Cherie. It's for a good cause. ; )

[Cherie]

Just kidding, Roz. She pays for the Kindle books and I pay for the Audible books. We share. She has been reading the new Nora Roberts books. As long as I do not start reading or listening to one she has already started, she does not yell at me. ;o)

[Peggy]

Every year there's a 'Gift a book' thing where a children's picture book and a regular children's book are for sale in all bookstores for only €2. The idea behind it is that all children should read and deserve books, and when they're only €2, people will be more inclined to buy them, or perhaps even schools will buy them for all the children.

I came across this today, and this year's book is Koning van Katoren (also translated to English:How to Become King), which I know I loved as a child, but which I also haven't read in at least 25 years. So of course I picked it up! I'll gift it to my nephew when he's a bit older :)

Also, at 176 pages it just makes the challenge cut-off ;-)

[Janice, Moderator]

I succumbed to the Audible sale.


24 Hours
A Local Habitation
An Artificial Night
The Limehouse Text
Murder at Half Moon Gate

I also got The Tales of Beedle the Bard which is a free pre-order on Audible. It's a novella due out March 31.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Janice wrote: "I also got The Tales of Beedle the Bard which is a free pre-order on Audible. It's a novella due out March 31."

I also grabbed this one.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I just got a few books in the mail I ordered in January. I am now banned from buying books:
The Disciple of Las Vegas
Grass for His Pillow
The Red Pole of Macau
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling last of #authorsforfireys purchase, and the books is decorated and painted by the author, and signed, and a letter.

And then the guy with the books thing at work interrupted a meeting I was in to shove a book at me, and say "This is for you" and then disappeared... everyone else was jealous that someone interrupts my meetings to gift me books:
Into Bones like Oil

[Margo]

Haha, I wish someone had interrupted my meetings to give me books!

I love those titles, especially the Dumpling book ;-)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

The title won me over completely. There is a lot of power in a good dumpling!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "everyone else was jealous that someone interrupts my meetings to gift me books."

Who wouldn't?????

[Lilisa]

Rusalka wrote: "I just got a few books in the mail I ordered in January. I am now banned from buying books:
The Disciple of Las Vegas
Grass for His Pillow
[book:The Red Pole of Macau|1..."

Uuhh, two Ava Lee ones, yes!

[uncomfytomato]

I just ordered a list of books from my amazon,

The Dream Thieves

Tunnel of Bones

To Kill a Kingdom

Dig

I'm very excited I should be getting it within a week

[Margo]

I picked up Best Seller on kindle UK today - apparently she is "the new Steven King"! Now where did I hear that before LOL

[Kristie, Moderator]

I’m not sure why we need a “new Stephen King.” We still have the original one (and a Joe Hill too!).

[Janice, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "I’m not sure why we need a “new Stephen King.” We still have the original one (and a Joe Hill too!)."

Love this comment!

[Margo]

Me too Kristie!

[uncomfytomato]

I'm so happy! I just got a hold of my favourite author's signed book its her latest work Deeplight

and a special illustrated edition of my favourite book Howl's Moving Castle

its so pretty! have a look https://www.foliosociety.com/row/howl...

I never had a physical copy since i never liked the cover, it looks god awful, I'm so excited!

GAAAAAH I finally found a new site that delivers to my country and they have signed books section too! :)

[Renee]

Bash I love Howls moving castle. It is also one of my favorites

[Margo]

I bought The Murmur of Bees last night for the montly read.

[Sarah]

I keep forgetting to post my audible purchases here for some reason. I think because I get one book a month in my subscription, I don't see it as buying a book. Haha! I just purchased Mastering Stage Presence: How to Present to Any Audience (as my application to speak at the convention I mentioned has been accepted so now I need to get ready for it) and How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. Now I have my car, I'm listening to my audiobooks more so I'm whipping through them much quicker than before which is nice.

[uncomfytomato]

Renee wrote: "Bash I love Howls moving castle. It is also one of my favorites"

Yes!!! :D I'm glad I got this edition its so pretty, I'll reread it for the 3rd time once I get the book

[Margo]

I picked th8s up in a kindle UK deal today Sorry Not Sorry .

It sounds fun and the narration is good AND there is a task in the annual challenge to read a book with with a champagne flute on the cover 😆

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I have just purchased The True Story of Hansel and Gretel for the buddy read starting on 15th March.

[Janice, Moderator]

Margo wrote: "I picked th8s up in a kindle UK deal today Sorry Not Sorry .

It sounds fun and the narration is good AND there is a task in the annual challenge..."

Except that's not a champagne flute. :(

[Margo]

Janice wrote: "Margo wrote: "I picked th8s up in a kindle UK deal today Sorry Not Sorry .

It sounds fun and the narration is good AND there is a task in the an..."

Oh no, that's the long, skinny one isn't isn't it? You'd know I'm not a drinker LOL

[Janice, Moderator]

Long skinny one. Yes.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I picked up Life and Other Inconveniences from Audible's daily deal.

[Margo]

I bought Fallen Angel on todays audible uk deal.

[uncomfytomato]

I just purchased my first audiobook!

I noticed that my listening skills are terrible and I prefer reading since I process the information well.

Time to practice!