New Purchases - 2015 Showing 551-600 of 1,215

[Samantha A]

My last trip for probably a little while unless I start walking to the bookstore, which is a big possibility lol, but only found 3 today :(

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt (paperback)
The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates (paperback)
The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman (paperback)

[Cherie]

Samantha wrote: "My last trip for probably a little while unless I start walking to the bookstore, which is a big possibility lol, but only found 3 today :(

[book:Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savanna..."

I loved MitGoGaE!
I have the other two on my TBR list and I think The Teleportation Accident sounds hilarious!

I am glad I do not have a book store within walking distance!!!!!

[Sarah]

Just bought Maidens' Trip: A Wartime Adventure on the Grand Union Canal which is a non fiction book about the women who worked on canal boats during WWII. If my other books don't work out for the June monthly challenge, I'll read this instead.

[Samantha A]

Cherie wrote: "I loved MitGoGaE!
I have the other two on my TBR list and I think The Teleportation Accident sounds hilarious!

I am glad I do not have a book store within walking distance!!!!!"

I found them all for $1 each so I was happy! I think I might get to The Teleportation Accident after I finish The Bees

[Tasha]

I'd love to hear what you think about Teleportation once you finish. It's been on my radar for a while.

I got my box of books from BetterWorldBooks yesterday. It was so much fun opening the box and seeing the books. I forgot a few of the books I had ordered so it was a nice surprise.

I still have another shipment coming from them with these 2 to kill off a level in the series challenge:



These are the newer covers which I hope I get but I think they will be the older covers.

[Samantha A]

I ended up at the thrift store today...

The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes (hardcover)
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith/JK Rowling (hardcover)
Some Prefer Nettles by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (paperback)

[CFDeeDee]

I wanna buy something new :'(
But I have to wait till my books arrive by the mail so I can buy something different !!
And so I can post saying "My brand new books just arrived" :P

[Janice, Moderator]

I used up all my credits at Audible and got:

Hunted
Finders Keepers

Then, when I went to my library, I got a surprise sale - my choice of selected audiobooks for $4.95. I got Stone of Tymora: Forgotten Realms

[Kimberly]

Darren bought me these yesterday from Value Village:

and

[Sandra, Moderator]

I got Slaughter House 5 and Robinson Crusoe in a yard sale yesterday.

[Janice, Moderator]

I went to the library today and couldn't walk past the books for sale without taking a peek. I ended up parting with $1.00 in exchange for The Island of Eternal Love. I'm afraid I was lured in by the cover:

[Mariab]

Dawn wrote: "I'm not sure I'd say it was the best fantasy book I'd ever read but it is really good. I really liked the heroine and the world building.
I'm looking forward to the next one."

I think the second book is in the books shops already

[Mariab]

Tasha wrote: "I'd love to hear what you think about Teleportation once you finish. It's been on my radar for a while.

I got my box of books from BetterWorldBooks yesterday. It was so much fun opening the box a..."

Do You read Portugese?

[Cherie]

Not until 2016, Mariab.

[Mariab]

Sandra wrote: "I got Slaughter House 5 and Robinson Crusoe in a yard sale yesterday."

Slaughterhouse 5 is a hard one, albeit very good (5* to me)

[Tasha]

No, I don't Mariab. :)

[Mariab]

@Tasha. I only asked because one of the books you recently posted as new acquisition is in Portuguese, and so I was wondering...

[Tasha]

haha! I see now, I remember posting that cover and realizing later it was a book in portugese. I was going to change it but then thought it wouldn't get noticed! At least I know it was looked at now. ;)

[Mariab]

Tasha wrote: "haha! I see now, I remember posting that cover and realizing later it was a book in portugese. I was going to change it but then thought it wouldn't get noticed! At least I know it was looked at no..."

Someone is always watching your moves... at least in YLTO!

[Janice, Moderator]

Mariab wrote: "Someone is always watching your moves... at least in YLTO! .."

You can't get away with anything around here. LOL!

[Travis]

I suppose I better go pick up Wolves of the Calla before Janice leaves me in the dust.

[Janice, Moderator]

Is that possible, Travis? You listen at 2x speed. I listen at 1.25x.

I bought The Hot Rock on kindle and audiobook through the whispersync deal. This is my first toppler acquisition. Already kicked the "must be books I already own" rule to the curb. I guess if I impose it on myself, I can break it.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I bought some books. I'm hiding them. So shhhh, don't tell anyone else.

Havana Blue and The Summer of Dead Toys

[Sandra, Moderator]

Tasha wrote: "haha! I see now, I remember posting that cover and realizing later it was a book in portugese. I was going to change it but then thought it wouldn't get noticed! At least I know it was looked at no..."

It happened to me once when I added Seraphina and a couple of hours later a GR friends asked me if I had noticed that this one was the Russian version... I never noticed! I just loved the cover!

[Sandra, Moderator]

@Mariab, that's exactly what my daughter told me. She read it a few months ago.

[Mariab]

@Janice.
You are your own master!!

[Peggy]

I noticed too that for some reason for some books the first link is not the English one.


I bought The Chronicles of Narnia secondhand through a facebook group where I bought and sold books before, but I'm afraid I've been cheated on. It should have been sent over a week ago and take only a day to reach me, but I haven't received anything yet and the guy I bought it from is not very responsive to my questions.

[Tasha]

So I'm not the only one, Sandra? ;) Good to know! The covers I ended up getting for those 2 books were different which I did expect but hoped against.

[Lisa]

Just in case I didn't have enough books to be going on with, I bought two more:

The Fair Fight

The Buried Giant

[Kimberly]

Took a bunch of books to the used bookstore to trade them in and walked out with 60 bucks in credit and and

[Travis]

So many great new releases. I splurged and got Finders Keepers, Nemesis Games and The Fold

[Tasha]

I picked up Thunderstruck at the library book store for $1 today. I've read a bunch of larson's stuff and enjoyed them all.

[Camilla]

Travis of NNY wrote: "So many great new releases. I splurged and got Finders Keepers, Nemesis Games and The Fold"

I have The Fold on my TBR list, interested to see what you think of it.

[CFDeeDee]

Wooohooo finally my books arrived today .. I've got The Girl with All the Gifts and Poseidon's Steed: The Story of Seahorses, From Myth to Reality So happy about it .. An I've got a couple more books which did not arrive yet .. Hopefukky after 1 week or 2 !!

[Peggy]

Peggy wrote: "I noticed too that for some reason for some books the first link is not the English one.


I bought The Chronicles of Narnia secondhand through a facebook group where I bought and sol..."

Pfew, it's on its way!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Peggy wrote: "Peggy wrote: "I bought The Chronicles of Narnia secondhand through a facebook group where I bought and sol..."

Pfew, it's on its way!"

Yay! Good for toppler and challenge depending on which ones you're up to.

[Janice, Moderator]

Kimberly wrote: "Took a bunch of books to the used bookstore to trade them in and walked out with 60 bucks in credit and and "

I need to do that too. De-clutter is going to be the theme for me.

[Samantha A]

Went for a walk after school with my kids and came across 2 stores selling second hand books and a thrift store with some books.. Came away with these books and only spent $9. (3 for me, the rest for my son)

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella (mm pb)
A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie (mm pb)
Nancy Drew: The Hidden Staircase (#2) by Carolyn Keene (hb) (Somehow, out of all the books I read as a kid, I never read any Nancy Drew.. I'm going to start collecting some of them now that I'm older)
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (#1) by Jeff Kinney (pb)
Rodrick Rules (#2) by Jeff Kinney (pb)
The Last Straw (#3) by Jeff Kinney (pb)
Dog Days (#4) by Jeff Kinney (pb)
Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren (#7) by Barbara Park (pb)

[Sandra, Moderator]

Re-posting this one since I posted it in the wrong thread. :(

Bought some books for my kids' "summer box" (a box full of books my kids receive the last day of school). All of them used at amazon:

More Bears!
The Princess and the Pizza
To Kill a Mockingbird
Where's Spot?
Penny and Her Song
Dear Zoo
Splat the Cat Dreams Big
Splat the Cat: Oopsie-Daisy
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Frindle
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
Big Book of My World
The Lemonade War
Charlotte's Web
Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story
Who Could That Be at This Hour?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Have You Seen My Duckling?
Pippi Longstocking
The Giver
The Little Prince


And I bought for me A Fine Balance. I'm currently reading a copy from the library, but I HAVE to own a copy.

[Samantha A]

Sandra wrote: "Re-posting this one since I posted it in the wrong thread. :(

Bought some books for my kids' "summer box" (a box full of books my kids receive the last day of school). All of them used at amazon:
..."

Oooh that looks like a wonderful selection!!

[Travis]

My kids love brown bear brown bear. My son just learned to talk and he memorized that book and would sit dowb and read it all the time

[Travis]

And wheres spot is a favorite too

[Sandra, Moderator]

These are favorites here too, but we have always read them from the library. I decided it's time to have our own copies. Same thing as More Bears! and Dear Zoo.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Travis of NNY wrote: "My kids love brown bear brown bear. My son just learned to talk and he memorized that book and would sit dowb and read it all the time"

Isn't cute when kids that don't read memorize books?

[Janice, Moderator]

Ahh! Nancy Drew brings back fond memories.

[Mariab]

Sandra wrote: "Re-posting this one since I posted it in the wrong thread. :(

Bought some books for my kids' "summer box" (a box full of books my kids receive the last day of school). All of them used at amazon:
..."

Ah! Nice haul!
Enjoy with your kids...

[Lilisa]

Couldn't find the thread on bargain books do posting here - if anyone is interested - The Da Vinci Code is $1.99 on U.S. Amazon and Apple.

[Tasha]

Sandra, I love the 'summer box' idea!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Tasha wrote: "Sandra, I love the 'summer box' idea!"

We have done it for three years now and it worked perfectly. The kids love it.
They get another prize before school resumes if they read more than the previous summer. It's not individual, it's a team project. We call it our summer reading project.

[Tasha]

aw, fun!