New Purchases - 2015 Showing 951-1,000 of 1,215

[Canadian Dragon]

Just bought by Naomi Novik She wrote the Temeraire novels. It is about magic and I am a sucker for magic. She is a fantastic writer of fantasy

[Travis]

I've heard good things on that book Tasha

[Cherie]

I just bought the three Green Town books by Ray Bradbury for my Nook. Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Farewell Summer

[Janice, Moderator]

My free pre-order of Locke & Key Slipcase Set from Audible came through today.

I was shopping at Costco today. Imagine my surprise at the till to find Library of Souls in my cart. I have no idea how it got there! :)

[Travis]

Anathem. $1.99 for kindle. 3.99 to add audio

[Kristie, Moderator]

I just picked up Orhan's Inheritance through the Audible daily deal.

[Janice, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "I just picked up Orhan's Inheritance through the Audible daily deal."

I debated on that one, Kristie. But, I decided to hold off. If it comes up in a future sale, I may consider it.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Someone nominated it for a BOM in another group and another member commented that it was an amazing book and she didn't know why it hadn't gotten more attention when it came out. I had never heard of it before. So, when I saw it on sale, I thought why not?

[Samantha A]

Some more purchases since my last post. Going through some serious life stuff right now, so buying books makes me feel better.

The X Files: Ruins by Kevin J Anderson
The X-Files: Antibodies by Kevin J Anderson
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Home by Marilynne Robinson
Among Others by Jo Walton
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusack
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The X-Files: Ground Zero by Kevin J Anderson
Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
It's Not The End Of The World by Judy Blume
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
The X-Files: Fight the Future by Elizabeth Hand
Gemini by Carol Cassella
Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews
Poltergeist by James Kahn
Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie
The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
Lethal by Sandra Brown
Rapture by Susan Minot
Slam by Nick Hornby
Woman Hollering Creek: And Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros
Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou
How They Met, and Other Stories by David Levithan
Paradise by Toni Morrison
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolick
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Psycho House by Robert Bloch
The Guy Not Taken: Stories by Jennifer Weiner
Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene
The Secret of Red Gate Farm by Carolyn Keene
Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber
Sati by Christopher Pike
Snowblind by Christopher Golden
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
Before We Met by Lucie Whitehouse
Before I Go to Sleep by S J Watson
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Affinity by Sarah Waters
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Black Girl/White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Mercy by Jodi Picoult
George by Alex Gino
Between a Heart and a Rock Place by Pat Benatar
Blockade Billy by Stephen King
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy by Judd Apatow
Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin by Kathy Griffin
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender

[Samantha A]

And I normally don't post about my e-book purchases, but i'd figure i'd post the last couple since some were suggestions by people here :)

Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
I Can't Think Straight by Shamim Sharif
Starting From Scratch by Georgia Beers
Empress of the World by Sara Ryan
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

[Lisa]

Wow! That is quite the haul Samantha! You picked up some great books there.

[Cherie]

I am not sure I can forgive whom ever posted that NOS4A2 was on sale for Nook and Kindle for $1.99! Who can resist? Obviously, not me!
So, 14 books later, I forced myself to quit shopping. Most of the books I bought were already on my TBR list, but there are several more 1st in series books now too.

[Bella]

Cherie wrote: "I am not sure I can forgive whom ever posted that NOS4A2 was on sale for Nook and Kindle for $1.99! Who can resist? Obviously, not me!
So, 13 books later, I forced myself to quit shopping. Most of ..."

Oh, that was me who mentioned that NOS4A2 was on sale. Sorry. I've done that too, though. Gone to buy one ebook on sale and ended up with a bunch. If you could buy used ebooks that were priced like used books, I don't know how I could control myself. Space and money are the only things restraining me from buying thousands of books a year.

[Janice, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "I am not sure I can forgive whom ever posted that NOS4A2 was on sale for Nook and Kindle for $1.99! Who can resist? Obviously, not me!
So, 13 books later, I forced myself to quit shopping. Most of ..."

I think there's a good whispersync deal with that book too. Kate Mulgrew is phenomenal in her narration - highly recommended.

[[deleted user]]

I went to Waterstones yesterday. I had in my head that I must go to the bookstore as I hadn't been for ages. I buy most of my books online and now I know why! OMG, how expensive!! I am surprised the high street book stores are still around! I only bought two books in the end, Dorothy Must Die and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and that was only because they were on sale.

[Cherie]

Oh good grief, it looks like Amy already bought the Audible book, Janice. Oh, well, now we have both!

edited: So she says to me: "why didn't you buy it on Kildle? Then we could have Whispersync too!" Picky.

[Lisa]

I picked up:

The Lifeboat

An Ember in the Ashes

[Lisa]

I bought A Little Life which is predicted to win the Man Booker Prize tonight. It sounds like it will be a harrowing, depressing read.

[Tasha]

Many people I know who have read it loved it. I'm am so glad there is another cover for it now, I hated the first cover.

[[deleted user]]

I have A Little Life too Lisa. Not sure when I am going to get around to it though but it does sound very interesting.

[Lisa]

Anna wrote: "I have A Little Life too Lisa. Not sure when I am going to get around to it though but it does sound very interesting."

I'm not sure when I will get to it either. It's quite a chunkster by the looks of it. I had no idea it was so long until I looked at the page count here on Goodreads.

[Lisa]

Tasha wrote: "Many people I know who have read it loved it. I'm am so glad there is another cover for it now, I hated the first cover."

That's good to hear Tasha :) I'm not sure what the first cover was like, is it this one with the guy on the front?

[CFDeeDee]

I found this little book shop near by, most of the books were used and old, but I found pretty good titles, The Da Vinci Code, The Summons, The King Of Torts in a hard cover! How cool is that? They were all in half price and a discount too!
From the bookfair I've got The Litigators
Nice collection for the holiday I guess !

[Lisa]

CFDeeDee wrote: "I found this little book shop near by, most of the books were used and old, but I found pretty good titles, The Da Vinci Code, The Summons, [book:The King Of Torts|832626..."

Sounds like you got a bargain CFDeeDee! :)

[CFDeeDee]

Yeah .. They're in a good condition too :D
I guess I'll return back there every now and then

[Sarah]

I just bought Last Argument of Kings so now I have the full trilogy. Let's hope I like it! I also bought Crashing Heaven for a bit of cyberpunk.

[Sarah]

I also bought The Darwin Elevator as it was only 99p and I remember Cherie's status updates from when she read the series.

[Janice, Moderator]

I got The Queen of the Tearling and The Invasion of the Tearling for $1.99 on iBooks. Apparently, the offer is available on Kindle and Kobo too according to Book Bub.

[Cherie]

Bella wrote: "If you could buy used ebooks that were priced like used books, I don't know how I could control myself. Space and money are the only things restraining me from buying thousands of books a year..."

I agree, Bella. If I could only read what I already have and get rid of them, I would be happy, but I keep getting more.

[Bella]

Cherie, do you have a getting rid of books problem, too? We're thinking of moving in the next few years to places where it's more expensive. So we are going to have to downsize. Which means getting rid of some, small, tiny part of my book collection, I guess.

So my husband pulls a book off the shelf and said, "Didn't you hate this book? I think you said it was a zero star book and that the author was a talentless hack. So, why don't you go through your books and put all the ones you hated into a box and I'll drop them off at the library."

I kind of freaked out and he didn't understand why. "Why would you want to keep books you hate?"

"Because they're my books." (I may have screeched at him and stomped off.)

[Kristie, Moderator]

I have a small "library" in my house now due to having that same problem, Bella.

[CFDeeDee]

We all do that .. If only I could exchange the ones I didn't like for other books .. Then I don't mind ..

[Sandra, Moderator]

Bella, I usually pass the books to people I think might like them. The rest I put in one of the 4 free little library we have in the area.

And for the books you still didn't read, you might do a personal 2016 challenge for reading them. ;)

[Mariab]

Bella wrote: "I kind of freaked out and he didn't understand why. "Why would you want to keep books you hate?" "Because they're my books." (I may have screeched at him and stomped off.) ..."

Totally understandable. If someone suggested that to me, I would give him or her the evil eye (after all, hoarding is an inborn trace, not ingrained ;-)))... )

[Cherie]

Bella, I don't have a problem getting rid of books I didn't like. I do have a problem giving up the ones I loved. I donate my books to my library to raise money for new books when I can bring myself to part with them. Some I give to people to read and tell them to pass them on.
Easy to do with printed books, but the ebooks live on in my archive. I do reread them sometimes.

[Sarah]

I just treated myself to a few books for my birthday. So far i have bought Sandman Slim, The Twelve and Leviathan Wakes.

[Mariab]

Sarah wrote: "I just treated myself to a few books for my birthday. So far i have bought Sandman Slim, The Twelve and Leviathan Wakes."

YAY! Enjoy. Best gift ever
(in my experience, reader's friends never have the "bright" idea of giving books as gifts... They rack their brains thinking, what were a good gift for you, but they never see the obvious... Therefore, we must treat ourselves appropriately )

[Bella]

Mariab wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I just treated myself to a few books for my birthday. So far i have bought Sandman Slim, The Twelve and Leviathan Wakes."

YAY! Enjoy. Be..."

People know I love to read and want to buy me books, but they're afraid to. They don't know what I've already read and are scared they'll get stuff I've already read. I'm amazed that no one thinks, "Gift certificates."

[Sarah]

I agree Mariab and Bella. A voucher to spend on books would be perfect.

[Peggy]

I usually ask for specific books or a books gift card if people ask me what I want for my birthday, but I get the feeling many people find it boring to give. My mother in law actually said last time 'books again? what's the fun in that? can't you think of something else?'

She's obviously not a reader.

[Bella]

Peggy wrote: "I usually ask for specific books or a books gift card if people ask me what I want for my birthday, but I get the feeling many people find it boring to give. My mother in law actually said last tim..."

I once directed people to my wish list somewhere- Amazon, BN?- and still, no books. Outrageous!

I think that people don't like giving gift cards to close friends and relatives because it's too impersonal. I don't know who started that. I'm from Hawaii, so people just give cash. It's like a train of cash flowing in a circle! (Unless you're a kid, then it just flows to you.)

[Sarah]

Spent my book voucher finally. Got all 4 for £17

[Sarah]

The same thoughts are here Bella - gift vouchers are impersonal but I'd much rather that than a gift of books I'd never read or have already read.

You have some awesome picks there Sarah. 3 out of 4 of those were 5 star reads and made it on to my favourite shelf.

[Peggy]

I agree with Sarah. Loved 3 of the books too, don't know the third one.

Gift vouchers are kind of impersonal so usually I try to give some titles. Most common thing is cash here too.

[Bella]

Low Life: Drinking, Drugging, Whoring, Murder, Corruption, Vice and Miscellaneous Mayhem in Old New York by Luc Sante came up in a GR's recommendation. So I clicked the link to BetterWorld Books and found it was a Bargain Bin Book- around $3 if you buy 4 books. I had to buy it, even if I had no other books to buy because the only other copies start around $10.

But I checked my wishlist and I had 3 other books that were also in the Bargain Bin. So, I bought Underground London: Travels Beneath the City Streets by Stephen Smith; The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis by Lucy Jago; and Praying For Sheetrock by Melissa Fay Greene (which was a National Book Award Finalist).

Since I bought 4 books, I saved about $4, so I also got a book that wasn't on sale since it was $4: The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche by Gary Krist

[Sarah]

I always ask for book vouchers, I prefer that as people alwasy tend to get me either a different edition/cover than I wanted or they get me a book I don't even want like Sarah said. The book vouchers in the UK via National Book Tokens, I feel like they are more personal cuz you can choose a particular colour and style for a gift. I think it can be much nicer than a standard paper voucher. But not sure what they do in other countries in terms of vouchers.

[Lisa]

Sarah wrote: "Spent my book voucher finally. Got all 4 for £17

"

Great picks Sarah! All of those were 5 star reads for me :)

[Lisa]

I picked up Katherine

[Sarah]

Just been checking out the short story listopias for next months challenge which led me to buy Burning Chrome.

[Sarah]

I just pre-order the Gillian Flynn short story The Grownup which is being released at the beginning of November. It's not totally new as it appeared in a short story collection by George R R Martin but I haven't read it and I don't necessarily want to get the collection just yet. I wish she'd just release a full length book already!

I also bought This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It which is the follow up book to the one I'm currently reading.