New Purchases - 2015 Showing 351-400 of 1,215

[Kristie, Moderator]

Janice - I have the same problem with Audible. I just picked up Red Hill, First Frost, and A Nantucket Christmas.

[Lisa]

I picked up:

Voyager

Drums of Autumn

The Autobiography Of Henry VIII

[Peggy]

Do you plan to continu with the Outlander series soon Lisa?

I think I'll start book 5 in the next couple of weeks. It's almost 1500 pages so I'm a but hesistant...

[Lisa]

Peggy wrote: "Do you plan to continu with the Outlander series soon Lisa?

I think I'll start book 5 in the next couple of weeks. It's almost 1500 pages so I'm a but hesistant..."

Yes, that's the plan Peggy. I'm not sure exactly when I will pick it up but hopefully it will be sometime in the next couple of months. Also, I'm not sure whether to re-read Outlander first or just jump straight into Dragonfly in Amber. The tv series has jogged my memory of the first book quite a bit but I'm sure there is still loads I have forgotten.

I agree, the 5th book is a doorstep! They seem to get thicker and thicker as the series goes on! Hopefully it will be a fairly quick read for you once you get into it :)

[Peggy]

I think you can go ahead without rereading. I think important things are explained in the second book if necessary, and if you really have something that's unclear there's so much to find about the series on the internet that you can probably google your answer in a few minutes :)

[Lisa]

Peggy wrote: "I think you can go ahead without rereading. I think important things are explained in the second book if necessary, and if you really have something that's unclear there's so much to find about the..."

That's good to hear Peggy. Thanks for the advice! :)

[Cherie]

I agree with Peggy. I think you can go on without re-reading the first one. I am starting the 4th book over. I started at the end of last year and never got back to it. It is going to be my audio book - when I have no other series book going on. I am not using it for a specific series level, because it is too long.
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[Lisa]

Thank you Cherie! :) I am not going to use the series for the serial killer challenge either because I doubt I will get through all the remaining books this year.

[Peggy]

Same here. Although with 4 books and 8 months to go, who knows what will happen. Maybe I can end the challenge with a bang ;-)

[Janice, Moderator]

Lisa wrote: "Thank you Cherie! :) I am not going to use the series for the serial killer challenge either because I doubt I will get through all the remaining books this year."

If you have a shorter series and need extra points to get to the 100 requirement, you can use them as "orphan" books.

[Cherie]

Janice wrote: "If you have a shorter series and need extra points to get to the 100 requirement, you can use them as "orphan" books...

They are too long to get through for a single level and I have too many other books to mow down. I can listen to this one series outside of the challenge. If it comes down to the last one before the end of the year, they will still count as having been read. I am in no hurry to finish Jamie and Claire off. ☺

[Lisa]

Janice wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Thank you Cherie! :) I am not going to use the series for the serial killer challenge either because I doubt I will get through all the remaining books this year."

If you have a short..."

Oh yes, I forgot about that. I may well end up doing that as I think there will be a few occasions when I need to read an orphan book to reach 100 points.

[Mariab]

@Lisa and Peggy. I'm also undecided about re-reading The Fiery Cross before continue the Serie. Umphf...

[Janice, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "They are too long to get through for a single level and I hav..."

Isn't one book around 1500 pages? Yikes. I knew there was a reason I didn't read past book 1. I now have it on audiobook for a re-read.

If I was going to read the whole series for the challenge, I'd probably read one book per level as "orphan books" and then kill off one level when reading the last book. But it would likely take me all year to do it. Strategy.

[Janice, Moderator]

Mariab wrote: "@Lisa and Peggy. I'm also undecided about re-reading The Fiery Cross before continue the Serie. Umphf..."

That would be the one that's around 1500 pages. That's insane! The audiobook is 55.5 hours long.

[Peggy]

That's my strategy too Janice :) Although in the time I read the 1500 page book, I could also start and finish a 3, 4 or 5 book series and get up to 75 points instead of 5, so I'm not convinced it's the best strategy ;-)

[Janice, Moderator]

That 1500 pages is off-putting. I may just read Outlander and call it done - again (like I did after the first time I read it). I'm kind of in chunkster hell right now. I think last year's challenge just whet my appetite and every book I pick up seems to a long one. Here we are, mid-April, and I've barely crossed any of my planned books off my list.

[Cherie]

Peggy wrote: "That's my strategy too Janice :) Although in the time I read the 1500 page book, I could also start and finish a 3, 4 or 5 book series and get up to 75 points instead of 5, so I'm not convinced it'..."

That is my point Peggy.

[Mariab]

I'll read it or not only according my mod. And when I feel to.
No calculations or whatsoever for points.
;-)

[Mariab]

I have purchased the ebook version of Ready Player One.
I had to have in ebook. It was a great read...!

[Janice, Moderator]

Mariab wrote: "I'll read it or not only according my mod. And when I feel to.
No calculations or whatsoever for points.
;-)"

You can do that too. I've read several series books and not counted them for the challenge. Some were read during a level for which I didn't need points, so I didn't bother counting them. Some were monthly challenge books, like the one I'm currently reading, and therefore doesn't qualify for points in the serial killer challenge. Ultimately, it's my mood that drives what I read or don't read.

Hehehe - for a second there, I thought you were claiming one of the mods as your own personal slave driver, but then realized it was a typo for "mood".

[Mariab]

Jajajaja!Lol. (Yes. I saw it too late to correct.I'm in the app)
*wishful sigh*...I could use one, though!!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

*cracks whip*

[Janice, Moderator]

We're used to being bossy. See Rusalka is already cracking the whip. :)

[Sarah]

Just preordered The Thorn of Emberlain although it doesn't come out until September. Exciting. And thanks Janice for the heads up. I also bought Fuzzy Nation.

[Janice, Moderator]

I must finish the third book and my current level before it comes out. Did you order it on audiobook, Sarah?

[Sarah]

Janice wrote: "I must finish the third book and my current level before it comes out. Did you order it on audiobook, Sarah?"

No on kindle. Not sure if audiobook has a release date or not. I need to read book 3 still but now I know another one will be out this year I will get to it sooner.

[Sarah]

I am enjoying Nexus so much that I've just bought the second book in the series, Crux. I have the third book already as I received it through NetGalley.

[Kimberly]

I went to Value Village today and grabbed

[Neenee]

during lunch break, I nipped by the bookshop and got myself these:

[Rusalka, Moderator]

OOo new DWJ! Thanks Neenee!

[Neenee]

Rusalka wrote: "OOo new DWJ! Thanks Neenee!"

The last one from her...

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Yeah, I was trying to work out how she had published last year, but then saw it was finished by her sister. Still a bit sad :(

[Pragya]

Neenee wrote: "during lunch break, I nipped by the bookshop and got myself these:

"

I liked Remains of the day. The movie is good too.

[Sandra, Moderator]

That's what I call a perfect lunch break, Neenee!

[Lisa]

Neenee wrote: "during lunch break, I nipped by the bookshop and got myself these:

"

That has got to be the perfect lunch break Neenee! :)

[Sarah]

I just bought CyberStorm and A Calculated Life for my kindle. Both scifi and by the looks of it they are not part of series.

[Mariab]

Sarah wrote: "I just bought CyberStorm and A Calculated Life for my kindle. Both scifi and by the looks of it they are not part of series."

I was tempted by Cyberstorm too...!
Let me know how did You like it

[Roz]

I recently bought We Are Not Ourselves andLast Train to Istanbul: A Novel for my kindle.

[Kimberly]

Went to the dollarama near me and picked up for $1.50

[Pragya]

I love it, Kimberly. Hope you do too!

[Sarah]

Will do Mariab. It's apparently being turned in to a film. Since buying it, I'm thinking perhaps I shouldn't have bothered which is not a good sign. I've not started it but now reading the synopsis again it doesn't sound entirely plausible. I guess I'll find out. Plus some mixed reviews but then even classics have mixed reviews.

[Lisa]

I decided to take a look at the Penguin Little Black Classics collection and ended up buying 10 of them:

Antigone

It was snowing butterflies

The Night is Darkening Round Me

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

Trimalchio's Feast

The Great Fire of London

The Madness of Cambyses

The Eve of St Agnes

The Terrors of the Night

The Yellow Wall-Paper

[Janice, Moderator]

I picked up Nightmare House for .99 on iBooks this morning. I have yet to read any on Douglas Clegg's books, but I am intrigued.

I also got The Secret Place by using a credit of Audible. This series seems to be a hit or miss on Audible. They come and go according to publisher's whims, or so it seems. I bought Faithful Place a couple years ago on Audible, and it's no longer available to Canadians. I decided I'd better snatch The Secret Place up before they pull it out. Unfortunately, The Secret Place isn't narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds like Faithful Place was, and yet it's the same character - Frank. :(

[Pragya]

Love The Yellow Wallpaper, Lisa.

[Neenee]

Lisa wrote: "I decided to take a look at the Penguin Little Black Classics collection and ended up buying 10 of them"

Wow!!

[Lisa]

Pragya wrote: "Love The Yellow Wallpaper, Lisa."

That's the one I am most looking forward to Pragya. Glad you enjoyed it :)

[Lisa]

Neenee wrote: "Lisa wrote: "I decided to take a look at the Penguin Little Black Classics collection and ended up buying 10 of them"

Wow!!"

Thanks Neenee. It is a really nice collection of books, I would have bought more given the chance ;) Plus they are only 80p each here in the UK.

[Sarah]

Feeling very indecisive at the moment. I returned the two books I bought at the beginning of the week. They were bought more on a whim and one hadn't even been on my wishlist. Instead, I've bought Lexicon. I feel like I need some retail therapy so went on to spend a bit of money but other than Lexicon, I don't decide on what other ones I want so I'm going to leave it there for now.

[Mariab]

Lexicon sounds very interesting, Sarah!