What have you purchased? - 2021

[Margo]

Chirp isn't available in ireland :(

[Peggy]

It isn't here either, but I pretend I'm from the US. The only downside is I can't download the app so I have to stream directly from the website (so no downloading and listening offline).

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Can you download and use the Chirp app via a VPN service on your phone? (eg NordVPN)

[Peggy]

Funny, I was just googling a work-around and read about using VPN :) I didn't know that was a possibility, and an often used one, apparently.

I'll try the website first, but if it uses too much of my data I'll try downloading it via VPN.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Welcome to Australia ;)

[Peggy]

It took some time, but I made it happen!

[Kristie, Moderator]

I picked up today's Audible daily deal, Our Woman in Moscow.

I've never read anything by Beatriz Williams before, so I'm hoping it's not to romance filled. I don't know why I have the impression that her books are lighter romance type historical fiction. I'm hoping it's more like Kate Quinn's writing. I guess this will be an opportunity for me to find out.

edit: I think my impression is partly due to her covers and because I've seen her books shelved as women's fiction and romance. This one is highly rated though, so I'll give it a try.

[Janice, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "I picked up today's Audible daily deal, Our Woman in Moscow.

I've never read anything by Beatriz Williams before, so I'm hoping it's not to romance filled. I don'..."

I was struck by the similarity between it's cover and A Gentleman in Moscow's. I decided not to get it. I hope you enjoy it, Kristie.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thanks, Janice. I was a little indecisive, but decided to give it a try based on the good reviews. What I didn't do was check my library first and of course they have it. I'm just going to keep it though. It was my own mistake not checking first.

[Janice, Moderator]

Sales sales everywhere. Black Friday sales on both Amazon and Audible.

[Margo]

I nearly got caught like that Kristie but thankfully remembered to check at checkout! Audible UK have a £3 sale, I got
Paradise Postponed
They Thirst
Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Dragons of Winter Night

[Kristie, Moderator]

I'm usually good about checking, but didn't think of it at all until after I purchased this time. Oh well. I'll remember to check when I go through the current sale.

[Peggy]

I got another one from Chirp, The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside

[Kristie, Moderator]

I picked up a few from the Audible sale:

Every Day in December
The Lost and Found Bookshop
A Boy Called Christmas Movie Tie-In Edition
The Three Mrs. Wrights
The Secrets She Keeps
See Her Die

I also had an issue with Opal Fire. When I went to look for it for the December monthly challenge, I found that the version I have is no longer available for purchase. Because of this, I could only download to my laptop, not to the app. I never listen through my laptop, so I contacted Audible. They removed the book from my library and gave me a credit to buy the updated version. :) So, I happily got that as well.

There was another book in the sale that I had this same issue with. It said I didn't own it and I thought I did, so I went to my library and it was there. Audible said they would replace that one with the new version too, but I can't remember which book it was! Ugh...

[Janice, Moderator]

I picked up three books from the sale:


The Blacktongue Thief
The Shadow of the Gods
Someone Like Me

[Christina ❤️M❤️]

Oh, Janice, All those books sound so good... TBR here they go.

[Peggy]

Maybe I shouldn't have signed up for Chirp. I bought another one.. A Thousand Ships

[Janice, Moderator]

You've been hooked, Peggy!

[Peggy]

For sure! I keep thinking off all the extra books I could have read in my life if only I had listened to them as well. But very excited about the year to come because of it :)

[Janice, Moderator]

A Thousand Ships is on sale on Audible for $5.00 so I've added it to my cart. At that price, it might be a good option for one of the challenge tasks. Not sure which just yet. "Feminisim" is on the genre list, but it's not on the listopia. Booo.

[Peggy]

Didn't you make a Greek mythology task?

I haven't thought of anything else yet.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Yes, mythology as a genre is a task in site 9.

[Janice, Moderator]

There's also a set in Greece task and that book is set there. Decision made, I will buy the book. I have other books that are mythology, but I think my Greek books are more elusive.

[Janice, Moderator]

Well, here we go! I've purchased 2 books for the upcoming annual challenge:


The Killings at Kingfisher Hill: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery (has a ring on the cover)
A Thousand Ships (set in Greece)

[Margo]

Is there a cyber monday sale in audible US? The UK site has some books for £1. Most of them were available from my library but I did pick up:
The Power of One
Here To Stay
No One Is Talking About This
and a coupleof Jeffery Devers for my ma.

[Peggy]

Thanks (I think..) for sharing that Margo. I didn't know there was a sale, I would have expected an email to let me know.

I picked up
Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s
What Alice Forgot
Songbirds (I can't believe this one was actually in the sale!!)

[Sandra, Moderator]

I stopped by at my library today and bought in its sale:

The North Water (might be useful for the task about freezing temperatures)
The Gravedigger's Daughter
The Bone Clocks (there is also a task about circles in the cover)
Us Against You

[Peggy]

Nice haul Sandra! I like that you immediately link it to possibilities for the challenge. There's a task with bone in the title too, but that's probably easier to fill than the circles.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Yes, I thought about bone in the title too, but I was planning to do Precious Bones (which I also own) for that one. It is good to have more than one option, though.

I haven't decided on the sites I am going to complete, I might ended not reading for those tasks, but I have to use the excuse while it is still valid! :)

[Peggy]

Same! I need to have options!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Margo wrote: "Is there a cyber monday sale in audible US? The UK site has some books for £1..."

Yes, US is having that too. They added it to our current sale. There is a new tab for books $1 and up. https://www.audible.com/ep/black-frid...

[Axsiu]

Leaves of Grass from Penguin Clothbound Classics. Beautiful almost as much as Whitman poetry

[Kristie, Moderator]

I picked up a few more that were added to the Audible sale:

The Body on the Beach
Full Circle: From Hollywood to Real Life and Back Again
The Perfect Christmas

[Saar The Book owl]

Sandra wrote: "I stopped by at my library today and bought in its sale:

The North Water (might be useful for the task about freezing temperatures)
The Gravedigger's Daughter
[book:Th..."

Have you seen the series that is made from 'The North Water'? Really intense and with Colin Farell!

[Saar The Book owl]

I've order on The Book Depository:
The Secret Life of Cows
Galvanism and Ghouls
The Book of Moods: How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life
My Life Among the Underdogs: A Memoir

[Sandra, Moderator]

Saar, no, I only knew about the series yesterday after purchasing it. It was mentioned in a review. Good to know you liked it.

[Saar The Book owl]

It was on the BBC a couple of months ago. I'm going to read the book for one of my challenges.

[Janice, Moderator]

I got today's daily deal from Audible: The Dark.

[Katrisa]

Peggy wrote: "Maybe I shouldn't have signed up for Chirp. I bought another one.. A Thousand Ships"

Chirp is so good (for books) bad (for my wallet)! It's like audible's daily deals but there's like 10 a day! I love it!

[Katrisa]

This is what I ended up with from the audible black friday/cyber monday sale
Beautiful
Room to Dream
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
The Ramayana
Veiled Alliances
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
For the Wolf
The Girl with the Louding Voice
Remote Control

[Janice, Moderator]

I really liked I Heard the Owl Call My Name. I hope you enjoy it.

I bought Beautiful last year but haven't listened to it yet.

[Katrisa]

I have been collecting Juliet Marillier books whenever they are on sale because I loved her Shadowfell series so much. I need to get on reading them and not just collecting them, lol!

[Janice, Moderator]

I fell in love with her storytelling with the Sevenwaters series. Blackthorn and Grimm was another fabulous series. I bought the Bridei Chronicles last year and can't wait to dive in.

[Janice, Moderator]

From the Amazon First Reads, I picked Murder at Teal's Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks. It was the one that appealed to me the most. There was one set in Belgium, but it didn't appeal to me.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I haven't had a chance to look at the first reads yet this month. I'll be grabbing one eventually.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I picked up today's daily deal on Audible. The Italian Girls

[Janice, Moderator]

I got one of Kindle's Daily Deals today, Murder at Queen's Landing... hmmm, I just realized "Queen" is in the title. I have other queen books, but if I decide to use this one, I need to read book 2 & 3 first. Must go back to my spreadsheet.

[Peggy]

I used an audible credit for the first time in my life. I got Hamnet

[Peggy]

I got The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot from chirp.

Funny coincidence, I hadn't heard this book before last Saturday. I added it to my wishlist and today it is a deal on chirp!

[Kristie, Moderator]

That one sounds good to me, Peggy, and I have it on my TBR. I was just thinking that I really should join Chirp, but then I checked and my library has it. :)