What have you purchased? - 2021

[Kristie, Moderator]

Anna's Reading Life wrote: "I've been chosen as one of the judges for the BookTube prize! Very excited as it also means I can buy a few books. I purchased Things in Jars, Crooked Hallelujah, ..."

Very exciting!

[Kristie, Moderator]

I ended up buying Mycroft and Sherlock

[Dawn]

Thanks for all the info Kristie. :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Anna's Reading Life wrote: "I've been chosen as one of the judges for the BookTube prize! Very excited as it also means I can buy a few books. I purchased Things in Jars, Crooked Hallelujah, [b..."

That's awesome! Congrats. :)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Oooo nice Anna!!

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Thanks guys!

[Kristie, Moderator]

I just grabbed All the Flowers in Paris and The Clockwork Scarab from the Audible 2 for 1 sale.

[Margo]

Anna's Reading Life wrote: "Thanks guys!"

Nice one Anna!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I got a parcel the other day containing:

Redemption in Indigo
Breadfruit
Nightlife
Wolf Dreams

Then last weekend I went to a local park for my nephew's 2nd birthday. There was a new little library there, which I glanced at on arrival, and then thought "Naw I look rude. I'll check it out on the way back." Mum and I went on the way to the car to have a look, and on the top that wasn't there an hour earlier was:
Troy: The Siege of Troy Retold

I almost pushed her out of the way. No idea why, Greek classics is my thing not hers, but she did piss herself laughing at my massive gasp and grab.

[Janice, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "I almost pushed her out of the way. No idea why, Greek classics is my thing not hers, but she did piss herself laughing at my massive gasp and grab.."

LOL! Poor mom!

Nice haul.

[Janice, Moderator]

I picked up The Master's Apprentice: A Retelling of the Faust Legend on Kindle for $1.99. It's available on Audiobook whispersync for another $1.99, but I decided to just get the Kindle for now. If I get a $5.00 coupon down the road from Audible, I will consider it then.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Not even moms are safe when books are involved. :D

[Kristie, Moderator]

lol, Rus!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Don't feel sorry for her, she had a lot to do with the creation of this monster!

And on that note, got another book in the mail:
The Railway

[Margo]

Rusalka wrote: "Don't feel sorry for her, she had a lot to do with the creation of this monster!

And on that note, got another book in the mail:
The Railway"

LOL This group would be a lot less fun if she hadn't created said monster!

[Cherie]

I purchased Winterkeep from Barnes & Nobel in ebook format. I wanted a couple of others - the new Nora Kelly book and the new Twilight one, but I can wait until the price drops or I am more desperate to read them.

[Janice, Moderator]

There's a new Twilight one?

[Cherie]

Janice wrote: "There's a new Twilight one?"

Well, maybe not so new. New to me. Midnight Sun. B&N wants $17.00 for the ebook. Nora Kelly #2, The Scorpion's Tail is the same price.

Winterkeep was five dollars cheaper.

[Sharon]

Just purchased the first book in a new (to me) swerves by Jeffrey Deaver.like a need to start a new series..🤦🏻‍♀️ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

[Cherie]

Funny, today, the Nook ebook for Midnight Sun and The Scorpion's Tail are both $14.99. See - they both have gone down by two dollars. :o)

[Janice, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "Janice wrote: "There's a new Twilight one?"

Well, maybe not so new. New to me. Midnight Sun. B&N wants $17.00 for the ebook. Nora Kelly #2, The Scorpion's Tail is t..."

Apparently, there will be 2 more books after Midnight Sun.

The Scorpion's Tail in $12.99 on Amazon.ca which is a bit lower than it was last week.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Margo wrote: "LOL This group would be a lot less fun if she hadn't created said monster!"

Nawww :) Now we don't want her to get a big head!

[uncomfytomato]

Audible got sales 5$ on selected audiobooks
I got Rise of Empire , The Lies We Told and The War That Saved My Life

[Janice, Moderator]

Barelyspicy wrote: "Audible got sales 5$ on selected audiobooks
I got Rise of Empire , The Lies We Told and The War That Saved My Life"

I've put 7 books into my cart, but I will whittle them down and only get a few.

[Katrisa]

I just browsed the Audible sale. I got
Warbreaker
The Girl in the Tower
My Life on the Road (this one is part of my BFF memorial book challenge)
Shadow and Bone
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
The Awakened Kingdom
Children of Ruin

[Kristie, Moderator]

I just picked up two from the Audible sale. I will look through it some more, but I knew I wanted these two and my library doesn't carry them.

Have You Seen Luis Velez?
Elsewhere

[Janice, Moderator]

I got 3 from the Audible sale. I had 7 in my cart at one point.


The Hollow Ones
The Neon Rain
The Good People

[Suzanne]

Let’s just say, I’ve purchased atleast 50+ this month! 😳 I did sell a lot of books I never plan on reading at all or plan on reading again so all books on my shelves are either new series or books I will read again and again lol

[Kristie, Moderator]

Wow, that's a lot, Suzy! It must be nice to have a new, refreshed book shelf though, I bet.

[Janice, Moderator]

I've justified my purchases this morning as a treat to myself for Valentine's Day. 🥰

The Kingdom of Gods
From Blood and Ash

[Katrisa]

This week I got
Six-Gun Snow White
Radiance
A Thousand Moons
Not Dead Yet: The Memoir
Guinevere Forever
Disgrace and
A collection of Gogol short stories from audible that I can't find a GR link for

[Kristie, Moderator]

Audible US has a new 2 for 1 sale starting - https://www.audible.com/special-promo...

I noticed that The Pull of the Stars is in the sale and it's doing well in the poll for next month's group read.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I had a couple of parcels turn up in the past week:

The Music Teacher
Dirty Feet
My Urohs
A Fatal Grace

[Sharon]

As a child, I loved to go to my Great Aunt’s house on Sunday. While the adults played cards, I read book after book from my aunt’s bookshelves. (She belonged to a the Book of the Month club in the 30s through 50s) One of my favorites was Mrs. Mike. I never knew there were two follow up books until this week. I bought them both! Kathy Little Bird and The Search for Joyful

[Katrisa]

Kristie wrote: "Audible US has a new 2 for 1 sale starting - https://www.audible.com/special-promo......"

Oh yay!

[Katrisa]

From the Audible sale I got
Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles and
The Pull of the Stars

I also got The Helmet of Horror: The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur for my labyrinth task

[Dawn]

Thanks for the heads up on the Audible sale. I bought:

Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain
The History of Ancient Egypt
The History of Ancient Rome
Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization
The Legend of Drizzt: The Collected Stories
The Strangler Vine

I still have 11 more credits to use up before April.

[Janice, Moderator]

I'm still debating about the 2-1 credit sale. In the meantime, I picked up today's daily deal, The Bone Shard Daughter.

[Janice, Moderator]

I decided on 2 books from the 2/1 sale:

The Trouble With Peace
The Poison Thread (also titled The Corset)

I grabbed a new release from Kindle - Wicked All Night

[Cherie]

Dawn - I thought Emperor Mollusk was a crack-up!

[Dawn]

Oh, that is good. I've been eyeing it for a while now, thought a sale was a good opportunity.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I grabbed a few books from the Audible sale.

Close Your Eyes
The Blackhouse
Cajun Fried Felony
The Murder of Mary Russell

The first two are fairly well rated mystery-thrillers. Craig and I share an account and both enjoy the genre so I just grabbed them because they were in the sale. The second two are part of series I'm working on. I am not even close to those books in the series, but again I figured I'd get them while they were on sale. I'll get to them eventually and be glad I already own them.

[Cherie]

Dawn wrote: "Oh, that is good. I've been eyeing it for a while now, thought a sale was a good opportunity."

The narrator did such a great job! I might have to find it and listen again, now that you have reminded me. ;o)

[uncomfytomato]

I noticed that Kindle has 80% sale on books so I chose The Rage of Dragons since Its on my list, I had to get the audiobook too! the narrations sounds amazing!!!!! for about 8 dollars (whispersync deal)

oh and I noticed the prices are different, on amazon the audible price is 12 dollar something but I couldn't buy it there (not sure why it kept rejecting) but I got it on audible.com for 8.49 so I guess I'll keep doing that

[Janice, Moderator]

Barelyspicy wrote: "I noticed that Kindle has 80% sale on books so I chose The Rage of Dragons since Its on my list, I had to get the audiobook too! the narrations sounds amazing!!!!! for about 8 dolla..."

I think to get the whispersync deal, you need to first buy the Kindle on Amazon, and then buy the audiobook on Audible.com. I've never tried to buy the whispersync deal on Amazon.

[Janice, Moderator]

I bought Audible's Daily Deal yesterday, In the Deep.

[uncomfytomato]

Janice wrote: "Barelyspicy wrote: "I noticed that Kindle has 80% sale on books so I chose The Rage of Dragons since Its on my list, I had to get the audiobook too! the narrations sounds amazing!!!..."

They have "Add Audible narration to your purchase for just xxx" under the kindle ebook, but it didn't work since it states Its not available in my region? Weird but I got it on audible so its okay

[Janice, Moderator]

I'll have to check it out next time I do a whispersync. I wonder though.... if you buy it through Amazon, does the audiobook go into your Audible library so that you are able to listen to the book on your Audible app?

[Kristie, Moderator]

Janice wrote: "I bought Audible's Daily Deal yesterday, In the Deep."

I got that one too.

[Janice, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "Janice wrote: "I bought Audible's Daily Deal yesterday, In the Deep."

I got that one too."

You and I have similar tastes in books.