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Books I just got in the mail/bought/checked out
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Oct 05, 2011 11:22AM
I picked up
from the library, and bought a signed copy of
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This week I got The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson and Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor. Yay!
thanks Louise! The author is such a sweetheart. I think I asked her a good 5 or 6 months ago to be part of the ARC readers
Today I decided to splurge - I bought The Railway Children since I saw a great production of it in London, I bought War Horse since the movie is coming out, I bought The Best of Me and Ballet Shoes since I've always wanted to read it - plus it was at a half-price bookstore! From the library I got Shiver and One for the Money and The Color of Magic quite a bit of reading to do!
Today I got
from the library, on my KINDLE!!! I love that my library now has kindle books!I also bought
and
for my kindle.
Okay so went to my towns Dirt Cheap / Hudsons and bought the following :
... I payed 33 cents for Lock and Key.. and 2 dollars each for the other 2.. I wish they had more YA books there
Went to the library today and got Heist Society, Revolution,The Last ChildThe Color of Magic,One for the Money and bought The Best of Me, Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont and Persuade Me
Just got this at the library
. I wanted to read the book before I see the movie. I also checked out 1984 before I realized we already have it at home. Nice one. :)
Courtney wrote: "Just bought
at a goodwill store... and
on my nook"I remember those LoveStories books from my younger teen years, loved them!
Got
and
at the library! So excited about these. :) And my library is having a Teen Read Week contest, so that will be my excuse for reading way too much this week.
Amanda wrote: "Got
and
at the library! So excited about these. :) And my library is having a Teen Read Week contest, so that will be my e..."I absolutely adored The Scorpio Races. It was wonderful!
My most recent purchases were
and
From the library I've got
,
and very, very soon I'll have this lovely that I'm dying to read
Bethany, I'm so excited to start it! I love Maggie Stiefvater and it just sounds so amazing. I also can't wait to get to Power of Six and Tiger's Curse. :)
I just got
from my favorite Aussie Carmel and
also from the most excellent Carmel (can you feel the love?). From the library I checked out
and
.
Brandi wrote: "I got
and [bookcover:The Unbecoming of..."Uh, yeah. Seriously, my WalMart totally sucks. I'm pretty sure they don't have any of those titles.
Thanks Heidi! I was really suprised to find all of them there myself. I think I must have just hit it on a good day.
From the library I got:
(audio)I bought:
And I must say that The Princess Diaries are much better on audio!
I listened to the all of the PD series on audio Victoria (except the 1/2 and 3/4 books) and highly enjoyed them that way.
I picked up
&
this morning and I just finished Will Grayson, Will Grayson. It wasn't my favorite in terms of storyline or content, but it made me laugh a lot. Like, my stomache hurts now, kind of laughing. I'm really excited to start the others :)
Bethany wrote: "Aya wrote: "Just received
as a gift :D Cant wait to read it !!!"I liked that one :)"
:D ill start it this weekend :))
Brandi wrote: "I just got
and
at B&N."I need to read Anna. I have had it from the library for a few weeks.
Heidi wrote: "Brandi wrote: "I just got
and
at B&N."I need to read Anna. I have had it from the library for a f..."
I read some good reviews and I've been in the mood for scary stories thanks to Halloween so I'm hoping to read it this weekend. :)
Brandi wrote: "I also ordered
[book..."You'll have to let me know about Shine and Tempest. Those are two that I thought sounded awesome. I hope you like Divergent. I read a lot of dystopian and PA, and that book is one of the best books that I've read all year.
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