Your last bookstore splurge

[Laurin]

I just bought Three to Get Deadly, Four to Score, High Five, Gone for Good, and Devil's Food Cake Murder. For Christmas, I got Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope, And Then There Were None, and Murder on the Orient Express.

[Cynthia]

I liked the movie The Help way, way better than the book. Way.

[Jim]

Barb wrote: "Cynthia wrote: "I liked the movie The Help way, way better than the book. Way."

I like the changes they made to the ending. The way the book ended left a really bad taste in my mouth."

Maybe it was an off brand of paper or ink.

[Cynthia]

There were several things about that book that left a bad taste in my mouth. But I've already spouted off enough for one day.

'til tomorrow, everyone! Ta ta!

[Jim]

Oh Phil where are you?

[Phil]

A guy has to leave the computer once in a while.

Hey, did someone mention TaTas? Woo-hoo! :)

[Michele]

I spent the $70 my son sent me in B&N gift cards and the $15 my niece gave me for christmas. loaded up on lots of books (15 at least)...enjoying them now.

[Laurin]

I liked the book version of The Help better than the movie. Not everything has a happy ending.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Jim's lame jokes make me chuckle.

[Fiona (Titch)]

When God Was a Rabbit - Sarah Winman

Before I Go To Sleep - S J Watson

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest - Steig Larsson

The Help - Kathryn Stockett

The Girl Who Played with Fire - Steig Larsson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson

Breaking the Silence - Diane Chamberlain

The Calling - Alison Bruce

War Horse - Michael Morpurgo

Nowhere to Run - C.J Box

The Butterfly Forest - Tom Lowe

Guarded: Surviving as a Female Prison Officer A Memoir - Susan S. Jepsen

The Spook's Stories: Grimalkin's Tale - Delaney Joseph

Grey Eyes (Book One, The Forever Trilogy) - Quinteria Ramey, Brandon Alston

Gold, Babies and the Brothers Muldoon - Derek Landy

Cat Calls - Cynthia Leitich Smith

More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea - Tom Reynolds

In Stitches: The Highs and Lows of Life as an AandE Doctor - Nick Edwards

Haunted Love - Cynthia Leitich Smith

Zombie Eyes (Bloodscreams #3) - Robert W. Walker

Confessions of a GP - Benjamin Daniels

Spinoza for Hire: Two Vampire Mysteries - J.R. Rain

The Halo Effect - M J Rose

Inspector Zhang Gets His Wish - Stephen Leather

The Lost Souls - Erica Morrison

The Dread Witch Chronicles: Awakening - Dreck Sonnier Jr.

Damn Vampires: Feed The Children - Will Bevis

The Soulkeepers (The Soulkeepers series) - G.P. Ching

Vampire Vacation (The V V Inn) - C.J. Ellisson

The Last Witness - John Matthews

Shattered - Karl Jones

The House of the Mosque - Kader Abdolah

Gently to the Summit (Inspector George Gently 9) - Alan Hunter

Gently Go Man (Inspector George Gently 8) - Alan Hunter

Gently with the Painters (Inspector George Gently 7) - Alan Hunter

Gently in the Sun (Inspector George Gently 6) - Alan Hunter

Gently Through the Mill (Inspector George Gently 5) - Alan Hunter

Gently Down the Stream (Inspector George Gently 3) - Alan Hunter

Snobbery with Violence (Edwardian Murder Mystery 1) - M C Beaton

Hasty Death (Edwardian Murder Mystery 2) - M C Beaton

Sick of Shadows (Edwardian Murder Mystery 3) - M C Beaton

Our Lady of Pain (Edwardian Murder Mystery 4) - M C Beaton

Yvonne Goes to York (Travelling Matchmaker 6) - M C Beaton

Deborah Goes to Dover (Travelling Matchmaker 5) - M C Beaton

Beatrice Goes to Brighton (Travelling Matchmaker 4) - M C Beaton

Penelope Goes to Portsmouth (Travelling Matchmaker 3) - M C Beaton

Belinda Goes to Bath (Travelling Matchmaker 2) - M C Beaton

Emily Goes to Exeter (Travelling Matchmaker 1) - M C Beaton

Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 5 - Scott Nicholson

Death Wish: Book I PART II (The Vamp Saga Book I PART II) - Danielle Blanchard Benson

The Seventh Sister, A Paranormal Romance (Parched, book 2) - Z.L Arkadie

Thirst (Ava Delaney #1) - Claire Farrell

Graveyard Games - Sheri Leigh

Her Vampire Husband - Michele Hauf

One Deadly Sister (Sandy Reid Mystery Series) - Rod Hoisington

The Witness - Dee Henderson

Dating A Cougar (Never Too Late Series) - Donna McDonald

Moon Dance (Vampire for Hire #1) - J.R. Rain

Perfect Crime - Jack Erickson

The Stash - Dan Fletcher

Shades of Gray - Andy Holloman, Beth Kissonergis, Matt Taft

The Dirty Window - Matt Cairone

The Death Walkers - Catherine Swan

Left With The Dead (A "Gathering Dead" Novella) - Stephen Knight

Blood Sisters - Michelle Scott

Gertrude's Broken Wand - Jason Thibeault, Josh Carpenter

The Ice Dragon - Lauren Scharhag

The End of the World - Sushma Joshi

I'm Listening With a Broken Ear - Vicky Kaseorg

Pups in Tea Cups: Tales of "Littleness" overcoming BIG odds - Carolyn McCray

The Star Child - Stephanie Keyes

Twisted Nightmares - Lauren Schwark

Marissa and the Witching Hour (Marissa's Second Sight) - Simon R Conway

Six Geese a-Laying (Mini Christmas Short Story) - Sophie Kinsella

Werewolf's Grief (Bloodscreams #2) - Robert Walker, Stephen Walker

BAYOU WULF (Blood Screams) - Robert W. Walker

Landed Gently (Inspector George Gently 4) - Alan Hunter

[janine]

I'm beginning to worry about Fiona.

[Fiona (Titch)]

janine wrote: "I'm beginning to worry about Fiona."

Why Janine?

[Laurin]

Wow, that's a lot of books, Fiona. Free kindle/ebooks hopefully?

[Fiona (Titch)]

Practically most were free Laurin x

[janine]

Less worried now.

[Fiona (Titch)]

janine wrote: "Less worried now."

Why, cos you now know that they are mostly free kindle books lol.

[janine]

I was imagining a hoarders-type scenario.

[Laurin]

As was I! Mountains of books stacked in a room with you sitting in the middle.

[Helena]

I used up my gift cards and got:

Doc, which I need for a group read and has a ridiculously long wait list at the library.

The first four books in the Game of Thrones series by George R.R. Martin

Blindness

Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War

and Winter's Bone

[Fiona (Titch)]

Laurin wrote: "As was I! Mountains of books stacked in a room with you sitting in the middle."

Just to make you both aware, I also have 6 bookcases in my house full of MY books lol (5 cases are in my room and 1 on landing - 3 small and 3 large bookcases)

[Cynthia]

janine wrote: "I was imagining a hoarders-type scenario."

HA!!

[Cynthia]

Helena wrote: "I used up my gift cards and got:

Doc, which I need for a group read and has a ridiculously long wait list at the library.

The first four books in the Game of Thrones series by Geo..."

Helena: I must read Winter's Bone. I loved the movie. Bleak, however.

[Janice]

Helena wrote: "I used up my gift cards and got:

Doc, which I need for a group read and has a ridiculously long wait list at the library.

The first four books in the Game of Thrones series by Geo..."

Nice selections Helena. I'm intrigued by Doc.

[~Geektastic~]

Helena wrote: "I used up my gift cards and got:

Doc, which I need for a group read and has a ridiculously long wait list at the library.

The first four books in the Game of Thrones series by Geo..."

I've tried to read Blindness, and I just can't seem to do it. Not that it's bad, far from it, but it makes me too sad and frustrated with humanity. I hope you have better luck.

[Angela~twistedmind~]

Kindle dls:


and two that I cannot get to load:
Blackberries, Blackberries & The Last Apprentice.

I bought 4 or 5 DTBs from Amazon but they have not arrived and I cannot remember the titles. I'll add them later.

[Linda]

Not much of a splurge but I got

[Fiona (Titch)]

Broken City - D.D. Chant

The Shadow File (A Bryson Wilde Thriller) - R.J. Jagger

Killing Hope - Keith Houghton

December Moon (The Raven Saga) - Suzy Turner

Raven (The Raven Saga) - Suzy Turner

Chill Run - Russell Brooks, Lisa Martinez, Victory Crayne

In the Blood (A Genealogical Crime Mystery) - Steve Robinson

Tick Tock (Michael Bennett 4) - James Patterson

LightMasters: Number 13 - MG Wells, Dr. Theresa Lavelle

A Good Nanny - Barbara House

The Hunchback Assignments - Arthur Slade

Nightfall: The First Jack Nightingale Supernatural Thriller - Stephen Leather

Midnight: The Second Jack Nightingale Supernatural Thriller - Stephen Leather

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See

The Eden Legacy - Will Adams

Hard Landing: The First Spider Shepherd Thriller - Stephen Leather

The Vampire's Curse, A Paranormal Romance (Undead in Brown County #2) - S.J. Wright

Lullaby - Claire Seeber

The Unremarkable Heart - Karin Slaughter

Thorn in My Side - Karin Slaughter

[Helena]

Amber ~Geektastic~ wrote: "Helena wrote: "I used up my gift cards and got:

I gave up on humanity a long time ago, Amber. I should be ok with it... I enjoy bleak.

@ Cynthia, everyone I know that's read Winter's Bone has raved about it. Well, most of Woodrell's books.

@ Janice, Doc is really hyped up, and I try to wait a while to read those, but it sounds like it might really be good! I'll let you know :)

[Michele]

bought "Copper Beach" by Jayne Ann Krentz today for kindle.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Helena wrote: "@ Cynthia, everyone I know that's read Winter's Bone has raved about it. Well, most of Woodrell's books. "

I loathed it, but I'm in the minority.

[Helena]

Oh, I’m glad it was my free audible credit! I’ve heard great things about Woodrell’s books. Why did you loathe it, LG?

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Helena wrote: "Oh, I’m glad it was my free audible credit! I’ve heard great things about Woodrell’s books. Why did you loathe it, LG?"

My review....
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

[Laurin]

Fiona, I'm in the middle of a Kindle store splurge, I'll post my finds when I'm done!

[Laurin]

Walden-Thoreau, Henry David
The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 (Leatherstocking Tales)-Cooper, James Fenimore
A Midsummer Night's Dream-Shakespeare, William
The Odyssey of Homer-Homer
Murder Over Easy (Monona Quinn Mystery, 1)-Cook, Marshall
Cinderella-Hewet, Henry W.
The Jungle Book-Kipling, Rudyard
A Tale of Two Cities-Dickens, Charles
The Witness-Henderson, Dee
The Secret Holocaust Diaries-Bannister, Nonna
The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes-Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
His Last Bow-Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
The Valley of Fear-Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes Vol. 5)-Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
The Return of Sherlock Holmes-Doyle, Arthur Conan
Effective Writing: A Handbook for Accountants (9th Edition)-May, Claire B.
Freaks: A Rizzoli & Isles Short Story-Gerritsen, Tess
Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance (Infinite Success)-Holmes, Andrew
HOSTILE WITNESS (legal thriller, thriller) (The Witness Series,#1)-Forster, Rebecca
Design on a Crime (Deadly Décor Mysteries, Book 1)-Aiken, Ginny
The New Oxford American Dictionary-Oxford University Press
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes Vol. 1)-Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes-Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
The Sign of the Four-Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 5-Poe, Edgar Allan
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 4-Poe, Edgar Allan
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 3-Poe, Edgar Allan
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 2-Poe, Edgar Allan
The Iliad-Homer
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 1-Poe, Edgar Allan


One is a textbook, about $23. A couple were 99 cents, otherwise the rest were free.

[Linda]

Laurin wrote: "Walden-Thoreau, Henry David
The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 (Leatherstocking Tales)-Cooper, James Fenimore
A Midsummer Night's Dream-Shakespeare, William
The Odyssey of Homer-Homer
Mu..."

FREE????!!!! I have to get myself a Kindle!!!!

[Laurin]

You don't even have to get a kindle! You can download the app onto a smartphone or tablet, and you can download it to your pc/mac and read them!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html...

[Linda]

Well, that sounds even better!! THANK YOU!!!
(and why didn't I know about this?)

[Cynthia]

My thrift shop splurge at the nursing home I visited yesterday for Hospice:

"Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook," 1st Edition (3rd printing) 1950
"A Taste of Terrace Hill," 2nd Edition, 1979 (Terrace Hill is the Iowa Governor's mansion)
"San Francisco a la Carte," by the Junior League of San Francisco, 1979

The first one is a real treasure--lots of great photos and tips. I bought it for the inscription:

"To: The Wilch--not that I think you need this, but you might poison yourself, and cookbooks are cheaper than flowers, Johnny"

[~Geektastic~]

Cynthia wrote: "My thrift shop splurge at the nursing home I visited yesterday for Hospice:

"Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook," 1st Edition (3rd printing) 1950
"A Taste of Terrace Hill," 2nd Edition, 1979 (Terrac..."

That is a fabulous inscription. I love when an old book makes you think about the people that had it before you, and make up stories about their lives.

[Cynthia]

Yes. I wonder what happened to Johnny & the Wilch.

[~Geektastic~]

Hopefully no one was poisoned.

[janine]

That is a great inscription!

I also shopped some thrift store books:

James Herriot - Favorite dog stories
This one I bought for my father's birthday. He likes James Herriot and he doesn't like dogs. I think it's time to change that, because dogs are awesome.

A Dutch translation of Tom Stoppard - The real thing

Joost van Vondel - Gijsbrecht van Aemstel
I wasn't sure if I already had a copy of this.

And a sort of catalog (the size of a thin paperback) that was published in 1948. It has short stories and poetry by various authors the publisher has to offer and a list of books the publisher has published since 1945. It still has the original card to order the books with. If only I had a 2ct. stamp.

I also almost bought a Van Gogh biography. It's been sitting on the thrift store shelves for at least a month and I kind of feel sorry for it. The title is: A Portrait Of Vincent, it was written by two authors with the same last name starting with an H, and was first published in 1955. Problem is, I can't find it online. I might buy it anyway.

[Laurin]

Some of my books were bought about a week ago, but I added them to the list.

[~Geektastic~]

This one I bought for my father's birthday. He likes James Herriot and he doesn't like dogs. I think it's time to change that, because dogs are awesome.

Excellent mission. Dogs are awesome.

[Phil]

I like James Herriot's writing, too. I was sad when I heard he had died. I actually visited his office once when I was in that area.

This is the place.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

Cynthia wrote: "My thrift shop splurge at the nursing home I visited yesterday for Hospice:

"Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook," 1st Edition (3rd printing) 1950
"A Taste of Terrace Hill," 2nd Edition, 1979 (Terrac..."

I love finding old, used cookbooks really cheap. At a sidewalk sale I bought Tycoons in the Kitchen: A Cookbook ("The favorite recipes of the men who run big business") and a cookbook of the Junior League of Salt Lake City.

[Lee]

Cynthia wrote: "My thrift shop splurge at the nursing home I visited yesterday for Hospice:

"Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook," 1st Edition (3rd printing) 1950
"A Taste of Terrace Hill," 2nd Edition, 1979 (Terrac..."

Niiiice find on the Betty Crocker!!!
The inscription is a great bonus.

[Cynthia]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Cynthia wrote: "My thrift shop splurge at the nursing home I visited yesterday for Hospice:

"Betty Crocker's Picture Cookbook," 1st Edition (3rd printing) 1950
"A Taste of Terrace Hill," 2nd Editi..."

LG: I'll Bet the Salt Lake City cookbook is chock full of cocktails and boozy canape recipes! HA.

[Cynthia]

Right now I'm on the lookout for an older copy of Joy of Cooking. I have the 75th anniversary edition, which I do not love, and another copy from the 1990s, that I do use all the time.

[janine]

I bought the Van Gogh biography as a thrift store rescue, I'm not sure yet if I'm going to read it. I also bought an old little book (published in 1863) with three short stories by Ottilie Wildermuth that was gifted to a young girl from her school in July 1865 for her 'vlijt en goed gedrag' (diligence and good behaviour). It contains three etchings.