What books did you acquire today?

[Fran]

Did a bit of Xmas shopping .... just in case they are right about the 21st

Astray by Emma Donoghue
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

all purchased at my favourite bookstore, Waterstone's, on a buy one get second half price offer.

[hazelk]

To-days little pick up=

"Sights Unseen" by Stella Gibbons, it will be a reread from many moons ago.

"The Hatbox Baby'" by Carrie Brown. The title caught my eye, it should be interesting.

"The Penguin Book of Australian Short Stories" another for my collection

[BlueRaven]

I just got "Here, There Be Dragons" by James A. Owen, about two days ago. It is a spectacular book so far.

[tbughi1]

Augustus by Anthony Everitt
-It's a factual retelling of ancient Rome's first emperor, the man who took over after Julius Caeser was assassinated. For anyone interested in ancient Rome in general, it's a vastly interesting book.

[ginney]

My librarian handed me Stuart McLean's "Revenge of the Vinyl Cafe" before it had even been cataloged, and I just loaded John H. Cunningham's "Green to Go" on my Kindle.

[goldengate]

I selected a group of leather bound books from Barnes and Noble as a suggestion for my partner for Christmas. Due to an email error - welll, she used my account to order so they send me verification. What's a girl gonna do? I found she ordered all four! I am anxiously waiting for:

1. The Martian Chronicles/The Illustrated Man/The Golden Apples of the Sun (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics)
2. The Foundation Trilogy (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics Series)
3. Ernest Hemingway: Four Novels (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics)
4. Charles Dickens: Five Novels (Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics)

My last actual purchases were nook books about three weeks ago at which time I bought about 75 or 80 ebooks in a wide variety of genre including Joyce Carol Oates + many others

[MelMariah]

Just found in my local op-shop yesterday the 50 Shades series. Bargain $6 for all 3!

[goldengate]

Just found in my local op-shop yesterday the 50 Shades series. Bargain $6 for all 3!

Hope you enjoy the 50 Shades series. I did. It is not "fashionable" to say you liked them but I did...

[Trix9201]

For me: The End of your Life Book Club
For my daughters: How to Find Forest Fairies, Pinkalicious, Snow Mouse

[mjmooney]

Whoever's buying all these copies of 50 Shades, they aren't hanging on to them. The secondhand charity shops here in the UK are absolutely full of them.

My last purchase was Hilary Mantel's "Bring Up the Bodies", as a Christmas present for my wife. Most recent one for myself was Joyce's "Ulysses" - never read it, and it's about time I did. It'll have to take its place in the ENORMOUS "to read" queue, though.

[GotThatSwing]

Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko. It's not my genre but I like to swerve from the path from time to time

[booklvr62]

Many days I don't even find any Freebie Kindle books that I want to download, but today was an exceptional day!

Black Cow [Kindle Edition] by Magdalena Ball Contemporary Fiction

The Note [Kindle Edition] by Richard Rudomanski Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Y" [Kindle Edition] by Bonnie Rozanski Sci-Fi

An Englishwoman's Guide to the Cowboy [Kindle Edition] by June Kearns Romantic Comedy

The Tube Riders [Kindle Edition] by Chris Ward Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Time Sniffers (Shadow World) [Kindle Edition] by C. S. Lakin YA Sci-Fi/Romance

The Hope of Shridula: Blessings in India Book #2 [Kindle Edition] by Kay Marshall Strom Historical Fiction

Rogue's Honor (The Saint of Seven Dials) [Kindle Edition] by Brenda Hiatt Historical Romance

also available ~ Widow of Larkspur Inn, The (The Gresham Chronicles Book #1) [Kindle Edition] by Lawana Blackwell


-- 21 Dec 2012, 09:30 --

All Kindle Freebies~

Tall, Dark and Kilted [Kindle Edition] by Lizzie Lamb~Contemporary Romance
Archangels: Rise of the Jesuits [Kindle Edition] by Janet M. Tavakoli~ Financial Thriller
From Notting Hill with Love...Actually [Kindle Edition] by Ali McNamara~ Romantic Comedy
Seems Like Old Times [Kindle Edition] by Joanne Pence~ Contemporary Romance
Woodlife [Kindle Edition] by Richard M. Vickers~Supernatural/Suspense/Thriller/Mystery
Twelve Days (The McRae Series, Book 1 - Sam and Rachel) [Kindle Edition] by Teresa Hill~ Contemporary Romance
The Unholy Bible: Exposing the Lies Your Sunday School Teacher Told You [Kindle Edition] by Nathan Harris~ Nonfiction
Hospice? Hell, No! [Kindle Edition] by Audley Shore~Nonfiction

[Athena]

I won some cookbooks!

Jaap van Rijn - Herrie aan de Horizon
Caroline Brewester - Yummy: Desserts in 5 tot 30 minuten (translated into Dutch)
Nicola Graimes - Vegetarisch Nieuwe Stijl (translated into Dutch)
José Pizarro - Spaanse Smaken (translated into Dutch)
Jamie Oliver - Te Gast bij Jamie Oliver (translated into Dutch)

I also went into a charity shop and found:

Emily Barr - Backpack
Jo Walton - Tir Tanagiri #1: The King's Peace

[ambvoz1920]

I Just picked up:
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski (rec from friend)
The Bachman Books (including The Running Man, The Long Walk, and Roadwork) - Stephen King. (I'd read The Long Walk, but was delighted to discover I hadn't read the others!)
Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison
The Invisible Man (in easy edition in Catalan bc I' learning so I don't know if this counts as reading the actual book).

All borrowed, found at second-hand English book store or library - when the European crisis lets up I'll hit the bookstores again : )

[MelMariah]

For Christmas I've been given the Ladies Handbook from the 60s. Very funny.
Also have been bought the final book in the Wicked series 'Out of Oz' by Gregory Maguire.. Excellent.

-- 26 Dec 2012, 19:05 --

Bought Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire today on Amazon