What books did you acquire today?

[booklvr62]

Kindle Freebies today~
Creating Madness [Kindle Edition] by Andrew Rafkin 320 pgs [adventure/thriller]
Terrorists have attacked the harbor of Galveston
"Terrorists have attacked the harbor of Galveston, Texas, where a dirty bomb was detonated next to a container ship, resulting in major damage to the container ship, and the radiation released by the explosion could be disastrous. We have no further information at this time except that the president and the head of Homeland Security have pushed the terror alert to RED!
Andre Petrov, a successful security company executive, forms the Oceans Reconnaissance Commission and Asso-ciates (O.R.C.A.) to provide coastal and port protection against global terrorism, drug trafficking, and environ-mental issues. Retired Navy SEAL Commander Reef Jo-hansson and the beautiful Alexis Mikos, a former Greek Secret Service agent, plus a handpicked group of security and computer specialists lead O.R.C.A. against the terror-ists. Using cutting-edge ballistics technology and specially designed and powerful Orca boats, they attempt to foil a diabolical terrorist plot funded and contrived by a vengeance-seeking North Korean family and a wealthy Iranian mullah.

Mediterranean Madness[Kindle Edition] by Andrew J. Rafkin 604 pgs[adventure/thriller]
A WAKE-UP CALL TO THE WORLD
Retired Navy SEAL, Commander Reef Johanssen and former Greek Secret Service agent Alexis Mikos of Oceans Reconnaissance Commission and Associates (O.R.C.A.), whose mission it is to provide coastal and port protection against terrorism, drug trafficking, and environmental issues, take on a terrorist-led ecological threat. The brilliant but evil North Korean Hon brothers and their wealthy Iranian partner, Jafar Assad, once again threaten civilization with biological and nuclear weapons of mass destruction. Hardened mercenaries and the Russian Mafia aid in the terrorist cause, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance while Reef and Alexis race to stem the tide of the Mediterranean Madness.
A WAKE-UP CALL TO THE WORLD

Mexican Madness[Kindle Edition] by Andrew J. Rafkin 470 pgs[adventure/thriller]
The Terrorists Think They Can Finally Break Us.
They Didn’t Count on O.R.C.A.
When a group of local physicians get together for their annual fishing trip in Mexican waters, they end up reeling in a lot more than yellowfin tuna.
Suddenly, a horrifying discovery becomes snagged on the end of a fishing line―a man’s mummy-wrapped body, with his organs harvested.
This abomination triggers a call from the President to the brave men and women of O.R.C.A., an independent worldwide agency created to combat terrorism, drug-trafficking and eco-sabotage. They’ve got plenty of experience with the bad guys. But this might be O.R.C.A.’s toughest task preventing a plan―dubbed “the New Dawn”―to attack the very core of the United States of America.
Involved are the Russian and Mexican Mafias, Chinese Triad, Latin drug cartels and their governments, in a global plot to hijack the world’s oil and bring America to its knees― all financed by the trade in an ingenious evil too terrible to contemplate.
But not if O.R.C.A.’s president, Andre Petrov, and directors Reef, Nici and Alexis have anything to do with it. This experienced team will use every trick in the book―from cutting-edge ballistics onboard their awesome ORCA boats, to good old fashioned espionage―to put the terrorists out of commission, once and for all.
With storylines ripped from news front pages and near-instantaneous electronic media bulletins, Mexican Madness is a shocking reminder of the dangers we face in this brave, often terrible new world of ours.

The Twelve Stones [Kindle Edition] by RJ Johnson 372 pgs[adventure/fantasy/sci-fi]
Twenty two years ago, Alex McCray found the first of the Twelve Stones, a set of powerful artifacts left for Humanity to find and use to save Earth from certain destruction.
Returning to his hometown of Onyx, California, Alex reunites with his father who returns the stone Alex found so many years ago. Their reunion is cut short however after Alex's father is murdered by billionaire industrialist Rupert Kline, a madman who will stop at nothing to collect all twelve stones for himself.
Driven by revenge, Alex McCray vows to bring his father's killer to justice and keep the remaining Twelve Stones out of Kline's hands.
A thrilling tale that mixes romance, cutting edge science, and oh yeah, the fate of human civilization.

A Touch of Magic [Kindle Edition] by Gregory Mahan 291 pgs[fantasy/sci-fi]
What's a young mage to do in a land where magic is illegal, and the penalty is death?
At the age of fourteen, Randall Miller is surprised to learn that he has the talent--for magic! Tricked into apprenticeship by a powerful Mage, Randall is forced to leave everything he knows behind.
When his mentor is killed by Aiden, head of the secret police, he flees for his life, stumbling from one misadventure into another. Teaming up with a trio of greedy traders and a capricious imp along the way, Randall must learn to master his budding power, or die at the hands of the Rooks!

Painted Blind: A Modern Retelling of the Myth of Cupid & Psyche[Kindle Edition] by Michelle Hansen 341 pgs[fantasy/romance]
Psyche Middleton has always been judged by her looks. When she meets a guy that can make himself invisible, she must decide if love is truly blind. He takes her a palace in an idyllic kingdom, but his affection has one condition—she may not see him.
Enchanted, intrigued and not wholeheartedly believing he’s real, she betrays his trust for a glimpse of his face, and ends up at the mercy of his controlling mother. Psyche must complete three impossible tasks to prove her love—or die trying.

The Slow Cooker Cookbook: 87 Easy, Healthy, and Delicious Recipes for Slow Cooked Meals[Kindle Edition] by John Chatham 166 pgs
This cookbook offers recipes for all the traditional comfort food favorites like pot roast, beef stew, pulled pork, BBQ baby back ribs, old fashioned meatloaf, butternut squash soup and even mac `n cheese.
Imagine your home filled with the spicy aromas of Tandoori Chicken, Chicken Ranchero Enchiladas or Braised Asian Beef. Dozens of international recipes feature meals you never dreamed of actually making yourself. And with the slow cooker doing all the work you will feel as though you are dining out.
Sounds appealing, but you don’t eat meat? The Slow Cooker Cookbook dedicates an entire chapter of recipes to fish and seafood, and is filled with numerous hearty vegetable dishes like White Bean and Rosemary Soup, Eggplant Parmesan and Vegetarian Cassoulet.
And if slaving over the stove is your passion then most likely you’re not the baking type. Let the slow cooker make dessert. From fruit crumbles and cobblers to hot fudge cake there’s virtually no recipe that this cookbook doesn’t offer.

[DATo]

Stopped by the library to return a book and noticed that they were having a book sale. Mostly junk but I did find a book that was recently recommended to me here on the forum called Mary of Nazareth, by Federico Suarez. This is a novel based upon the life of Jesus' mother. My interest in this book is not of a religious nature but rather to see how the author deals with the subject. Hardbound and in mint condition for half a dollar.

[MandiKenendy]

Borrowed "The hundred year old Man" by Jonas Jonnasson from my mum to read for my online book club.
Bought "Dance with Dragons Part 2" by George RR Martin from Watersones because it was on offer and I knew I would be going to read it once I finish part 1.
Bought a book called "The Faith" by Amanda Tilbrook off Kindle because it looked odd and I wanted to try out my new Kindle app.
Bought Criminal by Karin Slaughter because my friend told me there was a new Karin Slaughter book and I had to have it straight away!
Resisted by second hand books at church fayre because I thought four books on the go at once was probably enough!

[primrose777]

While fossicking in a Vintage shop came across a book called "Witness to War, Diaries of the second world war in Europe and the Middle East" by Richard J Aldrich. A bargain for $5. I love reading personal memoirs of this time period so I am happy.

[Zepher07]

I just rebought the Lord of the Rings trilogy with The Hobbi included. I had a set once, but it was left behind when I moved. I also bought the third installment of Ally Condie's Matched series which is called Reached. On a related not, I alo just bought season one and two of BBC's Sherlock becaue they were on sale and I have recently becom addicted. Me plus Barnes and Noble plus a tax refund check equals a really dangerous combination.

[DATo]

Stopped by the library to return a book and noticed that they were having a book sale. Mostly junk but I did find a book that was recently recommended to me here on the forum called Mary of Nazareth, by Federico Suarez. This is a novel based upon the life of Jesus' mother. My interest in this book is not of a religious nature but rather to see how the author deals with the subject. Hardbound and in mint condition for half a dollar.

Make that Mary of Nazareth, by Marek Halter, not Federico Suarez.

[primrose777]

Many, a friend gave me 3 boxes of books she doesn't want. Still going through them

[MelMariah]

Lucky ^

Today at the markets I bought Atonement and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

[hazelk]

Many, a friend gave me 3 boxes of books she doesn't want. Still going through them

You lucky girl, do you need any help??I live in New South Wales!!!, far south coast.

Saturday I acquired the following.

The Falling Angels,An Irish Romance by John Walsh, I love anything Irish.
Women In The Background by Australian comedian Barry Humphries, I think that it will be a real hoot.
Welcome Back by Australian author Thea Welsh, I have a fondness for Aussie writers.

[primrose777]

Many, a friend gave me 3 boxes of books she doesn't want. Still going through them

You lucky girl, do you need any help??I live in New South Wales!!!, far south coast.

Saturday I acquired the following.

The Falling Angels,An Irish Romance by John Walsh, I love anything Irish.
Women In The Background by Australian comedian Barry Humphries, I think that it will be a real hoot.
Welcome Back by Australian author Thea Welsh, I have a fondness for Aussie writers.

Sorry Hazelk, kept some and passed the others on already. Sure was fun though.

Just acquired "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy and "The lost recipe for happiness" by Barbara O'Neal.

[lady_charlie]

Passed my local bookshop today ..... that's a lie, I did not pass I went in & came out with:

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman (Gannon recommended it a while back) & The Quarry by Johan Theorin

When it comes to books, I can resist anything except temptation

Oh I read that last summer - it was really quite good and I have discovered since that Alice Hoffman wrote Practical Magic and a lot of other good stuff

-- 05 May 2013, 00:08 --

Passed my local bookshop today ..... that's a lie, I did not pass I went in & came out with:

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman (Gannon recommended it a while back) & The Quarry by Johan Theorin

When it comes to books, I can resist anything except temptation

Oh I read that last summer - it was really quite good and I have discovered since that Alice Hoffman wrote Practical Magic and a lot of other good stuff

We got Ender's Game - thanks, everyone here for that
Father Brown Mysteries by GK Chesterton
The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood
I got Slaughterhouse Five for my daughter, it was a special at Amazon, she will read it eventually

-- 05 May 2013, 00:10 --

I just rebought the Lord of the Rings trilogy with The Hobbi included. I had a set once, but it was left behind when I moved. I also bought the third installment of Ally Condie's Matched series which is called Reached. On a related not, I alo just bought season one and two of BBC's Sherlock becaue they were on sale and I have recently becom addicted. Me plus Barnes and Noble plus a tax refund check equals a really dangerous combination.

LOTR fan club - start one, I'm there!

[Maud Fitch]

Just downloaded "The Werewolf's Guide To Life - A Manual For The Newly Bitten" by Ritch Duncan.
It's a comedy, a satire on werewolves and self-help books and I'm looking forward to a few laughs.

It never ceases to amaze me why people download and pay for eBooks! They're free from your public library!

[lady_charlie]

We got the rest of the Ender's Game books today, for the Kindles.

I know, right? I am pretty thrifty. Also poor. I never bought books before I had my daughter, but she reads and reads and reads. It is getting to be quite a habit!!!!

Our local library is about the size of our living room. They can't borrow books from other libraries and they don't get all the new books and there isn't a wide selection of old ones.

The library in the town where I work is bigger, but not convenient during the summers, since we don't go that way for much of anything else.

The library we go to in the summers is bigger, and I do use that. But even when my daughter was little they often didn't have the books we were looking for, and it takes about twenty five minutes to drive there, so if you weren't going there already it is not very convenient either.

We often buy books used and then resell them at different used bookstores, but it takes about an hour to drive to one of those so we only go a few times a year.

[Bighuey]

I dont buy e-books, theres too many free ones out there. Im also thrifty, I buy books in thrift stores, yard sales, places like that.

When I lived in Utah, I took care of the dump in the town we lived in. People threw away books by the truckload. Most of them were mush books, but there were a lot of good ones, too. I found some first edition Perry Mason books one time, and a lot of old rare books. I took them all home, whether they were ones I liked or not. The mush books the wife and daughter read.

After a while things got out of hand, we must have had close to 1000 books and no place to keep them. We sold some, gave a bunch to Deseret Industries, and kept about 300 of the better ones. The mush books, we couldnt sell them, nobody wanted them so I put them on the road in front of the house with a sign that said free books, but no one took them. I finally took them back to the dump.

[hazelk]

Bighuey,

I love your post, it is the makings of a great short story.

I have also found some great books at my local dump, this was years ago, I had a secondhand shop so most of them were sold there, it helped to pay the rent.

I think that when my time comes to clean out all of my books I shall just donate them to my local library. Most of them, like yours, have come from yard sales and op shops.