Joseph ’s Comments (group member since Jul 28, 2009)

Joseph ’s comments from the Book Buying Addicts Anonymous group.

* Something to Wear - Stuck-Up Suit by Vi Keeland 2-2
* A Real Place - A Scandal in Battersea by Mercedes Lackey 1-29
* Animal - American Hippo by Sarah Gailey 1-27
* A Number -
* A Color - Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon 1-11
* A Girl’s Name - The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley by Mercedes Lackey 1-13
* A Boy’s Name -
* Profession - The Shifter Romances The Writer by Kristen Painter 2-17
* Day of the week -
* Month of the year -

Ok book lovers — here are the rules, it's relatively simple:
By the end of 2022, read a book whose title contains something that fits in each category.
* Something to Wear -
* A Real Place -
* Animal -
* A Number -
* A Color -
* A Girl’s Name -
* A Boy’s Name -
* Profession -
* Day of the week -
* Month of the year -

For example:
* A Real Place - The Wizard of London by Mercedes Lackey
* A Number - The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
* A Color - The Cat Who Saw Red by Lilian Jackson Braun

Tom wrote: "While this might sound morbid..... For those of us that have large collections of books... do any of you have plans where or what to do with them when you die?"

Tom, first of all, great question. My dream is to leave my library of currently over 15,000 items to some small town that doesn't have a public library, but I have no idea how to pull this off considering so much would need to be done. There would have be a building found to hold it and a librarian to run it, not to mention, how to pack and transport everything to this town who knows where.

I hope someone can provide a more feasible answer to your question because I really want to know. :-)

I would hope there would be no need to trick. To make it easier though, you might want to provide them a list of particular titles and or authors, either that, or just ask for a gift card to your local independent book store.

Went on a 2.5 hour road trip to this huge used book store in Forsyth, IL called Cheryl's Old Book Barn and came home with 13 books!

Night of the billionaire wolf
You had me at wolf
Flight of the white wolf
The undead kama sutra
Someone's been sleeping in my bed
Rose Red
Prince of kisses
One day, my prince
Let me come in
Cooking up trouble
The gentle beast
Jackie & the giant
The third jungle book

I'm going to cry a river, completely heartbroken. First the Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago was postponed from the first Saturday in June to September and now I just learned they have cancelled it. I had such hope it might go on, but I have to admit that was a wishful thinking.

Share here you any book fairs you like to attend. Include those that you did get to go to (lucky you), might still get to go to (keep your fingers crossed), or couldn't go to (I share your sorrow). Let us know where and when.

Take care, stay well, and keep collecting and reading fellow bibliophiles.

I received a nice surprise today. A book I ordered online used from BetterWorldBooks arrived signed! Supernatural Law: Grandfathered in signed by author and illustrator Batton Lash.

PRIMARY GOAL
Red: Seeing Red 4/4
Orange:
Yellow:
Green: Death at Gallows Green 6/18
Blue: Blue Flame 4/3, Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues 11/22
Purple:

SECONDARY GOAL

Black:
Brown:
Grey/Gray:
Peach:
Pink:
Rose: The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey 4/25
Tan:
Teal:
Turquoise:
Violet:
White: White Heat 3/27, Death at Whitechapel 6/22

Others:
Buttercup: Suck It Up, Buttercup 5/9
Copper: Copper Beach 4/10
Sable: A Study in Sable 11/2
Silver The Silver Arrow 7/10, Secrets of the Silver Lion 10/22

C2E2 was a bit of a disappointment this year. Not too many authors that I was interested in or even knew. Only came home with 5 autographs.
Got my copy of The Elfstones of Shannara signed by Terry Brooks as well as the autographs of Rita Woods, John Scalzi, Sam Sykes, and Robert Jackson Bennett.

Also picked up a copy of Applied Mythology from a local Little Free Library and it happened to be signed by the author Jody Lynn Nye.

Is it just me, or does anyone else get annoyed that and/or authors put the same price on an around 100 page novella that they do an around 300 page novel? I don't mind paying around $8 for a paperback novel, but I don't think I should have to pay the same price for a paperback novella that is a third the size of the novel. Novellas can be just as good to read, but if they want $8, then I think they should publish three novellas in one book, like they do with short stories. IMO, it should be the number of pages that determines the price of paperbacks. If they want more money, give me more to read, not less. What do you think?

Just received a title I ordered used. I knew it was a used library book, what I didn't know until it arrived was it was from a library in ESSEX, ENGLAND! This great read came all the way across the ocean for me. :-)
A Treacherous Curse

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/13/795873...

The New York Public Library has been loaning books for a long time — the institution turns 125 this year.

To celebrate, the library dug into its records and calculated a list of the 10 books that have been checked out the most in its history.

How many of these have you read?

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats: 485,583 checkouts

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss: 469,650 checkouts

1984 by George Orwell: 441,770 checkouts

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak: 436,016 checkouts

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: 422,912 checkouts

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White: 337,948 checkouts

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury: 316,404 checkouts

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie: 284,524 checkouts

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling: 231,022 checkouts

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle: 189,550 checkouts

Fantastic! Glad to see some more players. Have fun!

You're primary challenge is to read at least six books, one that has "Red" in the title, one that has "Orange" in the title, one that has "Yellow" in the title, one that has "Green" in the title, one that has "Blue" in the title, and one that has "Purple" in the title.

Secondarily, read as many other titles you can that might have the names of crayons you'd find in a box of Crayola. Exact names or color variations are all acceptable

Examples:

Red: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. This matches exact, of course.
Orange: Blood Orange by Susan Wittig Albert. This refers to the fruit, but go ahead and use it as the color.
Blue: Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood. It means the music, but it contains the word so you can use it.

You can list other colors as well as different shades.

Other Colors:
Peach: Peach Pies and Alibis by Ellery Adams. It may be the fruit but it is a color, too.
Brown: Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates. It contains the word so go ahead.

Shades:
Rose: The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey. The Fire Rose, while it is referring to the flower here, you can use it as a shade of red.
Sable: A Study in Sable by Mercedes Lackey. Sable is a shade of black so go ahead and list it.


PRIMARY GOAL
Red:
Orange:
Yellow:
Green:
Blue:
Purple:

SECONDARY GOAL

Black:
Brown:
Grey/Gray:
Peach:
Pink:
Tan:
Teal:
Turquoise:
Violet:
White:
etc.
Feel free to add any more colors you can think of. For ideas, look here for a list of colors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... If the crayon color is more than one word, just drop the basic color reference.
Example, if it is Pine Green, just use Pine. Or if it is Forest Green, just use Forest. Or Brick Red just use Brick.

23/26

A Kelley Armstrong Wolf's Bane 1/5
B Lilian Jackson Braun The Cat Who Wasn't There 1/1
C Cynthia Eden Avenging Angel 1/1
D Lauren Dane Goddess With a Blade 2/9
E Jessica Estevao Whispers Beyond the Veil 1/2
F Amanda Flower Verse and Vengeance 1/12
G Genevieve Cogman The Secret Chapter 1/5
H Alexis Hall Iron & Velvet 2/16
I
J Jim Butcher Storm Front 2/2
K Jayne Ann Krentz The Vanishing 1/6
L Shelly Laurenston The Mane Squeeze 1/14
M Seanan McGuire Come Tumbling Down 1/4
N Natasha Pulley The Watchmaker of Filigree Street 3/17
O Kristen Painter Sucks To Be Me 2/24
P Leigh Perry A Skeleton in the Family 3/18
Q Amanda Quick Close Up 5/10
R Deanna Raybourn A Perilous Undertaking 1/9
S Jill Shalvis Simply Irresistible 1/12
T Slow Surrender by Cecilia Tan 10/27
U The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway by Una McCormack 10/23
V Carrie Vaughn The Immortal Conquistador 2/26
W Wynter Daniels Geeks in Love: Yin to His Yang / Beauty & the Bigfoot Hunter 7/8
X
Y Yasmine Galenorn Sun Broken 5/11
Z

A-Z Author Challenge 2020


Duration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Read: 26 books
Rules: Use authors' first or last names. You cannot use middle initials. For the letter "X", any author with the letter X in his/her name is acceptable including initials.

You can sign up anytime, and you can backdate books if you know when you finished it, as long as it was done in the year 2020.

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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
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V
W
X
Y
Z

Happy New Year! I think I am going to try something a little different this year. Instead of posting a new topic each month for you to post your book buys for that month, just share here the book finds you are proud of making this year. Click on the "add book/author" link and post using the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone way when you do and we'll see how cool of a library we end up with in the "Books mentioned in this topic" listing by the end of the year. Have fun reading and just as much fun collecting fellow bibliophiles!

Share your December book buys here.

Remember remember to share your November book buys here.

Share your October book buys here.