Book Buying Addicts Anonymous discussion

It's September! Share your good buys in this month here.

My first delivery of the month:

I almost hate to admit it but I bought .

I needed just a little pick-me-up today, so I thought I would stop at the public library and maybe pick up a book or two from their used book shelves. What do I end with? Just this: . When one likes to collect and read, this definitely can give you a boost, right? ;-)

Taylor wrote: "I almost hate to admit it but I bought ."

I decided not to buy this one until after I read it and determine if I like it, but I did just recently check it out from the library. I hope it's good. I've heard mixed reviews so far.

Another delivery:

Buying these books was not my plan but the bookstore seemed to always seduce and I can't fight it off (I'm not even complaining) so here are the ones I bought:

Sometimes I'm able to discipline myself by using the library instead of doing an immediate download to my kindle. It helps that my library in Saratoga Springs, NY orders about ten copies of new bestsellers. I don't understand why most libraries just get one or two.

I'm impressed about two things - that you got all Booktrope books and that they were available at the bookstore. Happy reading!

I'm borrowing from the library these days

Took advantage of Half Price Books' Labor Day sale and came home with:

These are my purchases for the past 2 months.


Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Allison Bechdel
Finders Keepers by Stephen King
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Crash & Burn by Lisa Gardner
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Death Note, Vol. 4: Love by Tsugumi Ohba
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
Gold by Chris Cleave
The Juliette Society by Sasha Grey
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Here We Go Again: My Life In Television by Betty White
My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
The Ten-Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Every Day by David Levithan
Ruby by Cynthia Bond
The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
God Help the Child by Toni Morrison
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Friction
Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J Weibe
Nimona by Noelle Stephenson
Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling
Whirlwind by Charles L. Grant
The X-Files: Goblins by Charles L. Grant
Squeeze by Ellen Steiber
The Secret of Shadow Ranch by Carolyn Keene
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned" by Lena Dunham
Stephen King Goes to the Movies by Stephen King
The Green Mile, Part 1: The Two Dead Girls by Stephen King
The Green Mile, Part 2: The Mouse on the Mile by Stephen King
The Green Mile, Part 3: Coffey's Hands by Stephen King
The Green Mile, Part 4: The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix by Stephen King
The Green Mile, Part 5: Night Journey by Stephen King
The Green Mile, Part 6: Coffey on the Mile by Stephen King
Invisibility by Andrea Cramer + David Levithan
We Are Called to Rise by Laura McBride
Beach Road by James Patterson
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries by Jon Ronson
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
Poems by Maya Angelou
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
The Steady Running of the Hour by Justin Go
The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris
My Point...And I Do Have One by Ellen Degeneres
The Calhoun Women: Amanda & Lilah: A Man for Amanda\For the Love of Lilah by Nora Roberts
The Calhoun Women: Suzanna & Megan: Suzanna's Surrender\Megan's Mate by Nora Roberts
Suspicious: Partners / The Art of Deception / Night Moves by Nora Roberts




Phew, I'm sure I missed a few.. Maybe it would have just been easier to say hello lol.

One more delivery in:

More deliveries:

Bought two books today. I am trying my best to limit myself to 5 books a month. Let us see how it will go. Yay.

Bought today:

So, I picked up: by Tyler Whitesides, and both by Patrick Rothfuss, by Gregory Maguire, and by David Michaels

Got another order today: , but sadly I missed the launch party...

picked these up from the used shop yesterday :)

Recently bought , , and .

September Purchases:

My birthday was yesterday, 9/30
partial haul included--

Belated Happy Birthday Ashley!