Book Buying Addicts Anonymous discussion

Happy May Day! Share your May book finds here.

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I have a really hard tome making out titles and authors from postage size covers but as best as I can tell you read a wide variety of books.

Thom wrote: "[bookcover:The Color..."

Awesome selections!

I started the month off with a whopper from a variety of places.
At a local school booksale I got:
At a library booksale I picked up:
An order arrived:

I have a surprising short list of books to buy this month.
04-29. How to Seduce a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
05-06. Giving In by Maya Banks
05-13. Reluctant Consort by Lora Leigh
05-20. Sixth Grave On The Edge by Drynda Jones
05-27. Air Bound by Christine Feehan
(one I missed from March)
Reaper's Vow by Sarah McCarty ( e book)

Thom wrote: "[bookcover..."

Thats.......alot of books. I'm so jealous.

This morning I bought and

Just back from a book fair that I spent $37.50. Most I've spent at one. For my husband I got coming Fury bybruce Catton hb, Mathew Brady's Illustrated History of The Civil War hb, Carl Sandberg-Abraham Lincoln The Prarie Years and the War Years Illustrated Edition hb. For myself Wedding Planners of Butternut Creek by Jane Meyers Perrine hb, Mark Twain Himself in words and pictures produced by Milton Meltzer hb, the Favored Child by Philippa Gregory hb, Virgins Lover by Philippa Gregory tp, Widacre by Philippa Gregory tp, The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory hb, ( to replace paperback, Queens Fool by Philippa Gregory tp, World Without End by Ken Follett PB, Sycamore Row by John Grisham hb, Rivers End by Nora Roberts hb, Honest Illusions by Nora Roberts tp, Heart of the Matter by Emily Griffin hb.

And The Lemon Orchard by Luanne Rice hb

Just three so far this month



Total books for May: 3
Total spent : £2.99

All for $2!!!

Just bought and

Shauna wrote: "[bookcover:Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee|780..."

Wow, that's a lot of books for $2. What a great deal :)

Went to a car boot sale this morning and got all these for £2.50!



Total books for May: 12
Total spent : £5.49

Hit up the used book store yesterday and found some good deals in the clearance, yay me!

Clearance (all $1.00)
Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
Demolition Angel - Robert Crais
The Left Hand of God - Paul Hoffman

Then found some other paperbacks that I couldn't pass up:
Small Gods and Hogfather - Terry Pratchett
The Two Minute Rule and Hostage - Robert Crais
Royal Assassin and Assassin's Quest - Robin Hobb

All in all, for under $30.00, it was a pretty sweet book buying day!

Tonight I found the audio book of on iTunes for $5.95 and I pre-ordered on my Nook.

Scott wrote: "Hit up the used book store yesterday and found some good deals in the clearance, yay me!

Clearance (all $1.00)
Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
Jurassic Park ..."

I really, really, really need to get Lonesome dove. It's been on my wishlist forever and comes so highly recommended by a few friends. I haven't ran into it in a used bookstore yet so will buy it new sometime if I ever can remember when I'm at the bookstore. Always slips my mind. Great books for you for $1.00 each!

Picked up these three today:

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (paperback, $5)
Dry by Augusten Burroughs (paperback, $1)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (hardcover, $1, already own this one but in paperback)

@Erin I was super stoked I found so many good buys for that cheap. Funnily enough a friend was just telling me the other day I needed to read Lonesome Dove and then, boom, found it on my next shopping trip. And actually I just remembered I left out Watership Down - Richard Adams from my list. It was an excellent day of book shopping!

Caroline wrote: "Shauna wrote: "[bookcover:Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and..."

My church's annual yard sale. I stock up every year. The Harlan Coben book was in hardcover and in perfect condition. It alone was worth the trip.

I love used Hardcover...can't afford $25-$40 new. But when I do get one in great shape I am jumping for joy!!

Shauna wrote: "Caroline wrote: "Shauna wrote: "[bookcover:Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad ..."

I wish my local church would have a sale like that. I'd be on the door step before they even opened!

wow, nice finds guys! I'm resolved not to spend any money on books this month, saving up for a weekend trip to NYC with my mom the first weekend in June -- so I'll have to break down and actually read the stuff I've collected in the last month (le gasp) or go to the library (le GASP). yay for May!

Got these four today:

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (hardcover, $5)
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts (paperback, $1)
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon (paperback, $1)
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (paperback, $1, a favorite from my childhood!! Felt so much nostalgia when I saw it!)

Picked up a couple used at the public library: and The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: The Frontier Stories: Volume Three: 3

Today I got for 50p each.
I also picked up and for my sister who lives abroad so I didn't want to lend her my copies! They were 50p each too.

Total books for May: 18
Total spent: £8.49

Took a bus ride out with my parents to the coast today and picked up these two in charity shops there for 99p and 45p respectively:


The Bull of Minos by Leonard Cottrell


The Hundred Days by Patrick O'Brian

saw a few others that looked interesting but didn't buy them as I know I'll be going near a lot of good bookshops over the next few weeks so thought it better to show at least 'some' restraint today.

So far and

I'm thinking 3 or 4 more books before the end of the month.

Picked up these 4:

The Dinner by Herman Koch (paperback, $8)
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (paperback, $1)
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (paperback, $1)
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (hardcover, no dust jacket, $1. I already own this in paperback)

Two more today for £1.50



Total books for May: 20
Total spent: £9.99

Did a trawl of the shops in Colchester today, got these for a little under £14:


Redcoats and Rebels: The War for America 1770-1781 by Christopher Hibbert


Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life Of The Natural History Museum by Richard Fortey


Lord of the Flies by William Golding


Minsmere: Portrait Of A Bird Reserve by Herbert Axell


The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins

Some more deliveries arrived:
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Used:

I bought Brothers Karamazov, Lady Chatterley's Lover, and The Battle for Wondla.

Joseph wrote: "Some more deliveries arrived:
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I love The Familiars!! I've only read the first two books, though.

Finally came in the mail today!

Just back from a library book sale spent $11.00. Got for my husband More Than Complete Hitchhikers Guide hb by Douglas Adams and The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams in hb. For myself I got the Crowing Glory of Cala Lily Ponde by Rebecca Wells hb, Winter of the World by Ken Follett hb, AWeek in Winter by Maeve Binchy hb, Voyager by Diana Gabaldon in hb to replace my paper copy, Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts hb, and A bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks hb

Son: by Lois Lowry and The Treatment: by Suzanne Young

I bought and tonight.

Just a few E-Books for my Kindle... it should see me through my upcoming vacation.

Bought these 2 today:

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (hardcover, $15)
Tales from the Crypt by Jack Oleck (paperback, $1)

Had a really good day. Went to a Books A Million store for a book signing. They had 10 female authors that all write Romance for a book signing got 10 books I already own signed. Bought 4 trade size books, got 3 of them signed today. The Professional by Kelsey Cole, signed. Thoughtless by S C Stephens, signed If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones, signed. Melting The Ice by Jaci Burton, not signed. Also bought a new Coach purse, just because I wanted it and tomorrow is Mother's Day

Last night I bought the audio of on iTunes for $5.95 and this afternoon I sold a bag full if books to Half Price Books I came home with
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I feel really happy this week because I found a copy of Trainspotting in the local charity shop.

Came out in paperback this week! Picked it up while shopping this weekend.

Got two from charity shops today at £1.00 each.




Total books for May: 22
Total spent: £11.99

Bought 4 today, and Happy Mothers Day to my fellow moms!

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (paperback, $5)
White Teeth by Zadie Smith (paperback, $5)
The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall (hardcover, $5.50)
All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld (paperback, $1)

The other day, I purchased . It is SO BLOODY AMAZING!!! :D