North Liberty Readers discussion

I need to know what books you just got Sonja! Tell me please! :)

I was going to post them...

Here they are:

Under the Skin
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Sultan's Harem
The Three Musketeers

Cool! I have the ebook of Girl with a Pearl Earring, and I have the real books of The Man in the Iron Mask and The Three Musketeers! I think I might also have the ebook of The Other Boleyn Girl, but I'm not sure.

For Christmas I got I Am the Messenger and Schindler's List. Leading up to Christmas while buying books for others, I picked up Schindler's List, Anonyponymous The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words, and March.

I got:

Schindler's List
Coraline
The Tale of Despereaux Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread
I Am the Messenger

Did you get the second copy of Schindler's List you were expecting?

Yeap! Now we both have two!! :)

I went to B & N tonight... I was going to get just one, but I ended up with:

World Without End
The 19th Wife A Novel
The Commoner A Novel
Skeletons at the Feast
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Ohhhhhh I've read two of them! I really did like Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet... and World Without End was pretty good. I liked Pillars of the Earth better, but WWE was a quick and good read! :)~

The other three were buy 2 get 1. I also got a calendar and ended up spending $70.00.

Is it bad that I pick books based on the cover? I do also read the back of the book, but I won't even pick it up if the cover doesn't speak to me (unless it's been recommended). For example, I probably wouldn't have read Pillars or World Without End without a recommendation because the cover didn't call to me...

Nope! While you aren't supposed to judge a book by the cover, everybody does it! It's natural! :)

Ok. That makes me feel better. I always feel bad and like I'm probably missing out on really good books just because I don't like the cover...

Yes, but at the same time, if the other books didn't have awesome covers, how many of those would you have missed? :)

I know! Books should all just have awesome covers!

So, what did you just get?

Ehhh, I got the book for you, and two maze books for Anja. I almost bought Eating Animals, but I decided to just borrow it from the ICPL. I almost got The Other Boleyn Girl, but for the same price, I can get the ebook version, which will be much more convenient.

I was feeling broke today! :)~ (After a $36 lunch with Wimmie and spending almost $100 on shoes for the kids.)

Those are expensive shoes! I have The Other Boleyn Girl...I think. If you want to borrow it, you can. Let me know what I owe you!

Sweet! I'll totally borrow it from you! Though I'll hurry up and finish a couple of your books first... I feel bad that I've had them for soooooo long! :) Yeah, Sketchers shoes (for kids) aren't cheap, but they last well, and the kids like them. The Payless ones are cheaper, but we have to buy them more often... so it pretty much evens out.

I'm pondering buying The Help. Margaret is going to let me borrow her copy when she's done with it, but I gave it to her for Christmas, and last Friday she was only on page 70... It's $9.50 on amazon, and I have amazon prime, so free two day shipping. First I must get farther in The Woman in White. Then I'll decide. If you don't have it and I get it, you can totally borrow it! (I checked the wait list at ICPL, and it'll be a good two months, maybe a bit longer...)

You could get 2... I'd pay you back for one of them... :) Then we could read it together...

Sounds good! I hear that it's an awesome book, and that we won't regret owning it. I'll do it!

I just did it!

Yay! Now I owe you even more money!

Hah! :)

Is Margaret enjoying it?

Yes, she loves it! She only reads on the bus though... so it'll take her awhile...

I'm really bad...I need to find another hobby...

I just got from B&N - all $3.99 hardcovers - and free shipping!

Mudbound
Mistress of the Sun: A Novel
Annette Vallon: A Novel of the French Revolution
Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire
Tipperary: A Novel
Red River
Song Yet Sung
Redemption Falls
Bitter Sweets

So...I got home and looked at my shelves and I already own Red River, so I took it off my order. That's why I shouldn't order books at work, I guess...

Awe! :) Looks like you got some good stuff!

I hope so!

I'm bad, and amazon prime is too evil. I just bought Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga. Martha has it and generally reads a passage at the end of practice. It's a good book - it makes you reflect and think, yet it's not preachy.

Bad Sonja...

I just got:

The Queen's Handmaiden
The Zahir - the one I went in for
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
The Handmaid's Tale
The Sixth Wife
The Day the Falls Stood Still

The worst part about this is that I finally got all of my books alphabetized and into my shelves and they're full. I'm not sure where these are going to go!

Ohhh niiice!!!! I sense me stealing a few in the near future... MU HA HA!

I noticed you had some of them on your to-be-read list. You are very welcome to them...as long as I get to read them too!

I fell off the wagon. I ordered more books!

I got 6 hardcover books for $30 though...

Belong to Me
The City of Falling Angels
Hold Tight
The Last Summer
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Sepulchre

Would you like the audio of The Last Song for your May trip? It took awhile to get used to both the male and female narrator, but once you're used to them, they're pretty good. I'm on cd 9 of 10, and wow!

Where'd you get the books from?

Barnes and Noble. They're doing a buy 2 get the third free on their hardcover bargain books and some of their paperbacks. I'm sure they're doing it in the store too.

For my May trip, I was thinking The Piano Teacher, but The Last Song sounds good too. I don't know... Which do you like better? I'll have about 16 hours, so I don't think I'll be able to get through 2 books...

I think that The Piano Teacher is about 9 hours, and The Last Song is about 10 hours. You should do The Piano Teacher. I liked it. I really enjoy historical fiction! I'll put both on a flash drive for you - have I given you The Piano Teacher yet?

I think so, but I'll check my computer at home. I could almost do both, couldn't I? I might start with The Piano Teacher and then do The Last Song.

Neither of them start with H or W, so I think they'll both work!

I'm on B&N right now, I think I'm going to fall off the wagon!

Join me... It's ever so much fun!

I fell off the wagon!

The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
Looking for Alaska
The Sugar Queen
Child 44
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
Nobody's Prize
Mudbound

So, you only get one free book per order, but I didn't have enough for two orders, and Wimmie would kill me if I spent $50 on books today... So, only one was free, and of course it was $3.98. But, I only spent $38! (One of the books was $10something, but the rest were all pretty cheap!)

I might have to borrow some of those!

Totally! There's a few of yours that I'm going to hit you up for, but no rush. I still have several of yours I need to read. I'm really going to get to them... soon! Actually, I'm hoping to read Scarlett quite soon!

I'm not worried. I know you'll get to them. I'm more worried about my shelves being too full when I do get them back! I'm going to need another bookshelf...

Hah! I know your pain! I just bought new shelves a bit over a year ago... Ugh! I've even tried to weed a few books out, but just couldn't bring myself to actually perform the dirty deed. Bad Jenni, bad! :) (It's so hard, I own them for a reason. Even if I don't think I'll read them again, my kids might read them when they're old enough!) Plus, a house with lots of books is a happy house. That's what I think.)

I know how you feel. Sometimes I'm jealous of the ease with which Carissa can take books to Stuff or give them away. I just can't bring myself to do it!

I know! Clothes and toys are so easy for me to take to Goodwill or give away. Books, not so much!