Book Buying Addicts Anonymous discussion

Happy New Year everyone! Here's to another great year of book buying! Feel free to list and comment on your purchases as you get them this January, 2010.

I look forward to my days off so I can spend time in the bookstores. The used bookstore especially with its constantly changing inventory. So, of course I went today. I found what I think were two excellent books for cheap and . I believe they were both released within the last month, and appear unread. So, I didn't mind paying $3.00 each. I also found quite a few others that I've had on my wishlist, and I've added them to the "bought in 1/10" shelf.

I ordered this one last month and finally arrived today:
Beyond Heaving Bosoms The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels

Michelle wrote: "I ordered this one last month and finally arrived today:
Beyond Heaving Bosoms The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels[bookcover:Beyond Heaving Bosoms The Smart Bitches' Guide ..."

Oh Michelle, that books sounds like a hoot!

I ordered Kitty's House of Horrors from Bookdepository.com but I'm not counting it as a purchase until it arrives.

LooLoo wrote: "I ordered Kitty's House of Horros from Bookdepository.com but I'm not counting it as a purchase until it arrives...."

Looloo, me too! Great minds think alike, huh?

LooLoo wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I ordered this one last month and finally arrived today:
Beyond Heaving Bosoms The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels[bookcover:Beyond Heaving Bosoms The Smart..."

Yeah, I thought so too. I haven't started it yet, but its recommened reading for a book discussion that I've decided to participate in. There's been a few complaints about the authours language, so I'm curious to see what that's all about. I only paid 14 cents + s/h. Its in excellent condition so I'm really excited.

Well i went to my fav bookstore today, Powells and ended up with 4 books for me: , & and I also bought 2 new cookbooks for the hubby!:)

I made a trip to my local used book store today and bought...



First purchase of the new year!

Susan (Suz) wrote: "Well i went to my fav bookstore today, Powells and ended up with 4 books for me: , & [book..."

I've read both the Rhyannon Byrd books and really liked them. Hope you like them as well!

oh that's great to hear Valorie, one of my other GR friends recommended them too and I found them used for $2.50 and $3.50 so figured I better snatch them up!:)

One for me-could not resist Nora Roberts "Duets". But I still have so many others to read. My goal is to get the piles of books I have read!.

Suz you got some great books there!

Suz, I have the Rhyannon Byrd books. Let me know when you are going to read them and I'll read them with you.

, , and all arrived in the mail today.

Bought in January so far:

I purchased today from three local used bookstores the following....

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Total for this month so far is 12

Got my first purchase of January yesterday. Found an interesting read used at the library: Free Speech for Me--But Not for Thee: How the American Left and Right Relentlessly Censor Each Other by Nat Hentoff

I used some of my Christmas gift card money at the used bookstore yesterday. I got...
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Plus a couple others.
I also got from Amazon.

My total for Jan. is already at 13 and it's only the 6th of the month. Uh-oh!

Ooooooh, Looloo, you're going to like Rosemary and Rue. One of my favorite debut works. I can't wait to read the next in the series.

LooLoo wrote: "My total for Jan. is already at 13 and it's only the 6th of the month. Uh-oh!

Looloo, I'm here to make you feel better, again. I went to work this afternoon and came home this evening with 29 various works of used juvenile fiction we withdrew from the library's collection. And to think, I actually thought I might bring home very few books this month. Yeah, right. Sheesh. A leopard definately cannot change its spots, huh? :-)

Joseph, I do feel better. At least I'm in good company with my addiction.

I bought:


I did'nt know they even had books like this. I googled the topic 'how to get published in a magazine' and saw a wiki article.

I was at B&N today and bought...

Valorie would be interested in hearing what you think of the Jacquelyn Frank series!!

This month I've only bought manga, but its still early :)

Mixed Vegetables volume 6
Saiyuki Reload volume 7
Tramps Like Us volume 5
Gravitation volume 1
Stand By Youth volume 1
GetBackers volume 5
GetBackers volume 12
Samurai Deeper Kyo volume 8
Samurai Deeper Kyo volume 9
Samurai Deeper Kyo volume 13
Samurai Deeper Kyo volume 14
Samurai Deeper Kyo volume 17
Samurai Deeper Kyo volume 19
Innocent W volume 3
Glass Sky
Moon and Sandals volume 1
Moon and Sandals volume 2
Pathos volume 1
Pathos volume 2
Solfege
Author's Pet
Clear Skies volume 1
Dog Style volume 1
Don't Blame Me volume 1
Don't Blame Me volume 2
Bond(z)
Love Skit
Boy's Love
Hard Rock
La Vie En Rose
Spell
Loveholic volume 1
Ichigenme...the First Class is Civil Law volume 2



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Most of those I got on clearance at akadot.com and most of the rest I got out of the clearance bins at Borders. And if magazines count I got Shonen Jump (which contains about a chapter and a half of 6 manga, so 6 issues make 6 books, about/maybe) and Yen Plus (which contains chapters from 10 different series). I collect both of those too, and I used to do Shojo Beat but it stopped serialization last summer (boohoo). Um, yeah, I think thats everything so far...

...that was much longer than I meant it to be...

Shimmerpop wrote: "...that was much longer than I meant it to be..."

LOL! I don't think you need to be concerned with the lengths of your posts here. When listing purchases, talking about books and book sales, and your collection (s), the longer the better!!!

Shannon wrote: "I do not know if I am going to be able to keep my resolution. I am going to the outlets. They have a book store there. Agh! Maybe there won't be any good deals. Yeah, that's it.

" Wishful thinking Shannon!:) Good luck with that! Let us know how it goes ;)

by Maggie Shayne

Susan (Suz) wrote: "Valorie would be interested in hearing what you think of the Jacquelyn Frank series!! "

I really like her other two series so hopefully this new one will be just as good. I'll let you know when I read it.

I found the following at my local library book sale today...



Then bought from the used book store...


Total this month so far is 19

Valorie wrote: "Susan (Suz) wrote: "Valorie would be interested in hearing what you think of the Jacquelyn Frank series!! "

I really like her other two series so hopefully this new one will be just as good. I'll..."

That's good to know too Valorie! I have them but havent' started them yet!

Today I ordered from bookdepository.com:

Lover Avenged is a gift for a friend tho ;) &


Lover Avenged was a gift for a friend tho :)

Yes that is the important thing, but you must share with us shannon what you got ;)

Good Books Shannon! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Anita Blake Books! But I think I am one of the few!! I'm currently reading book 14 of the Anita Series!

Susan (Suz) wrote: "Today I ordered from bookdepository.com:

Lover Avenged is a gift for a friend tho ;) [bookcover:Death's Mistre..."

I heard that Death's Mistress by Karen Chance is excellent. I haven't purchased it yet, but I look forward to reading it as soon as I finish a few other books.

I went to another library book sale today and bought....


They had 8 paperbacks for $1! Can't beat it!
Total so far...27! (I'm trying to give Joseph some competition!)

Valorie wrote: "They had 8 paperbacks for $1! Can't beat it!
Total so far...27! (I'm trying to give Joseph some competition!) ..."

Valerie, nice deals! But you're gonna have to do better than that to catch this bibliomaniac. ;-)

I just brought home 15 more used books from the library and got 4 delivered from Bookdepository. That brings me up to 49 for the month, so far. :-)

Joseph wrote: "Valorie wrote: "They had 8 paperbacks for $1! Can't beat it!
Total so far...27! (I'm trying to give Joseph some competition!) ..."

Valerie, nice deals! But you're gonna have to do better than..."

I know Joseph! You're a maniac! I can only aspire to being the bibliomaniac you are!

Just realized I didn't list my Bookdepo deliveries. I just got:
Bone Magic by Yasmine Galenorn
Kitty's House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn
Blood Cross by Faith Hunter
Evil Ways by Justin Gustainis

I also picked up Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland with a Borders coupon for only $4.

Today I bought: [image error] [image error] all from the used bookstore. Plus, I bought about 30 off of ebay yesterday and I'm just waiting for them to arrive. That's the end of my Christmas money designated specifically for buying books. However, it's only the 10th and there's too many new releases coming out later this month for me to stop now, lol!

Well went to costco today so I broke down and bought [image error]

So far I've gotten and from Paperback Book Swap. I also bought from Barnes and Noble this weekend.

I was just looking at our "bought in 1/10" shelf and relaized that as a group, our current total is already more than 1/2 of the Dec. total; and that's just counting the purchases that were added to Jan '10 shelf alone. I don't know, it just made my day for some reason :OP

So far in January 2010 I've purchased:

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Haunted by Chuck Palahnuik
The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Stories 1 by Ray Bradbury
Dubliners by James Joyce
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living Dead by Max Brooks
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Blindness by Jose Saramago
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft
Infected by Scott Sigler

Only crossed off about 4% of my list :(

Just picked up at Costco. It is so hard to go in there and not find a bargain.

Got another delivery from Bookdepo: North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

Brings me up to 52 for January.

I just got from B&N.com today...



Brings my total to 29!

George Rodger: An Adventure in Photography, 1908-1995 by Carole Naggar

I was greedy, I started reading as soon as it arrived. Only brand new book so far this year! Many from last year sitting on the table next to my reading chair and lamp that I've only briefly looked at... that too will change!