Around the World in 80 Books discussion

Feel free to share any new book acquisitions or recent finds that you are excited about.

I just bought the ebook of Out Stealing Horses, I'm so happy! Now I can finally continue my journey...

Have been looking for a while for this book but couldn't find it anywhere where I could buy it, since I live in the Netherlands and a lot of website's have country restrictions if you try to buy the ebook. I actually cheated a little, I pretended to live in Switzerland (with an address from a hostel) and was able to order, pay en download the book like that :) jeeeh! (I don't feel to bad about that since I tried a lot of other 'official' way's and royalties are still being payed to the writer...)

I love my e-reader but sometimes it irritated the hell out of me that they make it so hard for me to buy certain book! Just because I live in a different country. I sort of understand but I think it's ridiculous in this digital/global era!

LadyHeather wrote: "I just bought the ebook of Out Stealing Horses, I'm so happy! Now I can finally continue my journey...

Have been looking for a while for this book but couldn't find it anywhere wher..."

I loved that book! It is a shame that there are country restrictions on ebooks. I don't know what difference it makes.

LadyHeather wrote: "I just bought the ebook of Out Stealing Horses, I'm so happy! Now I can finally continue my journey...

Have been looking for a while for this book but couldn't find it anywhere wher..."

I loved that book, too, and his book To Siberia- I think he has the best English translator ever

I've been reading Molotov's Magic Lantern: A Journey in Russian History- the author found a library that used to belong to Stalin's right hand man, Molotov- and she's using the library to take a leisurely trip through Russia, and Russian history. I've never studied Russian Literature, and find myself noting the names and then tracking them down and reading their stories or poems- it's like a really great way to take a survey course!
And she deals with the cognitive dissonance of the man who sent thousands of writers to the Gulag hording their books- creepy. I first heard of Molotov because I saw a photocopy of the original execution order for the Polish Officers killed at Katyn Forest- and he was one of the signatories.

I found a whole bunch of good looking books at my local Goodwill this afternoon (Atlanta has the BEST thrift stores!):



Oh, yeah, and a little guilty pleasure, too...

Looks like you did well on your shopping trip, Diane.

Found these books at Dollar Tree:


Missing Soluch by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me by Mahvish Rukhsana Khan
Alexander and Alestria by Shan Sa
Babylon by Bus by Ray LeMoine (Audio CD!)

You just never know what you will find. I found these several months ago:

The Blood of Flowers
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears

I found a book about Botswana at the Dollar Tree:
Twenty Chickens For A Saddle by Robyn Scott.

Connie wrote: "I found a book about Botswana at the Dollar Tree:
Twenty Chickens For A Saddle by Robyn Scott."

Awesome find!

One Day was a good find! I couldn't find it anywhere in person.

Diane wrote: "Found these books at Dollar Tree:


Missing Soluch by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
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I've just brought the following books this morning :D

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
The Vow: The True Events that Inspired the Movie by Kim & Krickitt Carpenter
Defending Jacob: A Novel by William Landay
The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan
Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy by E.L. James
Fifty Shades Darker: Book Two of the Fifty Shades Trilogy by E.L. James
Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy by E.L. James
Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
Sophie's Choice by William Styron
Monday Mornings: A Novel by Sanjay Gupta
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
The Book of Negroes: A Novel by Lawrence Hill
New York by Edward Rutherfurd

I've wanted THE BOOK OF NEGROES and NEW YORK for a long time. I have the ...Recluse on my Kindle. I've read HOT SIX.

Ellie wrote: "I've just brought the following books this morning :D

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
[book:The Lake of Dreams|1..."

Ooooooooh...nice collection! Happy reading!

Just got these books this morning:

Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
Wench: A Novel by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Many Bloody Returns short-story collection edited by Charlaine Harris
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Throwaway by Heather Huffman
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

New books I just got on my Kindle today:

The Future of Us by Jay Asher
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

Found these today at the library for $1 each:

Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo
Madame Mao: The White-Boned Demon: Revised Edition
Brother, I'm Dying
The Jew Store

found a couple sites that categorize historical fiction several different ways:

http://www.historicalnovels.info/inde...
http://historicalnovelsociety.org/

updated with one more link:
http://www.historicalfictiononline.com/

LindaD wrote: "found a couple sites that categorize historical fiction several different ways:

http://www.historicalnovels.info/inde...
http://historicalnovelsociety.org/"

Awesome!

It was my birthday yesterday so I got a ton of books and vouchers from Amazon. This is what I've brought:

Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
The Dressmaker: A Novel by Kate Alcott
Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman
Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
Arcadia by Lauren Groff
Calico Joe by John Grisham
Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
Come Home by Lisa Scottoline
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 by Lee Child
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 by Harlan Coben
Slave Girl by Sarah Forsyth
Indecent Proposal by Jack Engelhard
The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

Ellie wrote: "It was my birthday yesterday so I got a ton of books and vouchers from Amazon. This is what I've brought:

Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
The Dressmaker: A Novel by Kate Alcott
Here on Earth by Al..."

Happy Birthday, Ellie! You got some great books! Happy reading!

Ellie wrote: "It was my birthday yesterday so I got a ton of books and vouchers from Amazon. This is what I've brought:

Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
The Dressmaker: A Novel by Kate Alcott
Here on Earth by Al..."


wow, that is a happy birthday! enjoy :)

Ellie wrote: "It was my birthday yesterday so I got a ton of books and vouchers from Amazon. This is what I've brought:

Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
The Dressmaker: A Novel by Kate Alcott
Here on Earth by Al..."

Wow!! What a great birthday! That's my idea of an IDEAL birthday. You got some really good books. Happy Reading and Happy Birthday!

Ellie wrote: "It was my birthday yesterday so I got a ton of books and vouchers from Amazon. This is what I've brought:

Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
The Dressmaker: A Novel by Kate Alcott
Here on Earth by Al..."

Happy Birthday and enjoy your reading, Ellie!

Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone! :)

Thank you for all the great recommendations above. Here are some recent great finds:

AN EQUAL BALANCE by Vikram Seth
THE GEOMETRY OF GOD by Uzma Aslam Khan
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Mark Haddon.

If you like audiobooks and you like reading the classics, here is a great FREE source for audiobooks:

librivox.org

Right now I am listening to Hunger by Knut Hamsun. All books on this site are public domain and published prior to 1925.

Just started this last night:

The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books by J. Peder Zane

I brought this a few days ago. It just arrived in the post today.

CHECK IT OUT!!!

http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/683366

LindaD wrote: "CHECK IT OUT!!!

http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/683366"

Love it! I want some scrubs made with that!

Just got this in the post today:



I've been wanting to read this book forever and it taken me ages to find a copy of it.

anyone seen this website? it has lots of lists, Diane!

http://www.themillions.com/2012/07/mo...

LindaD wrote: "anyone seen this website? it has lots of lists, Diane!

http://www.themillions.com/2012/07/mo..."

Oooooh, I love this website!

cool bookish photo I ran across!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan...

LindaD wrote: "cool bookish photo I ran across!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan..."

That's a great pic. I want to go there.

LindaD wrote: "cool bookish photo I ran across!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan..."

Love the photo!

WARNING - TIME WILL BE LOST! DO NOT ENTER UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO LOSE DAYS, WEEKS, EVEN MONTHS PLAYING WITH THE MAP MAKER AND OTHER GREAT RESOURCES!
I have great respect for NatGeo sites as they are generally beautiful and interesting. Now I've found a new(to me) site that is full of resources and great for parents and teachers!!

http://education.nationalgeographic.c...

there goes my night

another really useful link for those who like to listen to articles:

SoundGecko reads any article to you. They have a new app for iphone, but for all those without iphones, you can send a link to your email of a mp3 of any article. The robot voice is not terrible, it also works with dropbox or google drive. it's FREE right now

Yesterday's Book Buys:

The Last Girl by Jane Casey
One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauf
These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
The Deep End Of The Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Like Dandelion Dust by Karen Kingsbury
The Divide by Nicholas Evans
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz by Denis Avey

~the covers~

Recently one of my local bookshops was having a 3 for €5 sale so I brought the following:

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Night Road by Kristin Hannah
The Naming of Eliza Quinn by Carol Birch
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

Ellie wrote: "Recently one of my local bookshops was having a 3 for €5 sale so I brought the following:

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Night Road by Kristin Hannah
The Na..."

I loved The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Other Boleyn Girl. I love Maeve Binchy, too, although but I haven't read Tara Road yet.

I passed a bookstore that was having a closing down sale today and got the following:

Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue
Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
The Woman He Loved Before by Dorothy Koomson
Girl in the Woods by Jennifer McMahon
Midwife on Call: Tales of Tiny Miracles by Agnes Light
A Is For Alibi and B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton

Have I mentioned how much I love my local Goodwill store? I was elated to find these two wishlist books of mine for $1.50 each:



My best find there, however, had nothing to do with books. I found a Wedgewood crystal sugar and creamer for $1.91.

Yesterday I found this wishlist book at Dollar Tree for $1:



and to top my week off, my copy of became available from the library today!

What a great week!

Remember when it took much more to make us happy? I find books always fill my cup to runneth over.

Finally I could find The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr!
It will arrive next week in the second hand bookshop; I was looking for this book since a lot of years and it was always unavailable everywhere because very old and out of print.

dely wrote: "Finally I could find The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr!
It will arrive next week in the second hand bookshop; I was looking for this book since a lot of years and it was always unavailable ..."

congrats :)