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Saturday, October 3, 2009

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In My Mailbox
Ok so I did pretty darn good this week if I do say so myself. And I do.

Bought
~Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Contests
~The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan (From Peeking Between the Pages)
~Ghost Huntress by Marley Gibson (From Red House Books)
~What the Dickens by Gregory Maguire (From Red House Books)
~Monopoly City and T-Shirt (From Trying to Stay Calm. Took only two days to get this!)

From Trades
~The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (From Willow Raven)

BookMooch
~The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler (Already had a copy and mooched this one for a giveaway which you can enter here.)
~Evermore by Alyson Noel


Library Sale!
So mom and I went to the library today to see what all books they had in their sale. This is what we found before the money we'd taken for the purpose ran out. None of them are ex-library and they are all in great to like new condition. Over half are hardcovers. We got a totaly of 27 for only $21. Some are more for her while others are more for me. We plan to go back. :P

1. The Prisoner of Zenda & Rupert of Hentzau by Anthony Hope (Have no idea what it is about but it looked good so I figured I'd grab it and find out when I got home.)
2. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Capote in Kansas by Kim Powers (This sounds really good)
4. The Adventures of Robin Hood by Paul Creswick (So glad I found this. It is a gorgeous copy too.)
5. The Afghan Campaign by Steven Pressfield
6. Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani (I confess to mainly picking this up because she wrote Viola in Reel Life.)
7. Josephine by Carolly Erickson
8. Chicken Soup for the College Soul by Jack Canfield (Figured I'd get this since I'll be off to college in a couple years. Thought it'd be nice to have.)
9. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (I've heard a bunch about this one!)
10. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (Another book I've heard tons of great things about.)
11. Quotable Women: A Collection of Shared Thoughts (I saw this and was like, "Aw it is so little and cute. I want it!" It is about the size of my palm but has some great and powerful quotes from very influential women in it. Just goes to show size doesn't matter. And I should know. I'm the shortest in my family. :P)
12. Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway (Another little book. It has the different meanings of all the different flowers and some gorgeous illustrations.)
13. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
14. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
15. A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
16. In My Father's House by Bodie Thoene
17. Hanna's Daughter by Marianne Fredriksson
18. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
19. All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
20. The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
21. If Love Were Oil, I'd be About a Quart Low by Lewis Grizzard
22. Diana: Her True Story by Andrew Morton (I really wanna read this)
23. Everything to Gain by Barbara Taylor Bradford
24. The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
25. Remember by Barbara Taylor Bradford
26. Mad Dash by Patricia Gaffney
27. The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky (Another I'm really looking forward to reading.)

And that is it. Hope you got some great books too. Have a lovely weekend. :D




21 comments:

Mavie said...

WOW!You got tons and awesome books this week, happy reading!

Katie said...

Holy crap that is a ton of books. Hope you enjoy them all!

Anonymous said...

The secreat between us is one of my favorite books, I hope you enjoy all your new books.

Emily said...

Awesome haul! Glad the books I sent made it to you!
I got yours today :)

Briana said...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon -- my friend loved this and totally loved it! I want to read it too! Great books!!

-Arielle

Chioma said...

Shiver and Ghost Huntress!!! Thats all I really need to have a perfect week, and all those other books, you had a really great book!!!

Rebecca said...

Wow you got heaps of books this week. Heaps of them look really really good. Hope you enjoy reading all your books.

Nancy said...

Yowza!!! What an amazing book stash. I hope you enjoy all your wonderful reads.

GardenofEdee said...

So many books!!!

I also got Shiver this week. Love it so far!! And I want to read Evermore!

Hmm the Library Sale. Love those =) You came away with some great finds!

Happy Reading!!

Lauren said...

You did great this week! I love Monopoly! I'm also reading Shiver, and I have to say that Girl With A Pearl earring is really good.

Lori said...

Wow! Great books!! I can't wait to hear what you think of Shiver!!

Nina said...

OMG, so many books! How do you find the time to read them! Have fun reading!

Unknown said...

Yowsa! What a haul! So many books - have fun reading them all :)

PolishOutlander said...

Sales like that are the best! :) Girl with a Pearl Earring is good and so is Snow Falling on Cedars (liked it so much that I'm hesitant to watch the movie). Happy reading!

A Passion For Books said...

Awesome! You got a ton of great books this week! Enjoy and Happy Reading!

Lizzy said...

Library sales are always fun, I've got one coming up this weekend and I can't wait. Happy reading!

Anonymous said...

Lots of good books. I want to read Evermore and the Ghost Huntress one. I got Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks this week too, but in PB. Enjoy!!

prophecygirl said...

I just finished Evermore - really enjoyed it, and hope you do too!

Daisy Whitney said...

I just bought the Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks this weekend too and can't wait to read it!

Eleni said...

Wow! You got great books this week and holy crap what an amazing library sale! :)

Sarbear said...

Oh my gosh, that is so cool, Bri! I love library sales -- is it a big one where you live?

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