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I've been trying to cut down on my book buying but today I was in a Charity Shop and picked up:

Full Dark, No Stars - Stephen King
Desperation - Stephen King
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Prey - Michael Crichton

Last book I bought was a used one from Amazon:

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

Just ordered Arguably - Christopher Hitchens from Amazon.

No decent second-hand bookshops here sadly - come to think of it no decent standard bookshops either :(

I bought a second-hand copy of Midwinter Sacrifice by Mons Kallentoft in a charity shop last week.

Last one I bought was The Paris Wife (!) I have my Mum hunting her charity shop now as I get carried away in Waterstones.

ooh I miss Waterstones!

Also bought The Gunslinger - First of the Dark Tower series :)

I bought 8 Nevil Shute books in the charity shop and had to do a quick reread of Pied Piper. FiL asked me to pick up any Shute I come across as he want's to rebuld his collection. he is currently a very happy man.

Still Alice by Lisa Genova (on my kindle). I think it's going to be quite a harrowing/sad read (about early onset Alzheimers).

When that Dickens celebration was on I bought, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations and Pride and Prejudice.

Charity Shop bargains yesterday

The Neon Court


The Exiled Queen

The Healer's Keep

World War Z

All books off my wishlist so am pleased... though not sure when i am going to get around to reading them. :)

and .

And also The Language of Flowers on my kindle.

From the charity shop (where I was sheltering from torrential rain) - and .

I bought Fifty Shades of Grey on my kindle. From what Ive heard you either love it or hate it.

A Tale of Two Cities (charity shop result) - is it any good?!

Holy Fools by Joanne Harris
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

Both also charity shop buys.

Stacia wrote: "Holy Fools by Joanne Harris
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

Both also charity shop buys."

I read Her Fearful Symmetry a couple of years ago, but didn't like it at all. It's very gothic and I found it a bit disturbing!

It's probably the case that I just don't like Audrey Niffenegger's writing as I couldn't get on with The Time Traveller's Wife either.

I've read a few of Joanne Harris's novels, and have to say that Chocolat is definitely my favourite.

I enjoyed The Time Traveller's Wife and bought Her Fearful Symmetry as a result but haven't got round to reading it yet!

The last book I bought Fear by Michael Grant

I am so mad with myself! I knelt on my Kindle last night and broke it! It was hidden beneath my bedcovers and I didn't realise it was there - just heard a crunch and the screen's just a complete mess!

Went out this morning to buy a Kindle Touch, and it wasn't available from Argos! I need to know how David Copperfield ends! :(

Linda wrote: "I am so mad with myself! I knelt on my Kindle last night and broke it! It was hidden beneath my bedcovers and I didn't realise it was there - just heard a crunch and the screen's just a complete ..."

Oh no :( - that's one of my big fears about my kindle that either I'll break it or the children will. Was it still under guarantee? Have you tried ringing Amazon? They might be able to send you another one?

That's been suggested, but I feel kind of silly since it was my own fault. = /

Elizabeth wrote: "Stacia wrote: "Holy Fools by Joanne Harris
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger

Both also charity shop buys."

I read Her Fearful Symmetry a couple of years ago, but didn't like it at all. ..."

I know what you mean about Time Travellers Wife, I nearly gave up on it a few times but once I got just over half way through, I couldn't put it down so it will be interesting to see how Her Fearful Symmetry compares.

Linda, how frustrating, I hope you get it fixed or replaced soon!

Oh no Linda! Apparently they're very good about replacing them, worth a try? :D

I have read somewhere, probably on MN :), that it doesn't matter whether you bought your kindle from them, Tesco, Argos or wherever else you can buy them, that they will still replace faulty/broken ones because they know it pays to keep you as one of their customers!

Elizabeth wrote: "Linda wrote: "I am so mad with myself! I knelt on my Kindle last night and broke it! It was hidden beneath my bedcovers and I didn't realise it was there - just heard a crunch and the screen's ju..."

Amazon will replace any broken Kindle;s if that is where you bought it.
Also girls do you not use Awesomebooks.com loads of second hand books for 2.49 each and if you buy two you get free postage i get so many on there. I hate paying those huge prices for new books as i read so much.I find a very limited choice lately for the kindle so i have not been using it.

Got three for £2.00 in the charity shop; , and

Couldn't resist a bargain at a car boot sale . 50p a book so had 8 of them. DH wasn't paying attention so managed to buy and stash them without him noticing. One book I've been looking out for Ash by Malinda Lo the others are YA i have not come across before.

Ooo I added that Ash to my to read list last year, will be looking to see what you think of it!

Jen, if you want it PM me your address and I'll send it your way. Not a keeper but it was an interesting fairytale retelling, though didn't enjoy it as much as McKinley's retellings.

I went to the book shop in clarkes village and came home with three for a fiver.

The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Death Cure also by James Dashner

Wither by DeStefano

I've read the Maze Runner but DH can't remember it. I swapped and got Scorch Trials a couple of weeks ago, so now feel set up. The last book was just to make it up to a fiver.

Oh thank you so much, I will do just that!

I thought Wither was brilliant!

Today I got a lovely, almost new, hardback copy of by Sarah Waters for 5p :) Not saying where from, or there won't be any books left next time I go!!!

Ooo my friend is reading that one, I need to get my own copy.

I last bought:

by Sarah Waters and by Cecelia Ahern

Any one as daft as me? I bought and even though I've got them on my kindle :X

Jen, not that way round, though I do sometimes buy things for my Kindle that I own in print, though usually if they're cheap and with a view to getting rid of the hard copy. There are some books that I have both and will probably keep the hard copy. I also have a lot of my books stored where I can't find them, particularly in the shed, and I'm a bit worried that they're not going to be in readable condition when I do find them, and I sometimes borrow books from the library or buy charity shop copies of books I can't find.

Have you read those two books?

I have read them both this year in fact, but I thoroughly enjoyed them and wanted hard copes

i brought - never knowing by chevy stevens

never heard of her before but it looks ok. might be a while before i read it though.

I'm addicted to buying books even though I work in a library! *blush* the last books I bought were from a charity shop:




To add to my massive pile of unread books!!

Found myself in the charity shop again argh!

And I cannot even remember what I bought (they're still in the car) will edit this later.

If I don't remember what they were it obviously means I didn't need them ...

They're still in the car but I remembered one is the sequel sort of thing to Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth.

Jen wrote: "They're still in the car but I remembered one is the sequel sort of thing to Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth."

I've just bought myself the boxset of series one as a Christmas present to myself. I missed it first time round on tv, and then messed up trying to record the repeats - missed episode 1, found it on i-player and then forgot to record the rest of the series. Hopeless!!!

Did you read the book? Well worth a go. The series was fantastic, especially the character that Miranda Hart played!

The last book that I bought was Insurgent by Veronica Roth.

Jen wrote: "Did you read the book? Well worth a go. The series was fantastic, especially the character that Miranda Hart played!"

I've got it in my tbr pile. Everyone says how fantastic the series was, and I missed it! My MIL is a big fan of the series, as my SIL. They've both read all Jennifer Worth's books, so I've got quite a bit of catching up to do!!

Just bought by Sharon Kay Penman - kindle price 89p at the moment. Excellent value for way over 1000 pages of historical novel.

It might spur me on finally to get round to reading too. I started it ages ago but got distracted and gave up.

I love The Sunne in Splendour Elizabeth. I learnt so much about the Wars of The Roses, although you don't feel like you're learning as it's such an enjoyable read :)

Just got: A Dance with Dragons: After the Feast.

Why don't my pictures work? *sob*

Has anyone else bought much in the 12 days of Kindle sale? I've looked every day and the selection doesn't seem anywhere near as good as last year's books.

I bought a couple of books, and David Mitchell's autobiography from yesterday's Daily Deal. I quite like his sharp ascerbic humour, although it can be a little too cruel at times!

I only got The Snow Child and The Life of Pi, I keep looking though!

I bought loads last year I think I already have the good ones this year though!