sio Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 "Melting Stones", by Tamora Pierce, audiobook. Well, it's a present for my sister, but I'm going to listen to it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 I've been showing marvelous restraint and have not purchased anything recently. I'd like to get my Stack down to less than20, before I buy too many again. Right now I sitting at 35. I'm sure I'll buy one here and there, but I think I could hold off on another book buying binge "Melting Stones", by Tamora Pierce, audiobook. Well, it's a present for my sister, but I'm going to listen to it first. Are there different conventions concerning this in Europe? If somebody gave me a gift that they had used first I would be shocked, amazed, stunned, appalled... and I would never do this myself. I may ask immediately after they open said gift if I could borrow it after they're done, but even that is a little presumptuous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sio Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Are there different conventions concerning this in Europe? If somebody gave me a gift that they had used first I would be shocked, amazed, stunned, appalled... and I would never do this myself. I may ask immediately after they open said gift if I could borrow it after they're done, but even that is a little presumptuous. No idea, not living in Europe myself. I personally don't have a problem with it, and neither does my sister. I guess the members of my family are just shamefully impolite to one another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 No idea, not living in Europe myself. I personally don't have a problem with it, and neither does my sister. I guess the members of my family are just shamefully impolite to one another I didn't see the "New" in front of the "Holland" in your location. I guess I can see this from somebody from down under - you know being overrun by a former penal colony and all that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PuroGeo Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 I just made another purchase. Hood by Stephen Lawhead - I have read some stuff by him before but wasn't to impress. Hopefully this book will be better since I have heard really good things about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttering Bill Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 I've been showing marvelous restraint and have not purchased anything recently. I'd like to get my Stack down to less than20, before I buy too many again. Right now I sitting at 35. I'm sure I'll buy one here and there, but I think I could hold off on another book buying binge My own pile is sitting at 45. And I've added to it again. Winterbirth - Ruckley City of Saints and Madmen - Vandermeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max the Mostly Mediocre Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Winterbirth - Ruckely The Road - McCarthy Gridlinked - Asher Melusine - Monette my pile is a mere--mere, I say!--fifteen books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelo Rebelo Firqoralas Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Yesterday I ordered The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year, Volume 1 edited by Jonathan Strahan from TheBookDepository. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amras Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I got a little extra in the bank account so I decided to *invest* it in some new books. Absolute Sandman Vol. 1 The lim. ed. of Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (already read this) The lim. ed. of Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (and this, of course) The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson (I'm currently halfway through "Mistborn") Watchmen by Alan Moore Never been much into graphic novels before, but I reckon this is a good place to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beniowa Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 In the last couple of weeks, Melusine by Sarah Monette Spin by Robert Charles Wilson The Guild of Xenolinguists by Sheila Finch In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente History of Germany 1780-1918 by David Blackbourn Also bought Hunter's Run from Book Depository. Peadar, if I don't win your book from Chris, I plan to buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Peadar, if I don't win your book from Chris, I plan to buy it. Thanks, Beniowa. By the look of your recent purchases above, I don't think you'll be reading it any time this century ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 And back on topic: bought yesterday Vampire Apocalypse by Derek Gunn. Something to read when I finish Lord of the Silver Bow, which I'm enjoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beniowa Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Thanks, Beniowa. By the look of your recent purchases above, I don't think you'll be reading it any time this century ;-) Oh, don't worry about that. I probably have a few hundred unread books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanten Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 A couple of CDs I bought the other day: Reinventing Axl Rose -- Against Me! Legend -- Bob Marley and the Wailers And a book I just bought tonight: The Essential Gnostic Gospels -- edited/translated by Alan Jacobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageGuy Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Acacia, A Betrayal in Winter, and The Blade Itself. I just finished Lord of Light, Neuromancer, and The Road, putting my stack at 0. So how do you guys build such big stacks? I tend to buy more often - about three books every two weeks or so. I'll finish them and reread while waiting for new books to arrive from Amazon. Do you buy books you're not really interested in and end up putting them off for awhile? Or do you go on huge sprees all at once? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talyn Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I just bought: Dad's Army Season 8 and got Kung Fu Hustle cheep. Also a couple of days ago a picked up The Blade Itself paperback for $15(NZ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 AG, While my to-be-read pile is relatively modest (around 40 now) due to reading almost a book a day, I've bought just over 200 books this year alone so far. So yeah, I'd imagine that'd had something to do with such large sizes. That being said, here are the recent acquisitions from the past three days: Forrest Aguirre (ed.), Leviathan 4: Cities Keith Brooke and Nick Gevers (eds.), Infinity Plus: The Anthology Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke, Firstborn (ARC) Miguel Cervantes, Novelas ejemplares I Alan DeNiro, Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead Alberto Fuguet, Tinta Roja Glen Hirshberg, American Morons Federico GarcÃa Lorca, La casa de Bernarda Alba Antonio Machado, AntologÃa poética Naomi Novik, Throne of Jade; Black Powder War; Empire of Ivory (review copy) Pope Benedict XVI, God is Love: Deus Caritas Est M. Rickert, Map of Dreams Geoff Ryman, Air Jeff Somers, The Electric Church Jo Walton, Farthing Edward Whittemore, Nile Shadows; Jericho Mosaic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max the Mostly Mediocre Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 AG, I very deliberately do not keep track of my book purchases, as any realization of the actual amount I'm spending might very well cause severe health problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Reinventing Axl Rose -- Against Me! That's a really great album, good choice. I recently bought from the Book Depository: The Warrior Prophet - R. Scott Bakker The Thousandfold Thought - R. Scott Bakker Dawn of Night - Paul S. Kemp Midnight's Mask - Paul S. Kemp And obviously I am very pleased with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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