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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Hello, new books! or the dangers of stopping into one branch of every book chain in a 90 mile radius!

OK, the roomie and I decided to take advantage of our unseasonably warm weather today (it was 56!) and took a little road trip. We stopped into 5 different book shops (a Borders, a B&N, a Schuler's, an outlet store and a local store, Nicola's Books) and picked up something at each of them... So much for my laying off buying any new books for awhile!

My purchases for the day:
  • Agatha Christie Nemesis
  • Anthony Doerr The Shell Collector
  • Henry Neff The Tapestry, Book 2: The Second Siege
  • Dan Mishkin & Tom Mandrake The Forest King: Woodlark's Shadow
  • Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Books
  • Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go
  • Brian K. Vaughn & Niko Henrichon Pride of Baghdad
  • O. Henry The Gift of the Magi and The Purple Dress
  • DorĂ©'s London edited by Valerie Purton
The best part? I only paid full price for 2 of those books (The Tapestry and The Forest King). The rest were either purchased at the outlet store or on the cheap tables at the stores.

Happy reading!

3 comments:

Beth Kephart said...

This is outstanding. I love, in particular, Doerr.

tapestry100 said...

And by that recommendation alone, the Doerr moves to the top of the pile! Thanks, Beth.

Literary Feline said...

This sounds just like something I would do! Haha! It sounds like you came away with some good ones. Enjoy reading them all!