'No More Buying Books Until I've Read the Ones I've Already Bought' Thread

jintyb

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

finished "Friday Nights" so that can go back on the doctors shelf next time im there, started "a brief history of tractors" of my TBR shelf

I loved "history of tractors", Marina Lewycka's other books are also brilliant.

Currently reading Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday, didnt fancy it at first, but it's really good and reminds me of Marina Lewycka's style for some reason. Recommended!!;)

Bubblesmum

Afternoon All

well since my last post ....... I have read three and bought one :eek:
Two were old favourites that I reread ....the last Harry potter in readiness for the film and The Way through The Woods.... Morse (Colin Dexter) Its like being with an old friend.

Then i read the "Spencers by charles Spencer (dianas brother) which was dry to start with but fascinating in the end. So many historical figures.....

Bought Finding happiness by the Abbot of Worth Christopher Jamison but have decided to read Kings and Queens of England by Alison Weir first, as its on the top of my to read list!

Happy Reading on this sunny afternnon

scubaangel

God I am terrible at this challenge..two more in to admit to. The Russian Concubine and The Concubines Secret, in my defence I was out mystery shopping and they fit the reimbursement budget after I'd got a DVD I've been after for ages. Plus I've read and got a copy of TCS at the house up north so have whacked that one straight on to greenmet (not worth putting on amazon).

I've also started reading one of the books which was lying around in the staff room at work, rather than taking one of my own books in with me which is obviously not helping the cause.

candyapple_2

Still no books bought, but my unread pile doesn't seem to be going down any, maybe its because my MIL keeps lending me books saying I simply must read them

I'm on Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner at the mo, which isn't taking up a lot of brain power.

It's mainly about pregnancy and motherhood, and I can't quite work out if reading it is making me broody or whether I should be counting my blessings that I'm not dealing with the issues that the main characters are :laugh:

jintyb

Currently reading Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday, didnt fancy it at first, but it's really good and reminds me of Marina Lewycka's style for some reason. Recommended!!;)

Finished this today! Excellent and unusual book - good political satire! :T:T:T:T:T
This was from the library, so no spends, however my book pile is not decreasing as I keep seeing books I want to read in the library. At least they're free!
Next book will be Fever of the Bone by Val McDermid - love her books!

ladsmadd

Have not brought any books since was last on but have had a few from the library,
the book of tomarrow by Cecelia Ahern- took a while to get into
john barrowman i am what i am- made me laugh all the wat thought.
sophie kinsella mini shopaholic,- thought this was a good book although not as good as the others
jodi picoult picture perfect -took me alot longer to read then her other books but just as good
just started reading [from library]
carmen reid celebrity shopper
have also got beth harbison shoe addicts anonymous and
loose women girls night in too read

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This was from the library, so no spends, however my book pile is not decreasing as I keep seeing books I want to read in the library. At least they're free!
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i know what you mean, have 136 books to read in the house but ordered mini shopaholic from the library and been hooked on getting books from there since, once the really bad weather comes will read ones from home

jintyb

ladsmadd wrote: »

i know what you mean, have 136 books to read in the house but ordered mini shopaholic from the library and been hooked on getting books from there since, once the really bad weather comes will read ones from home

Ladsmadd - I keep telling myself that too! :rotfl:
Maybe if we get snowed in I'll tackle the pile, failing that we coould use the books for insulation:rotfl:
Sounds like you've got some good reads there - enjoy!:)

mrs-moneypenny

editted my list to cross out the 'read' ones but haven't actually added the ones i know have come into the house over the same time period:o

My tbr shelf
[STRIKE]a wing and a prayer - lynn andrews [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]across a summer sea - lynn andrews[/STRIKE]
friends forever - lynn andrews
angels of mercy - lynn andrews
l[STRIKE]ove and a promise - lynn andrews[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]when daylight comes - lynn andrews[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]mist over the mersey - lynn andrews[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]my sisters child - lynn andrews[/STRIKE]
valentine - tom savage
hanibal - thomas harris
the slience of the lambs - thomas harris
adam and eve and pinch me - ruth rendell
deja dead - ruth reich
the surgeon - tess gerritsen
under the skin - michael faber
model behaviour jay McInerrey
the blindfold - siri hustredlt
the black dahlia james ellroy
twilight - T Lobsang Rampa
killing me softly - nicci french
happy like murderers - gordon burn
regeneration - pat barker
ann prachett - bel canto
to die for - catherine jinks
little beach book - a freebie of shorts for prima mag
a big boy did it and ran away - christopher brookmyer
blowback - chalmers johnson
outcast - jose latour
the rosewell incidnet
rambo III david morrell
the pelican brief - john grisham
seven - anthony burns
saving private ryan - may allen collins
die hard 2 - walter wager
cliffhanger - jeff rorin
the fugitive - J M Dillard
good wives - louisia m alcott
little women - louisia m alcott
jane eyre - charlotte bronte
the abbey girls again - elsie oxenhart
pearl harbour -randall wallace
birds of prey - wilbur smith
6 wives of henry VIII - antonia frazer
mary queen of scotland and the isles - margaret george
mary queen of scots - antonia frazer
fatal majesty - reay tannahill
the other queen - philippa gregory
the wise woman- philippa gregory
zeldas cut - philippa gregory
fallen skies - philippa gregory
perfectly correct - philippa gregory
bread and chocolate - philippa gregory
tudor england - john guy
henry VIII - alison wier
the secret life of Elizabeth I - paul doherty
[STRIKE]in the shadow of lady jane - edward charles[/STRIKE]
the concubine - nora lofts
the lute player - nora lofts
crown of aloes - nora lofts
the gunpowder plot - antonia frazer
the duchess - amanda norman
madame du barry - jean plaidy
[STRIKE]thornyhold - mary stewart[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]the last enchantment -mary stewart[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]the grafton girls - annie groves[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]a mothers sin - lynda page[/STRIKE]
no going back - lynda page
our street - gilda O'neill
the house of lanyon - valeric anand
ambitions - audrey howard
gallows thief - bernard cornwell
hardacre - CL Skelton
the red tent - anita diamat
all he ever wanted - anita shreve
[STRIKE]the pilots wife - anita shreve[/STRIKE]
sea glass - anita shreve
[STRIKE]fortune rocks- anita shreve[/STRIKE]
diary of a young girl - anne frank
wuthering heights - emily bronte
shirley - bronte
[STRIKE]divas dont knit - gil McNeil[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]needles and pearls - gil McNeil[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]home truths - freya north[/STRIKE]
perfect match - jane moore
[STRIKE]the memory keepers daughter - jodi picoult[/STRIKE]
last train to memphis -peter guralnick
the seagull - anton chekhov
a woman of no importance - oscar wilde
a streetcar named desire - tennessee williams
the captive queen of scots - jean plaidy
dress to kill - eddie izzard
the beach - alex garland
galdiator - david franzoni
along came a spider - james patterson
clean cut - lynda plante
unchained melanine - judy astley
the other womans shoes - adele parks
playing away - adele parks
larger than life - adele parks
jemima J - jane green
spellbound - jane green
siberian dream - irina pantaeva
deception point - dan brown
angels and demons - dan brown
the beachcomber - josephine cox
the pursuit of happiness - douglas kennedy
prince of clouds - gianni riotta
the wild - esther frend
everyone worth knowing - lauren weisberger
the rose of sebastipol - katherine McMahon
the historian - elizabeth kostova
the principessa - christie dickason
the princess bride - william goldman
the glass painters daughter - rachel hore
the babushka inheritance - CC Chambers
girl with a pearl earring - tracy chevalier
perfume - patrick suskind
the unfortunates - laurie graham
lucia lucia - adrianna trigiani

phew, i could have read a book in the time it took to type out the ecclectic mix off my shelf:rotfl:anyone else got such a random mix of books?

mrlevity

I have, but I can't be bothered to list them all !

I have been positively angelic.:A No new books since my last post and I am randomly selecting books from the TBR pile, as well as reading the ones in my must read pile. I'm currently only reading one book, Robert A Heinlein's Expanded Universe, which despite being an avid RAH fan, I'm finding a bit hard to get in to.

I've not read only one book at a time for years, but I've been trying to lose the paunch people have been (so rudely:cool:) commenting on, so am watching DVDs while on the walking machine in my den. Combined with giving up the wine I used to drink while reading of an evening, I've lost 8lbs and saved, er, well, rather more than I expected. I think Mrs L has her eye on me now to stay off it for good. I keep telling myself this can only be good ! More money for books, I say :rotfl:

mrs-moneypenny

mrlevity wrote: »

I have, but I can't be bothered to list them all !

my reasoning behind listing them was really so i can print it off and i can then see at a glance what exactly is up there and can decide wha i want to read next without having to trawl through them all. (they are double stacked on the shelf so 1/2 of them cant be seen)

it is quite depressing that if say i read an average of a book or 2 a month it will still take me forever to clear the shelf. so its not going to be the fastest decluttering ive ever done;)