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

feedumall

wow the famous five ,and the secret seven i loved those books :Denid blyton great stuff, i used to read mr pinkwhistle to my girls they now read it to their children .My son in law had a book he loved about a dog one of the ladybird series when they moved it was lost both he and his sister still remember it.i managed to track two copies down on amazon over twenty years later, when they opened them on christmas day they were amazed his sister cried it brought back such lovely memories:D

paybacktime2008

Agreed with the famous five! Just reading Five go off in a Caravan to my son. The first one i've read to him and he's loving it. He asked me last night if i'd ever read it before and I said...yes probably 30 years ago!

What i'd love to find is a copy of 'Green Smoke' my favourite kids book about a Dragon who lived in a cave in Cornwall.

feedumall

hi payback sorry rubbish at links but amazon have the book you want from 1p plus postage happy memories:D

lilian1977

Hi everyone - only just discovered this thread and I'd love to join if that's ok?

I am currently half way through Wuthering Heights which I've never read before but unfortunately had to stop reading as The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown) became available on my reservation list at the library and you only get 2 weeks so I'm ploughing through it!

This year I think I've bought:

Nick Hornby - Juliet, Naked - read it, enjoyed it but not as much as his others. Keeping.
Mike Gayle - The To Do List - read it, great and very inspiring. Keeping.
Sophie Kinsella - Twenties Girl - read it, I love Sophie, she's a lovely writer. Keeping.

Argh, does that mean I have to get rid of 3 books or can I keep them as I owned them before the challenge started?!

Next up after Wuthering Heights and The Lost Symbol, I will finish the first True Blood book, started reading that too but got bored.

paybacktime2008

feedumall wrote: »

hi payback sorry rubbish at links but amazon have the book you want from 1p plus postage happy memories:D

Thank you so much...duely ordered...er...which I suppose goes against everything this thread is about WHOOPS:D

carolbee

feedumall wrote: »

wow the famous five ,and the secret seven i loved those books :Denid blyton great stuff, i used to read mr pinkwhistle to my girls they now read it to their children .My son in law had a book he loved about a dog one of the ladybird series when they moved it was lost both he and his sister still remember it.i managed to track two copies down on amazon over twenty years later, when they opened them on christmas day they were amazed his sister cried it brought back such lovely memories:D

we had similar with ladybird book -tootles the taxi, |I re-bought it a a year or two ago, as my two (30+now) sons (and I) loved it.

sorry to go off thread!

Hermia

Ames wrote: »

I'd love an e reader, but my biggest problem with them is the ebooks themselves - they cost the same as real books but can't be resold, so there's not much point in not getting the real ones.

I find that bizarre. I don't know why they are expecting us to pay the same for something that sort of doesn't exist and can't be sold on. When music downloads were introduced it was cheaper to download a single than it was buying a CD single.

I won't be getting an e reader 'cause the only place I would use it is when I am commuting on public transport. As I generally travel through some pretty rough areas of London there is no way I am going to sit there with a couple hundred quid of technology in my hand!

yellowduck_2

I was in W H Smiths yesterday and it was BOGOF on certain books, was so tempted as there were a few I wanted but I thought of this thread and also the box of unread books under my bed and I walked away!!

Casati

Funny thing happened today, I arranged a swap on www.readitswapit.co.uk, had it accepted, and when the other members address popped up it was less than a mile from me! How funny is that...so shes dropping by tomorrow...saved ourselves the postage. Woop woop!

gilligansyle

Morning,

didn't sleep too well last night so finished Michael Connelly Brass Verdict, trying to decide what to read next. Have got some Harlan Coben that I picked up in charity shop, that are quite a quick read, but think I might start alternating favourite genre stuff with classics. Looking at the 3 unfinished novels by Jane Austen, then Journey to the Centre of the Earth.