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

jintyb

I started "The Postmistress" by Sarah Blake, but I just could not get into it. I'm a bit :mad: as it was one of the books I paid "real money" for in January. I listed it on Risi and I have "The Legacy" on it's way.
Currently reading, and nearly finished The Hopless Life of Charlie Summers by Paul Torday. He is a wonderful writer, this is the second book of his I've read - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen being the other.
I'm going to reserve his others from the library.:)

newmoneysaver_2

I think I need to start posting in here. I haven't got a huge amount of books, but I have a small (in comparison to some of the lists on here :P ) pile that it waiting for my attention...

My list of wanted books, my amazon wish list and my ebay watch items are growing rapidly though - so my small pile could easily grow, unless I keep myself in check, hence posting here.

Due to a lack of storage space, I also have a pact with hubby that I won't keep hold of too many books so I have recently sold some of my collections - True Blood, Twilight, House of Night series, and also have a small list on readitswapit.

So currently I have:

The Vampire Diaries - LJ Smith
-The Awakening
-The Struggle (I have actually read these two, but I am so obsessed with the TV series, that I am all confused about the stories in the books - so I need to re-read)
-The Fury
-Dark Reunion
-The Return: Nightfall (to be purchased - Tesco, BOGOF using Clubcard vouchers - so FREE!)
-The Return: Shadow Souls

-Stefan's Diaries: Blood lust (to be purchased - Tesco, BOGOF using Clubcard vouchers - so FREE!)
-Stefan's Diaries: Origins

Night World Vol.3 L J Smith - I've read Vol.1, but need to acquire Vol 2

Morganville Vampire Series - Rachel Caine:
-Glass Houses
-The Dead Girls Dance
-Midnight Alley

Dracula -Bram Stoker
Lament - Maggie Stiefvater - Currently Reading

ETA: I also have a book on it's way from readitswapit...Naked - Jo Hill

littlepinkstars44

new money saver - let me know what you think of Lamant. I have it to read as well, but it's just getting round to starting it.

I am still reading Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr, took me ages to get into and tbh i'm not sure if i like it, but i bought it and i will read it!
Got a new bookcase from IKEA on Tuesday night, i don't know why but it was £20 for the white one, and all the rest were £40! I'm not complaining cause it was the white one i needed for my room anyway! So i am going to try and build that today, which will hopefully help me sort out all the to be read books a bit better!

Lots of uni work to get done today, so i don't think i will get much reading done until tonight.

newmoneysaver_2

TBH LPS - I'm not really enjoying it. I can't get into the story and the characters are ... I dunno. I don't want to say anything to put you off. I really liked Shiver, Linger was ok, but I now don't have high hopes for Forever, but I will still read it when it comes out.

I am in awe of how fast you get through books. I only really read on the 3 days I'm in work - 1/2 hour lunch and on the 20min train ride home. I did get a good hour in yesterday whilst hubby was at the gym and LO in bed

The_Dragon

I'm up for this Pickle! I (well we! Dr Dragon is just as bad ) have shelves double layered and I am a sucker for a good cookbook, and a murder mystery, and fantasy and .....

littlepinkstars44

newmoneysaver wrote: »

TBH LPS - I'm not really enjoying it. I can't get into the story and the characters are ... I dunno. I don't want to say anything to put you off. I really liked Shiver, Linger was ok, but I now don't have high hopes for Forever, but I will still read it when it comes out.

I am in awe of how fast you get through books. I only really read on the 3 days I'm in work - 1/2 hour lunch and on the 20min train ride home. I did get a good hour in yesterday whilst hubby was at the gym and LO in bed

I didn't think Linger was all that great either, but to me most "middle" books in a series aren't, they are usually a filler really, so i am hoping Forever will be good!

I'm a huge paranormal romance/YA reader, but i've never really been interested with anything with fairies in it. My friend made me buy Wicked Lovely cause she said it was great, but i'm not really enjoying it...i think i'll be the same with Lament too.

newmoneysaver_2

See, you mentioned a book and the 1st thing I did was amazon it. Luckily, it's not been added to the ever expanding wish list. Like you, I don't think it fits my supernatural/vampire likes.

I've just gone back to look at your list...still very similar. Why is it we a taken in a not just books, but whole series?

If you remember can you tell me what you think of the The Immortals series when you read it. I recently read Evermore but didn't really like it, but if the series gets better...

ETA: Oh, and have you read any of the Vampire Academy books? I read the 1st on holiday last year, and I'm contemplating getting others in the series, but I can't remember if I was that taken to the book.

littlepinkstars44

I know what you mean about the whole series thing....i don't like to start one unless i know i have at least the next 2 or read straight after it!! Which is not very good on the bank balance!

Vampire Academy is brilliant! I would highly recommend the series, in my opinion it is one of the best vampire series' i have ever read, much better than Twilight, House of Night and Vampire Diaries!! All the books are now published, but Richelle Mead the author is working on a spin-off series called Bloodlines now, with some of the not so main characters from the series.

As for the immortals, i read about half of the first book last year, i don't know why but i never finished it. I now have the next 3, and the spin-off book about Riley (her little sister) to read. Plus the last book comes out next month i think. After i've finished Wicked Lovely, Ink Exchange and a library book i have i am going to to start on them!

EDIT: Also, i was really annoyed about the cover of the last Vampire Academy book!! All the rest have the same kind of covers, but Last Sacrifice is red!! Sticks out like a sore thumb against the rest of them on my shelf!

newmoneysaver_2

Thanks. I'll give the Immortals a miss for now. I saw the 4 book set was on £5.49 or something, but still not enough to tempt me.

I remember the VA book. I did enjoy it, but it fell apart in the heat so never made it home from the holiday. More books to add to the wishlist.

Sorry for distracting you from your Uni work LPS, and everyone else for taking over with talk of supernatural/vampire. I do read other things too, honest!

mrlevity

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

I know what you mean about the whole series thing....i don't like to start one unless i know i have at least the next 2 or read straight after it!! Which is not very good on the bank balance!

I once waited twenty years for No.2 in a series of 3. By the time I'd found No.2, (I'd put No.1 and 3 away and forgotten about them) it was a series of 7 !!! Now I have all 7 plus the audio books. It was worth the wait, and only cost about £10 in total,by careful manipulation of Audible free trials. Ahem !:)


I've been naughty lately and maybe a bit unrealistic about keeping books that I know I'll probably never read. My 275 TBR list of books has now become 280, despite having read a few lately and I have a couple of books stacked on top of each other, which offends my sense of tidyness.

I had to give up on my last random pick from my TBR pile. H Jones VC, the life and death of an unusual hero was just too much for me and has now become only the second book I've ever failed to read once started.

So......... tonight I shall sort out all of the books that are going to get left until last, and take them to the charity shop. Quite a few of them are military history type books given to me by a neighbour, and I was too polite to refuse them. (He speed-reads books, which is something I've never managed to get my head round. Surely you only read half the book that way ?)

Then all I've got to do is stay off E-bay and Amazon, keep away from the boot sales when they start again, stop going in to Poundland (my last purchase there was Ian Rankin's "Exit Music" in hardback. Couldn't pass that one up as I love the Rebus books, and the cover price was £15.99 !!),and stay out of the charity shops.


NAH !!:rotfl: