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

InaPickle

terryw wrote: »

Good for you Ms Pickle!

One of my favourite quotations is:

"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world."
— Voltaire

A pity that I can't dance for toffee!

I give dancing a try anyway...and I most certainly would for toffee! :rotfl:

mrs-moneypenny

finished Lyn Andrews Love and a Promise last night, and Going to read one called Thornyhold by Mary Stewart next. I've been really good and not brought any books for myself for ages BUT carboot season does start again tomorrow so cant say if i will hold out much longer:o

My books are now triple stacked on a deep shelf but they now all actually fit on the one shelf:T (not counting any of the other bookcases dotted around the house;))

mrs-moneypenny

ok i didnt last long did i, the first carboot and i crumble:o
went this morning and have two books to confess both were only 20p each so dint break the bank but i have added them to my to be read total in my sig
one is a double book so i only have to confess once for two hopefully good reads:T
Edan Close/Strange fits of passion by Anita Shreve
The last time they met by Anita Shreve

Chrisblue1962

Hi Mrs Moneypenny

Just found your thread and I, like yourself, like a good read.

I got £30.00 worth of book vouchers which will set me up for a few months reading.

Remember: You can never have too many books...cheap to buy from charity shops or ebay, don't need batteries or a power supply, portable and give hours of pleasure on your lunch break or on the train.

Who needs Kindle?

littlepinkstars44

Okay....updated March book list time. For now I am sticking to books only, rather than listing Kindle books, ebooks, ARCS and library books.
If anyone wants to see all of these, my goodreads profile is:
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4783841-littlepinkstars44-scotland

Also...alphabetical order ^_^
updated: 2/4/11

Books
Knife - RJ Anderson
Beneath a Rising Moon - Keri Arthur
Beneath a Darkening Moon - Keri Arthur
The Summoning - Kelley Armstrong
Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
Noughts and Crosses - Malorie Blackman
A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray
Private - Kate Brian
Invitation Only - Kate Brian
Untouchable - Kate Brian
Confessions - Kate Brian
Inner Circle - Kate Brian
Glass Houses - Rachel Caine
The Dead Girls Dance - Rachel Caine
Midnight Alley - Rachel Caine
Feast of Fools - Rachel Caine
Lord of Misrule - Rachel Caine
Carpe Corpus - Rachel Caine
Fade Out - Rachel Caine
Kiss of Death - Rachel Caine
Ill Wind - Rachel Caine
Heat Stroke - Rachel Caine
Chill Factor - Rachel Caine
Windfall - Rachel Caine
Firestorm - Rachel Caine
Divine by Mistake - P.C Cast
Divine by Choice - P.C Cast
Divine by Blood - P.C Cast
[STRIKE]Touch the Dark - Karen Chance[/STRIKE]
Claimed by Shadow - Karen Chance
[STRIKE]Awakened - P.C Cast[/STRIKE]
Flyaway - Lucy Chrstopher
Stolen - Lucy Christopher
Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare
[STRIKE]Entangled - Cat Clarke[/STRIKE]
LA Candy - Lauren Conrad
Sweet Little Lies - Lauren Conrad
Sugar and Spice - Lauren Conrad
My Summer of Love - Helen Cross
Bloody Valentine (A Blue Bloods Novella) - Melissa de la Cruz
[STRIKE]Misguided Angel - Melissa de la Cruz[/STRIKE]
Undead and Unwed - Mary-Janice Davidson
Undead and Unreturnable - Mary-Janice Davidson
13 To Life - Shannon Delany
[STRIKE]Low Red Moon - Ivy Devlin[/STRIKE]
Dear Nobody - Berlie Doherty
[STRIKE]Room - Emma Donoghue [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Bloodlust - Alex Duval[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Initiation - Alex Duval[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Ritual - Alex Duval[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Legacy - Alex Duval[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]High Stakes - Alex Duval[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Hunted - Alex Duval[/STRIKE]
Perfect Chemistry - Simone Elkeles
Hush Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick
Crescendo - Becca Fitzpatrick
Beastly - Alex Finn
The Luxe - Anna Godberson
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
Evernight - Claudia Gray
Stargazer - Claudia Gray
The Curious Incident of the dog and the Night-time - Mark Haddon
Guilty Pleasures - Lauren K Hamilton
The Laughing Corpse - Lauren K Hamilton
Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris
Club Dead - Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead - Charlaine Harris
All Together Dead - Charlaine Harris
From Dead to Worse - Charlaine Harris
Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris
A Touch of Dead: The Sookie Stackhouse Stories - Charlaine Harris
My Love Lies Bleeding - Alyxandra Harvey
Blood Feud - Alyxandra Harvey
Second Star to the Right - Deborah Hautzig
Hex Hall - Rachel Hawkins
Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn
Grass for his Pillow - Lian Hearn
Wicked: Witch and Curse - Nancy Holder
Afterlight - Elle Jasper
Claire de Lune - Christine Johnson
13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson
The Iron King - Julie Kagawa
Fallen - Lauren Kate
Skin Game - Caroline Kettlewell
0.4 - Mike Lancaster
Ash - Malinda Lo
[STRIKE]The Giver - Lois Lowry[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Gathering Blue - Lois Lowry[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]The Messenger - Lois Lowry[/STRIKE]
Raised by Wolves - Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Jonas - Eden Maguire
Mirror Mirror - Gregory Maguire
Falling Leaves - Adeline Yen Mah
[STRIKE]The Deceleration - Gemma Malley[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]The Resistance - Gemma Malley[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]The Legacy - Gemma Malley[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Ink Exchange - Melissa Marr[/STRIKE]
Fragile Eternity - Melissa Marr
Radiant Shadows - Melissa Marr
Beauty - Robin McKinley
Wake - Lisa McCann
Gone - Lisa McCann
Fade - Lisa McCann
[STRIKE]Last Sacrifice - Richelle Mead[/STRIKE]
The Host - Stephanie Meyer
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: A Twilight Novella - Stephanie Meyer
In the Miso Soup - Ryu Murakami
Firespell - Chloe Neill
Evermore - Aylson Noel
Blue Moon - Aylson Noel
Shadow land - Aylson Noel
Dark Flame - Alyson Noel
Radiance - Alyson Noel
Forsaken - Jana Oliver
Running on Empty - Anna Paterson
Witch and Wizard - James Patterson
Second Glance - Jodi Picoult
Change of Heart - Jodi Picoult
[STRIKE]Divided Souls - Gabrielle Poole[/STRIKE]
Strange Angels - Lili St.Crow
Betrayals - Lili St.Crow
Jealously - Lili St.Crow
Shade - Jeri Smith-Read
Pirates - Celia Rees
Secret Circle part 1 (The Initiation and the captive) - LJ Smith
Secret Circle part 2 (The captive and the power) - LJ Smith
The Awakening and The Strugle (Vampire Diaries #1) - LJ Smith
Poison Study - Maria V Snyder
Magic Study - Maria V Snyder
Fire Study - Maria V Snyder
Storm Glass - Maria V Snyder
Sea Glass - Maria V Snyder
Spy Glass - Maria V Snyder
The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks
Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli
[STRIKE]Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Linger - Maggie Stiefvater[/STRIKE]
Lament - Maggie Stiefvater
Spin Cycle - Zoe Strachman
Negative Space - Zoe Strachman
Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
The Hollow - Jessica Verday
The Haunted - Jessica Verday
My Soul To Take - Rachel Vincent
My Soul to Save - Rachel Vincent
Stray - Rachel Vincent
Rougue - Rachel Vincent
Prey - Rachel Vincent
Generation Dead - Daniel Waters
Angel - L.A Weatherly
Mirrorscape - Mike Wilks
The Chosen One - Carol Lynch Williams
Crusade - Linda Press Wulf
The Replacement - Brenna Yovanoff
Smashed - Koren Zailckas

InaPickle

That will still keep you more than bussy, LPS - I'm gobsmacked at how many you managed to get through (even if some of them are short)! :T

mrs-moneypenny

finished mary stewarts "thornyhold" enjoyed it nice easy read love story with a bit of magic in it. just started "the last of the great romantics" by Claudia Carroll, thats a more modern day read

littlepinkstars44

New books:

Flyaway - Lucy Christopher
Perfect Chemistry - Simone Elkeles
Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
Pirates - Celia Rees
Twenties Girl - Spohie Kinsella
Crusade - Linda Press Wulf
Invitation Only - Kate Brian
Untouchable - Kate Brian
Confessions - Kate Brian
Inner Circle - Kate Brian
L.A Candy - Lauren Conrad
Sweet Little Lies - Lauren Conrad
Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K Hamilton
Not Easily Washed Away - Brian Arthur Levene
The Initiation and The Captive Part 1 (Secret Circle 1+2) - L.J Smith
The Captive Part 2 and The Power (Secret Circle 3+4) - L.J Smith
Beneath a Rising Moon - Keri Arthur
Beneath a Darkening Moon - Keri Arthur
Embrace the Night - Karen Chance

jintyb

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

New books:

Flyaway - Lucy Christopher
Perfect Chemistry - Simone Elkeles
Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher
Pirates - Celia Rees
Twenties Girl - Spohie Kinsella
Crusade - Linda Press Wulf
Invitation Only - Kate Brian
Untouchable - Kate Brian
Confessions - Kate Brian
Inner Circle - Kate Brian
L.A Candy - Lauren Conrad
Sweet Little Lies - Lauren Conrad
Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K Hamilton
Not Easily Washed Away - Brian Arthur Levene
The Initiation and The Captive Part 1 (Secret Circle 1+2) - L.J Smith
The Captive Part 2 and The Power (Secret Circle 3+4) - L.J Smith
Beneath a Rising Moon - Keri Arthur
Beneath a Darkening Moon - Keri Arthur
Embrace the Night - Karen Chance

LPS - you are naughty! May I remind you that the idea is NOT to be buying books:rotfl:

Finished The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo, pretty good but took a while to get going. The first half was a bit heavy going but picked up. However I would only give 3* for this one.
Started "The Complaints" by Ian Rankin. Set in my home town of Edinburgh, it's funny to read about places you know! Very good so far, to my shame I've not read any of his books before. Also, it's from the library, so no money has been spent!

Tracey2609

Hi All,

I've just finished Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, it took me ages to read, but I did enjoy it. This is part of my quest to read the Top 200 books in the Big Read. I've updated my list below I'm going to read His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman next.


Black = Read it (68/200)
Purple = Not Read it - but have copy (34/200)
Red = Not Read it - need copy (98/200)


1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
6. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
9. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15. The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling
23. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling
24. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling
25. The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel Garc!a M!rquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
35. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
46. Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
52. Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56. The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70. Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel Garc!a M!rquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
101. Three Men In A Boat, Jerome K. Jerome
102. Small Gods, Terry Pratchett
103. The Beach, Alex Garland
104. Dracula, Bram Stoker
105. Point Blanc, Anthony Horowitz
106. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
107. Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz
108. The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks
109. The Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
110. The Illustrated Mum, Jacqueline Wilson
111. Jude The Obscure, Thomas Hardy
112. The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾, Sue Townsend
113. The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat
114. Les Mis!rables, Victor Hugo
115. The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy
116. The Dare Game, Jacqueline Wilson
117. Bad Girls, Jacqueline Wilson
118. The Picture Of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
119. Shogun, James Clavell
120. The Day Of The Triffids, John Wyndham
121. Lola Rose, Jacqueline Wilson
122. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
123. The Forsyte Saga, John Galsworthy
124. House Of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
125. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
126. Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett
127. Angus, Thongs And Full-Frontal Snogging, Louise Rennison
128. The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
129. Possession, A. S. Byatt
130. The Master And Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
131. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
132. Danny The Champion Of The World, Roald Dahl
133. East Of Eden, John Steinbeck
134. George's Marvellous Medicine, Roald Dahl
135. Wyrd Sisters, Terry Pratchett
136. The Color Purple, Alice Walker
137. Hogfather, Terry Pratchett
138. The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
139. Girls In Tears, Jacqueline Wilson
140. Sleepovers, Jacqueline Wilson
141. All Quiet On The Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
142. Behind The Scenes At The Museum, Kate Atkinson
143. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
144. It, Stephen King
145. James And The Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
146. The Green Mile, Stephen King
147. Papillon, Henri Charriere
148. Men At Arms, Terry Pratchett
149. Master And Commander, Patrick O'Brian
150. Skeleton Key, Anthony Horowitz
151. Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
152. Thief Of Time, Terry Pratchett
153. The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett
154. Atonement, Ian McEwan
155. Secrets, Jacqueline Wilson
156. The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier
157. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
158. Heart Of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
159. Kim, Rudyard Kipling
160. Cross Stitch, Diana Gabaldon
161. Moby !!!!!!, Herman Melville
162. River God, Wilbur Smith
163. Sunset Song, Lewis Grassic Gibbon
164. The Shipping News, Annie Proulx
165. The World According To Garp, John Irving
166. Lorna Doone, R. D. Blackmore
167. Girls Out Late, Jacqueline Wilson
168. The Far Pavilions, M. M. Kaye
169. The Witches, Roald Dahl
170. Charlotte's Web, E. B. White
171. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
172. They Used To Play On Grass, Terry Venables and Gordon Williams
173. The Old Man And The Sea, Ernest Hemingway
174. The Name Of The Rose, Umberto Eco
175. Sophie's World, Jostein Gaarder
176. Dustbin Baby, Jacqueline Wilson
177. Fantastic Mr Fox, Roald Dahl
178. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
179. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Richard Bach
180. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery
181. The Suitcase Kid, Jacqueline Wilson
182. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
183. The Power Of One, Bryce Courtenay
184. Silas Marner, George Eliot
185. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
186. The Diary Of A Nobody, George and Weedon Grossmith
187. Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
188. Goosebumps, R. L. Stine
189. Heidi, Johanna Spyri
190. Sons And Lovers, D. H. Lawrence
191. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
192. Man And Boy, Tony Parsons
193. The Truth, Terry Pratchett
194. The War Of The Worlds, H. G. Wells
195. The Horse Whisperer, Nicholas Evans
196. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
197. Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett
198. The Once And Future King, T. H. White
199. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
200. Flowers In The Attic, Virginia Andrews