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

mrs-moneypenny

finished the pursuit of happiness and read the beachcomber by josephine cox. just started my sisters child by lyn andrews.

did buy a couple at the carboot last week but going to the doctors next week so will be gifting three of my read ooks to their shelf

want to read the 5 people you will meet in heaven has anyone else read that?

elfen

7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot - got
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel Garc!a M!rquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen - got
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44. The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas - got
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
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
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens - got
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce - got
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
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
105. Point Blanc, Anthony Horowitz
106. The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens - got
107. Stormbreaker, Anthony Horowitz
108. The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks
109. The Day Of The Jackal, Frederick Forsyth
110. The Illustrated Mum, Jacqueline Wilson
113. The Cruel Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat
114. Les Mis!rables, Victor Hugo - got
115. The Mayor Of Casterbridge, Thomas Hardy - got
116. The Dare Game, Jacqueline Wilson
119. Shogun, James Clavell
121. Lola Rose, Jacqueline Wilson
122. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray - got
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
129. Possession, A. S. Byatt
130. The Master And Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov
131. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood - got
133. East Of Eden, John Steinbeck
136. The Color Purple, Alice Walker
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
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 - got
155. Secrets, Jacqueline Wilson
156. The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier
157. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
160. Cross Stitch, Diana Gabaldon
161. Moby !!!!!!, Herman Melville - got
162. River God, Wilbur Smith
163. Sunset Song, Lewis Grassic Gibbon
164. The Shipping News, Annie Proulx
166. Lorna Doone, R. D. Blackmore
167. Girls Out Late, Jacqueline Wilson
168. The Far Pavilions, M. M. Kaye
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
179. Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Richard Bach
180. The Little Prince, Antoine De Saint-Exupery
181. The Suitcase Kid, Jacqueline Wilson
183. The Power Of One, Bryce Courtenay
186. The Diary Of A Nobody, George and Weedon Grossmith
187. Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
190. Sons And Lovers, D. H. Lawrence - got
191. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
193. The Truth, Terry Pratchett
194. The War Of The Worlds, H. G. Wells - got
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
200. Flowers In The Attic, Virginia Andrews

Read: To Kill A Mockingbird, Birdsong, David Copperfield, Far From the Madding Crowd, Of Mice and Men

charlies_mum

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

want to read the 5 people you will meet in heaven has anyone else read that?

Yes, it's a lovely book. Also loved Tuesdays with Morrie by the same author (Mitch Albom).

jintyb

charlies_mum wrote: »

Yes, it's a lovely book. Also loved Tuesdays with Morrie by the same author (Mitch Albom).

Ooh, must investigate those - not read either of them.
Just finished This Perfect World by Suzanne Bugler - really good read, I enjoyed it!
Started Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen, enjoying it so far!

Sorilla

OK, I hold on to my Audible credits for 4! books until I finish all I own already. Started to listen to Snow Ball about Warren Buffet...

Itsadogslife_2

jintyb wrote: »

Ooh, must investigate those - not read either of them.
Just finished This Perfect World by Suzanne Bugler - really good read, I enjoyed it!
Started Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen, enjoying it so far!

I have to purchase one book per month as we have a book club in our village and this is practically the only social life I have - but I am definitely going to sign up for this as I just have so many unread books on my bookshelf. I can't help myself, I have to say apart from the book club books I never buy books new, the only books that I buy that would be new would be from somewhere like the works. But I have a severe addiction to buying books from the car boot and charity shops. I can't help myself when they are only 50p I am keeping an eye open for some of the books off the "list" of books you should read, but other than that I am going to make a conscious effort to not purchase anymore if not for any other reason than the fact that I don't have another bookcase to keep them on

So, have seen it mentioned a couple of times, I have not long finished Water for Elephants and have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am looking forward to an orange Wednesday when I can go and watch the film to see how they portray it.

Also recently finished We Need to Talk About Kevin, Dark Matter, Alias Grace, Sister and one that I found fascinating was Room - oh my goodness what a book, gobsmacking on so many levels, quite disturbing and sheer genius.

Anyway, currently reading Snow Falling on Cedars which I am finding a little slow going but am persevering, this was recommended to me by one of the mommies at book club. I normally manage the book club book and 2 others in a month so looking at my bookcases I think I have enough to keep me busy for perhaps 8 years :rotfl:

mrs-moneypenny

does it count if you buy a book and read it in the same day. DD spotted a copy of the five people you meet in heaven for me at the carboot sunday morning for 50p. she knew i was looking for it.
i couldnt put it down all day so by bedtime it was finished ive told DH hes GOT to read it before i pass it on, it is a beautiful book really sad in places but it gives you hope and helps make sense of losing someone.

jintyb

Itsadogslife wrote: »

I have to purchase one book per month as we have a book club in our village and this is practically the only social life I have - but I am definitely going to sign up for this as I just have so many unread books on my bookshelf. I can't help myself, I have to say apart from the book club books I never buy books new, the only books that I buy that would be new would be from somewhere like the works. But I have a severe addiction to buying books from the car boot and charity shops. I can't help myself when they are only 50p I am keeping an eye open for some of the books off the "list" of books you should read, but other than that I am going to make a conscious effort to not purchase anymore if not for any other reason than the fact that I don't have another bookcase to keep them on

So, have seen it mentioned a couple of times, I have not long finished Water for Elephants and have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am looking forward to an orange Wednesday when I can go and watch the film to see how they portray it.

Also recently finished We Need to Talk About Kevin, Dark Matter, Alias Grace, Sister and one that I found fascinating was Room - oh my goodness what a book, gobsmacking on so many levels, quite disturbing and sheer genius.

Anyway, currently reading Snow Falling on Cedars which I am finding a little slow going but am persevering, this was recommended to me by one of the mommies at book club. I normally manage the book club book and 2 others in a month so looking at my bookcases I think I have enough to keep me busy for perhaps 8 years :rotfl:

Hi there! Just finished Water for Elephants and I really enjoyed it too, thought it was marvellous! Like you, I'm keen to see the film to see how they deal with the story. I'm not sure about the choice of Reese Witherspoon and Robert Patterson for the lead roles, but I will reserve judgement!
Currently reading The Road Home by Rose Tremain, which is a jolly good story so far!
I have looked at Room several times but not bought it - I will reserve it from the library I think, as it's had a lot of rave reviews!

scubaangel

Hmm I'm claiming a swop today, sold a book on greenmet over the weekend now I've finally brought some of the ones I had boxed up at Dad's house south, but I also got one through the post - A History of Tractors in Ukranian, which I appear to have won from the Radox monthly giveaway.

chocolatepennyfarthing

A bit off topic but where is the cheapest place to buy paperback fiction books (want the new Adele Parks). Postage is quite high on Amazon. Only a third way through copy I borrowed from library and unable to renew and has a dozen other people waiting for it. Thought I would try and get a cheap secondhand copy.