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

InaPickle

Ladies, I've only been counting fiction books in this challenge, but at the rate I'm going I think I'm going to have to start counting non-fiction as well.

I just received a book ordered last week to help me with a college course. It's a brilliant book - very informative - but also very expensive. I'm lucy that I know about the megashopbot and managed to get the book (worth just under £50) for £28-something. However, on reflection I'm near the end of the course, and when I went to the college library, they had a copy there I could lend (I think my reasoning was that if they didn't have the copy left by the time I got there, that I would be screwed, so if I ordered it, it would arrive in time to nip that problem in the bud, if it ever arose). I want to do the course that follows on from this next year, and if I do (and if it runs) it will be invaluable for that, but given that I may have to do another course on an unrelated subject instead, I may not get to use the book as much as could justify the expense in the near future.

I also wanted some workbooks earlier in the year. At the time, they seemed the most important thing ever, but since I got them and have been busy doing other things and haven't got round to using them. I hope to use them to their full over the summer, when college is finished, but that's still more money I've forked out for things I haven't really used properly.

As someone trying hard to get rid of excess things that I don't need, I shall have to think twice and even three times about buying more non-fictions books, as well as the story variety.

Crikey. Whodathunk I'd ever be this concerned over how many books I buy? I might get to the end of the pile one day!

terryw

I have really and truthfully been trying to follow Ms Pickle's advice and not buying books. However, my fine relatives have now seen the light and, rather than silly smellies and socks, have given me book-tokens for presents - they don't count do they?

One of my lifelong favourite books is The Long Walk by Sławomir Rawicz which I first read when I was about thirteen. It has recently "inspired" the film "The Way Back"- the story of a bunch of guys who escape from a Russian Gulag and walk 4000 miles to India. I re-read my copy every couple of years - it is well dog-eared now. As an aside, it is well recommended as reading material for teenage lads, who perhaps don't have as much reading choice as young ladies.

Anyway, a lady called Linda Willis recently brought out a book entitled,
"Looking for Mr Smith" in which she chronicles her attempts over the years to ascertain the veracity or otherwise of this great survival story. Naturally, I bought the book at Christmas with a book token, and I am re-reading it for the sixth time. It really is superb - a combination of detective story and research written by someone who the same love of the "The Long Walk" as me.

In a strange way, "Mr Smith", reminds of another old favourite book.
This is "The Daughter of Time" a 1951 novel by Josephine Tey which deals with research to ascertain the truth about the murder of the princes in the tower by Richard 111. Although it is novel, this book changed the thinking about Richard as being merely a murdering old hunchback!

I am sure that older posters will recall the "Daughter of Time", but again the book is an old friend of mine and excellent reading rather than spending money on new books in the spirit that Ms Pickles suggests.

scubaangel

Finished an ebook worth a read if you can find it as a freebie download this morning on the train, A Child Al Confino by Eric Lamet, wouldn't pay the current £11 for the ebook version though :eek:

Its about a Jewish boy growing up during WW2, and follows him and his mothers enforced travels around Europe from Vienna, to France and Italy where they were internees confined to a small remote village.

littlepinkstars44

Hello everyone!

It's been quite a while since I was last on here, been super busy with uni and exams/dissertation!
But finally I am no longer a student! Yippppeeeee!

I have started a book blog though, it is at https://www.bellebooksx.blogspot.com if anyones interested. From that I have recieved loads of review copies from pubishers and authors, So I am going to write up a proper to be read list later on and post it, be warned though if you think my list was bad before it's more than doubled since then!

InaPickle

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

I have started a book blog though, it is at www.bellebooksx.blogspot.com if anyones interested. From that I have recieved loads of review copies from pubishers and authors, So I am going to write up a proper to be read list later on and post it, be warned though if you think my list was bad before it's more than doubled since then!

Wowee, LPS - your own bookblog! And people send you books to review? *Blinks extra hard to make sure she read correctly* I can't believe it! :cool:

Glad to hear that you are no longer a student (although as a fellow other-language-speaker I'm happy to see that you had daliances with other languages while there ) and HOW MANY books have you reviewed? Double OMG - I couldn't believe it! :eek: :cool: (How long has your blog been running?!) I'll make a point of dropping by from time to time, so I fully expect you to make me a cup of tea and point me to a squidgy chair.

Well done! (And where did you get that lovely page header for your blog? :cool:)

littlepinkstars44

Thank you Pickle!!
I've been blogging since February, so not too long really! I can't believe thats me finished with uni, it's still not quite hit home yet! Graduation is next month, and I should be finding out all my exam results anytime really.

As for the header, it's actually a layout I've used that someone else designed, there is a link at the bottom of my blog taking you to her website, she has some lovely ones up!

According to goodreads (name on there is Littlepinkstars44 Reads) I've read 118 books so far this year, I have no idea how many of those I've actually reviewed yet

Currently working away on my to be read list, about half way through it at the moment. Still have to create lists for library books and Kindle books, but I might wait till tomorrow for those as this one is starting to annoy me already lol!

InaPickle

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

Thank you Pickle!!
I've been blogging since February, so not too long really! I can't believe thats me finished with uni, it's still not quite hit home yet! Graduation is next month, and I should be finding out all my exam results anytime really.

As for the header, it's actually a layout I've used that someone else designed, there is a link at the bottom of my blog taking you to her website, she has some lovely ones up!

According to goodreads (name on there is Littlepinkstars44 Reads) I've read 118 books so far this year, I have no idea how many of those I've actually reviewed yet

Currently working away on my to be read list, about half way through it at the moment. Still have to create lists for library books and Kindle books, but I might wait till tomorrow for those as this one is starting to annoy me already lol!

I think you are doing brilliantly. I've been really slow so far, but have picked up steam a bit in the recent past. I'll have to pause for a it as I have a lot of homework and stuff to do at the minute, but I hope to make a plan and do some serious blasting through books after that. I'll still have some way to go to beat you, though! :rotfl:

littlepinkstars44

Ok everyone, here it is my dreaded list! This is just books thats I have (paperback or hardbacks) to be read. Does not include Library books or Kindle books.
Books in purple are ones that I have received for review.

Adeline Yen Mah - Falling Leaves
Alex Flinn - Beastly
Ally Carter - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You (Gallager Girls #1)
Ally Carter - Cross Your Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallager Girls #2)
Ally Carter - Never Judge a Girl by her Cover (Gallager Girls #3)
Ally Carter - Only the Good Spy Young (Gallager Girls #4)
Alyson Noel - Evermore (Immortals #1)
Alyson Noel - Blue Moon (Immortals #2)
Alyson Noel - Shadowland (Immortals #3)
Alyson Noel - Dark Flame (Immortals #4)
Alyson Noel - Night Star (Immortals #5)
Alyson Noel - Radiance (Riley Bloom #1)
Alyxandra Harvey - My Love Lies Bleeding (Drake Chronicles #1)
Alyxandra Harvey - Blood Feud Drake Chronicles #2)
Amy Meredith - Shadows (Dark Touch #1)
Amy Meredith - The Hunt (Dark Touch #2)
Amy Meredith - Fever (Dark Touch #3)
Amy Plum - Die For Me (Revenants #1)
Anna Godbersen - The Luxe (The Luxe #1)
Anna Godbersen - Rumors (The Luxe #2)
Anna Godbersen - Envy (The Luxe #3)
Anna Paterson - Running on Empty
Arthur Golden - Memoirs of a Geisha
Becca Fitzpatrick - Hush Hush (Hush Hush #1)
Becca Fitzpatrick - Crescendo (Hush Hush #2)
Beth Revis - Across the Universe
Bitter Frost - Kailin Gow (Frost #1)
Brenna Yovanoff - The Replacement
Caroline Kettlewell- Skin Game
Carrie Jones - Need (Need #1)
Carrie Jones - Captivate (Need #2)
[STRIKE]Carrie Ryan - The Forest of the Hands and Teeth (Forest of the Hands and Teeth #1)[/STRIKE]
Carrie Vaughn - Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Kitty Norville #1)
Carrie Vaughn - Kitty Goes to Washington (Kitty Norville #2)
Carrie Vaughn - Kitty Takes a Holiday (Kitty Norville #3)
Cassandra Clare - Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices #1)
Catherine Fisher - Incarceron (Incarecron #1)
Ceila Rees - Pirates
Celia Aherns - P.S. I Love You
Charlaine Harris - Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse #1)
Charlaine Harris - Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse #2)
Charlaine Harris - Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #3)
Charlaine Harris - Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse #4)
Charlaine Harris - Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse #5)
Charlaine Harris - Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #6)
Charlaine Harris - Altogether Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #7)
Charlaine Harris - From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse #8)
Charlaine Harris - Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse #9)
Charlaine Harris - A Touch of Dead (Sookie Stackhouse novel)
Chloe Neil - Firespell (Dark Elite #1)
Christine Johnson - Claire De Lune
Christopher Moore - Bite Me
Christopher Pike - Remember Me (Bind up #1-2)
Christopher Pike - Remember Me (Bind up #3-4)
Christopher Pike - The Last Vampire (Bind up #1-2)
Claudia Gray - Evernight (Evernight #1)
Claudia Gray - Starcrossed (Evernight #2)
Cronelia Funke - Inkspell (Inkheart #2)
Daniel Waters - Generation Dead (Generation Dead #1)
Darren Shan - Lord Loss (The Demonata #1)
Dean Vincent Carter - Blood Water
Deborah Hautzig - Second Star to the Right
Derek Landy - Skullduggery Pleasant (Skullduggery Pleasant #1)
Elizabeth Chandler - Dark Secrets 1: Legacy of Lies and Don't Tell (Bind up #1-2)
Elizabeth Chandler - Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die and The Deep End of Fear (Bind up #3-4)
Elizabeth Chandler - Dark Secrets 3: The Back Door of Midnight
Elizabeth Chandler - Evercrossed (Kissed by an Angel #4)
Elizabeth Chandler - Kissed by an Angel (Bind up #1-3)
Elle Jasper - Afterlight (The Dark Ink Chronicles #1)
Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl #1)
Franny Billingsley - Chime
Franny Billingsley - The Folk Keeper
Gregory Maguire - Mirror Mirror
Helen Cross - My Summer of Love
Holly Black - White Cat (Curse Workers #1)
James Patterson - Witch and Wizard
Jana Oliver - Forsaken (Demon Trappers #1)
Jay Asher - 13 Reasons Why
Jennifer Armintrout - The Turning (Blood Ties #1)
Jennifer Armintrout - Possession (Blood Ties #2)
Jeri Smith-Ready - Shade (Shade #1)
Jerry Spinelli - Stargirl
Jessica Verday - The Hollow (Hollow #1)
Jessica Verday - The Haunted (Hollow #2)
Jostein Gaardner - Through a Glass, Darkly
Julie Kagawa - The Iron King (Iron Fey #1)
Julie Kagawa - The Iron Daughter (Iron Fey #2)
Kami Garcia - Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles #1)
Kami Garcia - Beautiful Darkness (Caster Chronicles #2)
Karen Chance - Claimed by Shadow (Cassie Palmer #2)
Karen Chance - Embrace the Night (Cassie Palmer #3)
Karen Chance - Curse the Dawn (Cassie Palmer #4)
Karen Mahoney - The Iron Witch (Iron Witch #1)
Kate Brian - Private (Private #1)
Kate Brian - Invitation Only (Private #2)
Kate Brian - Untouchable (Private #3)
Kate Brian - Confessions (Private #4)
Kate Brian - Inner Circle (Private #5)
Kate Thompson - The Beguilers
Kelley Armstrong - The Gathering (Darkness Rising #1)
Kelley Armstrong - The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1)
Keri Arthur - Beneath a Rising Moon (Ripple Creek Werewolf #1)
Keri Arthur - Beneath a Darkening Moon (Ripple Creek Werewolf #2)
Kim Harrison - Once Dead Twice Shy (Madison Avery #1)
Koushun Takami - Battle Royale
Kristen Cashore - Fire (Graceling #2)
L.A. Weatherly - Angel (Angel #1)
L.J. Smith - The Forbidden Game (Bind up #1-3)
L.J. Smith - The Secret Circle (Bind up #1-2)
L.J. Smith - The Secret Circle (Bind up #3-4)
L.J. Smith - The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle (Bind up #1-2)
Laura Chapman - Flawless
Lauren Conrad - L.A Candy (L.A Candy #1)
Lauren Conrad - Sweet Little Lies (L.A Candy #2)
Lauren Conrad - Sugar and Spice (L.A Candy #3)
Lauren K. Hamilton - Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake #1)
Lauren K. Hamilton - The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake #2)
Lauren Kate - The Betrayal of Natalie Hardgrove
Lauren Kate - Torment (Fallen #2)
Lian Hearn - Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori #1)
Lian Hearn - Grass for his Pillow (Tales of the Otori #2)
Libba Bray - A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle #1)
Lilith Saintcrow - Strange Angels (Strange Angels #1)
Lilith Saintcrow - Betrayals (Strange Angels #2)
Lilith Saintcrow - Jealously (Strange Angels #3)
Linda Press Wulf - Crusade
Lisa McCann - Wake (Dream Catcher #1)
Lisa McCann - Gone (Dream Catcher #2)
Lisa McCann - Fade (Dream Catcher #3)
Lucy Christopher - Flyaway
Lucy Christopher - Stolen
Maggie Stiefvater - Lament (Books of Faerie #1)
Malinda Lo - Ash
Malorie Blackman - Noughts and Crosses
Marcus Sedgwick - My Sword hand is Swinging
Marcus Sedgwick - The Dark Horse
Marcus Sedgwick - The Foreshadowing
Maria V. Snyder - Poison Study (Study #1)
Maria V. Snyder - Fire Study (Study #2)
Maria V. Snyder - Magic Study (Study #3)
Maria V. Snyder - Storm Glass (Glass #1)
Maria V. Snyder - Sea Glass (Glass #2)
Maria V. Snyder - Spy Glass (Glass #3)
Maria V. Snyder - Inside Out (Insider #1)
Mark Haddon - The Curious Incident of the Dog and the Night-time
Mary Hooper - Fallen Grace
MaryJanice Davidson - Undead and Unwed (Undead #1)
MaryJanice Davidson - Undead and Unreturnable (Undead #4)
Maureen Johnson - 13 Little Blue Envelopes (Little Blue Envelope #1)
Melissa Marr - Fragile Eternity (Wicked Lovely #3)
Melissa Marr - Radiant Shadows (Wicked Lovely #4)
Melissa Marr - Darkest Mercy (Wicked Lovely #5)
Mike A. Lancaster - 0.4
Mike Wilks - Mirrorscape
Nancy Holder - Wicked: Witch and Curse (Bind up #1-2)
Nicholas Sparks - The Last Song
P.C. Cast - Divine by Mistake (Partholon #1)
P.C. Cast - Divine by Blood (Partholon #2)
P.C. Cast Divine by Choice (Partholon #3)
[STRIKE]Paige Harbison - Here Lies Bridget[/STRIKE]
Patricia Briggs - Moon Called (Mercedes Thompson #1)
Patricia Briggs - Blood Bound (Mercedes Thompson #2)
Patricia Briggs - Iron Kissed (Mercedes Thompson #3)
Patrick Ness - The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1)
R.J. Anderson - Knife (Faery Rebels #1)
Rachel Caine - Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires #1)
Rachel Caine - Dead Girls Dance (Morganville Vampires #2)
Rachel Caine - Midnight Alley (Morganville Vampires #3)
Rachel Caine - Feast of Fools (Morganville Vampires #4)
Rachel Caine - Lord of Misrule (Morganville Vampires #5)
Rachel Caine - Carpe Corpus (Morganville Vampires #6)
Rachel Caine - Fade Out (Morganville Vampires #7)
Rachel Caine - Kiss of Death (Morganville Vampires #8)
Rachel Caine - Ghost Town (Morganville Vampires #9)
Rachel Caine - Ill Wind (Weather Warden #1)
Rachel Caine - Heat Stroke (Weather Warden #2)
Rachel Caine - Chill Factor (Weather Warden #3)
Rachel Caine - Windfall (Weather Warden #4)
Rachel Caine - Firestorm (Weather Warden #5)
Rachel Hawkins - Hex Hall (Hex Hall #1)
Rachel Hawthorne - Moonlight (Dark Guardian #1)
Rachel Hawthorne - Full Moon (Dark Guardian #2)
Rachel Vincent - Stray (Shifters #1)
Rachel Vincent - Rouge (Shifters #2)
Rachel Vincent - Pride (Shifters #3)
Rachel Vincent - Prey (Shifters #4)
Rachel Vincent - Shift (Shifters #5)
Rachel Vincent - Alpha (Shifters #6)
Rachel Vincent - My Soul to Take (Soul Screamers #1)
Rachel Vincent - My Soul to Save (Soul Screamers #2)
Robin McKinley - Beauty
Ryu Murakami - In the Miso Soup
Seth Grahame-Smith - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Shannon Delany - 13 to Life
Simone Elkeles - Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry #1)
Sophie Jordan - Firelight
Sophie Kinsella - Confessions of a Shopaholic
Sophie Kinsella - Twenties Girl
Stephanie Meyer - The Host
Suzanne Selfors - Mad Love
Tamara Summers - Never Bite a Boy on the First Date
Yvonne Woon - Dead Beautiful
Zoe Strachan - Negarive Space
Zoe Strachan - Spin Cycle

Needless to say I am on a book buying ban!

InaPickle

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

Needless to say I am on a book buying ban!

Well, I think it's fair to say you won't be bored until you get yourself your first non-student job! :rotfl:

welshgirl78

Wowsers littlepinkstars - that's a lot of books, although you seem to get through them pretty quick!

Been reading this thread tonight and just signing up to say Hi! I read lots, but mainly pure chick lit - would like to broaden my horizons a little! I love Catherine Alliott, Marion Keyes etc but am trying others- ordered The Snowman tonight which I am excited about! I have read the last few pages and am using Amazon wishlist to record the books I would like to read

I see some of you are on Readit Swapit, I have signed up tonight - wooo! I am a little nervous as I think people won't want to swap with me as I am new. I would love to swap with people from here if you trust me!! my username is the same and if you say yes will have a little looky through your lists!

Enjoy the reading ladies and gentlemen