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

silvermist05

Luke I thought Amazon were one of the big companies who do not pay Uk tax yet your asking us to buy a book through them. Dosen' t make much sense to me. And I personally buy almost all of my books from charity shops. Sorry I can not afford to be supporting authors at the moment.

silvermist05

I've almost finished The help which I've enjoyed immensely. Any suggestions asto what to read next?

silvermist05

Finished The help now reading Of mice and men.

mrs-moneypenny

glad you enjoyed the help.
i thought it was really good.

Thrifty_Pixie

forgive me savers, for i have sinned. i have made 6 purchases since my last confession here, and am now on a self-flagellatory book diet! i have finished another too though:

#26 The Creative License by Danny Gregory 4/5

this is great for someone who's having trouble getting their mojo working art-wise. lots of great sketches and advice.

second-hand purchases:

Cubism by Anne Gantefuhrer-Trier
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Heart of Things by A.C. Grayling
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Charleston by Quentin Bell
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

and that's me!

mrs-moneypenny

i did pick up the 12 days of christmas at the boot on sunday BUT i took 7 books to the CS on saturday so more out than in

still reading attonment

silvermist05

Oh dear Pixie your not alone I think all us booklovers are struggling to stay on the straight and narrow. I too have to confess to two charity shop purchases. I got
White Oleander by Janet Finch
Random acts of heroic love by Danny Scheinmann
In my defense they were only 75p each.
Now that I'm reading loads more I've decided to reaquinte myself with the library however my local is tiny and dosen't have much choice so I went online to order some in from another library only to find for some reason my accounts been blocked.

silvermist05

After weeks of searching second hand shops for Gone Girl I've given in and ordered it from the book people had some codes so got the 3 book pack for just £4.49 delivered. Knowing my luck I'll see loads of second hand copies now.

mrs-moneypenny

finished Atonement this morning and have pulled Whistling for Elephants by Sandi Toksvig off the TBR shelf, i got given this by one of my DDs a while ago so have been wanting to make a start on it.

was going to read lady of the rivers but im going to leave that i think till ive finished watching the white queen on tv as its aprt of that series.

Thrifty_Pixie

silvermist05 wrote: »

Oh dear Pixie your not alone I think all us booklovers are struggling to stay on the straight and narrow. I too have to confess to two charity shop purchases. I got
White Oleander by Janet Finch
Random acts of heroic love by Danny Scheinmann
In my defense they were only 75p each.
Now that I'm reading loads more I've decided to reaquinte myself with the library however my local is tiny and dosen't have much choice so I went online to order some in from another library only to find for some reason my accounts been blocked.

i really enjoyed White Oleander, and it's probably due a re-read. i hope you do too.

silvermist05 wrote: »

After weeks of searching second hand shops for Gone Girl I've given in and ordered it from the book people had some codes so got the 3 book pack for just £4.49 delivered. Knowing my luck I'll see loads of second hand copies now.

i had arranged a loan of this from my step-sister and then found it in a local charity shop recently. i'm reading it now and so far so good.

in other news, i finished another book:

#27 The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly 5/5 (a keeper)

and picked up another from a table sale:

Touch Wood by Carole Potter £1