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

anamenottaken

Thanks for the welcome. And a "welcome to the thread" for stitchintime.

anamenottaken wrote: »

bit of an update:

Confession time (sins of commission):
Over the 8 days of 23 to 30 June I bought 9 new books. One (on British birds) as a present for OH's birthday; two biographies (Lloyd George and John Donne); one autobiography (Karen Armstrong); one cookery book and one about Japanese diet - 25% through this, 2 recipes so far, message seems to be eat rice at every meal and use really fresh ingredients - (and I've already got a bookcase in the kitchen which is overflowing); one on calculus (to re-visit 'O' level territory); and 2 novels.

Plus side:
Have recently finished reading a number of books which had been by my bedside, partially read, for some time. However (sins of omission) they are still in the house.
There's a cookery book waiting by the front door ready to go to a CS the next time I go out shopping. (It's leaving the house because I had two copies.) Actually took 2 cookery books to Oxfam - now on their shelves for £1.99 each.

The novel I'm currenly reading is Donna Leon's Death in a Strange Country. Will finish that today. It will then go back to sit with the other Guido Brunetti stories, only one of which I have already read. I would, however, recommend these to anyone who likes police detective stories and has not already discovered them. Finished reading it and passed to OH, who doesn't read many novels, prefers philosophy and IT, but is now reading his third Donna Leon from my stash.

Fell - Bought :

2014 AA road atlas - requested by OH for use in the car - we don't have satnav, paper atlases are probably (?) more MSE.

Only Half of Me by Rageh Omaar - but I have since read this - 5/5 to help understand Somalis in the UK

The Heirs of the Prophjet Muhammad and the roots of the Sunni-Shia Schism - to further understand what is happening in Islamic societies. Started this.

The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney - well it was a winner of the Costa Book of the Year and remaindered at £1 in local WHS. Moved to the TBR soon category.

Thrifty_Pixie

i'm currently reading 3 books from Mount TBR, but I also finished another:

#31 The Book of Summer by Josie Curran 4/5

this was a quick read with ideas for entertainment, activities and recipes for the summer. i'll keep it for a while i think.

InaPickle

Hi all :wave:

So I have read the following since I posted last:

Dracula by Bram Stoker: very good, less sensational than lots of the vampire films/books that have come since. I liked it quite a lot. It was pretty long - 300 pages + I think and took a while to get through.

[Insert Title Here] by P.G. Wodehouse: A downloaded book of his short stories, all amusing, none too long or stretching the humour. Would be a good introduction to anyone who wanted to try his books without launching into a full-blown novel

My Own Story by Emeline Pankhurst: Brilliant, brilliant description of the Suffragette movement by the leader. I downloaded it for free on my Kindle else I probably wouldn't have bothered, to be honest, but it was imbibde with such compassion that I'm glad I did. Totally recommended, whether you are interested in history, the Suffragettes or not.

Oh, and the dowloaded free version of Alan Sugar's My CV. T'was interesting and goes to show that business can be learned. I would read the full version (from the library, maybe) but I wouldn't buy it.

lotti379

Oh dear... I went shopping.

Bought three holibob books (new Rebus, some historical saga thingy and a book about Treo the dog) and helped myself to a stack of murder mysteries from my ma. Put them all together on the "to read" pile... :eek:

I also bought three "career" books...

So currently the bedside table stack of on-the-go books consists of Marcus Trescothick's autobiography, Mrs Moneypenny's "Careers Advice for Ambitious Women", Andrew Marr's "The Making of Modern Britain", "The Toyota Way" about their management system (my housemate declared it "incredibly geeky"... told you they were career books!) and Ian Rankin's "Knots and Crosses". Think I need to retire at least two of those if I'm actually going to concentrate on the others.

I think Marcus and Andrew might be the ones to be temporarily retired.

I still have one career book to arrive

terryw

Serendipity!

Sorting some books for the charity shop, and found A Time to Kill by John Grisham which I had not read. How on earth did I miss this?

Started reading it last night and it is superb. Nothing will get done today!

lotti379

Love the quote in your sig terryw, those are my favourite lines from that poem!

scubaangel

Finished Love and War in the Apennines, strange book, I enjoyed it but couldn't really say what happened. Started Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith which I'm about half way through and enjoying alot more than the N1 Ladies Dective Agency books I've read in the past.

mrs-moneypenny

finshed the forgotten garden by Kate Morton, i hit the top of the rollercoaster with it yesterday morning so nothing got done all day as i was on the trying all lose ends bringing caracters and stories to their conclusion last 1/3 of the book and literally could not put it down, was grateful of the lightning strom as it meant puter off and head in a book.

was going to put it on the keeper shelf but i think my mum will love it so its going to be set free to be enjoyed by others.

put attonment on the 'libary shelf' in the drs waiting room had to smile as pretty much most of the books i saw on there yesterday were ones id donated.

did buy a good yard, from a Cs shop while on holiday at the weekend so one in two out isnt too bad.

started reading the almost moon by alice sebold read some pretty bad reviews on goodreads so not expecting great things. ive read the first chapter and already the mum with dementia has been suffocated by her daughter after soiling herself and lots of swearing going on so not got hjigh hopes of it being the happiest book ive ever read.

silvermist05

I'm half way through White Oleander and to be quite honest im not enjoying it, I never give up half way through a book but I think this time I may. I've started a Mitch Albohm one too from the library it's the first one I've borrowed in years.
I don't know if anyone s heard of the charity healthy planet they have free bookshops around the country, maybe worth looking on the website to see if there is one near you.I hhaven't been there myself as my two closest are quite far out.

mrs-moneypenny

silvermist that sounds a brilliant idea, sadly none in my area at all but thank you for putting the link up for everone to see.

Enjoy the Mitch Alborn book, (im sure you will) hes one of my fave authors