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

kezbabybabe

Hello all,

Cor, I haven't been around for a while! After I returned from Durham my mum has been in hospital and she's in a different town from me, so I haven't been able to be here to update you all.

I've finished the following books:
Mr Commitment - Mike Gayle
City of Bath - J. Glenn Bauer
Robin Hood - Retold by Charles Wilson
The Art of Gromit Unleashed by Nick Park
Turning Thirty - Mike Gayle

Now reading Tales from the Dancefloor by Craig Revel Horwood.

skintygerlinky

Hi All,
Back on track with this challenge!
Finished 'Lolly Willowes' by Sylvia Townsend Warner which I absolutely LOVED, can't recommend enough.

Going to stick with fiction and read 'A Month in the Country' by JL Carr as it has some parallels with Lolly Willowes eg the time period (just after WWI), a move to the countryside to heal some wounds and eventual re-discovering of self.
Will be interested in the contrasts too - Lolly is written from a female perspective whilst ...Country is from a male's.

Will let you know!

maddiemay

Finished reading Ian Rankin's The Complaints, enjoyed it greatly.

Have (at last) managed to get going with Jo Nesbo Redbreast. I have only bought 1 book so far this month, one of the Wallander novels, they are never available from my library, and as I want to read them in sequence, I have decided not to order them in as requests, but to pick them up from CS until I have the first few at hand.

Today I managed to resist buying The White Princess - Phillipa Gregory which is on offer for £3.99, not sure if it will jump into my bag on Friday though:rotfl:

cardi80

So my number has gone up although I didn't actually buy any!

I'm now on 57 unread books. I got given 5 books for my birthday. My friends and family know me too well.

I've just started Jodi Picoult's Lone Wolf.

skintygerlinky

Hi All xx

Bad news - I found yet more unread books!! A biog of Michael Jackson and a journalism collection by Neil Strauss. Have updated my lists in this thread accordingly

Good news - finished 'A Month in the Country'! Really enjoyed, it gave me a real sense of place. A short read too, highly recommended if anyone hits 'reader's block'!

Really enjoying reading again. Going to crack on with Robert Peston's take on all things economic next entitled 'How Do we Fix This Mess?'

Happy reading over the weekend, folks xxx

skintygerlinky

Just found another unread book.........siiiiigh.........have updated!!

FrugalinShropshire

Good morning. I would love to be part of this challenge. I moved house last June and brought the equivalent of a small library of books with me, many of them unread. DS also has many books that I would love to read so I won't go short. We also have a fab library in town for any new books that take my fancy.
Currently quarter way through Wild Mountain Thyme by Rosamunde Pilcher, which was in their 3 for £5 a few weeks ago.
:eek:

kezbabybabe

Hello everyone!
Finally finished Craig Revel Horwood's Tales from the Dancefloor. I really enjoyed it and his personality really comes through the pages. Will have to find the first one at some point.

I started Scarlet Pimpernel last night, though that's a Classic Adventure and will take a while to finish.

blindtoast

It has been months since I've been on here but I think I'm all caught up now! I've not been doing that well so far this year. I bought a Kindle Paperwhite with my Christmas money and have been getting into the ease of buying and reading Kindle books! I have bought 13 ebooks and also lots of free ones. I have read 6 of them, 4 of them are ones that I have read before but wanted a copy for holidays - paid for with a Xmas gift voucher so not feeling bad about that. The other 3 are Divergent, which I started today, The miseducation of Camerob Post and The Maze Runner.
I think I've only bought 1 physical book - the 2nd in the Divergent trilogy so at least my shelves aren't getting too much fuller! I'm feeling inspired by everyone on here again and think I may write a list of unread books and try to make a good inroad into them this year.
the only other book i have read was The cat who came in from the cold by Deric Longden, which was very funny. If anyone has ever had a cat they would appreciate the humour Imo!

scubaangel

Had a few goodreads wins lately but may have visited the book aisle when I was working in a supermarket last week and came home with four books - three Phillipa Gregory's and a Clive Cussler.