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

Thrifty_Pixie

OK just finished #48/60: Madeleine is Sleeping by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum.

this was an odd little book, but beautifully written, so it stays in the permanent collection.

onwards!:dance:

Gem-gem

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

constant princess is about Catherine of Aaragon (loved that book-she is my favourite of his wives. he should have stayed loyal to her)
other boleyn girl is about his affair with Annes sister mary and the way familes used their daughters as power pawns. the subsequent marriage then beheading of Anne Boleyn
so those two sort of follow each other.

the red and white queens are set further back in the historial time line as they are before the time of Henry VIIIs birth - wars of the roses time. both books tell the same story but through the eyes of a different woman, the white queen was Elizabeth Woodville, king Edward IVs wife and the red queen (Margaret Beaufort) his mother. reading the white queen i hated the red one but reading the red queens version of events i did soften to her a bit. funnily enough i was reading these while our city was being dug up looking for the bones of Edwards brother King Richard. i keep saying i must go to the new visitors centre we now have set up about him.


they are from two different series shes done but a all good stand alone storys

according to her website this is the order the tudor series should be read in


and the The chronological order of the cousins series books is



HTH:)

still reading The making of us, its about a sperm donor and the lifes of the children he helped create.

Wow! Thanks for this.
I have managed to pick up another one today for free. fool's gold
: 0)

Thrifty_Pixie

morning folks:coffee:

i decided to pick up a slim volume of short stories next: Aimee Bender's The Girl in the Flammable Skirt

it's my first of hers, but i'm halfway through the second story and enjoying it thus far. she comes highly recommended, so highly, in fact, that i went out a few weeks back and impulsively bought 4 of her books pretty cheaply online. must stop doing that having said that, i did get one of them free in the end as it was damaged when it arrived, so a bit of a result.

anyway, i should easily get this one done this weekend, if not another one too, so have a nice few days off everyone, and keep reading

mrs-moneypenny

Thrifty_Pixie wrote: »

WOW. these are great! :T where did you learn to do that? i'd love to have a go...

as promised (just abit later than i'd hoped

roamin_in_the_gloamin wrote: »

OOPS - if you would like to try this link below - I know it isn't knitting or crochet - but it is FUN.............
http://www.instructables.com/id/Folded-Book-Art-Best-most-clear-Tutorial-available/

if you click on the view all steps button on that link youll get the instructions
HTH
please thank the OP if you use her link

Thrifty_Pixie

thanks mrs mp. i'll take a look at lunchtime

garfield33

Hello, I'd like to join too!
My name is garfield33, and I'm a bookaholic. There, I said it.

I have an overflowing bookcase of to-reads. I haven't attempted to count them, in fact the thought scares me a little. Despite this mild addiction, I maintain there's no such thing as too many books, just a lack of storage space. And work really gets in the way of my reading time.
Anyway, my main weakness is that I volunteer in a charity bookshop... it's so dangerous. I try (and frequently fail!) to operate a one-in-one-out policy. So many lovely books!
At the weekend a friend gave me a box of books to take to the shop, I'm sad to say about 8 have gone on a little detour to my bookcase before they make it to the shop.

Anyway, I have just finished The Winter of our Disconnect, non-fiction about a woman who makes her family go screen-free for 6 months. No TV, computers or phones in the house. I've left it out where OH can see it as a not-subtle hint regarding his tech-addiction.

mobo1980

Thanks for the welcome Thrifty Pixie , nothing to report , need to go and read now !

Mobo xx

Happygreen

Good evening -
I succumbed but didn't spend any moeny. In the library I stumbled across Keigo Higashino's second "The Salvation of a Saint". Starts pretty good

InaPickle

Welcome garfield33 and hello mobo1980! :wave:


I'm not doing too well on the reading front at the minute as I am in the middle of a huge declutter before guests arrive. I'll get back on it as soon as it's over.

Island.girl

I've just signed up to the readitswapit website. Is anyone else a member of this site? Thought it could be a good way to get rid of the books i didnt enjoy so much or wouldnt read again and swap it for a book i'd be like to read.