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

LolaLemon

Gem-gem wrote: »

What is the most someone is prepared to pay for a paperback book in a charity shop?
Saw a Phillipa Gregory paperback for £2. Didn't buy it - was I being too tight?

charity shops here are getting to be £2 min just now. I will only pay that if its a book im actively looking for and ive exhausted all other places.
Like someone else, best place is coffee mornings, school fetes etc.

wishus

Really bad of me, I know, but that one library book wasn't talking to me, so I've started The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes instead, and I love it so far. Halfway through!

Bubblesmum

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

No way would I pay £2! 50p tops.

In my neck of the woods (Home Counties by the thames ) paperbacks are between £1.50 - £2.00.

That's why when I go up North, holiday spends and activities include charity book shops

Bubblesmum

Pat on the back HappyGreen

Bubblesmum

Hello one and all

So last week was a good week.... Reading wise

I finished The happiness Project by Grechin Rubin really enjoyed this and very thought provoking :T:T:T:T:T

Then the Miniaturist by Jessie Burton which was :T:T:T:T. I agreed with my friends at the book club, the author either needed to write a couple more hundred pages to expand on a line or cut something out, can't say what as will give storyline away so :T:T:T:T

So this is another 2 read, but on my kindle so not physically able to give away.

I am though on target for my Goodreads challenge.

We have acquired a new picture, so we need to get rid of a bookshelf ( don't fret I have another 7 !)

So I am moving books around and on this book case I am collecting all the ones unread :eek::eek:. However visually this is good for motivating me.

Have now started finally The White Princess also dipping into My Lufe in Pieces by Simon Callow

MrCrimeFiction

Tonight I'm starting - 12 days of Christmas by Stuart macbride. Then I'm onto the 45% hangover before I start with luke delaney's short stories.

Last night I ordered Rich dad, poor dad along with the sequel and an investment guide or something. Should be an interesting reading.

Well behind on my challenge, need to do some power reading.

MrCF

Island.girl

I haven't been on here for a while as haven't had the time to read with a new born but I've stupidly paid full price for a book (I haven't done that since I queued outside at midnight for Harry Potter to be released) the book is the girl on the train by Paula Hawkins. I was too excited to join the Loose Women book club that I just went out to wh smiths to buy it. I am enjoying it although it's taking me a while to read it due to my little man.

Happygreen

Island.girl wrote: »

I haven't been on here for a while as haven't had the time to read with a new born but I've stupidly paid full price for a book (I haven't done that since I queued outside at midnight for Harry Potter to be released) the book is the girl on the train by Paula Hawkins. I was too excited to join the Loose Women book club that I just went out to wh smiths to buy it. I am enjoying it although it's taking me a while to read it due to my little man.

Congratulations, Island.girl! Such precious times with a newborn baby, you are forgiven that full-price book . Is it worht reading?
I remember that I got through a few books during the breast-feeding months with DD1 but none with DD2 when a toddler was around, lol.

kezbabybabe

I've finished Treasure Island, so I'm now reading Morning Star by H. Rider Haggard. Another Kindle free book. That's my 'on the bus' read for now, so I'll be starting The Host by Stephanie Meyer.

LolaLemon

I'm almost finished the 7 game of thrones books. I thought i was finished until i was reading the 6th book and i noticed something different in the house timelines at the end of book 5 or 6. i read the 7th book and then knew for sure that i missed a book. book no. 4! this was fine until book 7, so if i had read it after book 6 then the sequence would not have been 'out' .
i am now also a little annoyed that i have read them, as they are now very different from the tv series (or should that be the tv series is now very different?) and im assuming one of my fav characters is dead from the ending of book 7and i wont find out until the author decided to release/write the next few books!