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

InaPickle

feedumall wrote: »

one of my girls gave me a amazon voucher for mothers day:j,so a guilt free shop,sold a book today to ,the photography books came and are stunning some great ideas:D so all good:D

Oooh, photography books - luverly! I really want 'The Earth Seen from the Sky' by Yves Arthur Bertrand. It's stunning. And about £60! :eek: Maybe when I'm rich...:cool:

Different_Corner

Morning
Finished 'One Day' listed on Amazon and sold within two hours making a profit of of £1.02
Not sure what to go for next....

Tete_en_l'Air

InaPickle wrote: »

Aw, sorry if I made you feel bad: it's all said with a winky smiley. I promise to report if I have any slip-ups and you can be the first to tell me off.

No don't be silly I was only joshing! (I'm a girl by the way, as if you couldn't tell by the stunning likeness in my avatar )

Ames wrote: »

I haven't had any slip ups! Mainly cos I booked a holiday to Venice and decided to put my book money into that instead. Yes, I was that bad!

Wow you really are committed to this 'no buying books' cause!!

Ames wrote: »

Just out of interest, does anyone else use bookcases instead of other furniture? I've got one at the side of my sofa, it's' just the right height for a side table, and I'm planning to get another small one for the other side. I have a row of small bookcases in the hallway isntead of a table or something to put the post on too. Am I obsessed or just space saving?!

Oh I love this idea, particularly the hallway ones!

Still enjoying The Subtle Knife here, sort of ploughing my way through it but too much fresh air yesterday meant I fell asleep with it on my face last night and woke up quite disoriented around 1am with the light still on

InaPickle

Tete_en_l'Air wrote: »

No don't be silly I was only joshing! (I'm a girl by the way, as if you couldn't tell by the stunning likeness in my avatar )

Ooh, I can't see your avatar. I'd better have a look. *Pickle zooms off to sort out her avatar settings*

EDIT: Nice pic! You look like you are from the red version of Avatar, the film!

Vixstar

Stayed up till 1am to finish The Lovely Bones. I know I said I wasn't going to start it till I had finished one of the others but I needed a book I could read in the bath and the others didn't seem suitable.
Not sure what to make of the Lovely Bones - nice enough but a bit too philosophical for me I fear.

jintyb

Abandoned the Jojo Moyes book in favour of "Life according to Lubka" by Laurie Graham. It was recommended on here by one of our lovely readers so I requested it from the library. It came in pretty quickly and I couldnt resist. Its a brilliant, read, very funny! So thank you!

Have a lovely day everyone!

scrooge2008

Vixstar, I agree with your take on 'The Lovely Bones'. It was a very moving book, but I couldn't quite get my head around it.

Because of the subject matter, I couldn't bring myself to go to the cinema to watch it. Maybe one day .....

Well I finished my book yesterday, and I have picked up from my never been read pile, 'It's a long way from Penny Apples', Bill Cullen's autobiography. It's billed as a rags to riches motivational story. I got it free on a start-up offer with Price Minister and noticed it's been signed by the author.

Will not take this book into the bath with me, as may have a re-sale value lol.

Ames

I read the Lovely Bones a few years ago and enjoyed it but found some of it a bit bizarre - like the out of body bit, and the icicle thing was just kitsch. It was one of my book clubs' reads last month and it didn't go down too well.

I started Brixton Beach by Roma Tearne last night and so far I'm really enjoying it.

jintyb

I found Lovely Bones quite hard going, I'll be interested to see the film tho, just to see how its been interpreted.

setmefree2

jintyb wrote: »

I found Lovely Bones quite hard going, I'll be interested to see the film tho, just to see how its been interpreted.

Ooooo how funny - I found it a real page turner