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

InaPickle

Finished Martin's 'Thrifty Ways for Modern Days' which is a pretty good read. Obviously it's a condensed version of what's on the Old Style part of the site, but I it's good as a reference book for those who don't have ample time to read all the threads, don't have the internet all the time, or just want a hard copy to refer back to from time to time.

Am back to 'La Dame aux Camelias', of which I have polished off another chapter. Bless the narrator, the poor sap, but he's got it bad for Marguerite (the courtesan) now. You can almost taste his love-sickness through the page, and it tastes bitter!

elfen

Have read Patricia Cornwell's Blowfly and Philippa Gregory's The Other Queen

Got to take them back tomorrow but unsure as what to get next...any choices?

charlies_mum

elfen wrote: »

Have read Patricia Cornwell's Blowfly and Philippa Gregory's The Other Queen

Got to take them back tomorrow but unsure as what to get next...any choices?

Depends on what you like, these are some of my favourites

The Pirates Daughter by Margaret Cezair Thompson
Anything by Nicci French
The Brightest Star in the Sky by Marion Keyes
Babylon series of books by Imogen Edwards-Jones
Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
Anything by Jodie Picoult
Crossstitch series by Diana Gabaldon
Anything by Barbara Erskine
Some of the Dean Koontz books
Anything by Celia Ahern
Shopaholic books by Sophie Kinsella
Five People you Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud by Ben Sherwood
Anything by Philippa Gregory

Vixstar

Second anything by Phillipa Gregory.
If you like crime and history how about the CJ Sansom Matthew Shardlake series?
What type of books do you like?

elfen

I've read Twilight, and lots of Dean Koontz. I'll read anything that looks interesting, I'm not fussy but I have been liking the historical drama type books and crime ones recently.

Ellie2758

carolbee wrote: »

gosh, we are lucky, only have to pay 25p here in Kent to reserve a book

In Medway it is free if the book is held within the Medway branches but £2 if we have to buy it new or borrow from another authority.

Therefore use Medway if the book is on their catalogue.

Aspiring_Writer

I have quite a few Dean Koontz in good nick if anyones interested, you are welcome to pm me and i'll email you a list. if thats allowed?

InaPickle

Am returning two other computer books to the library. They were reference books I got out to show me how to do one or two things I didn't know how to do in Word, and now I do, so back they go.

More space cleared on my bedside bookshelf.

InaPickle

What the hell, the Jo Brand recommended by my lovely local librarian is going, too: I can't read a third one in such close proximity to the last two, so there's not point trying to delude myself - I can just get it out at some time in the future if I can be bothered.

Even more space on t'bedside shelf.

InaPickle

Pooh, pooh, pooh, pooh and double pooh.

Have just checked my library account online (don't do it too often as I have some stupid long login number to remember), and it seems that I messed up with the date my books were due back, despite having renewed them, so I now owe a £3.85 fine.

Pooh, pooh, pooh, pooh and extra pooh. Pah!