OK, as you can see, I've been poking around behind the scenes of this here blog. I like the new banner that I made with my Super Expert Photoshop Skillz, but I'm not sure about the blog title.
I know the URL is Tiara Books, but that was just for consistency (I use "tiara" in most of my online dealings). I know I've been calling the blog "Books I Bought" but that isn't very flashy.
Do you have any suggestions, dear blog viewers? Meanwhile I'll be playing around and you may see things change, go back, and change again in the next week or so.
Thanks!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Library sale!
I just can't resist my local library's booksale. I can't.
$1 each. Essays about motherhood (how many of these types of books do I need? Lots, apparently) and doctors/medical issues (ditto).
The book on the left was $1 and I'm really excited to read it. It was one of the last books I grabbed. The book on the right was $2 - I saw NPR on the cover and basically had to have it. Inside is a letter from the publisher. Nifty.
The book on the left is a book about books - how META! I almost squealed out loud when I found it. The book on the right I believe I've read about somewhere - the woman talks about her life and illustrates her favorite outfits. It's beautiful and fascinating. $1 each.
And finally, the cookbooks! $1 each. The ice cream book at the top left will go nicely with the gelato book I bought a few weeks ago - I grabbed it when a little girl put it down. (Yes, she was done with it - I don't steal from children!) The book on the top right is another toddler cookbook, apparently a new genre for me to explore. I have another toddler cookbook in my collection with a similar red-and-white checked background... At the bottom left we have the most ridiculous thing I bought today - a book about jello shots. Except I'm a grownup who doesn't party like that anymore. Oh and a vegetarian who doesn't eat jello. But it's a CHRONICLE book and it has adorable illustrations. I could not resist for a dollar. And finally, another book for my eccentric old cookbook collection. It's hard to see in the picture, but it's a diet book and the author was director of food services for Neiman-Marcus. Ha. Someday I'm going to have a kitchen in which I can display those...
That's all for today (unless I sneak back later).
$1 each. Essays about motherhood (how many of these types of books do I need? Lots, apparently) and doctors/medical issues (ditto).
The book on the left was $1 and I'm really excited to read it. It was one of the last books I grabbed. The book on the right was $2 - I saw NPR on the cover and basically had to have it. Inside is a letter from the publisher. Nifty.
The book on the left is a book about books - how META! I almost squealed out loud when I found it. The book on the right I believe I've read about somewhere - the woman talks about her life and illustrates her favorite outfits. It's beautiful and fascinating. $1 each.
And finally, the cookbooks! $1 each. The ice cream book at the top left will go nicely with the gelato book I bought a few weeks ago - I grabbed it when a little girl put it down. (Yes, she was done with it - I don't steal from children!) The book on the top right is another toddler cookbook, apparently a new genre for me to explore. I have another toddler cookbook in my collection with a similar red-and-white checked background... At the bottom left we have the most ridiculous thing I bought today - a book about jello shots. Except I'm a grownup who doesn't party like that anymore. Oh and a vegetarian who doesn't eat jello. But it's a CHRONICLE book and it has adorable illustrations. I could not resist for a dollar. And finally, another book for my eccentric old cookbook collection. It's hard to see in the picture, but it's a diet book and the author was director of food services for Neiman-Marcus. Ha. Someday I'm going to have a kitchen in which I can display those...
That's all for today (unless I sneak back later).
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Yard Sales!!!
Sale #1:
50 cents. Cue Beavis and Butthead laughter...hehehehe...
The inside of that delightful cookbook. (Apparently it's part of a series.)
Sale #2:
It's marked $4, I offered $2, she accepted $3. I justified it by thinking that at Goodwill it would've cost $2.50 plus tax. Plus it's a Chronicle book and a great resource and reference tool (apparently a reissue of a classic). Also I just wanted it.
Inside.
Sale #3:
50 cents. Some kids were selling their stuff, it was cute.
Sale #4:
$1 for all, which was very generous of the woman who sold them to me.
50 cents. Cue Beavis and Butthead laughter...hehehehe...
The inside of that delightful cookbook. (Apparently it's part of a series.)
Sale #2:
It's marked $4, I offered $2, she accepted $3. I justified it by thinking that at Goodwill it would've cost $2.50 plus tax. Plus it's a Chronicle book and a great resource and reference tool (apparently a reissue of a classic). Also I just wanted it.
Inside.
Sale #3:
50 cents. Some kids were selling their stuff, it was cute.
Sale #4:
$1 for all, which was very generous of the woman who sold them to me.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Amazon!
I wanted the new Tori Amos album, and I needed to hit $25 to get free shipping so I bought myself a few cookbooks. Everything was free because I've earned a ton of Amazon credit through mypoints, Swagbucks, and my credit card.
I had actually tried to order the Manga cookbook a long time ago, when it came in a set with a bento box, but it never came in stock at Amazon, so I canceled it. But I decided I wanted it even without the box, so here it is. And Cook It in a Cup will also make great bento treats. The Toddler Cafe...well...hopefully that + The Sneaky Chef book I got at a yardsale a few weeks ago will make dinnertime more pleasant around here.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Another day of thrifting...
OK OK OK. I really have to stay away from thrift stores for a few weeks. Also, I think I should skip my local library booksale when it happens if only because I tend to see the books I get there for far cheaper at thrift stores. (We'll see about that though.)
So. Thrift store #1:
Ah. Just one book, $1.50. Great!
Thrift store #2:
OK...6 books at $1.50 each. Hear me out - I've always wanted to read Lamb, and Black, White and Jewish, and Thunderbolt Kid. I love Laurie Notaro so much. And I'm a sucker for travel tales of moving to a foreign country. (I actually skipped buying yet another one...)
Oh this little thing? It's tiny! And it was a yellow tag so it was half price! Only 75 cents! That hardly counts as a book. (I did put back another yellow-tagged book - about the woman who helped save giant pandas. Yeah, I know, I probably wouldn't have ever read it, but it looked so interesting...anyway it went back on the shelf. I get points for that, don't I?) By the way, this book scores big because aside from adorable content, it is a Chronicle book (yay) AND it is by Jennifer Traig, who is the author of two memoirs that I absolutely adored. Fabulous.
Well, yeah, these are hardback books. But I really always wanted to read the Listening book, and I totally am going to make gelato. OK, I'm not, but it's a gorgeous book - next to Chronicle cookbooks, 10 Speed Press cookbooks are my favorite for layout and content. Each of these was $2.50 AKA way more than I'd usually pay. I lost my head, what can I tell you.
ETA: Sadly, two pages of my beautiful gelato book were ripped out - well, that explains why it was at the thrift store. But it's absolutely gorgeous anyway and maybe I really will make some of the recipes someday.
We won't talk about the 3 books I ordered on Amazon earlier in the week...(I have tons of Amazon credit and was ordering the new Tori Amos CD...I'll tell you about it when they arrive.)
So. Thrift store #1:
Ah. Just one book, $1.50. Great!
Thrift store #2:
OK...6 books at $1.50 each. Hear me out - I've always wanted to read Lamb, and Black, White and Jewish, and Thunderbolt Kid. I love Laurie Notaro so much. And I'm a sucker for travel tales of moving to a foreign country. (I actually skipped buying yet another one...)
Oh this little thing? It's tiny! And it was a yellow tag so it was half price! Only 75 cents! That hardly counts as a book. (I did put back another yellow-tagged book - about the woman who helped save giant pandas. Yeah, I know, I probably wouldn't have ever read it, but it looked so interesting...anyway it went back on the shelf. I get points for that, don't I?) By the way, this book scores big because aside from adorable content, it is a Chronicle book (yay) AND it is by Jennifer Traig, who is the author of two memoirs that I absolutely adored. Fabulous.
Well, yeah, these are hardback books. But I really always wanted to read the Listening book, and I totally am going to make gelato. OK, I'm not, but it's a gorgeous book - next to Chronicle cookbooks, 10 Speed Press cookbooks are my favorite for layout and content. Each of these was $2.50 AKA way more than I'd usually pay. I lost my head, what can I tell you.
ETA: Sadly, two pages of my beautiful gelato book were ripped out - well, that explains why it was at the thrift store. But it's absolutely gorgeous anyway and maybe I really will make some of the recipes someday.
We won't talk about the 3 books I ordered on Amazon earlier in the week...(I have tons of Amazon credit and was ordering the new Tori Amos CD...I'll tell you about it when they arrive.)
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Thrift store fun!
I'm visiting a friend of mine in Virginia and she and I headed out to her favorite thrift store...which was closed on Sundays. So instead we went to a different store that had TONS AND TONS of books - most paperbacks were 99 cents and most hardbacks were $1.99.
99 cents each.
99 cents each.
99 cents each.
99 cents, but um, I already have it. Oops. I am going to give my extra to a friend.
In words, I bought:
Thunder and Lightning by Natalie Goldberg
Flux by Peggy Orenstein
Flea by Sheila Zubrod & David Stern (Outdated, but has fun advice about what to look for at flea markets and thrift stores)
A Big Storm Knocked It Over by Laurie Colwin (I love More Home Cooking so I was excited to find this)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks (I really wanted to read this!)
A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary (yessss)
The Toddler Owner's Manual
Books I put back - a copy of Weetzie Bat (I really wanted to rescue and give this one away, but...), a copy of Pledged (I've read it and I guess I don't need to own it), an ARC of the reissue of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (I want to read it but I can get it at the library), and a hardback memoir called...A Kind Girl or...something Kind of Girl...yeah, clearly I really wanted that one, right? but if it had been paperback I totally would've gotten it. If you know what I'm talking about, comment - it's a memoir of a girl whose sister either died or was kidnapped/killed I think? She also had an autistic brother and the book jacket said (I remember this part) it was before autism was widely diagnosed. ETA: Found it! It's called "Girls of Tender Age."
Book fast - pshaw.
99 cents each.
99 cents each.
99 cents each.
99 cents, but um, I already have it. Oops. I am going to give my extra to a friend.
In words, I bought:
Thunder and Lightning by Natalie Goldberg
Flux by Peggy Orenstein
Flea by Sheila Zubrod & David Stern (Outdated, but has fun advice about what to look for at flea markets and thrift stores)
A Big Storm Knocked It Over by Laurie Colwin (I love More Home Cooking so I was excited to find this)
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks (I really wanted to read this!)
A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary (yessss)
The Toddler Owner's Manual
Books I put back - a copy of Weetzie Bat (I really wanted to rescue and give this one away, but...), a copy of Pledged (I've read it and I guess I don't need to own it), an ARC of the reissue of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (I want to read it but I can get it at the library), and a hardback memoir called...A Kind Girl or...something Kind of Girl...yeah, clearly I really wanted that one, right? but if it had been paperback I totally would've gotten it. If you know what I'm talking about, comment - it's a memoir of a girl whose sister either died or was kidnapped/killed I think? She also had an autistic brother and the book jacket said (I remember this part) it was before autism was widely diagnosed. ETA: Found it! It's called "Girls of Tender Age."
Book fast - pshaw.
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