In order for me to feel OK about constantly buying books, I really have to purge my collection on occasion. So I think that I will be offering some of the books I've bought and read (or bought and found doubles of, or bought and later decided I didn't want) as prizes through this blog.
I already have started a pile of books that I will be offering. Just keep watching this blog for my contests to win free books. Particularly if you like the types of books that I tend to thrift!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
50 cent books from local library sale.
All books 50 cents unless otherwise noted. From local library booksale.
Books I bought for me:
I've recently rediscovered Barbara Kingsolver after reading and loving Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Years ago I loved The Bean Trees, and my collection includes a thrifted copy of The Poisonwood Bible. So I was pleased to find this book of essays.
Why yes, I did find *two* books about synesthesia. I found this clinical one first, and the book A Mango-Shaped Space second. I was thrilled about both. I love books like that.
I vaguely remember Tessie and Pearlie - I think I may have read it in the past. Maybe.
(Buffy is for a friend and cost 25 cents.)
Books I bought for my daughter:
Books my husband bought:
(Middlemarch was 25 cents.)
Books I bought for me:
I've recently rediscovered Barbara Kingsolver after reading and loving Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Years ago I loved The Bean Trees, and my collection includes a thrifted copy of The Poisonwood Bible. So I was pleased to find this book of essays.
Why yes, I did find *two* books about synesthesia. I found this clinical one first, and the book A Mango-Shaped Space second. I was thrilled about both. I love books like that.
I vaguely remember Tessie and Pearlie - I think I may have read it in the past. Maybe.
(Buffy is for a friend and cost 25 cents.)
Books I bought for my daughter:
Books my husband bought:
(Middlemarch was 25 cents.)
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Thrift store day
One store was having a fabulous sale - 10/$1 for paperbacks, 5/$1 for hardbacks...
10 cents each!
(And yes, I've read The Lovely Bones. I always see it at thrift stores and yard sales and book sales and have always left it, but for 10 cents, well, I figured, why not.)
The book with the bones on it is called "The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist" and I am really excited to read it. And no, I never watch the TV show Bones despite Angel being on it (Angel...is in the sunlight...and he's not bursting into flames...?) but I may have to now!
Ah and I've read Anansi Boys too but...yeah...NEIL GAIMAN FOR A DIME YES PLEASE.
(Not shown, a book about pets found on Petfinder that was book #10. I got it for the friend I was thrifting with.)
20 cents each. I already have Office Spa but for 20 cents I figured I could cut it up a bit - it has really cute illustrations.
(Not shown, the two books my friend got - a book about the Dalai Lama and...something else...)
The Last Unicorn - 75 cents (half price).
Ridiculous baby food cookbook - $1.25 (half price).
Toddler book (Seal Press! One of my favorite funky publishers!) - $1.50.
$1.25.
$1.25 each.
$1.50 each. OMG YES I MIGHT GO TO JAPAN. SOMEDAY. WITH MY DAUGHTER. Or, well, it was just too cool to pass up.
Weird thrifty-magical note: at the next Goodwill we went to, several towns over? Another copy of that kids/Japan book! But the one I bought was in better shape so yay.
The one on the left I got in a little used bookstore about a week before all the other books for $2. The one on the right is from the same trip as everything above and was 75 cents (half price). Wheeeeeeee Dr. Sears. Patron saint of crunchy moms everywhere. I hope I can find the rest of the set someday.
10 cents each!
(And yes, I've read The Lovely Bones. I always see it at thrift stores and yard sales and book sales and have always left it, but for 10 cents, well, I figured, why not.)
The book with the bones on it is called "The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist" and I am really excited to read it. And no, I never watch the TV show Bones despite Angel being on it (Angel...is in the sunlight...and he's not bursting into flames...?) but I may have to now!
Ah and I've read Anansi Boys too but...yeah...NEIL GAIMAN FOR A DIME YES PLEASE.
(Not shown, a book about pets found on Petfinder that was book #10. I got it for the friend I was thrifting with.)
20 cents each. I already have Office Spa but for 20 cents I figured I could cut it up a bit - it has really cute illustrations.
(Not shown, the two books my friend got - a book about the Dalai Lama and...something else...)
The Last Unicorn - 75 cents (half price).
Ridiculous baby food cookbook - $1.25 (half price).
Toddler book (Seal Press! One of my favorite funky publishers!) - $1.50.
$1.25.
$1.25 each.
$1.50 each. OMG YES I MIGHT GO TO JAPAN. SOMEDAY. WITH MY DAUGHTER. Or, well, it was just too cool to pass up.
Weird thrifty-magical note: at the next Goodwill we went to, several towns over? Another copy of that kids/Japan book! But the one I bought was in better shape so yay.
The one on the left I got in a little used bookstore about a week before all the other books for $2. The one on the right is from the same trip as everything above and was 75 cents (half price). Wheeeeeeee Dr. Sears. Patron saint of crunchy moms everywhere. I hope I can find the rest of the set someday.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Thrift store - just bought one!
I bought Girl Talk by Julianna Baggott for $1.50 at Goodwill. And that was all I bought - impressive, eh?
Monday, March 9, 2009
Bookcloseouts.com
A good very evil friend recently turned me on to www.bookcloseouts.com. And now I'm addicted. However, I try to keep my orders to times when there are sales...
So this is what I got (pictures may or may not follow):
The Best American Magazine Writing 2004 ($2.99)
Damage Control: Women on the Therapists, Beauticians, and Trainers Who Navigate Their Bodies (includes an essay by Francesca Lia Block) ($2.49)
100 Years of the Best Writing and Reporting by Women Journalists ($2.49)
The Merry Recluse by Caroline Knapp ($2.49)
Mortification (essay collection) ($2.49)
The Subway Chronicles (another essay collection) ($2.49)
Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants by Jill Soloway ($1.99)
Walking a Literary Labryinth by Nancy Malone ($2.49)
Guarding the Moon by Francesca Lia Block ($3.99)
So this is what I got (pictures may or may not follow):
The Best American Magazine Writing 2004 ($2.99)
Damage Control: Women on the Therapists, Beauticians, and Trainers Who Navigate Their Bodies (includes an essay by Francesca Lia Block) ($2.49)
100 Years of the Best Writing and Reporting by Women Journalists ($2.49)
The Merry Recluse by Caroline Knapp ($2.49)
Mortification (essay collection) ($2.49)
The Subway Chronicles (another essay collection) ($2.49)
Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants by Jill Soloway ($1.99)
Walking a Literary Labryinth by Nancy Malone ($2.49)
Guarding the Moon by Francesca Lia Block ($3.99)
Thursday, February 26, 2009
A new book, really!
I had a gift card to a local used/new bookstore (from selling them books).
On a different day, I used it to buy The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart.
On this day I bought Kitchen Con by Trevor White.
I wasn't a very good judge of timing, because this particular bookstore closed before I could finish spending my store credit. $9, gone. Poof. Ah well.
On a different day, I used it to buy The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart.
On this day I bought Kitchen Con by Trevor White.
I wasn't a very good judge of timing, because this particular bookstore closed before I could finish spending my store credit. $9, gone. Poof. Ah well.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Another Thrift Store Day
Best American Travel Writing (edited by Bill Bryson)
Until I Find You by John Irving
Listen Up, edited by Barbara Findlen, newly revised edition (I own the original version too and this one has all sorts of new essays)
She Got Up Off the Couch - Haven Kimmel
Worst Case Scenario Handbook: Dating and Sex
Bushwacked by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose
I'm going to throw the Sunnydale Yearbook into this post even though this isn't the day on which I bought it...
Until I Find You by John Irving
Listen Up, edited by Barbara Findlen, newly revised edition (I own the original version too and this one has all sorts of new essays)
She Got Up Off the Couch - Haven Kimmel
Worst Case Scenario Handbook: Dating and Sex
Bushwacked by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose
I'm going to throw the Sunnydale Yearbook into this post even though this isn't the day on which I bought it...
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