Book Hauls!

[Rosemary]

I know it isn't Fantasy or Science Fiction but I found an in perfect condition, a book of poetry, hard back and for only AU$8

Country Verse...edited by Samuel Carr.

It's written through the seasons..starting from Spring.

There's a number by Thomas Hardy, Keats, Robert Burns, Tennyson, Browning and Wordsworth to name but a few.

[Frozeninja]

Thought it was finally time I picked up some Terry Pratchet, so I stretched my poor student budget just a little bit further and bought The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic.

[Stormpirate]

Just bought the next few books in the Nightside series: Hex and the City, Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth, and Hell to Pay. Apparently I'm missing Paths Not Taken; my local Borders didn't have it, but I'm going out to buy the paperback of Butcher's Proven Guilty tomorrow, so I'll hit the local Barnes and Noble.

[Allegra]

Just received The Dumas Club byArturo Perez-Reverte and The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke.

[j. d. worthington]

Received that 6-volume set of Tales from Blackwood (2nd series) today. Oh, my! With the exception of one volume having a scratch on the back, these things look almost as good as brand new books on the shelves... and it's a set from 1905! Beautiful things, they are... and for a ridiculously low price, to boot! Once in a while, Fortune decides to play really, really nice....

[Nesacat]

Allegra ... have fun with those two. I liked them and went on to read everything else I could find by Perez-Riverte and Funke.

JD ... ... I don't think there's anything else to say. Congratulations. Enjoy.

[j. d. worthington]

Thanks, Cat!

[bruno-1012]

Originally Posted by Frozeninja

Thought it was finally time I picked up some Terry Pratchet, so I stretched my poor student budget just a little bit further and bought The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic.

I remember reading The Colour of Magic for the first time in about '85/86.

I was student at the time and couldn't afford many books during term time.

Always remember laughing so hard at one point that i managed to fall off my bed.

TP has been a firm favourite since then - never fallen out of bed again though...not from reading a book anyway.

[j. d. worthington]

Well, this is a replacement copy rather than a first time, but got a copy of Heinlein's For Us, the Living (hardbound) in the mail today... even though it's supposed to be used, it looks brand new, and for the pittance I paid for it, that's a definite bonus!

[Allegra]

Originally Posted by bruno-1012

I remember reading The Colour of Magic for the first time in about '85/86.

I was student at the time and couldn't afford many books during term time.

Always remember laughing so hard at one point that i managed to fall off my bed.

TP has been a firm favourite since then - never fallen out of bed again though...not from reading a book anyway.

One of the reasons I like this forum very mcuh is that there are so many TP readers! Well I just ordered Moving Pictures and The Light Fantastic to make up my long lost copies.

[Allegra]

Originally Posted by Nesacat

Allegra ... have fun with those two. I liked them and went on to read everything else I could find by Perez-Riverte and Funke.

Cat, I have the same 'obsessive-compulsive disorder'. I'd go out to get the rest of the books by the same author before I even finish the 1st one!

[Nesacat]

Allegra ... now that's a disorder I really don't mind having. But you are right about the going out to look for more before the first is done.

The two I like best by Funke are Inkheart and Inkspell though Thief Lord is special for having been the first. Dragon Rider is pretty good as well.

As for Perez-Reverte it would be Captain Alatriste and it's sequel Purity Of Blood. Have also read The Fencing Master, The Flanders Panel and The Club Dumas. All are very good indeed.

[Allegra]

Ahhhh, Cat, you are a devil! I need to take 5 years off to read my growing mountain of 500 to be read books!

[Stormpirate]

Wow! 500? And here I thought I was sinking under the pile of 35 books to be read! I really need help with this love of buying new books!

[Allegra]

The tips are simple: visiting amazom.com, amazon.co.uk, Barnes & noble, pay.com, ebay, and of course the Chronicles daily; wherever you go, never pass a book shop without sinking in for 4 hrs.