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19th October 2004, 05:36 PM
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| rune  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Cumbria
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| Book Hauls! So which books have you recently spent your hard earned cash or pocket money on  What little gems couldnt you resist and ended up on your bookshelf  I have to be careful with my pennies these days so the only books that get onto my bookshelves (yep got more than one) now are my favourite authors works. There was a special offer on (last week) at the book club I am a member of and I've sent for - Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix Grass for his Pillow and Brilliance of the Moon by Lian Hearn Havent' got them yet but eagerly awaiting them |
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19th October 2004, 06:18 PM
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| Haggis Connoisseur  Join Date: Jul 2003
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| Re: Recent Buys Do books on pre-order count? If so, I am awaiting the publication of Stephen Donaldson's 'Runes Of The Earth' which is the first of four books in a new Thomas covenant series. I hope it's worth the wait. |
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20th October 2004, 08:11 AM
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| Scrofulous Fig-Merchant  Join Date: Oct 2003
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| Re: Recent Buys The Earthsea Trilogy by Le Guin The Pacific Islands - Douglas L Oliver Compass of Sailing in Storm - Gatoloaifaana Peseta S. Sio Samoan Proverbial Expressions - Dr. E. Schultz. I'm trying to follow Mr Anderson's advice and strip-mine more exotic cultures. |
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20th October 2004, 11:01 AM
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| Pallid, Lumigoth  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Greater Manchester
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| Re: Recent Buys I haven't bought any books for ages... the probelm is, there are loads of new ones out I want, but because they're new, they're three times the price!!!  Iron Council - Mieville Doctor Norrel and Jonathan Strange (or whatever the title is, I get confused  )Alexander: The Virtues of War - Steven Pressfield Iain M. Banks - The Algebraist And out soon: The second Prince of Nothing book by R Scott Bakker... together in hardback would cost over £100 |
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23rd October 2004, 11:24 AM
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| Admin and Tea-boy  Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK: SCOTLAND:
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| Re: Recent Buys I bought Martin's "Clash of Kings" and the first book in Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series. The latter really just for writer research on Point of View use. Martin is good for writing research also, but not so much, and I really wanted to know what happens to the characters. |
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23rd October 2004, 02:08 PM
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| Haggis Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2003
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| Re: Recent Buys I got an e-mail saying my Donaldson book is on its way (YaY!) I've also taken the plunge. A lot of you guys are always harping on about HP Lovecraft (and I've never really been a follower of the Horror genre) so I've ordered three volumes of his work. You could say it's Horror For The UnHorrified |
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23rd October 2004, 02:42 PM
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| Harper for Hire  Join Date: Feb 2004
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| Re: Recent Buys I know this doesn't follow suite, but I just ordered Aromatherapy for Dummies. It was recommended by my massage therapist for a beginning book. I've been interested in it ever since she gave me Tea Tree oil to put in my showers. It boosts the immune system. I looked up other essential oils online and being that I've been reading books where healers are the main characters, I was intrigued. The book should be here any day! |
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24th October 2004, 10:17 AM
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| Admin and Tea-boy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK: SCOTLAND:
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