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Re: The last book you bought
« Reply #240 on: April 09, 2011, 04:26:42 PM »
I also hit up a Borders that was down to little more than thousands of romance novels, Glenn Beck/Palin books, things about vampires, and novels by celebrities (Al Roker, Nicole Ritchie). But I did manage to find a few things for dirt cheap: The War For Late Night, Franzen's Freedom, Eugene Mirman's book, and 2 basketball books - 1 is a republished book about Walt Frazier from the 70s that is awesome, the other, Pacific Rims, about basketball in the Phillipinies. All hardcover, $45 total.

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Re: The last book you bought
« Reply #241 on: April 15, 2011, 10:56:22 AM »

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Re: The last book you bought
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Re: The last book you bought
« Reply #243 on: April 15, 2011, 02:09:21 PM »
Got these at a Goodwill. 4 books, 4 dollars.






I have no memory of what the last book was...
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Re: The last book you bought
« Reply #244 on: May 09, 2011, 11:39:49 AM »
Look for a big post from me later today. Going to the Book Barn in New London. Trade paperbacks for a dollar. I'm making a list and checking it twice.
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Re: The last book you bought
« Reply #245 on: May 09, 2011, 11:12:12 PM »
Y'all ready for this?





























I got images of the same covers that I got in real life. Can you spot my purchasing mistake?

14 books for 33 bucks ain't bad.
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Re: The last book you bought
« Reply #246 on: May 09, 2011, 11:22:11 PM »
Maybe the two versions of A Swiftly Tilting Planet are somehow different and valuable collectors' pieces?

Anyway, I'll be excited to hear what you think of Let The Right One In, it is in some ways very different than the film adaptations...not better or worse so much, just different.

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Re: The last book you bought
« Reply #247 on: May 10, 2011, 12:25:06 PM »
Hoorah, Atwood!

Are you already an Atwood reader, Junior, or is this the first?

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Re: The last book you bought
« Reply #248 on: May 10, 2011, 12:27:20 PM »
I read Oryx and Crake and have Blind Assassin in addition to The Handmaid's Tale to read.
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Re: The last book you bought
« Reply #249 on: May 10, 2011, 01:29:41 PM »
Ooh... if you liked Oryx and Crake, I bet you'd enjoy The Year of the Flood, which is the second part of that story that just came out last year. I liked it better than Oryx and Crake, myself.

 

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