A Good Thriller discussion

For $2.00 I just got:
God Save the Sweet Potato Queens

Sunset Express

The Sleeping Doll

The Fixer

The Forsaken

Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!

Can't Wait to Get to Heaven

and
Roadside Crosses

Whoa, Lisa! You Go Girl! What a haul! Was this a bag deal?

Christine wrote: "Whoa, Lisa! You Go Girl! What a haul! Was this a bag deal?"
Thanks:)


No it wasn't. We are in Florida now and it was at my library book store. September is half price on all books which means they are all .25 each.

What a fab price. We have nothing anywhere near that.

Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors has been sitting in my Amazon shopping cart for months. I finally broke down and bought it. It's not all that risky, though, asJames Hornfischer has never let me down.

Happened to wander into a bookshop yesterday and ... er....well... !

Chasing the Dead

Vanished

Blue Monday

Tuesday's Gone

Pop Goes the Weasel

Dead Set

6 paperbacks for £10 !! :))

Janet wrote: "Happened to wander into a bookshop yesterday and ... er....well... !

Chasing the Dead

Vanished

[..."

Wow Janet. What a deal! Some good books there!

Good haul, Janet. New books. Second only to new cats.

Steal Janet, I really enjoy Nicci French, hope you do too.

I have in the past Diane but it has been a fair while since I've read one of theirs. A husband and wife team writing! I wonder who has the bigger say?!! ;-)

Good shopping Janet!

Amazon is having a sale to commemorate Banned Books month. I bought Their Eyes Were Watching God, Flowers for Algernon and God's Little Acre.
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Like the sound of the first one, Tom. Will look into that further.

I bought The Dew Breaker and The Welsh Girl

Sue wrote: "Janet wrote: "Happened to wander into a bookshop yesterday and ... er....well... !

Chasing the Dead

Vanished [bookcover:Vanish..."

Wow, what a haul Janet. A fast reader of newer books dumped their stock and you were the lucky one to cash in on the fortunes!

Great haul Janet!

Have just bought A God in Ruins as I am enjoying Life After Life so much! This gives me a full set of Kate Atkinson again.

I also got a couple of books from the amazon banned books sale. the Bean Trees and Flowers for Algernon.

Just purchased by Belinda Bauer

and both by Paul Cleave.

I stopped by the library's bookstore Monday and found a few good bargains.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
A Conspiracy of Faith by Jussi Adler-Olsen
King's Mountain by Sharyn McCrumb.

Deadly Messengers

Bought Mr. Wicker for a bookclub.

The first six pages were good, then all the characters started having bad attitudes. Hey, Ms. Alexander, it's not a fun time to be around everyone who is negative.

PS: Maria, the doctor tells the woman who tried to commit suicide that she is free to leave the ward whenever she wants. That's not correct due to liability issues. If an attempted suicide is discharged without being released into someone else care and then commits suicide, the hospital could be sued.

FYI

Om Amazon.co.uk today




only 99p

I have not been feeling well lately - continuing asthma problems, have to visit an allergist, start shots, you know. Anyway, the story to tell is about my alter ego 'bad Pat' who says "poor, poor, baby. Buy some books snd feel better. You deserve it!" So, one clicking we went! Got
The Killing Lessons
Gold Fame Citrus
Pretty Girls
The Good House and
Not on Fire, but Burning

She always shows up when I'm vulnerable!!!

To Good Pat, feel better soon! To Bad Pat, congratulations! :-)

Good for you Pat! Enjoy!

Brenda wrote: "To Good Pat, feel better soon! To Bad Pat, congratulations! :-)"

Don't encourage her Brenda! And thanks, the meds are helping but too many doctors!

Sue wrote: "Good for you Pat! Enjoy!"

Thanks Sue!

But, Pat, you can't have too many doctors! I am glad you are feeling better.

Christine wrote: "But, Pat, you can't have too many doctors! I am glad you are feeling better."

They're nice people but seeing them too often, like having to visit a great-aunt Esther every Sunday!! Thanks!

I just broke down and bought Little Sister Death by William Gay to get me into the mood for Halloween. If it really does 'skillfully toes the line between Southern Gothic and horror' then I should be in for a treat.

So I didn't buy this book and I haven't bought any for a long time, but I took my kids to the library last week and I told them and myself I wasn't getting any more books from the library until I narrowed down my read for review list. But I felt as though just jumped in my hands and begged to be taken home. Luckily, I can get through James Patterson books very quickly, so will leave it until a few days before it needs to be returned.

Lorrea I can t enter or walk by a bookstore without ending up with a book or two in hands without even thinking, even when i need that money. I have a problem! And I read "Kill me if you can" by James Patterson it s a page turner, i need to read more of his books.

Hi, just came home from the bookstore, and i got two books that i wasn t planning to buy, but i took my time , saw a lot of books, i was going to pick "Doctor Sleep" but i decided to read something that is not written by Stephen King for a change. So i picked "Siege" by Simon Kernick, i ve already read "Deadline" last year and it was great. The second book was a surprise for me, i picked because of a sentence written on the cover:" When all appears to be lost, the real fight has just begun" And i really need inspiration at this moment. The book is "Winners" by Danielle Steel, first time i m going to read one of her books, it Drama about a female athlete stuggling after an accident.

I like the sound of Winners, Aymen. I haven't read that author either.

My problem with buying books is Jeff Bezos! The Amazon "one-click" is like getting free books until the Amazon credit card bill appear. Rats!!!!

I got that Aaron!!! :))

Pat wrote: "My problem with buying books is Jeff Bezos! The Amazon "one-click" is like getting free books until the Amazon credit card bill appear. Rats!!!!"

I agree. That is why I buy gift cards and apply my purchases to that. It makes it easier for me to keep track of how much I'm spending.

@Tom - I totally agree and I was doing that. BUT... So, my New Year's resolution is to go back to that again.

Pat, I'm not sure if you're buying physical books or ebooks, but if they are ebooks, go to Kindle best sellers. There you can sort by genre and they have a listing for free and paid books. I have found quite a few gems in that treasure chest. As well as on the paid side been able to find some books that are $.99 or less. I got a couple of years ago for $.01.

I just won an auction for the full set (seven books) of hardback Harry Potter first edition books WITH dust jackets! 7 books for £50. Awesome.

Kerry wrote: "I just won an auction for the full set (seven books) of hardback Harry Potter first edition books WITH dust jackets! 7 books for £50. Awesome."

Wow, Kerry. What a fabulous win! Congrats!

Sue wrote: "Kerry wrote: "I just won an auction for the full set (seven books) of hardback Harry Potter first edition books WITH dust jackets! 7 books for £50. Awesome."

Wow, Kerry. What a fabulous win! Congr..."

Thank you so much! I'm thrilled :')

BOYFRIEND GLASSES by Livia Harper, just out.

Lorrea(WhatChaReadin'?) wrote: "Pat, I'm not sure if you're buying physical books or ebooks, but if they are ebooks, go to Kindle best sellers. There you can sort by genre and they have a listing for free and paid books. I have f..."

@Lorrea - thanks for the suggestion. I buy both physical books and ebooks. I just have to budget better. Like Tom, gift cards work great for me. But, I've had some health problems lately and when I'm down I turn to retail therapy. Bad, bad....

Today i bought The Silkworm, earlier this year i read the first book of the series "The cuckoo's calling" and enjoyed it very much!! I'm excited about this new book :)

Enjoy Faouzia :)

Aymen wrote: "Enjoy Faouzia :)"

Thanks Aymen :)

I went to a library book sale today and picked up The Virginian by Owen Wister
The House of the Seven Gablesby Nathaniel Hawthorne
and The Followers by Dylan Thomas.

My buying of books has gone right down, but the total I am reading has gone up !!

With Net Galley books and book bub books, and books sent to me, I do not need to buy many.

Also now just buy kindle books that are under £2.00

I just bought two books that may seem seasonal. Last night I went over to Marin County to meet Alex Mar, whose new book, Witches of America, is an in-depth investigation of modern pagan religions. I figured that if I am going to research the story of my great (x9) grandmother's hanging for witchcraft I should at least have a passing knowledge of what actual witches are like.

Also, this morning I ordered The Witches: Salem, 1692 by Stacy Schiff which went on sale today and promises to be a best-seller. We shall see.