Every one's Choice discussion

Lyn M wrote: "Kathy - for swaptree there are two ways to pay. I use the option where I registered a credit card when I set up my account. Then whenever they set up a trade for me, I just print out the shipping..."

Thanks, Lyn. I think I like the first option. I hope to explore it a little further this week.

I like the first option also, it is very quick and easy. Then I can just drop the book in any mailbox and never have to go into the post office.

Isn't there a rule that is you have a Border's coupon, you have to use it? LOL! Saturday, I bought two Camus books, The Plague and The Stranger, with some wild idea that I could fit one or both of them into my reading next month. The Plague is a group read for Book Nook group. I read The Stranger years ago and would like to refresh my memory. Then, I, also, bought The Bad Book Affair: A Mobile Library Mystery, sequel to The Case of the Missing Books, which I have and haven't read yet. Gee, I must really be an optimist, thinking I will fit these in anytime soon.

Lyn and Kathy, per swaptree: I also find I get more trades if I keep up on the books that are the most popular. Harry Potter is always on the list as well as James Patterson, and Jodi Picoult books. I go to the used books stores and the local Salvation Army, at the SA I can often find books for a dollar. I also go to the dollar stor to get the shipping supplies (the bubble wrap packages I can get 3 for a dollar).

Colleen - So far, I have been able to just reuse the envelopes that people have sent me books in, especially if I open them on the very end carefully. What a great idea, to get cheap popular books to trade.

Kathy - I won't even look at Border's e-mails anymore because I don't want to see the coupons. And I definitely do not walk in the stores. If I do, I'm lost.

Me too Lyn! I have to gather my strength soon since I decided I am going to get both my little cousins a Borders gift card for Easter. In, two gift cards, out, run to the car... that is the plan.

I can't wait to see if it works, Colleen!

I love Borders but they keep closing!!! I am now forced to go to B&N which is not entirely bad but Borders always have better deals and it seems like they have m ore of what I am looking for.

Donna - that is horrible. Our Borders and B&N are almost interchangeable as to what they have, haven't checked on the deals. These days, I try to avoid both!

Well, B&N have great prices online only but Borders always has the best bargain books.

Ahh. That would make a big difference.

Colleen wrote: "Me too Lyn! I have to gather my strength soon since I decided I am going to get both my little cousins a Borders gift card for Easter. In, two gift cards, out, run to the car... that is the plan."

Do you really think you can do that, Colleen?

Donna wrote: "I love Borders but they keep closing!!! I am now forced to go to B&N which is not entirely bad but Borders always have better deals and it seems like they have m ore of what I am looking for."

I actually like the ambiance of Barnes and Noble better, and I am a member where I get 10% discount, but I just get better coupons from Borders it seems.

See, Kathy, I am a member of both, that should tell you something! (Like I am addicted)

Lyn M wrote: "See, Kathy, I am a member of both, that should tell you something! (Like I am addicted)"

I am an addict, too, Lyn. I am a Borders Rewards member. It's hard to say what is really better, since B & N gives a discount every time, but Borders has great coupons for single book purchases. Hmm, I'll have to think about this one further.

I have great will power, Kathy, so I can certainly try!

I get way better coupons from Borders!

Colleen wrote: "I have great will power, Kathy, so I can certainly try!

I get way better coupons from Borders!"

Well, you have to let us know how you do. Will power versus book love? Hmmm, interesting battle.

Now I went to the other used bookstore since I practically cleaned out the hippe bookstore; gotta give them some time to replenish, LOL

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (YAY!!!)
My Life in France by Julia Child
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

Most were $1 dollar book too, you can't beat that!

Ya know, Colleen, I am moving next door to you! Jeez, jealous!

Colleen wrote: "Now I went to the other used bookstore since I practically cleaned out the hippe bookstore; gotta give them some time to replenish, LOL

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (YAY!!!)
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Colleen, have you read [book:Fahrenheit 451|4381]? If not, pleasssssssssse read it soon. It's one of my all-time favorites.

God! I gotta read that one again. I read it soo0o0oo long ago that I barely remember it.

Donna wrote: "God! I gotta read that one again. I read it soo0o0oo long ago that I barely remember it."

It so worth a reread, Donna. I think I'll have to read it again this year, too.

Hawaii is grand Donna!

Kathy I have not but I am on a big catching up on un-read classics tear this year so I will let you know when I get to it.

That other used bookstore here, I was thrilled about the $1 section. I had my arm falling asleep and yet again a store worker made me take a handbasket. I need a new bookshelf, my two are full now!

I just bought Ender's Game. :)

I really, really try to be good, but then a book comes out that I really, really want (is there any book I don't want?). So, I bought Ariana Franklin's new one in the Adelia Aguilar series, A Murderous Procession and decided to get a teen book, too, A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan (hey, it's about vampires, couldn't resist).

Here are some more that came in March lol:

The Stretch - Stephen Leather

Roots of Evil - Sarah Rayne

Conspiracy Game - Christine Feehan

The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein

Players - Paul McAuley

Angels Passing - Graham Hurley

The Promised Land - David Hewson

Bloodline - Mark Billingham

Evidence - Jonathan Kellerman

Bait - Nick Brownlee

Unforgotten - Clare Francis

The Venus Conspiracy - Michael Cordy

The First Apostle - James Becker

Single White E-Mail - Jessica Adams

In Bed With - edited and including stories by Imogen Edwards-Jones, Jessica Adams, Kathy Lette and Maggie Alderton

Child 44 - Tom Rob Smith

The Colour of Law - Mark Gimenez

Ash and Bone - John Harvey

Deception - Jonathan Kellerman

Instruments of Darkness - Imogen Robertson

9th Judgement - James Patterson

Succubus Shadows - Richelle Mead

Library of the Dead - Glenn Cooper

A Place of Safety - Helen Black

No Mercy - Colin Forbes

The Janus Man - Colin Forbes

Shockwave - Colin Forbes

Holy smokes Fiona, what a list!

Colleen, if you add my 14th March list and this new list, thats how much I have accumulated in my home within a month lol.

I now have 705 books in my bedrooom in 6 bookcases and now they are going on the floor as there is no room lol.

I am too scared to count but I should, just to see. My hauls in March were out of control but the fun is over now since my book hating hubby is home.

Mine loves me to get books, cos he is starting to nick some lol.

Mine is a non-reader; doesn't understand re-reading, why I would ever keep them after reading, why a used bookstore almost puts me in a frenzy, squealing like an idiot at a good book find...

My husband doesn't read but he also doesn't mind my book craze!

Yup, add my hubby to the nonreader list! He just doesn't get it. Going to the bookstores is like pure heaven to me; he just mopes and pouts the whole time we are there while I run from section to section saying, "oooh, look at this one. Oh my. I want this one. Wow, that looks good!"

I tried to include him in my readings, but he just smiles and nods and ignores me. I told him I want to read before going to bed, he says, "okay. I'm gonna roll over and go to sleep, but you can keep reading." I was hoping he would read too, but no luck...

I just bought Wicked Lovely By Melissa Marr.

As I said my hubby doesn't mind me reading but he doesn't seem to understand that whhen he talks, and I am reading, I am not listening to him! I have always tried to include him. I would go out and buy books that I know he would love but he never reads them.

Fiona, I can't believe you were brave enough to count your books. I, like Colleen, am way too scared to do that. My husband doesn't say much about all of my books, as he has his "stuff," too. Of course, it helps that he is not home much, and I always clear a space for him in bed when he is home. LOL! He does like to read non-fiction, mostly about the Civil War and WWII, and I enjoy finding him books that he likes on these subjects. I'm usually reading the fiction on these time periods. I just ordered more books from Amazon. I know I joke about it being an addiction, but it truly is.

Bookcloseouts.com is having one of their $1.99 sales. Here is what I ordered:

The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale
Annette Vallon: A Novel of the French Revolution by James Tipton
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Another One Bites the Dust by Jennifer Rardin
Blood Ties by Pamela Freeman
Everlasting by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Figures in Silk by Vanora Bennett
The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson
The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri
Lake of Sorrows: A Novel by Erin Hart
Map of Ireland: A Novel by Stephanie Grant
Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Rossetti Letter by Christi Phillips
To the Tower Born: A Novel of the Lost Princes by Robin Maxwell
Twisted by Andrea Kane
The Tricking of Freya by Christina Sunley
The Society of S by Susan Hubbard

Some of them are trade paperbacks, some Mass Market paperbacks, and some are hardbacks. All were 1.99, and according to bookcloseouts.com , I saved 289.45!

I fell off the wagon! I just bought books from B&N.com! :)

The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
Looking for Alaska
The Sugar Queen
Child 44
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
Nobody's Prize
Mudbound

Lyn--Wow! Jenni, forgive me for being happy you fell.

Jenni - Those look like great books. Gail Tsukiyama is one of my favorite authors, and I have heard good things about a lot of the other books you got.

Kathy,

Yeah, I'm actually impressed that I stayed on the wagon as long as I did. But I saw Lyn's list of treasure, and a friend posted in a different forum a similar size list... so I got weak and splurged! It's such a great addiction! :)

Jenni - Glad I could help, LOL. The above is also a big fall of the wagon for me, so I know how it feels. The books above are the first splurge I've had since November last year when I got money for my birthday. I've had all that pent up demand!

Thanks Lyn! I thought that they looked good too! Two of them have been on my wish list for awhile, so I decided to splurge. Nobody's Prize is the sequel to another book that I have (Nobody's Princess) but haven't read yet. I'm strongly considering heading over to the website you mentioned, but I'm trying to be strong again... cross your fingers for me!

They are crossed, Jenni, and if you resist you are certainly a stronger person than I am!

Jenni wrote: "I fell off the wagon! I just bought books from B&N.com! :)

The Street of a Thousand Blossoms
Looking for Alaska
The Sugar Queen
Child 44
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That's because it's Bargain books!! I am trying to decide which ones I want to order LOL

I too jumped on the B&N band wagon!I got 6 books for $25.11 with free S&H.
So I got:

If You Lived Here by Dana Sachs
The River Wife by Jonis Agee
Twilight by Katherine Mosby
Melancholy by Jon Fosse
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (because Megan swears on it!)
The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts

LOL yessssss!

Let m eknow when you read The Street of a Thousand Blossoms I have that one too! I may just read it with ya!

Sounds good! Likewise, if you want to read it, just let me know. I won't have time this month, but anytime after April will work for me! :)

I never have time! You tell me when your ready (April, May, June LOL) I will push stuff around and join ya!

I feel special! Sounds good... I'm thinking May or June would be awesome. I'll let ya know!