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Book sale time! Now that I have a special LiveJournal just for books, I'm putting my book sale purchase lists there so save y'all from slogging through it if you don't want to:
http://katekintailbc.livejournal.com/tag/book+sale
I'm THRILLED with a few of my purchases. A hardcover Doctor Who book, a few Harry Potter books I didn't have, a Lord of the Rings Bestiary, a ton of graphic novels (including the new Dean Koontz one I almost just bought off Amazon), and a whole boxed set of A.A.Milne books. Some nice audio books (including my favorite David Sedaris book and a Stephen King book I had on my wish list) as well. One more book sale tomorrow (I get to sleep in a little before going to sit in line for an hour or more before it opens).


NaNoWriMo isn't going so well. I'm just a little behind and the story hasn't been cooperating. Today I jumped ahead and, oh look, a character just came down with a cold. Imagine that! *blush* Hey, it's a crutch but it's actually kind of related to the plot, so it's not that bad :-)
Follow my NaNoWriMo ramblings on my writing journal:
http://mymightypen.livejournal.com/tag/nanowrimo

Another book sale... This one's Friday's haul, but I'm just getting to unpacking the box I put them in, because yesterday was sooo busy (I went to work all day on a Saturday and battled a server)

• The Good Guy (Audio book- Unabridged CD)


• Bathman: The Complete Knightfall Saga (Audio book)


• Gray Matter & other stories from Night Shift (Audio book- Unabridged)


• Lisey's Story (Audio book- Unabridged CD)


• 'Tis (Audio book- Unabridged CD)


• News from Lake Wobegon(Audio tapes- for my dad)


• Buffy- Return to Chaos (BookCrossing)


• Buffy- Child of the Hunt (Read, then BookCrossing)


• Buffy- Gatekeeper Trilogy #2- Ghost Roads (Read, then BookCrossing)


• Buffy- The Evil that Men Do (Read, then BookCrossing)


• Buffy- Immortal (Read, then BookCrossing)


• Buffy- Gatekeeper Trilogy #1- Out of the Madhouse (Read, then BookCrossing)


• Buffy- Blooded (Read, then BookCrossing)


• Around the World in 80 Days (BookCrossing- special project)


• Where the Wild Things Are (Audio book, Read then BookCrossing)


• The Elf Queen of Shannara (BookCrossing- if no one wants it, FaerieCon)


• Fey Born (Read... maybe keep if I like it because sexy male faerie on cover is nice to look at)


• Sharpe's Havoc (Read, maybe BookCross afterwards)


• Sharpe's Tiger


• Turkish Fairy Tales & Folk Tales (Read, then BookCrossing- FaerieCon)


• Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Read, then BookCrossing- FaerieCon)


• Teacher Man (Read)


• Me Talk Pretty One Day (BookCrossing- if no one here wants it, my LGBT bookbox/relay)


• Possible Side Effects (Read, then BookCrossing)


• Les Miserables- Illustrated Classics (Graphic Novel)


• X-Men- The Legacy Quest Trilogy: Book 1


• The Dante Club (Read, then BookCrossing)


• Fingersmith (will probably keep because I enjoyed this book so much!)


• Charmed: The Book of Shadows Soundtracktgf (CD)


• Celtic Twilight 2 (CD)


• Pocahontas Soundtrack (CD)


• Dido- No Angel (CD)


• The Sopranos Soundtrack (CD)


• The Sopranos- Peppers & Eggs Soundtrack (CD)


• Dinatopia Pop-up Book (Hardcover)


• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Graphic Novel)


• The Land of Narnia (Hardcover, gorgeous condition)

and my very favorite find this day...

• The Shadow of the Wind (I listened to this book on tape earlier this year and FELL IN LOVE with this book. I've been wanting my own copy because there are so many great lines and passages I want to re-read. And now I have a copy to love and hug and pet and read any time I want! Pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty)

So not so great. 38 books for $57. But that's mostly due to the Audio Books on CD ($5 each). Some really great books, though, and I'm sooooooooo excited about my copy of Shadow of the Wind! *loves it* If you haven't ever heard of/read that book, go right out and read it right now! Totally my favorite book read this year so far and it'll be a hard one to top.

And the list of all the books I finished in 2007

( Books read )

I didn't count books I re-read. And the total is 128. Seriously awesome since I set a goal of 50 for the year :-)

I went to a new book sale today. Don't know if I'll go again, but it was nice to learn where the library was and I got a few books I'm very happy with:
http://kintailscape.com/BC/booksaledec07.html

On another note... I am SO behind on holiday shopping and I haven't even started giftfics yet. OMG *freaks out* I plan to get back to everyone tonight about writing things in return for me.

I went to a birthday party last night and had a LOT of fun. I was meeting my friend who I went to the FarieCon with's friends for the first time- they're all really sweet and even more fandom-obsessed than I am (which is REALLY saying something). And what's even more impressive, they all had not only heard of the 10th Kingdom but had been made to watch it and fell in love with it. I mean, not even my flist likes my favorite miniseries ever! I was floored and very happy. And one of the two gay boys was most supportive of my writing slash so, hey, that's good *EG*

Virginia Tech is going to the Orange Bowl!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!

Anyone else going to watch Tin Man? I think it looks fantastic. I'm eager to watch it.

And... the most important news of all:
TORCHWOOD FINALE TONIGHT! OMG OMG OMG CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also can't wait for it to come out on DVD. I'm SO buying that the day it hits stores.

Book Sale #2, Day #2:

• Pandora (Audio book by Anne Rice)


• The Eleventh Hour (Hardcover, much reading & fun then BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Ice Time (Oversized paperback, inspiring hockey stories? Uh, yeah!)


• The Wonder of Christmas (Hardcover, for my BookCrossing holiday buddy)


• A Series of Unfortunate Events: 10- The Slippery Slope (Hardcover)


• How the Scots Made America (Hardcover, BookCrossing, Scotland challenge)


• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Unnatural Selection


• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Willow Files


• Seventh Son (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• The Penalty Box (BookCrossing, Hockey Romance!)


• Fair Play (Hardcover, Hockey Romance!!!)


• Anansi Boys (Hardcover, Neil Gaiman- YES!)


• Marvel Adventures- Spider Man: Doom with a View (AWESOME! I bought some F4 books in the Marvel Adventures series)


• 101 Dalmations (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Just Go to Bed (BookCrossing- this week's challenge with a stuffed animal on the cover)


• Buddy Bear's Bad Day (BookCrossing- this week's challenge with a stuffed animal on the cover)


• Winnie the Pooh's A to Zzzz


• Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore


• Pooh- The Very Best Easter Bunny (BookCrossing)


• The Tale of Peter Rabbit (BookCrossing)


• Miss Nelson is Missing! (BookCrossing)


• Not going to say, since it's a present (Hardcover)


• Once Upon a Time (BookCrossing, after I read it)


• Flower Garden Plans (I'm hoping it will help inspire me for NaNoWriMo since gardens are going to be a big thing in the novel)

Cost: $18

Book Sale #1, Day #3 (before the bag sale):

• Porno (Oversized paperback, OMG I've wanted to read this ever since I read Trainspotting last year! Squee!!)


• Magical Thinking (Oversized paperback, I just read Running with Scissors and I'm eager to read Augusten's other books now)

Cost: $2

Book Sale #1, Day #3 (bag sale):

• The Literary Cat (Hardcover, probably a present)


• Scarlet (BookCrossing, probably, since I have SO many books to read ahead of this one)


• The Green Mile (Books 1-6 in a little box)


• Twp Gentleman Sharing


• Innumeracy (Audio book)


• The Story of Heathcliff's Journey Back to Wuthering Heights (Audio book)


• Day of Confession (Audio book)


• Pretend You Don't See Her (Audio book)


• Cold Mountain (Audio book)


• Speak for the Dead (Audio book)


• Wilde (Oversized paperback, Based on the movie!)


• The Paradox of Oscar Wilde (Hardcover)


• The Romance of Leonardo DaVinci (Hardcover)


• Fairy Tales and After (Oversized paperback)


• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Huge photos and text from the Kenneth Branagh movie edition)


• A Shorter Finnegans Wake (Oversized paperback, Hmmm. Interesting)


• The Scottish Quotation Book (Hardcover)


• A Clockwork Orange


• The Unadulterated Cat (Terry Ptratchett! This looks adorable)


• The Killer Angels (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing, possibly, but it's such a nice copy I might keep it and read it first)


• They Whisper (BookCrossing or possibly I'll read first)


• Shakespeare: The Globe & the World (Huge, read then BookCrossing)


• Watchers (read then BookCrossing)


• The Princess of Ireland (Hardcover, read then BookCrossing probably)


• Voice of the Eagle (Hardcover, BookCrossing, animal challenge)


• The Sand Wars- Challenge Met (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Slab Rat (BookCrossing, animal challenge)


• Gossip Hound (BookCrossing, dor or animal challenge)


• Dragonsinger (BookCrossing)


• Soldiers of Ice (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Fodor's Pocket Washington DC Guide (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Speaks the Nightbird (BookCrossing, animal challenge or TickTock challenge)


• To Absent Friends from Red Smith (BookCrossing)


• Shadows (BookCrossing)


• 1984 (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• The Unsinkable Molly Brown (BookCrossing)


• Table for Five (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Table for Five (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• The Floating Girl (BookCrossing)


• Love that Dog (BookCrossing, dog challenge)


• The Best Cat Ever (BookCrossing)


• 101 Vacation Jokes (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Cheaper by the Dozen (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• A Separate Peace (BookCrossing)


• The Last of the Mohicans (BookCrossing)


• New York, NY 10022 (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Black Sunday (BookCrossing, TickTock)


• The Green Mile Part 1 (BookCrossing)


• The Green Mile Part 2 (BookCrossing)


• The Green Mile Part 3 (BookCrossing)


• The Green Mile Part 4 (BookCrossing)


• The Green Mile Part 5 (BookCrossing)


• The Green Mile Part 6 (BookCrossing)


• MacBeth (BookCrossing, Shakespeare or Scotland challenge)


• Treasure Island (BookCrossing, Scotland challenge)


• Digital Fortress (BookCrossing)


• Digital Fortress (BookCrossing)


• Blessings for a Mother's Day (BookCrossing)


• Voyage of Snake Lady (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Pandora's Clock (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• More Tales of the City (Oversized paperback, probably BookCrossing)


• Little Alters Everywhere (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Happy all the Time (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing, TickTock challenge)


• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing- AHHHHHHHHHH! I caught my own copy of this book!)


• End of Days (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing, TickTock challenge)


• Flight of the Dragonfly (BookCrossing, animals challenge)


• War of the Rats (BookCrossing, animals challenge)


• Babel-17 (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Space (BookCrossing)


• Forces of Eagles (BookCrossing, animals challenge)


• Master of the Five Magics (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Against the Fall of Night (BookCrossing, TickTock challenge)


• Jamie the Red (BookCrossing)


• Fractal Mode (BookCrossing)


• Beach House (BookCrossing)


• The Sixth Commandment (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• The Sweet Dove Died (BookCrossing, animals challenge)


• Seven Japanese Tales (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Night Angel 9 (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• OX (BookCrossing, animals challenge)


• Juxtiposition c (BookCrossing)


• Goodbye, Mickey Mouse (BookCrossing, animal challenge)


• Clan of the Cave Bear (BookCrossing, animal challenge)


• 37th Hour (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• A Morbid Taste for Bones (BookCrossing)


• The 42nd Parallel (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Blood Lines (BookCrossing)


• A Girl's Guide to Vampires (BookCrossing)


• Wild Mountain Thyme (BookCrossing, Scotland challenge)


• Bangkok 8 (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• The Da Vinci Code (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• The Swimming-Pool Library (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Playland (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Call it Sleep (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Brotherly Love (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Changing Places (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Animal Husbandry (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing, animal challenge)


• Doghouse Rose (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing, dog challenge)


• First Victim (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Polite Sex (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• American Girls ABout Town (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• The Hornet's Nest (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing, animal challenge)


• Alice in Exile (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• The Crofter and the Laird (BookCrossing, Scotland challenge)


• The Hermit of 69th Street (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Hardcover, BookCrossing. numbers challenge)

Cost: $9

Total: Total cost of $29 for 137 books.

One more bag sale to go! *deep breath*

Library Book Sale #1, Day 1:

• The Mermaid Chair (Audio book- Unabridged- CD- I already have a copy on CD but am missing a CD. Now I'll have the whole thing, BookCross)


• Life of Pi (Audio book- Unabridged, Bookcross)


• Better Homes and Gardens: Cooking for Today- Vegetarian (CD)


• Dragonfly in Amber (Audio book)


• Lean in Your Car: Italian (Audio book- for my sister)


• Lolita (Audio book- Unabridged)


• The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Audio book- Unabridged)


• Something I'm not going to mention because it's a gift (Audio book- Unabridged)


• The Daughter of Time (Audio book- Unabridged)


• Star Wars- Dark Empire II (Audio book- Audio Drama)


• Star Trek: Avenger (Audio book)


• The Hobbit (Audio book- BBC Radio version)


• Highlander Bloopers (VHS- I couldn't resist. I'm going to throw it in with a Highlander RABCK or bookbox)


• Victor/Victoria (VHS- again, I couldn't resist!)


• True History of the Kelly Gang (Oversized paperback)


• Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country (Oversized paperbackl... and uses John Williams Waterhouse's art on cover)


• The Knight of the Sacred Lake (ditto above, second book in series)


• Bookworms: great writers and readers celebrate reading (oversized paperback)


• Life of Pi (Oversized paperback)


• The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood


• Great Folk Tales of Ireland (Oversized paperback, though skinny)


• Tales of the City (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing since I already have a copy, LGBT bookbox)


• The Picture of Dorian Gray (BookCrossing, LGBT bookbox)


• The Golden Compass (BookCrossing, will probably release when I go see the movie)


• The Golden Compass (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Macbeth (BookCrossing, Scotland challenge)


• Five Dialogues (oversized paperback, BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• 1984 (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Twelfth Night (BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• Nine Stories (read, then BookCrossing, numbers challenge)


• The Poisonwood Bible (BookCrossing, holiday buddy)


• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (BookCrossing)


• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (BookCrossing)


• Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice- The Rising Force (BookCrossing)


• The Mystery of Loch Ness (BookCrossing, Scotland challenge)


• Star Wars: I am a Jedi by Qui-Gon Jinn (I couldn't resist! Especially with Yoda's "Reed you will!" motto in the top corner)


• Star Wars: I am a Jedi Apprentice by Anakin Skywalker (After the former ^ I couldn't resist this either)


• Alichino Vol 1 (Manga)


• Vampire Knight Vol 2 (Manga)


• Fun Home: a Family Tragicomic (Graphic novel)


• City of Light. City of Dark. (Graphic novel)


• Inu-Yasha Vol 1 (Manga, gorgeous copy!)


• The Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War (Graphic novel- I've been wanting to read the Avengers for a while- I love Marvel!)


• Nightwing: Mobbed Up (Graphic nove, pristine conditionl)


• The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told (Graphic novel)


• Batman: War Games (Graphic novel, pristine condition)


• Batman: War Crimes (Graphic novel, pristine condition)


• Batman: Under the Hood (Graphic novel, pristine condition)


• Batman: The Killing Joke (Graphic novel, pristine condition)


• Nightwing: Year One (Graphic novel, pristine condition)


• Batman: Full Circle (Graphic novel, pristine condition)


• Robin: Days of Fire and Madness (Graphic novel, pristine condition)


• Hero (Graphic novel, pristine condition)


• The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them) (Oversized paperback)


• On Writing Well (Might give to people at work)


• 52-week Hockey Training (Hockey! Oh, this book looks like the most unuseful book that I'll ever find to be really useful)


• The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (Squee! L. Frank Baum- I've been looking for this for a year)


• The Luckiest Kids in the World! The Pony Party! (i.e. Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography) (Hardcover- OMG I've been wanting to read this for sooooo long!)


• Fantastic 4 (movie novelization)


• The Phantom of the Opera (Hardcover, looks like it's never been read, and I love the book but didn't have my own copy!)


• Kidnapped (Hardcover, A GORGEOUS version of the book with great illustrations)


• The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oversized paperback, gorgeous copy)


• Roverandom (Oversized paperback, Tolkien!)


• Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earth (Oversized paperback, never been read, by the look of it!)


• The Annotated Hobbit (Hardcover- dust jacket is very ripped, but inside is beautiful!!!)


• Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers- Creatures (Oohh, pretty photos/sketches/close-ups/designs/backgrounds)


• Delta of Venus: Erotica by Anais Nin (Hardcover- I've been wanting to read this for YEARS!)


• Me Talk Pretty One Day (Oversized paperback- I've wanted a copy of this since I read it last year)

That's 68 books for only $45.50
A who bunch of gorgeous graphic novels (I'm definitely on a GN kick right now), a lot of really nice audio books, some gorgeous hardcovers to add to my collection, a few books I love so much that I want to pick them up and hug them tight, and even some nice selections for BookCrossing with! I actually gave the library $46 and told them I didn't need change. So that comes out to about 67 cents a book so far. REALLY not bad for a first day. I'm THRILLED with some of these finds (and ODing on Tolkien & Batman)! Squee!

Tomorrow will be book sale #2 day 1, and book sale #1 day 2 :-) Oh, and before I forget, the Halloween party was lots of fun. MUCH smaller than I'd been led to believe, but still a great time :-)

***NO SPOILERS!***

I just finished reading, less than 24 hours after getting the book in my hand. It took me about 15.5 hours to read in total (I only got 3 hours of sleep last night, and those were hours I forced myself to take).

Wow. I honestly couldn't have asked for anything more.

There were times when I cried my eyes out. There were times when I was struck silent, heart pounding. There were times I JUMPED off my couch, hopped up and down, pounding my fist at the air in happiness (because I had to be quiet as my house full of relatives is alseep).

I think I'll go to bed and take some more time to let everything sink in. Just wanted to post and say I'd read it and I'll be going back on mail & mailing lists but not until sometime tomorrow after I've spent time thinking more about it. So if you sent me e-mail/posted, I probably won't reply until Sun night or Monday night when all my family is gone.

Please remember to post NO SPOILERS in reply to anything on my journal since not all my friends have read it!!!
If you haven't read the book, don't even think to look at my journal/replies just in case someone is mean and posts spoilers. But PLEASE don't :-)

OMG I wish I had more bookshelves... I'm drowning... HAPPY, but drowning. I got there an hour early. It was raining, so I was able to sit under the overhang against the building as the SECOND person in line *facepalm* I also got some reading done while I waited, so yay.
One of my friends from the Writers' Roundtable showed up about ten minutes before the doors opened, so it was nice seeing her... I think she thinks I'm a freak now... but I saw her buy a whole bag so heehee. Bag sales rule.

• Wrath of the Lion by Jack Higgins (BookCrossing)


• Games to Keep the Dark Away by Marcia Muller (BookCrossing)


• Violets are Blue by James Patterson (BookCrossing)


• The Promise of Christmas by Tara Taylor Quinn (BookCrossing)


• An Angel to Die For by Ballard (BookCrossing)


• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (BookCrossing)


• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis (BookCrossing)


• Prince Caspian CS Lewis by (BookCrossing)


• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis (BookCrossing)


• October Sky by Homer Hickam Jr (BookCrossing- I'm thinking of releasing this next April since Hicham's a VT grad)


• The Ambassador's Son by (BookCrossing- ditto above)


• The House at Pooh Corner by AA Milne (BookCrossing)


• The Beginning Place by Ursula LeGuin (BookCrossing)


• 1984 by Orwell (BookCrossing)


• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (BookCrossing)


• Black Boy by Richard Wright (BookCrossing)


• Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt (BookCrossing)


• The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters (BookCrossing)


• The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (BookCrossing)


• Tales of the Night by Peter Hoeg (BookCrossing)


• Tome of Death by Meredith (BookCrossing)


• The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown (BookCrossing)


• A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton (BookCrossing)


• Rising Phoenix by Kyle Mills (BookCrossing)


• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (BookCrossing)


• The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (BookCrossing)


• Robin Hood by Howard Pyle (BookCrossing)


• The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters (Hardcover, BookCrossing)


• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (BookCrossing)


• X-Men 2 by Ckaremont (BookCrossing... I think I own a copy already... must check)


• Alias: A Secret Life by Roberts (BookCrossing)


• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (BookCrossing)


• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (BookCrossing)


• Thr Pride of Lions by Marsha Canham (BookCrossing)


• Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson (BookCrossing)


• Digital Fortress by Dan Brown (BookCrossing)


• Outlander by Gabaldon (BookCrossing)


• Voyager by Gabaldon (BookCrossing)


• Hamlet by Shakespeare (BookCrossing)


• Table for Five by Wiggs (BookCrossing)


• Spell of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning (BookCrossing)


• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (BookCrossing)


• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (BookCrossing)


• Pet Sematary by Stephen King (BookCrossing)


• Big Fish by Daniel Wallace (Ocersized paperback, BookCrossing)


• A Separate Peace by John Knowles (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• The Circle of Nine by (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Independence Day by Devlin & Emmerich & Molstad... and McNeff (Kids, BookCrossing)


• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris (Ugh, Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• On Beauty by Zadie Smith (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Five-Minute Mysteries by Ken Weber (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Looking for Sex in Shakespeare by Stanley Wells (Oversided paperback, BookCrossing)


• Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (Hardcover, BookCrossing)


• How to Housebreak Your Dog in 7 Days by Kalstone (BookCrossing)


• What do Dogs Dream About? by Globe Communication Corp. (BookCrossing)


• Second-Hand Dog by Carol Lea Benjamin (BookCrossing)


• Strange Highways by Dean Koontz


• Phantoms by Dean Koontz


• Star Trek TNG- Starfleet Academy: Crossfire by Vornholt (These looksed adorable)


• Star Trek TNG- Starfleet Academy: Line of Fire by Peter David


• Star Trek TNG- Starfleet Academy: Worf's First Adventure by Peter David


• The Dark Hald by Stephen King


• Icebound by Dean Koontz (I read this on audiobook, abdridged, and loved it)


• If I Live to be 100 by Neenah Ellis (Oversized paperback)


• The Chocolate Puppy Puzzle by Joanna Carl (Hardback, read then BookCross)


• The Talented Mr. Ripley by Highsmith (Ocersized paperback, read, then Bookcross)


• Star Trek- TNG: Maximum Warp book 1 by Galanter & Brodeur


• Star Trek- TNG: Maximum Warp book 2 by Galanter & Brodeur


• Time Hoppers by Robert Silverberg


• Str Trek: Gateways book 2 of 7 by Carey


• Str Trek: Gateways book 3 of 7 by Greenberger


• Str Trek: Gateways book 4 of 7 by DeCandido


• Str Trek: Gateways book 5 of 7 by Golden


• Str Trek: Gateways book 6 of 7 by Peter David


• Str Trek: Gateways book 7 of 7 by lotsa authors (Hardcover)


• The Great International Paper Airplane Book by Mander, Dippel, & Gossage


• Peter Carl Faberge by Henry Charles Bainbridge (Hardcover)


• Seize the Night by Dean Koontz (Hardcover, one of my faaaaavorite DK books!)


• By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz (Hardcover, another of my favorite DK books)


• The Stand by Stephen King (Hardcover and HUGE)


• Friedman's Fables by Edwin Friedman (Hardcover)


• Murder in the Smithsonian by Margaret Truman (Hardcover- I almost bought this on day 1, but passed it up. I'm glad it was still around today. I have it in paperback and I've started reading it, but now I can bookcross with the paperback and still have a copy to finish reading)


• The Penalty Box by Deirdre Martin (Hardcover. OMG I didn't know they MADE these in hardcover! SQUEEE!)


• Fat Cats by Suares (Hardcover and an adorable collection of photos)


• The Muppet Christmas Carol (soundtrack tape- I couldn't resist)


• Hannibal by Thomas Harris (Unabridged Audio book)


• The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester (Unabridged Audio book)


• Men in Black by Perry (Audio book)


• A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks (Unabridged Audio book)


• Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson (Audio book)


• Violets are Blue by James Patterson (Unopened, Audio book)


• Caribbean by James Michener (Audio book)


• Angels Fall by Nora Roberts (Unabridged Audio book)


• The X-Files: Ground Zero by Kevin J. Anderson (Audio book, Read by Gillian Anderson herself)


• Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt (Audio book)


• The Nelson Demille Collection by Nelson Demille (Audio book)


• The Jester by James Patterson (Unabridged Audio book)


• Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane (Unabridged Audio book)


• Great American Writers by 21 different authors (Unabridged Audio book- I almost bought this on day 1, also)


• Just One Look by Harlan Coben (Unabridged Audio book)


• A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman (Audio book)


• Nimisha's Ship by Anne McCaffrey (Unopened Audio book)


• Crade and All by James Patterson (Audio book)

That's 104 for $15.
So in three days my total is a whopping: 184 for $117.50. That comes out to $0.64 apiece. That rocks. *is so happy*

Halfway through typing this up, my vision went away on one side. Freaked me out. I think I was tired/dehydrated or something. Vision is back, but I was terrified for a good half an hour or so. Crap.

OMG yes. Another book sale. I was the 15th or so person in line... got there about 50 minutes before doors opened... yes, I'm a total geek and a half.

Books I bought today:

• A Guide to Middle Earth by Robert Foster


• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JKR (UK paperback, will probably release through BookCrossing in honor of book 7's release)


• Hockey: Learn to Play the Modern Way by Sports Illustrated/Jack Falla (I'm a sucker for hockey books, can you tell?)


• On Writing the Short Story by Hallie Burnett (Oversized paperback, looks useful)


• Pound Puppies: Public Nuisance by Korman (My very first fandom obsession was Pound Puppies. I haven't read this one yet)


• The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss (Hardcover, BookCrossing... I think. It's the 40th Birthday edition *is conflicted*)


• The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea 2) by Ursula K. LeGuin (BookCrossing, was on my birthday buddy's wishlis)


• The Farthest Shore (Earthsea 3) by Ursula K. LeGuin (BookCrossing, was on my birthday buddy's wishlist)


• American Patchwork & Quilting by Better Homes & Gardens (Hardcover, BookCrossing- my birthday buddy likes quilting)


• Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman (BookCrossing)


• Timescape by Benford (read, then BookCross)


• Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh (I loved this book/movie. And, hello- Ewan *G*)


• The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (keep this copy, BookCross with my other copy)


• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (BookCrossing)


• With Lawrence in Arabia by Lowell Thomas


• Kingdom Hearts: Official Strategy Guide by Dan Birlew (OMG maybe I'll actually make it through the game now?!)


• Verkilak by Hampton & Kneece (Graphic Novel- may keep or may read & BookCross... haven't decided yet, but it looks wonderful and has Vampires!)


• Vampire: The Complete Guide to the World of the Undead by Manuela Dunn Mascetti (oohh so many pictures and lots of lore)


• Illustrated Guide to Ireland by Reader's Digest (Hardcover, for my dad for Father's Day)


• The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers by Lilian Jackson Braun (Unabridged Audio book, CDs)


• Thud! by Terry Pratchett (Unabridged Audio book, CDs)


• War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (Unabridged Audio book, CDs)


• Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Unabridged Audio book, CDs- I read it in paperback and loved it)


• Possession by Byatt (Unabridged Audio book)


• Rising Sun by Michael Chrichton (Audio book)


• Voilets are Blue by James Patterson (Audio book- Vampires!)


• Four Blind Mice by James Patterson (Unabridged Audio book)


• Deception Point by Dan Brown (Audio book)


• The Meaning of Life by Th Dalai Lama (Audio book)


• I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson (Audio book)


• Child of my Heart by Alice McDermott (Unabridged Audio book)


• Every Living Thing by James Harriot (Audio book)


• Apollo 13 by Lovell & Kluger (Audio book)


• Star Wars Episode 1 by Terry Brooks (Audio book. heehee)


• Thriller: Edgar Allen Poe stories by Golden Age Radio (Audio drama)


• Thriller: Frankenstein/Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Golden Age Radio (Audio drama)


• The Song Within by Megan Davidson (read, then BookCrossing)


• Outlander by Gabaldon (BookCrossing)


• Voyager by Gabaldon (BookCrossing)


• More Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (Oversized paperback, BookCrossing bookbox since I have another copy on my TBR shelf)


• Find Me by Rosie O'Donnell (Hardcover, BookCossing bookbox since I have a copy of my own TBR)


• Shonen Jump Manga + Advanced 2006 by Shonen Jump (Manga, BookCrossing bookbox)


• InuYasha Vol 13 by Takahashi (Hardcover, read then BookCrossing probably)


• Star Wars Episode 1 by Patricia Wrede (Kids book, nummy nummy Jedi photos)


• Star Wars Episode 2 by Patricia Wrede (Kids book, also nummy Jedi photos)


And my favorites of the bunch:

• Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (YES!!!!!! The only David Sedaris book I haven't read/don't own. I looked all over for Sedaris books- humor, nonfiction, biography, and found this one hiding in the fiction section. WHOOHOO!)


• Star Wars Episode 1 by Terry Brooks (Hardcover. With gorgeous pic of Obi-Wan on the front cover and gorgeous pick of Qui-Gon on the back cover)


• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (Oversized paperback, but the original edition with illustrations and large type to match my set!)


• Dinatopia by James Gurney (Hardcover, excellent/almost-perfect condition. I've wanted a copy of this book since I was a kid!!)


• The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith (Unabridged Audio book, unopened, still shrink wrapped!)


• The Hobbit by JRRT (Audio book- the set of 6 dramatized cassettes that my parents have... only this comes in a lovely wooden collector's box!)


• The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (Oversized paperback. SQUEE! I LOVED this book when I got it out of the library. Now I have my very own copy!)


• Gravitation Vol 1 by Murakami (Manga. SQUEEEEEE! I rescued this from the kids section- NOT something little kids need to read. But something I sure as heck wanted- was going to buy the whole series from Amazon... getting it for fifty cents is even better!)


• Gravitation Vol 2 by Marakami (Manga. More SQUEEEEEEEEEE! Perfect condition, too. Wowzers)

So... that was $78. Which seems like a lot, but for 54 books, many of which are audio books, several of which were hardcovers, and a few of which I was probably going to buy at full price off Amazon.com (The Historian, Gravi, Holidays, and Dinatopia... which would have run me about $75 just for those 5 if you're going by cover price) I feel like I had a spectacular morning of book-buying! *does the math* $0.69 a book? On the first day? That's actually fantastic.

Plus some are gifts, many are for BookCrossing, and so many of the audio books I'll be listening to and then BookCrossing with anyway. So lots of these won't be staying on my overwhelmed shelves for long.

Here we go... today's books:

• The Mummy by Anne Rice (oversized paperback, Reading/BookCrossing)


• High Druid of Shannara: Straken by Terry Brooks (oversized paperback)


• RL's Dream by Walter Mosley (oversized paperback)


• Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance Vol I by Robin Furth (oversized paperback)


• TV Land by Robin Keats


• A Traveller's History of India by Sinharaja Tammita-Delgoda


• The Rune Cards by Ralph Blum (hardcover)


• Witchcraft & Magic by Arthur Gregor (hardcover, probably BookCrossing)


• Ancient Magicks for a New Age by Richardson & Hughes (oversized paperback, probably BookCrossing)


• Ghosts of Woodlawn Plantation by McElhaney


• Taltos by Anne Rice (oversized paperback, Reading/BookCrossing)


• The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks (oversized paperback, possibly BookCrossing)


• One Upon a More Enlightened Time by Garner (hardcover, probably BookCrossing/Reading)


• Legacy: A step-by-step guide to writing personal history by Linda Spence (oversized paperback)


• Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz (hardcover, Reading/BookCrossing)


• The Tommyknockers by Stephen King (hardcover, Reading/BookCrossing)


• Dark Rivers by Dean Koontz (hardcover, Reading/BookCrossing)


• The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• 5 Minute Mysteries by Ken Weber (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain by Christopher Monger (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• House of Sand and Fog by Dandre Dubus III (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• City in Love by Alex Shakar (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Portofino by Frank Schaeffer (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• The Witch of Clatteringshaws by Joan Aiken (Reading/BookCrossing)


• Conceived Without Sin by Bud Macfarlane Jr (BookCrossing)


• Call the Devil by His Oldest Name by Sallie Bissell (BookCrossing)


• House of Spirits and Whispers by Annie Wilder (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Brigit Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Brigit Jones the edge of reason by Helen Fielding (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• The Shining by Stephen King (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Intensity by Dean Koontz (BookCrossing)


• Writing a Woman's Life by Carolyn G. Heilbrun (Reading/BookCrossing)


• Heart of Fire by Linda Howard (BookCrossing)


• Death in a Cold Climate by Robert Barnard (BookCrossing)


• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (BookCrossing)


• Berlitz Travel Guide: Scotland (BookCrossing)


• Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare (BookCrossing)


• Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (BookCrossing)


• Billy Budd by Herman Melville (BookCrossing)


• Animal Husbandry by Laura Zigman (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• The Canadian Book of Snobs by Victoria Branden (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• A Light in the Window by Jan Karon (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Let the Dog Drive by David Bowman (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Man's Official Guide to the Use of His Garage by Thomas Neviaser, MD (BookCrossing)


• Songs in Orginary Time by Mary McGarry Morris (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Christmas Dreams by various (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• The Man Who Listens to Horses by (BookCrossing)


• Buffalo Afternoon by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (oversized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Illustrated Guide to Britain (hardcover, might give as gift to my KS)


• Life's Little Instruction Book (BookCrossing)


• White Shark by Peter Benchley (Audiobook, abridged, BookCrossing)


• Heaven and Hell by John Jakes (Audiobook, abridged, BookCrossing)


• The Apocalypse Watch by Robert Ludlum (Audiobook, abridged, BookCrossing)


• The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell (Audiobook, abridged, Reading/BookCrossing)


• The Vision of Emma Blau by Ursula Hegi (Audiobook, abridged, Reading?/BookCrossing)


• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (Audiobook, abridged, Reading/BookCrossing)

That's 60 books for a total of $6. (10 cents apiece)

And my three day total is... 124 for $89.50. Not too bad really. Seventy-something cents each isn't excellent, but considering I got a lot of nonfiction, hardcovers and audiobooks (not to mention several really nice books for my BookCrossing buddy) I'm happy with it. And certainly I'm going to be spending a LONG time registering these on BookCrossing. LOL

All righty. I'm off to Blockbuster (bye bye History Boys and Farscape Season 1 Volume 7) then when I get home, I start work on a Remus-the-Rentboy fic and watch another game of hockey. Oh, and we're doing another blood curve for diabetic cat. Fun stuff!