Oh for the love of... books!

[tarotgal]

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 :-)

Comments

[ladykorana.livejournal.com]

What? No 'I am a Jedi by Obi-Wan Kenobi'? Travesty!

Seriously though, NICE finds! Especially the Tolkien stuff. I've seriously got to find out if there are ever sales like that around here.

Let me know how the BBC Radio version of 'The Hobbit' goes. I would absolutely die laughing if they sang the 'Tra la la lally, down in the Valley' song in it. Also, much curiosity about the voice they choose for Thranduil, and how they portray the Mirkwood elves.