Book Sale #1, Day #1

[tarotgal]

Book sale purchases. If you see anything I label "BookCrossing" but don't designate a box/challenge by it and you want it, let me know :-)

Book Sale #1, Day #1:

• Lifeguard (BookCrossing- reserved- sending to someone for winning a contest)


• Bake Sale Murder (BookCrossing- reserved- sending to someone for winning a contest)


• A Short History of Ireland (BookCrossing- Irish challenge)


• Dog Days (over-sized paperback, BookCrossing- Dog Days of Summer challenge)


• Prep (over-sized paperback, BookCrossing- LGBT relay or bookbox)


• A Widow for One Year (over-sized paperback, read first, then BookCrossing)


• Ishmael (over-sized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Club Twelve (over-sized paperback, BookCrossing- numbers challenge)


• Brave New World (over-sized paperback, BookCrossing)


• The Tolkien Companion (over-sized paperback, BookCrossing- if no one here wants it, it'll go in the Fandom bookbox)


• Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (over-sized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Visitors (couldn't remember if I already had it- I do. BookCrossing- if no one here wants it, I'll put it in a fandom bookbox)


• A Series of Unfortunate Events #10- The Slippery Slope (BookCrossing)


• The Historian (BookCrossing)


• Naked (over-sized paperback, BookCrossing- if no one here wants it, it'll be reserved for an LGBT bookbox or relay)


• Who's Sorry Now? (over-sized paperback, BookCrossing)


• Magical Thinking (over-sized paperback, BookCrossing. Couldn't remember which Augusten Burroughs book I had bought previously. Turns out it was this one. So BookCrossing-- if no one here wants it, it'll be reserved for an LGBT bookbox or relay)


• Dry. A Memoir (over-sized paperback. Yay! I read Running with Scissors and loved it. Looking forward to this one)


• Party of Five: The Unofficial Companion (over-sized paperback, I just COULDN'T resist and I figured no one else would give it such a loving home, heehee)


• Hockey for Dummies- 2nd Edition (over-sized paperback, for reference)


• Growing Up in New Guinea (I was born there, and I enjoyed Margaret Mead's bios when I was a kid, so I'm interested in reading this)


• Captain from Connecticut (Audio book. More C.S.Forrester! Yay!)


• The GIrl Who Loved Tom Gordon (Audio book- Unabridged)


• Cradle and All (Audio book)


• Strange Highways (Audio book- Unabridged)


• Monk's Hood (Audio book, third Brother Cadfel story!)


• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Audio book- Unabridged, I think)


• Congo (Audio book)


• The Best American Mystery Stories- 2001 (Audio book- CD- Unabridged)


• Naked (Audio book)


• James Herriot reads from his books (Audio book. I LOVE listening to authors read their own works and James Herriot's a favorite of mine)


• The Three Musketeers (Audio book)


• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Return to Chaos (Squee)


• The Ship (by C.S.Forester- yay!)


• The Antique Gift Shop #1 (Manga)


• Fruits Basket #1 (Manga)


• Infinite Crisis (Comic book novel to read, then BookCross)


• Marvel- Contest of Champions (Graphic novel)


• Avengers- The Kang Dynasty (Graphic novel)


• Batman: Run, Riddler, Run (Graphic novel)


• Robin- To Kill a Bird (Graphic novel)


• Hawkman- Endless Flight (Graphic novel)


• Frank Miller's Ronin (Graphic novel. Oohhhhhh Frank Miller!)


• Ultimate Spider-man Vol. 11 (Graphic novel)


• Ultimate Spider-man Vol. 2 (Hardcover, Graphic novel)


Some of my favorite selections:

• Beyond my Touch (Yaoi Manga)


• Almost Crying (Yaoi Manga)


• You & Harujion (Yaoi Manga)


• Dear Myself (Yaoi Manga)


• Clan of the Nakagamis (Yaoi Manga)


• Lost Boys (Yaoi Manga)


• Don't Worry Mama (Yaoi Novel)


• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (this was recommended to me, and I'm looking forward to reading it! A great find)


• The Emerald City of Oz (Large edition, not the same as my favorite editions, but one I didn't have already)


• Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban (paperback British edition!)


And my FAVORITE pick... I actually SQUEALED out loud as a GRABBED this:

• Queer as Folk: Always Have, Always Will (over-sized paperback in PERFECT condition. Mine. All mine. SQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!)

So.. 56 books for $43.75. Many of them gorgeous graphic novels, manga, or audio books. And I very nearly bought the QaF novel a few weeks ago off Amazon.com. MAN I love my library book sale. LOL But those Yaoi mangas... I was so very excited to rescue those out of the children's section, let me tell you!