Relatively low-key haul with a couple of absolute gems!
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Shelly the Rebel, shopping book sales dressed in a chrome-studded leather jacket, I imagine. Looks like a good haul.
As for my own reading, I just finished rereading a science fiction book I last read about forty years ago - _Time and Again_ (1951) by Clifford D. Simak. In 7990, Asher Sutton returns to Earth after being dead for twenty years, in a nonfunctioning, leaky spacecraft, and he plans to write a revelatory book that will impact the entire galaxy. Time travelers from his future are out to stop him. I had forgotten so much about this story, and I’m glad I reread it.
That's me! Ever the rebel!
What a lovely haul. I wish I had your restraint with the only buying as many books as you read. Maybe I should try it one month (ha, I couldn’t do longer!) I’m glad you treated yourself. Especially to Life After Life and Home Fire (the US edition is stunning) as they’re both brilliant.
Awe! Thank you, Simon! I wasn't so restrained for this haul. :)
"Life after Life" is an amazing book. The opening scene is among the best ever. Highly recommended. Looks like a wonderful Six-dollar Steve Stack.
Wonderful!!
Sometimes it is good to break the rules! I have Home Fire on my shelves. Enjoy your reading.
Yes! Thank you!
Yes, The Kitchen House! I just finished the sequel, called Glory Over Everything, and it was very good too.
I cannot wait to read both!
I get most of my books from library sales!
With thrifting and library sales, sometimes you just have to break the rules as you never know what you'll find!!❤. I thought you did really well with only 6!!
Absolutely!!
News of the World is great, but The Kitchen House was AMAZING! I highly recommend its sequel as well, Glory Over Everything!!
Wonderful! Adding it to my list!
I'm on a hunt for a used copy of Life After Life! I'll have to check my library store the next time I'm there!
I really lucked out!
Nice haul! Life After Life was my favorite of the books I read in 2013, and I liked News of the World too (the book is better than the movie, IMO). Thanks for introducing me to The Kitchen House. Sounds like something I'd enjoy.
That's good to know! Thank you!
I have been wanting to read The Kitchen House and Life after Life.
You, not unlike myself, assume getting equates knowing, while getting and, not knowing resumes.
You assume too much about me.
I have The Weight of Ink waiting on my shelf too! I’ve only heard good things. Loved The Kitchen House. I still need to read the sequel. I also need to read Life After Life or anything by Atkinson. The Eye of the Sun has been on my shelf FOREVER. My cover is very different though. Great Haul, Shelly. 😊💙
The weight of ink was incredible. I must say though I did listen to the audible version and the narrators were great. My friends who read the hard copy also. Enjoyed it immensely.
Thank you, Jolene!
In my experience, when I impose absolutes on myself, I feel deprived and end up breaking the rule. Then I feel bad about myself for that. Perhaps some middle ground?
I think giving yourself grace is key. It's okay if a rule is broken. No one is perfect.
News of the world is fabulous. Also is Simon the Peddler. I think she writes about that period..the end of the civil war. She has a number of other books, i would like to read. I also like Kate Atkinsons work.
Thanks for sharing!
Sometimes, you need to break a few rules. Good for you!!
Awe! Thank you!
Read 3 of the "new" books & after you read "News of the World" check out the Tom Hanks movie of the same name. I loved the Great Dime Shootout part.
Wonderful! Thank you!
Love The Weight of Ink. I've had Life After Life and the sequel on my shelves forever and haven't read them. I should rectify that but now I've added a couple of more titles to my TBR thanks to your haul, so who knows when I'll get around to them 🤪
I loved The Weight of Ink. It is a slow read but so good! The Kitchen house is wonderful also. You will like it. I also loved News of the World. You will like this one also. Great haul!
Can't wait! Thanks, Deb!
I've read 4 of the books and I mostly highly recommend Home Fire. In fact, I loved it so much I put it on my list of top 10 books of the 21st Century. I think you will love it too!
Thanks for sharing!
I preferred the movie of News of the World over the book, because Tom Hanks of course!
Tome Hanks. ❤️
The Weight of Ink is so good! It's one of my favorite reads of last year.
Good to know! Thank you, Jackie!
Fun haul! Library sales are the best, aren't they? The Weight of Ink sounds really good! I'm trying to work up the gumption to read Cloud Cuckoo Land or Hamnet - both are Alice recs. I suspect that I'll continue my reading for entertainment only with more urban fantasy and historical mysteries - Ilona Andrews and Deanna Raybourn. I'm currently reading a very good mystery by Jan Burke called Bloodlines from 2005. I recommend it whenever you get in the mood for a mystery. Thank you for sharing your wild rule breaking! 😂
Library sales are the absolute best!
LIfe after Life is good. Added 2 of the others to my TBR.
Thank you!
I have at least 4 of those bought secondhand too, lol. If only I could get through my library loans quicker, I'd start reading them
True! Those lazy library loans!
❤📚❤️ A nice thrifted haul!
I own News of the World. Have I read it? No, no, I have not. 😅
The Kitchen House on my Goodreads tbr, and now I've added The Weight of Ink. Thank you for all your videos! I look forward to reviews.
Oh wow! Thanks, Starla! :)
I loved News of the World - great pick!
Wonderful!
Out of those...I've only read Life after Life and I really loved that one. I put several of your choices on my TBR list for the libary. In the past week I finished "Matrix" by Lauren Groff and "The Dutch House" by Anne Patchett...both 4 stars for me... I've started "The Good Lord Bird" by James McBride and I'm liking it so far. I'm hoping to get "Train Dreams" from the library soon.. but thinking of reading "The Nickel Boys' by Colson Whitehead very soon too... also want to read something fun and light in the next couple of weeks...
I have Matrix sitting on my TBR! I'd love to get to it soon! :)
I have finished a couple of books. But honestly so little time lately 😢
When will the next One Piece video be?
Not sure.
Also I have read one book by a Ukrainian author. And even though Ukrainian writer are getting translated more and more I am almost sure there is no translation in English.
The book's title is The City. It is an Urban novel about a guy from rural south of Ukraine that goes to the capital in the mid 1920s to study and find a better life. But things go south.
It is quite intellectual and reflective of that period piece of literature. Sadly the author as many other prominent writers were then killed by the Soviets in 1937...
Oh my, I was so busy, I missed so many videos...😮
Welcome back!
So I’m new to booktube. I love your style of presenting each book. I have a question though: (and I’m generally curious not picking on you), is it possible to note language & sexual content of the book you are talking about? You know like a movie rating. Some of the books you pick sound really good, but rarely can I find a book review that will talk about that content. Thanks.
I can definitely try. Thanks for the suggestion!
Only if it is seamless for you🤗
well, aside from retail therapy we've helping the economy - gotta do our part!
True!
I've read Postmortem by Patricia D. Cornwell. And it was both hit and miss for me. Some sections were incredible and some were so boring.
Why would they discard books? Not much place to store them?
Libraries discard books for various reasons: space, condition, relevance. It's the natural part of the book/library cycle.
Hey, what happened to Berserk? Have you dropped it?😅
I just haven’t read much manga lately.
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