I am not one too proud to keep myself from saving some big cash by buying books second hand. I totally recommend seeking out your local library to see if they have a book store, or annual book sales. The books at the book store are not old library books, they are donated books. I must say that a majority of them are like new too. The book sale starts Friday, but I went to their store the other day and came across some great buys. Well at least I think they are I haven't read them yet. They all look as if I just bought them from Barnes & Nobel, brand new.
This is how I spent my $12:
I like John Grisham so I picked up a few of his.
Bleachers-hardcover
A Painted House-hardcover
The Summons-paperback
The Testament-paperback
Others are:
The Simple Truth-David Baldacci-paperback
Memnoch The Devil-Anne Rice-hardcover
Merrick-Anne Rice-hardcover
The Anne Rice books are not exactly for me, I picked them up for my 13 year old daughter, but before I actually give them to her I would like to know if there is anything in there that she probably shouldn't read. She likes vampire stories, and isn't Anne Rick the Queen of Vampire stories? My daughter is a pretty advanced reader, so I am sure that she would be able to read it. She tested 97% nationally for her reading in her grade level, and has advanced reading classes at school. I don't read these type of books, so I am not sure about its content. They were only $1 each, so I picked them up just in case.
Trading Up-Candace Bushnell-hardcover (this doesn't seem like my type of book, but someone recommended Sex and the City by this author, so I picked it up just in case).
The Dive from Clausen's Pier-Ann Packer-paperback (recommended by the bookclub)
Midwives-Bojalian-paperback (recommended by the bookclub)
Atonement-Ian McEwan-paperback (not recommended, but I have seen this book over and over again, so I figured there must be something about it).
So 11 like new books for $12, not too bad. Okay, I do realize that if I would have just gotten them from the library I would have saved 100%, but whenever I get books from the library I usually end up returning them late. I don't want to feel pressured to read anything.
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Ann Rice Books and John Grisham books I've read. Warning Ann Rice can be pretty gory. John Grisham books are fine, I've enjoyed them for a quick read. The Dive of clausen's Pier a girlfriend heartily recommended a while ago and frankly I thought it was BORING and she and I usually see eye to eye on books.
It seems like you did very well. My inlaws do the same thing, they go to library sales. I have to be careful with books though, I'm very allergic to dust (although you'd never know based on the layers of dust in my house at present) and older books are notorious for causing allergic reactions to dust allergy sufferers.
cool, good job!
Another warning about Anne Rice. I can't recall the gore factor in her books, but I do recall that her books can be quite sexually explicit. For some 13 year olds and their parents, that's not a big deal, for others it might be. The other warning about Anne Rice is that sometimes she can go on and on for a couple hundred pages without saying much. Typically, though, I enjoy her writing.
I love libraries. Unless I think I will be re-reading a book in 20 years, I prefer to get a copy from the library, read, and return. There is the money aspect, but there is also the space aspect. Books take up space. And in many cases if I am going to buy a book, a used copy is a great alternative to buying new.
Thanks guys, that is exactly why I wanted to know about the content in her books. To me explicit sexual content is a bit too much for my daughter. I'll send them to my nephew in Florida, he'll read them, he is 20.
We keep our Anne Rice books on the top self of our bookcase, so our 17 month old is unable to pull them off and start reading them. Maybe when he is a little older, he'll be ready.
Oh keeping books on the bookshelf reminds me of something from when I was growing up. My parents NEVER, EVER had a talk with me while growing up about the birds & the bees. Unless you count the time my sister got pregnant as a teen and my father decided to give a lecture and accidentally told me to keep my legs open (instead of closed).
My grandmother on the other hand gave my parents a book about it. I can't remember the name of the book, but I think it was specifically for teens and the discussion of sex. Even though I was not sexually active during those years, I did check the book out. I am not sure if they ever realized that I did, but I have a feeling putting it there was their way of having it available for us without making anyone uncomfortable. Unfortunately my sister didn't bother to read it.
BTW Zataod--your son is a cutie I checked him out.
My parents were also uncomfortable talking about the topic of sex. They gave me a book to read, and over the years I read enough to educate myself on the topic. There was no danger of me being sexual active during my childhood.
I can't objectively say whether my son is cute or not, but I'm very won over by his personality.
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