pontalba Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 Charity shop books - Ghostwritten ( David Mitchell ), The Believers ( Zoe Heller ) and Hiding from the Light ( Barbara Erskine ) - all for £3.75 I went to cheer myself up with books after seeing the chiropodist ( I needed 3/4 of my big toenails removed `cos of infection ; hopefully, I`ll be able to stop the antibiotics soon - I`ve been taking them since December ). My toes look a bit scary now, but I`m sure they`ll fell better soon. Ouch! I hope they are better, by now! Great prices on the charity shop books. Yeow! Thank you and thank you ! 11 books arrived today in the post from the US, which has made me very cheerful ( there may have been an ` I`ve got books Happy Dance` ). Always a wonderful feeling! Triple Yays! Love to see the pics, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 They are such pretty books !! I hope you enjoy them all . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Thanks for the pics! I haven't heard of most of those books, but some of the covers sure are nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 Ouch! I hope they are better, by now! Thanks ! I`m feeling less bleurgh now ; I just have to be careful rolling over in bed ( even wearing two pairs of thermal, fleecy socks, my denuded toes make me go eek! a little ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 They are such pretty books !! I hope you enjoy them all . Thanks . I especially like the look of the green one with the cat line drawing and the catch as catch can purply/pink design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 Thanks for the pics! I haven't heard of most of those books, but some of the covers sure are nice. I do like those graphic art covers, where they use 3 or 4 colours to construct a blocky picture. Pretty lucky that those books still have their dust covers after all these decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Thanks ! I`m feeling less bleurgh now ; I just have to be careful rolling over in bed ( even wearing two pairs of thermal, fleecy socks, my denuded toes make me go eek! a little ). I'm glad you're feeling less bad . Thanks . I especially like the look of the green one with the cat line drawing and the catch as catch can purply/pink design. Those are both really pretty I think ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 Books read : 49 TBR 860 New Books Bought : 85 Total Cost : £282.75 I`ve bought 11 more of the Frances & Richard Lockridge books, plus Quieter than Sleep - Joanne Dobson, 5 of Jim Butcher`s The Dresden Files books, The Black Stocking - Constance & Gwenyth Little, The Last Word - Lisa Lutz, The Outside World - Tova Mirvis and Aunt Dimity and the Summer King - Nancy Atherton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Yay new books ! I hope you enjoy all of them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Yay new books ! I hope you enjoy all of them . Thank you ! I also treated myself to Mrs Columbo on DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Thank you ! I also treated myself to Mrs Columbo on DVD. I haven't heard of Mrs. Columbo but I hope you enjoy it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 (edited) #50 From Bad to Wurst - Maddy Hunter Emily takes her Senior Tour Group off to Germany for Octoberfest and there`s - wait for it - yet another murder. Hilarity ensues. #51 Made up to Kill - Kelley Roos Amusing 1940`a murder mystery. Not bad. #52 Trail of the Spellmans - Lisa Lutz Another episode in the life of the Spellman Family, San Francisco detectives. A fun read, but I don`t think the books have ever quite recaptured the brilliance of the first book in the series. #53 The Message of the Mute Dog - Charlotte Murray Russell 1942. Female sleuth investigates murder in Illinois defence factory. okay. #54 The Dark Vineyard - Martin Walker Arson in a small town in France, investigated by Bruno, Chief of Police. A good mystery with lovely characters. #55 Invisible City - Julia Dahl Brooklyn reporter investigates a murder in the Hasidic community. Good but flawed - I felt the ending was rushed, but I enjoyed the characters and will look out for Book Two in the series. Warning - I read this after reading a bunch of cosy mysteries and did think yikes at the adult language/content. It`s not really bad, but it was startling compared to my usual reads. #56 The Ghost and the Dead Man`s Library - Alice Kimberly Bookshop owner Penelope and her ghost friend - and former PI - Jack, investigate a possible murder involving a collector of Edgar Allen Poe books. Lovely. #57 The Age of Miracles - Karen Thompson Walker A coming of age story set during a Global catastrophe. Readable. #58 The Collected Stories - Amanda Cross Short mystery stories involving academic Kate Fansler. Some of the resolutions aren`t really mysteriously astounding, but the writing is a delight. #59 Blythewood - Carol Goodman Set around 1910 in New York State. Orphan Ava thinks she`s having hallucinations, but it turns out her visions are real. She goes off to Blythewood Academy ( her Mother`s Alma Mater ) and discovers the truth about her Mother, while getting caught up in a magical adventure. A cracking read and one of my favourite books of the year so far. #60 , #61 The Ghost and the Femme Fatale, the Ghost and the haunted Mansion - Alice Kimberly More fun reads. #62 Postscript to Poison - Dorothy Bowers Readable. #63 Murder 101 - Maggie Barbieri Liked the characters and the humour, but the mystery was poor. I`m still tempted to give Book Two a go, though. #64 One Lady, Two Cats - Richard Lockridge Memoir. Widower and his two Siamese cats invite his future wife to visit. A sweet story of love and cats. #65, #66, #67 Blood Rites, Dead Beat, Proven Guilty - Jim Butcher Excellent ! Books read : 67 TBR 842 New Books Bought : 85 Total Cost : £282.75 Edited April 28, 2016 by Little Pixie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 67! Wow! I'm at something like 21 or 22......lol. Good going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 (edited) 67! Wow! I'm at something like 21 or 22......lol. Good going! Thank you ! I`m stuck in a Dresden Files rut atm ( though a very good rut - I just want to read one after another. ) I`ve got one more to read, then I have to loiter on my doormat waiting for post from the US ( `cos those were the cheapest books ) since they do have to be read in order....... Erm, that sentence makes sense to me. Ooh, we have new `kitchen caddies` from the Council , so we can recycle food waste. Plus, our cardboard is going to be picked up again ! Hurray ! No more throwing out all the Amazon packaging ! Edited April 28, 2016 by Little Pixie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontalba Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 We are still able to burn trash like that in this area. Thankfully! I've read several of the Dresden file stories, agreed, they are addictive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Yay for reading so many books ! I'm glad you enjoyed a lot of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 How do you have time to read all those books?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 How do you have time to read all those books?! I sleep badly. And I do like a cosy mystery - and most of those are only around 200-250 pages. And I have a big video and DVD backlog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Hi there Pixie ! You have been a reading MACHINE so far this year ! Great job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Hi there Pixie ! You have been a reading MACHINE so far this year ! Great job ! Hi Julie ! Aw, it`s lovely to see you around again. How are things with you ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Going ok on this end Pixie . Thanks for asking . I need to get a book list made of what I've read so far this year . It looks like you have really done great so far ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Going ok on this end Pixie . Thanks for asking . I need to get a book list made of what I've read so far this year . It looks like you have really done great so far ! Thank you ! I do like disappearing into other Worlds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julie Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 That's one of the nice things about books -- we can live in a lot of other lands and meet other people without leaving our chair ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 That's one of the nice things about books -- we can live in a lot of other lands and meet other people without leaving our chair ! Aw, that`s lovely. When you think that the novel hasn`t been around that long - and reasonably priced paperbacks even less - it`s an art form which has really taken over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 #68,#69 White Night, Small Favour - Jim Butcher So good ! I love how cinematic his descriptions are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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