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#7176
Old 10-17-2009, 09:50 PM

So, I went to the bookstore today and didn't buy any books for myself. xD I wanted to find that Phantom Stallion series for my cousin, but Borders didn't have any of them, so I got her Peter Pan and a small collection of Egyptian myths. I also got Goodnight Moon for another cousin, who will be one next month. That was my all-time favorite when I was little. ^^ And I got my Christmas shopping started by getting Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives by Guy Fieri for my Dad.

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#7177
Old 10-17-2009, 10:07 PM

Hmm, I need to update my list. I've just been lazy. I need to stop being lazy and just do it.

I also am excited because my b-day is Tuesday and that means gift certificates to book stores. All of my family just knows that is the thing to get me. I've gotten books and gift certificates to Borders or Barnes and Noble since I was a kid and I always love 'em. So, hopefully this year people will get me Amazon gift certificates like I asked for and I can get twice as many books as normal with my Kindle instead of paper.

*does the happy new book dance*

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#7178
Old 10-17-2009, 10:18 PM

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So, I went to the bookstore today and didn't buy any books for myself. xD I wanted to find that Phantom Stallion series for my cousin, but Borders didn't have any of them, so I got her Peter Pan and a small collection of Egyptian myths. I also got Goodnight Moon for another cousin, who will be one next month. That was my all-time favorite when I was little. ^^ And I got my Christmas shopping started by getting Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives by Guy Fieri for my Dad.
lol, congrats on getting so much done in so little time XD

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#7179
Old 10-17-2009, 11:35 PM

I walked by a bookstore today and almost died from the new book smell. >w< Couldn't go in, though.

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#7180
Old 10-17-2009, 11:48 PM

@Risika: You didn't buy anything? Wow. You're a strong woman.

Just updated my booklist. (yay for one more down!). This challenge is actually making me get done with the books I've been putting of to the side for a long time.

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#7181
Old 10-18-2009, 05:12 AM

Woo hoo! One book down 49 to go.

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#7182
Old 10-18-2009, 05:43 AM

lol yaay~ Sunlit! You can do it!

My friend just sent me a bunch of comic book trade paperbacks in the mail today. So my list will be filled with those now. XD Some of them look really interesting.

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#7183
Old 10-18-2009, 05:47 AM

Melissa: ha ha thanks. ^^ What are some of the comics you got sent?

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#7184
Old 10-18-2009, 06:09 AM

He sent me the first Mice Templar book by Bryan J.L. Glass
Demo by Brian Wood (I loved Local by Brian Wood so that's why he sent me this one)
Chosen by Mark Millar
uhh and
Black Hole by Charles Burns
They are not exactly well known books. lol.

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#7185
Old 10-18-2009, 06:13 AM

Melissa: yeah I don't recognize most of those. :sweat: I'll have to see if I can pick them out at Borders next time I work.

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#7186
Old 10-18-2009, 06:19 AM

None of the Borders in my area carry any of them except Demo and once in a while Mice Templar.
Its sad how most Borders/BnN/bookstores carry mostly Marvel/DC books. If it doesn't have a super hero on the cover than its hard to find.

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#7187
Old 10-18-2009, 06:29 AM

Melissa: the borders I work at actually has a pretty decent variety. I would say about a third of them are not marvel or dc. :yes: I'm just getting into graphic novels (as opposed to manga) so I'm not familiar with a lot of titles yet. A lot of the people who work in the stock room are big graphic novel fans, so I think they probably make sure we have a nice variety. :)

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#7188
Old 10-18-2009, 12:17 PM

@LaVida: Thanks, I try my best. I love multi-tasking when it involves shopping. xD

@Jelly: Yeah, but I was sorely tempted on multiple occasions. However, the fact that I'm kind of short on money right now, combined with the stack of books at home I've yet to read helped. :yes:

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#7189
Old 10-18-2009, 01:49 PM

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So, I went to the bookstore today and didn't buy any books for myself. xD I wanted to find that Phantom Stallion series for my cousin, but Borders didn't have any of them, so I got her Peter Pan and a small collection of Egyptian myths. I also got Goodnight Moon for another cousin, who will be one next month. That was my all-time favorite when I was little. ^^ And I got my Christmas shopping started by getting Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives by Guy Fieri for my Dad.
I did the same! XD
It was painful, especially since they had books autographed by Holly Black- I really wanted one! But I ended up with only The Sight for my friend's birthday, because it's one of my favorite books and she really wants to read it, but lost her copy a few years ago. :lol: And then I got her FU, Penguin, and a bookmark with the Wicked Witch of The West on it, because we always joke that we're going to play the songs No One Mourns the Wicked and Ding-Dong The Witch is dead at her funeral. :P
And then I went to Target and got her a bowl and some chocolates. ...Poor thing was forced to share them with us.

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#7190
Old 10-18-2009, 05:36 PM

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He sent me the first Mice Templar book by Bryan J.L. Glass
Demo by Brian Wood (I loved Local by Brian Wood so that's why he sent me this one)
Chosen by Mark Millar
uhh and
Black Hole by Charles Burns
They are not exactly well known books. lol.

Amazing book!
Read it first read it first read it first! :squee:

Burns is one of the greatest graphic novelists out there. I wouldn't recommend the book to a lot of young readers, since it can be a little disturbing at times, the writing is well worth it.

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#7191
Old 10-18-2009, 08:36 PM

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Amazing book!
Read it first read it first read it first! :squee:

Burns is one of the greatest graphic novelists out there. I wouldn't recommend the book to a lot of young readers, since it can be a little disturbing at times, the writing is well worth it.
hmm, that one sounds good - might borrow it from the library if I see it :d but in the library, i'd say that the graphic novels are split between marvel and dark horse. I kind of like the dark horse ones better because their plots are so different from each other :D like, one can be about Lucifer and the next could be about a random lawyer or something, and then they twist up the plot XD

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#7192
Old 10-19-2009, 12:04 AM

Yes Darkhorse has some really good books. They tend to have weird/very dark storylines.

Knerd~
LOL OKAY! I was gonna read Demo first...but...I guess I'll read Black Hole first. 8)

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#7193
Old 10-19-2009, 02:04 AM

2009-2010 Book list
1) Blade of the Poisoner by Douglas Hill
pgs: 194
2) The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
pgs: 419

Last edited by shadowfoot; 10-22-2009 at 03:43 AM.. Reason: Adding to list

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#7194
Old 10-19-2009, 02:26 AM

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Yes Darkhorse has some really good books. They tend to have weird/very dark storylines.

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LOL OKAY! I was gonna read Demo first...but...I guess I'll read Black Hole first. 8)
yup very dark :) especially the japanese mangas XP one of the authors that they publish writes stories so dark one of them actually scared me XP (I read it scanlated because I think that it's so twisted that it would never get published over here)

oh and Neil gaimen's also got some books over @ darkhorse ~~~ <3

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#7195
Old 10-19-2009, 03:07 AM

mmmm Neil Gaiman

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#7196
Old 10-19-2009, 03:09 AM

all hail Neil Gaiman. lol

he's a great writer.

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#7197
Old 10-19-2009, 03:10 AM

He is. I heard he's directing a movie adaptation of sandman.

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Old 10-19-2009, 03:23 AM

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He is. I heard he's directing a movie adaptation of sandman.
:D I'm just starting with that series :D I got all the books at home and finished the first book already :D pretty good :) but I haven't found time to read it between juggling manga, 20+ Laurell K. Hamilton novels, the school's book study (kite Runner - heck, just remembered I didn't finish that one yet), homework & assignments, and extra curricular activities @[email protected] and not to mention I need to find sometime between all that to make a cloak for my Lenalee cosplay and make some gloves for myself since I don't practice piano anymore so my circulation's so bad that my fingers freeze really fast. @[email protected] omg........*$4!t*:shock:!!! I just realized how much stuff I got on my hands -:o *[email protected]* I might not come on for a bit (nah, I might still come on, but hopefully a lot less Xd) :headdesk:

oh yea, btw, I bet the movie's gonna be 18+....now let's see, I got to find someone to take me to that movie..... but then again, I might be 18 by then :P

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Old 10-19-2009, 03:46 AM

I love Sandman. :heart: As well as all the other stuff of his I've read.
Which Laurel K Hamilton series are you reading?

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#7200
Old 10-19-2009, 08:06 PM

I have yet to read anything by Neil Gaiman. I am a bad girl! :gonk: I've got The Graveyard Book by him out from the library though. An artist I like did some beautiful fan art of it, and I felt compelled to make it my first Neil Gaiman book! STILL haven't gotten around to it, but I will!

 


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