Friday, April 13, 2007 QUESTION:What were the last books (name up to 3) that you bought in a bookstore?
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Mary Ellen A Man Without a Country I Feel Bad About My Neck Saving Fish From Drowning Joline THE BOOK OF FATE by Brad Meltzer IN AN INSTANT by Lee and Bob Woodruff THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson April Lemesh The last three books I bought were a three for two deal: NOTES ON A SCANDAL by Zoe Heller, ABIDE WITH ME by Elizabeth Strout, and LABYRINTH by Kate Mosse. I Just started NOTES but have not formed an opinion yet. Kim Kovacs ARTHUR AND GEORGE by Julian Barnes HOW ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING SAVED MY LIFE by Mameve Medwed SUBTERRANEAN by James Rollins Marsha Sobel Steve Berry's THE TEMPLAR LEGACY Sandi IN AN INSTANT by Lee and Bob Woodruff, PRIOR BAD ACTS by Tami Hoag, and GRACE (EVENTUALLY) by Anne LaMotte, Linda WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman HOW DOCTORS THINK by Jerome Groopman, M.D. BETTER: A SURGEON'S NOTES ON PERFORMANCE by Atul Gawande Lee The Historian The Mermaid Chair Son of a Witch Valerie Wiesner THE ALEXANDRIA LINK by Steve Berry, HEART-SHAPED BOX by Joe Hill, and MAGIC CITY by James W. Hall Freda HUNTER'S MOON by Randy Wayne White, MAGIC CITY by James W. Hall, DRY ICE by Stephen White. Kristine Gray "I, MONA LISA - Jeanne Kalogridis
COLD SASSY TREE - Olive Ann Burns
EVER AFTER - Karen Kingsbury Marilynn DADDY'S GIRL by Lisa Scottoline RUSTY NAIL by J. A. Konrath DOG YEARS by Mark Doty Mary Ann Weaver Tall Grass The Power of Simple Prayer The Glass Castle Myra Henry THE MESA CONSPIRACY - David Kent THE BLACKJACK CONSPIRACY - David Kent THE QUIET GAME - Greg Iles WITHOUT FAIL - Lee Child Dawn Physik The Road Heart-Shaped Box Melodie The Templar Legacy Tutu Deadly Murder Of A Botoxed Blonde Maureen The Post-Birthday World Night of Sorrows The Ghost Orchid F Tessa Bartels SISTER MINE by Tawni O'Dell BURRO GENIUS by Victor Villasenor MOCKINGBIRD by Charles J. Shields Lorraine Young DANSE MACABRE by Laurell K. Hamilton A DISTANT TOMORROW by Bertrice Small THE DARK GATE by Pamela Palmer Chris THE WATCHMAN - Robert Crais WHAT THE DEAD KNOW - Laura Lipmann SPANISH DAGGER - Susan Wittig Albert Susan W Nineteen Minutes The Double Bind Jack Thompson BOOK OF FATE - Brad Meltzer THE CAMEL CLUB - David Baldacci TERRORIST - John Updike Natasha Floyd Relationship Rescue by Dr. Phil McGraw EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert BOOK LUST by Nancy Pearl Janet THE SPELLMAN FILES by Lisa Lutz GENTLEMEN & PLAYERS by Joanne Harris A POISONED SEASON by Tasha Alexander Myrna Pennisi WATER FOR ELEPHANTS - Sara Gruen POMPEII - Robert Harris RIVER GOD - Wilbur Smith Ellen Whitney The Road Nineteen Minutes The Spellman Files Jen Deja THE GOD OF ANIMALS by Aryn Kyle WHITE NIGHT by Jim Butcher ICE LIMIT by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Dolly Knickerbocker - LIFE AFTER DEATH by Deepak Chopra - SOMEBODY'S GOTTA SAY IT by Neal Bortz - A HISTORY OF THE WIFE by Marilyn Yalom Kathy in SC The Bible The Birth of Venus The Vinyard Arlene Herring Because there are NO bookstores in my Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn neighborhood, I can only buy books online. My last 3 purchases for myself were at Amazon: Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, to reread before the movie comes out. Candace Martin THE DEAD DON'T DANCE by Charles Martin, THE LANGUAGE OF SYCAMORES by Lisa Wingate, and A DEADLY YARN by Maggie Sefton Ruth HELP! I'M KNEE-DEEP IN CLUTTER! by Joyce I. Anderson
NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult
CIRCLE OF QUILTERS by Jennifer Chiaverini Mia The Thirteenth Tale Harold and the Purple Crayon Water for Elephants Jean Mess THE DYING GAME by Beverly Barton, SUMMER OF THE EAGLE by Susan Edwards, and TAKE ME TONIGHT by Roxanne St. Claire. Claire Verduin SIMPLY MAGIC by Mary Balogh FAMILY TREE by Barbara Delinsky SKINNY DIP by Carl Hiaasen A. J. Burch (Ms.) (1) CULTURE WARRIOR by Bill O'Reilly (2) ONE FOR THE MONEY by Janet Evanovich (3) P IS FOR PERIL by Sue Grafton Shannon FEAR NO EVIL by Allison Brennan SHADOW MAN by Cody McFadyen FINAL SINS by Michael Prescott Sue B. NEFERTITI by Nick Drake, SUITE FRANCAISE by Irene Nemirovsky, and PORTRAIT OF AN UNKNOWN WOMAN by Vanora Bennett. Maggie Rioux Jonathan Kellerman's OBSESSION Michael Gruber's THE BOOK OF AIR AND SHADOWS Patty Blackwell The audio books DANCE HALL OF THE DEAD and THE GHOSTWAY, both by Tony Hillerman
STEP ON A CRACK by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge Lori Schultz STIFF by Mary Roach HEYDAY by Kurt Andersen The GENERAL & MRS WASHINGTON by Bruce Chadwick Vicky D 18 SECONDS by George D. Shuman, I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE by Mary Higgins Clark, and HOT STUFF by Janet Evanovich and Leanne Banks. Sierra OBSESSION by Jonathan Kellerman QUEEN OF BROKEN HEARTS by Cassandra King GARDEN OF VIPERS by Kerley Maria Bongiovanni Daughter of Fortune The Handsmaid's Tale Running with Scissors Carole from Tahoe THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK by Alice Munro A YEAR IN THE WORLD by Frances Mayes THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING by Joan Didion Linda M. Johnson 1. FOR ONE MORE DAY by Mitch Albom 2. HIGH RHULAIN by Brian Jacques 3. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE by J. K. Rowling Dianne KILL ME by Stephen White THE LAST TEMPLAR by Raymond Khoury COLORS OF THE MOUNTAIN by Da Chen Sharon On Chesil Beach How Doctors Think Water for Elephants Lindsey Hedrick ANY PLACE I HANG MY HAT by Susan Isaacs BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS by Alexander McCall Smith SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN by Lisa See Marie EAT, PRAY, LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy THE CONFESSIONS OF MAX TIVOLI by Andrew Sean Greer Linda Huson The Wilde Women What the Dead Know A Heart-Shaped Box Lynn The latest was BLEEDING HEARTS by Susan Wittig Albert. Just before that, I was at Powell's in Portland for some used books, and two that I got were URSULA, UNDER by Ingrid Hill, and "1215, THE YEAR OF THE MAGNA CARTA by Danny Danziger and John Gillingham. Marlyn E. Myers TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT by Ernest Hemingway THE KEEP by Jennifer Egan GREAT FAST FOODS by Martha Stewart Nancy NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult, THE DOUBLE BIND by Chris Bohjalian, THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING by Milan Kundera Nana 1. THE QUILTER'S HOMECOMING by Jennifer Chiaverini 2. FAMILY TREE by Barbara Delinsky 3. DEAREST DOROTHY by Charlene Baumbich Linda M. Williams I Heard that Song Before The Reluctant Fundamentalist Magic City Mark Haden Shantaram Bermuda Schwartz Thirteen Moons Carol Bajor The Magician's Assistant The Tenth Circle The Tender Bar Laurie TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE by Mary Higgins Clark HOT STUFF by Janet Evanovich and Leanne Banks THIS HEART OF MINE by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Jacqueline Jones The Kept Woman The Doctor's Wife Ride The Fire Rita Carter Riding the Bus With My Sister For One More Day
Jean BLOOD FROM A STONE by Donna Leon SACRED COWS by Karen Olsen Anne Frey The Alchemist Drowning Ruth Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Krishna GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond THE BOOK ON THE BOOKSHELF by Henry Petroski BOOK LUST by Nancy Pearl Beth Cummings MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather O PIONEERS by Willa Cather WALKING ON EGGSHELLS by Jane Isay Pat Speth COLD ROCK RIVER by J. L. Miles GRACE AT LOW TIDE by Beth Webb Hart THE WORLD MADE STRAIGHT by Ron Rash Brenda Keller * Wish I Could Be There * What the Dead Know * The Double Bind Jinx Stubbs All three books are by Lee Smith: THE LAST GIRLS, FAMILY LINEN and FANCY STRUT. Kat House Tess Gerritsen - VANISHED Denise Swanson - MURDER OF A REAL BAD BOY Mary D DRY ICE by Stephen White THE WOODS by Harlan Coben THE MISSING by Chris Mooney Tamara DEM BONES' REVENGE by Kris Neri THE WINGS THAT FLY US HOME by Dayna Dunbar SITKA by Louis L'amour
All bought on vacations.... Fran MY SISTER'S KEEPER by Jodi Picoult ME & EMMA by Elizabeth Flock LOVE WALKED IN by Marisa de los Santos Karin Kate Elliot's KING DRAGON, vol 1 of the Crown of Stars series ASTRID & VERONIKA by Linda Olsson THE MISTRESS'S DAUGHTER by A.M. Homes. Georgia THE SCENT OF SHADOWS by Vicki Pettersson
THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT by Robert Goolrick THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS by Katrina Kittle Peggy PATRIOT HEARTS - Barbara Hambly THE MEASURE OF A MAN - Sidney Poitier Barb Broberg The Children's Blizzard Dawn Torvik-Wahba The Kite Runner The Memory Keeper's Daughter The Secret
Gail White Nelson Demille's WILDFIRE Toni Morrison's BELOVED Dianne I teach sixth grade reading, and am collecting book sets for my students to read and discuss in a book discussion format. So... SEEDFOLKS STAND TALL MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
And more! nmc THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING by Joan Didion MISSING MOM by Joyce Carol Oates THE DOGS OF BABEL by Carolyn Parkhurst C Lee Parry Janet Fitch - PAINT IT BLACK Jennifer Chiaverini - THE QUILTER'S APPRENTICE Zoe Heller - WHAT WAS SHE THINKING?: NOTES ON A SCANDAL Regina Pride HOW I WRITE by Janet Evanovich SOMEDAY SOON and SOONER OR LATER by Debbie Macomber Liza WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Sara Gruen WHEN MADELINE WAS YOUNG by Jane Hamilton FROM BAGHDAD, WITH LOVE by Jay Kopelman and Melinda Roth Paul Eccles WINE OF SATAN by Laverne Grey HOLY BLOOD, HOLY GRAIL by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln WHEN WILL JESUS BRING THE PORK CHOPS? by George Carlin Michele Serrani-Russell HEART-SHAPED BOX by Joe Hill Karen Dhuwalia Meditations Princes of Ireland Rebels of Ireland Deanna L Spencer How Doctors Think Steamed Dead Past Richard Jordan Children of Hurin The Road Hunter's Moon Marion Peterman THE ROAD, LABYRINTH, and NEXT Claire Wilkins Susan Elizabeth Philips' newest, NATURAL BORN CHARMER MARLEY & ME by John Grogon Children's books for a baby shower Louise Pledge DEAD GIVEAWAY by Brenda Novak THE MASADA SCROLL by Robert Vaughan A MATTER OF CHARACTERby Ronald Kessler Renee Thomas ODD THOMAS by Dean Koontz THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER by Kim Harrison THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE by Michel Faber Carol Chernigo The Count of Monte Cristo The Road Step on a Crack Tessa Bartels BURRO GENIUS by Victor Villasenor SISTER MINE by Tawni O'Dell ASTRID & VERONIKA by Linda Olsson Anne Burley CAGE'S BEND by Carter Coleman THE SAME SWEET GIRLS by Cassandra King Full of Grace by Dorothea Benton Frank Sue L. ABSOLUTE FEAR by Lisa Jackson OBSESSION by Jonathan Kellerman STEP ON A CRACK by James Patterson Lynn Hackenberg POSSESSION by A. S. Byatt AT THE SAME TIME: ESSAYS AND SPEECHES by Susan Sontag THE COLONY by John Tayman Freda THE WATCHMAN by by Robert Crais HUNTER'S MOON by Randy Wayne White MAGIC CITY by James W. Hall Joan Cady PICNIC, LIGHTNING by Billy Collins and RISK EVERYTHING: 110 POEMS OF LOVE AND REVELATION edited by Roger Housden. I bought them to give as gifts. Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. BLACK SWAN GREEN by David Mitchell WHEN I WAS A LOSER by John McNally A RATHER LOVELY INHERITANCE by C.A. Belmond Linda Estrin Zadie Smith's ON BEAUTY
Joan Didion's THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING kathryn andrews BLINDNESS SEEING THE STONE RAFT
all by Jose Saramago Maryellen Goodwin The Secret Everyday Pasta The Best Life Diet Alan 1. THE LIAR'S DIARY by Patry Francis 2. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger 3. NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult Ann Bowen THE ALEXANDRIA LINK by Steve Berry INTO THE WILD by Jon Krakauer
THE GYPSY MADONNA by Santa Montefiore Val Stark Natasha Rhodes's DANTE'S GIRL J. D. Robb's INNOCENT IN DEATH Judith Jones PLUM WINE by Angela Davis-Gardner, SMALL ISLAND by Andrea Levy, Simon Said by Sarah R. Shaber Barbara Bocan An American Tragedy The Girls The Road Ron Simpson HURRICANE PUNCH by Tim Dorsey THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova THE MASTER by Colm Toibin Carmee Ross DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE by Anderson Cooper THE BIRTH HOUSE by Ami Mckay INGRID by Charlotte Chandler Kathy Vieira I just purchased THE DEATH AND LIFE OF CHARLIE ST. CLOUD by Ben Sherwood and THE RUINS by Scott Smith. Sandra Furlotte Guardians of the Key Silence of the Grave Tomb of the Golden Bird Nancy Venters The new Harry Potter (reserved) NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult LIPSTICK JUNGLE by Candace Bushnell Valerie Wiesner THE ALEXANDRIA LINK by Steve Berry TRUE EVIL by Greg Iles THE GRAVE TATTOO by Val McDermid Sherrie The Thirteenth Tale Donna Scott Jan Burke's KIDNAPPED - A+ Karin Slaughter's INDELIBLE - A++ Anne Perry's SLAVES OF OBSESSION - A Valerie Giambona NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult THE SECRET by Rhonda Byrne BEFORE YOU LEAP by Kermit the Frog Linda Fish Prior Bad Acts Gone Rage Emily MOTHER NIGHT by Kurt Vonnegut HE SIRENS OF TITAN by Kurt Vonnegut PALM SUNDAY by Kurt Vonnegut |