Monday 4 May 2009

Monday Mailbox and Library Loot

This is my first time participating in Mailbox Monday - I don't normally have many books sent to me, so I thought I would use it to show some of the books I have purchased this week. If you would like to join in on Mailbox Monday, you will find it here at the Printed Page.

At the end of last week, I put myself on a self imposed book ban, by Friday I was in desperate need of some therapeutical book buying and these are the books I bought. All charity shop finds, from a new charity shop in our area. The paperbacks were all 30p each and the bigger books were a £1.


I bought:

  1. My Family and Other Animals by naturalist Gerald Durrell. I watched this on the television last year and absolutely loved it, so I was pleased to find this book especially as it was originally sold for 40p many years ago.
  2. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx - been after this book for a long while too.
  3. Flambards by EM Preston - when I was growing up this used to be one of my favourite programmes to watch, so I couldn't resist buying it.
  4. The Complete Works of Jane Austen - this is a beautifully bound book that does not look like it has ever been read and I got it for a £1!
  5. The Best of James Herriot - by James Herriot. This is another programme I was brought up watching so I am really pleased to find this book with quite a selection of his book in it, also for a £1.
  6. Mysteries of the World - non fiction book about everything weird and wonderful in our world.

I thought I would Library Loot as well today as this is something I have not done for awhile. In fact I have avoided the library, as I have so many of my own books to read, but I had to take some back and I find it physically impossible to not look round and come back out with at least one book. Am I the only person who has this problem?


These are the books I borrowed.
  1. Magyk by Angie Sage
  2. The Whispering Road by Livi Michael
  3. Darkhenge by Catherine Fisher - I read a few stories by Catherine Fisher at the beginning of the year, so I was pleased to find this one.
  4. European Cruises and Ports of Call - purely research
  5. Wild Flowers and how to spot them - I do get frustrated over my lack of plant knowledge, so I am trying to rectify this with a beginners guide (children's version!)

So there you go, as per usual I am inundated with books. What did you get this week?

20 comments:

  1. Welcome to Mailbox Monday! It looks like you've got a lot of good reading ahead of you!

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  2. Oh, how I love used book stores! Unfortunately, we just don't have any great ones around here. You made quite a haul there...hope you enjoy ever one of them!

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  3. Welcome to Mailbox Monday :D
    Looks like you got and borrowed some great books

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  4. So glad you could join in MM. It's lots of fun to see what others are reading. You got a real bargain on the Jane Austen. Enjoy! Have a gret week. Here is my mailbox

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  5. Welcome to Mailbox Monday - this is one of my favorite weekly posts!! :) You had a great week.

    Here's my Mailbox! ~ Wendi

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  6. What a nice stack of books you received this week! I hope you enjoy all the new editions to your library!

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  7. Hi. I don't think I got anything this week.. no, hang on. Thinking about it, I did buy a copy of The Hunger Games this week.

    I just wanted to say I sent you an email awhile back, asking for your address. I meant to blog about it weeks ago, but you won my copy of Looking For Alaska..

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  8. Welcome to Mailbox Monday! I can totally understand the lure of therapeutic books buying! (I succumbed this week too.)

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  9. Those are some great finds! Particularly the complete Jane Austen for £1!

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  10. Welcome to Mailbox Monday.
    Love your find of The Complete Works of Jane Austen. Enjoy!!!

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  11. Excellent books! I think I"m with everyone else = envious over your Austen find!

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  12. I am very jealous of that beautifully bound Jane Austen book you managed to find. Good for you. Looks like you have a lot of good books there. Book bans never work for me, I've just given up on them. lol.

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  13. Hi!
    Looks like you made a great sweep of books!! Got some good reading to do! Thanks for stopping by my place. Have a great evening!

    Sherrie

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  14. The Jane Austin book is absolutely beautiful. Getting books in op shops is a great way to still get books but keep the bank balance happy!

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  15. Glad to see you here for Mailbox Monday!! What great buys!! I love James Herriot, Jane Austen, and The Shipping News is great!! Have fun!!

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  16. I'm glad you joined Mailbox Monday! The Jane Austen book looks beautiful! No, you are not the only person who has trouble leaving the library with just one book. I am the same way too! The life of a bookworm.

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  17. Great books!I love used book stores and all the gems I find there. :)
    *smiles*
    Kim

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  18. I can never go to the library and not grab a book either lol. Great bunch of books, I see Jane Austen! Happy reading :O)
    http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/

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  19. That's a great bargain you've gotten for yourself. Great buys!

    Enjoy all your books, Viv!

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