Emera ([info]eluneth) wrote,
@ 2009-03-01 15:32:00
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Les aventures d'une bibliomane
This is what happens when I have two paying jobs again. (though of course all were bought used and/or with the application of copious coupons.) This all happened within the last... mm, 29 days.

Key
Previously unread but read after purchasing
Previously read, acquiring for permanent collection
Already owned, acquiring different edition

[SECONDHAND MANGA FROM LJ]
1-6. Battle Angel Alita 1-5, 7
7. Mermaid Saga 1
8. Paradise Kiss 4

[BORDERS.COM]
9. Nurk by Ursula Vernon
10-12. Battle Angel Alita 6, 8-9

[ISAAC MARION, BURNINGBUILDING.COM]
13. Anna
14. The Inside
15. Warm Bodies

[AMAZON]
16-17. Runaways hardcover vols. 2 and 3
18-19. The Norton Anthologies of Modern and Contemporary Poetry

[BETTERWORLD BOOKS]
20. Calling on Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Bk. 3) by Patricia C. Wrede
21. Chrono Crusade Volume 4 (Chrono Crusade) by Daisuke Moriyama
22. Waters Luminous and Deep by Meredith Ann Pierce
23. 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories
24. Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice
25. Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
26. The Book of the Dead (Secret Books of Paradys) by Tanith Lee
27. The Book of the Mad (Secret Books of Paradys) by Tanith Lee
28. Lookit! A Cheese Related Mishap (Lookit!) by Ray Friesen (KAREN, THIS IS A PRESENT FOR YOU, SO DON'T PEEK.)
29. The woman who loved reindeer by Meredith Ann Pierce
30. The Seeress of Kell: (#5) (Malloreon, Book 5) by David Eddings

The Dr. Who scarf is still drying, haha.


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[info]stuffu
2009-03-01 09:27 pm UTC (link)
HAHAHAHAHA

HAHAHAHAHA


YES

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

you got chrno cursade!!! ijm so happy

IM SO HAPPEH

okay im not peeking

HOMG IM SO EXCITED

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[info]eluneth
2009-03-01 11:36 pm UTC (link)
Yep! Chrno was one of the five Bargain Books I picked out.
*pets for not peeking* Good girl. :D

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[info]nowwings
2009-03-01 09:27 pm UTC (link)
Let me know how those Meredith Ann Pierce books are. I still haven't read any but the Darkangel Trilogy.

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[info]eluneth
2009-03-01 11:36 pm UTC (link)
Didn't I try to get you to read Reindeer about a hundred times? It's another of my favorite books, and has pretty similar themes, and a very well-executed Arctic setting. I didn't like Waters Luminous and Deep as much though.

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[info]sushi_candy
2009-03-01 10:06 pm UTC (link)
EEEE You also love the Eddings books! That's awesome! I'm rereading the Mallorean right now actually. XD

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[info]eluneth
2009-03-01 11:35 pm UTC (link)
Yup! A friend (who commented just above you, actually XD) lent the two series to me and I devoured them over the course of a year or two. I've largely moved on from epic fantasy, but I'd still like to own them because they were so much fun.

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[info]hemmedwithgold
2009-03-02 12:21 am UTC (link)
You're building your home out of books, aren't you? Good idea to buy building material now during the economic downturn.

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[info]eluneth
2009-03-02 05:55 am UTC (link)
My plot has been discovered!!

Haha, all those years of you using this LJ icon and only now do I know what the heck is going on in it.

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[info]theresomewhere
2009-03-02 07:39 pm UTC (link)
i luv battle angel alita!!! also of note by the same mangaka, aquaknight!

perhaps when the scarf is finally dry, winter's end shall be decided...


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[info]eluneth
2009-03-02 09:00 pm UTC (link)
Is Aquaknight the one where they ride orcas? I remember looking into that when I was first getting into manga. I love classic manga!

Haha, like Groundhog Day but Dr. Who Scarf Day? I believe it's all dry now, but I won't have a chance to photograph it until tomorrow at the earliest - sorry for the delay.

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[info]ohniki
2009-03-06 10:50 pm UTC (link)
Oh wait, you aren't Kaka.

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[info]pebble_galaxy
2009-04-27 06:28 pm UTC (link)
I love that you collect books for your permanent collection. One of my life's goals is to have a library, because I have so many books. No one seems to have libraries anymore!

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[info]eluneth
2009-04-27 08:27 pm UTC (link)
I used to only get books from the library when I was younger, but once I started earning money of my own I turned into an inveterate collector. I can't stop - there are so many good books out there, and I love re-reading my favorites often! :)

I think many people do still have libraries, it's just that it tends to be such a private, personal thing that it doesn't exactly come up often in conversation. (how much cooler would it all be though if we all had enormous two-story galleries with ladders and fireplaces like in Beauty and the Beast, though?) Plus when you're younger you're typically in transit a lot and so it's hard to amass books and so on. But yes, it's also true that pleasure reading has been decreasing, which is a HUGE shame.

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