Its Been A While

I know I haven't written in a while. I actually forgot the password to this blog. lol. I'm back now. I have strayed. I've been reading things that are not on my list. Oh well, I guess. At least I'm reading. Of the things I've read, Eat, Pray, Love is my favorite. Please read it. Its amazing! It will change your life. Seriously.

Persuasion- more side tracks

I talked to Anika and she encouraged me to read more things that pertain to my life and less novels. I checked out a few books at Borders and came home and found them on Amazon. I just finished Persuasion and it got me in a Jane Austen mood so I'm reading Sense and Sensibility while I wait to get Eat, Pray, Love and Cure for the Common Life. Brianne recommended The Irresistable Revolution so I'm going to read that one, too. I'll keep you posted.

The Public Library

The other day I picked up a new library card, since I haven't had one in almost a decade!


That is all.

I've been away and I went way off course

So I actually went on to read The Saffron Kitchen instead. I loved it. Its not in my top ten but its worth picking up a copy, especially if you love Southwest Asia as much as I do (I've decided to stop calling it The Middle East- that's not really what it is...). It took me longer than expected to read it because I've been too busy. (As a result I know have a ridiculous infection.) Natali let me borrow her copy of The Kite Runner. When I'm done with it I promise to get back on track. I also picked up a couple more books today: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LaGuin so that I can have a better knowledge base of Science-Fiction and The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis which is the first book of the Chronicles of Narnia series. I want to read them again but the only copy I have contains all of them bound together and its huge and not easy to carry around. I also helped Rachel pick out a couple books for her fishing trip this next week. She bought Memoirs of a Geisha and Salem's Lot. That's all for now. I'll try to keep you better updated.

Amazon? Amazon.

People ask me all the time where I find my books and how it is that I get my text books at such great prices. Amazon. "Amazon?" Yes. Amazon. I love finding old editions of text books (usually the only things that change are the chapter organization and the number of editors) at ridiculous prices. You know what else I love? Wish List. I'm not sure who thought of this wonderous thing first but God bless them! I have talked before of my Border's Syndrome and this eleviates a lot of the pain I feel in my wallet. I always feel a fear that if I don't buy a book the moment I see it I will forget about it and that is a great loss. But- there is the wish list. I don't always buy my books on amazon (I want to save the books stores! I love the book stores!) but I can look through my wish list before heading to Border's or Barnes and Noble for a better idea of what to buy. I love that I can edit the wich list at any time and tell them what I already own. I love recommendations, as well. Books that otherwise would never have heard of or seen are now available to me. I love Amazon. Partly for the huge savings on text books (I once got a $70 history text for $5!) and partly for the wish list/recommendations.

DONE!

I finally finished the Pink Carnation. I'm glad that's over! ONWARD! Tonight or tomorrow I intend to begin reading Persuasion. Next week is Spring Break so maybe I can get a little more reading done then, too.

Book Sales

Does anyone know a good place in Riverside County, Ca, to sell used books?