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04-07-2002, 04:50 PM
|  | Scanning maniac | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Ontari-ari-ari-o
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| | You are given $150 to buy books | |
Recently, I was given $150 US to buy books for my birthday, online.
Pretend you're given that much. What would you buy?
Here's what I bought:
1. Breaking Away (DVD) - 1 @ $25.98
2. Trevanian: Death Dance (Hardcover) - 1 @ $33.75
3. Eric Kraft: Where Do You Stop?: The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter (Paperback) - 1 @ $12.59
4. Jean Shepherd: In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash (Paperback) - 1 @ $17.95
5. Jean Shepherd: Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories & Other Disasters (Paperback) - 1 @ $17.95
6. Chaim Potok: My Name Is Asher Lev (Paperback) - 1 @ $8.09
7. Iain Pears: Raphael Affair (Paperback) - 1 @ $8.55
8. Iain Pears: The Bernini Bust (Paperback) - 1 @ $8.55
9. Michael Ondaatje: Coming Through Slaughter (Paperback) - 1 @ $15.25
10. Iain Pears: Last Judgement (Paperback) - 1 @ $8.99
11. Pablo Neruda: Captains Verses (Paperback) - 1 @ $12.59
It totals up to slightly less than $200, but these are Canadian $.
There's one DVD in there, but I figure that's ok. I've wanted that movie for quite a while. And only one hardcover, because I don't want to wait until Death Dance comes out in paperback.
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04-07-2002, 06:16 PM
|  | ArcAngle | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: taking a nap
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I can't decide!
Lynne - who DID want to point out that pc cheated and spent more than the limit....  |
04-07-2002, 07:59 PM
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| | Re: You are given $150 to buy books | |
Quote: Originally posted by pageclot
Recently, I was given $150 US to buy books for my birthday, online.
Pretend you're given that much. What would you buy? | After I recovered from my swoon and from doing the dance of joy around my computer chair, I think I'd get:
Ted Rall's:
_My War with Brian_ $8.95
_Real Americans Admit: The Worst Thing I've Ever Done_ $8.95
_2024: A Graphic Novel_ $13.56
_Self-Editing for Fiction Writers_ by Renni Brown
and Dave King $11.20
_The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England_ by Antonia Fraser $19.25
_Tutankhamen: Life and Death of the Boy King_ by Christine El Mahdy $12.76
This brings me up to $74.67, and I'd probably split it with my husband and let him order some books, too. 
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04-07-2002, 08:01 PM
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Coincidentally, the books on my Amazon.com Wish List add up to about $149 and some change.  |
04-07-2002, 08:48 PM
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My wish list has 131 items on it, and you think I can limit myself to $150?
--naomi
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04-08-2002, 10:30 AM
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Oh dear! This will be a tough one.
Ordained Women in the Church of the Nazarene: The First Generation $12.99
Fight Directing for the Theatre $27.97
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation $17.50
Living on the Border of the Holy: Renewing the Priesthood of All $12.57
Boxed set of the first three Lemony Snicket books: $20.90
Justice Hall by Laurie King (Yeah!! The new Russell and Holmes novel!!!) $16.77
A Heritage of Great Evangelical Teaching $29.99
The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket $9.95
That comes to $148.64. Once you add tax, I'm over the limit--and let's not even talk shipping. But hey, if someone is nice enough to give me $150, then I can spend a little extra on tax and shipping, right? Right?
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04-08-2002, 03:47 PM
|  | Hello, I'm Deb | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Oregon
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| | Re: You are given $150 to buy books | |
Quote: Originally posted by pageclot
2. Trevanian: Death Dance (Hardcover) - 1 @ $33.75 | I haven't come up with my list yet, but I'll be very interested in your evaluation of this book. I enjoyed all of Trevanian's early books - they were highly improbable but entertaining - but his Incident at 29 Mile (or whatever it was) was one of the worst books I've ever forced myself to finish. I browsed through a collection of short stories (can't remember the name) that came out a bit later but I didn't see anything that prompted me to buy the book. I guess some writers get better with age and some get worse.
Deb
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04-08-2002, 05:17 PM
|  | In Spanish, I'm Marijuana | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Lawn-Guy-Land, NY
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I couldn't buy books on line - I only do that with my textbooks (much easier and cheaper than the college bookstore!). I like to take my time, pick up the books, thumb through to see some paragraphs here and there, check out the artwork/photography (if any) - you see what I mean. If a book is a bargain, like on the clearance rack, I don't much care about what physical shape it's in, but I still check it out for content, illustrations, etc.
I would take the $150 and go to my women's group annual used book sale, where $150 would buy me 750 paperbacks (5/$1) or 150 hardcovers at $1 a piece. I would start by loading up on the classics that I haven't read yet (from that list a few years ago of the 100 books everyone should read), a few Grishams I've missed, any good non-fiction I spotted, etc. I rarely go to any bookstore anywhere with a title, an idea, or a list of what I'm going to buy.
mj
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