13.Mar.2011 Incoming Non Fictions
In the midst of my non fiction binge, I succumbed to the world wide web and acquired these babies. I have since started on a new novel, so I may have passed that unusual phase. But really, I have all the intention to get to them in near future. My libraries don’t stock any of [...]
26.Sep.2010 Book Fairy Struck Again!
I haven’t done Book Acquisition post for about 4 months, and now I wonder why I didn’t. Perhaps I subconsciously tried to pretend that not that many books have come into my house. Really, how bad can it be right? Well it’s time to face reality and do a head-count. Even though I had it [...]
31.May.2010 Book Porn: Pretty Tomes
I spent the second $100 Dymocks gift card I got from my credit card points. [insert the usual rant about book price in Australia here] I know I don’t get high quantity in the number of individual books, but do you think I get it in the quantity of pages? Books bought: East of Eden [...]
03.May.2010 April Incoming Books
Last month I redeemed a Dymocks gift card from my credit card points, valued at $100! (Actually, I got TWO cards, but I’ll save the other one for later.) So I hopped away, like a girl going to candy store. Or just say book store, literally. Not long after I realized that the books here [...]
15.Mar.2010 Mailbox Monday: Surprise!
So I came back from my 2 weeks holiday to find a package at home of… what else? Books! The card on the left there was from hubby :) My book fairy was Jessica from Allen and Unwin. Thank you Jessica! When Jessica told me she was going to send me Tender Morsels with the [...]
08.Feb.2010 Mailbox Monday – 3 Months Acquisition
You can relax, because I didn’t acquire that many books in 3 months :) Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off: Love Quarrels from Anton Chekhov to ZZ Packer, Selected by Kasia Boddy, Ali Smith, and Sarah Wood — from Basement Books for $9.95. Isn’t the cover the cutest?! I first saw it at Paperback Reader, [...]
02.Nov.2009 Incoming October Books
From Dymocks The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (which I bought before The Classics Circuit even started). Check out the tour dates for Wilkie Collins. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I absolutely love the cover of this Jane Eyre! I love all Vintage Classics covers! From Chris @ Stuff as Dreams are Made on: [...]
21.Sep.2009 Mailbox Monday: Books Alive Campaign, Indonesian Writer, and More
It’s books galore! Okay I actually acquired these books in the past 3 weeks or so, but was late in posting them, so let me do them in one go! First is the result of Books Alive campaign in Australia. They compiled a list of 50 Books You Can’t Put Down (check out the list [...]
17.Aug.2009 Mailbox Monday – Bookshop Birthday Bash
Basement Book, which is apparently also known as the Evil Bookshop in one of the mailing list I joined — evil as in making you buy books and books because their prices are unbelievable, was having its birthday, so there were lots of heavily discounted books for a couple of weeks. I resisted the temptation [...]
03.Aug.2009 Mailbox Monday: Visit to a Thrift Shop
A visit to a thrift shop on Sunday resulted in these 2 books I’m quite excited about! A hardcover Brick Lane by Monica Ali and a tomb of a book: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. I met Monica Ali during the 2009 Sydney Writers’ Festival earlier this year and have been contemplating [...]