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 [...]
23.Jun.2009 Mailbox Monday – Three Very Very Different Books
Mailbox Monday on Tuesday… I totally forgot to post this yesterday. Anyhoo, I got three books into my house last week and they couldn’t be more different! First is Morning Breaks in the Elevator by Lemn Sissay which is the random book I got from being the first 100 members at Meet at the Gate. [...]
08.Jun.2009 Mailbox Monday – 2 Super Exciting Books!
The White Woman on the Green Cicycle by Monique Roffey. “An unforgettable love story, brimming with passion and politics, set over fifty years in Trinidad.“ Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. ‘Here we drink three cups of tea to do business: the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and [...]
