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Book Haul! April 2019

Published on May 17, 2019 by Tracie2 Comments

One of the best things, in my opinion, about yard sales and thrift stores are the books. We love books at our house and we buy a LOT of them throughout the year. But, I don’t want to go broke; ergo, yard sales and thrift stores.

If you are worried that the authors are getting the shaft when you buy a used book, here is an excellent article about buying used versus new. And yes, we still buy new books too. Who doesn’t love stepping into a Barnes and Noble? The smell alone draws me in, just like a library.

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Hello again! Hayden and I found quite a few gems during our wanderings in the month of April. I can’t wait to dive into them.

Let’s get into it:

The Big Book of Mandalas Coloring Book

Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Vita by Melania G. Mazzucco

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling

A Field Guide to Wildflowers

The Triple Key to Unlock the Kingdom of Heaven

This was a VERY interesting find. We plucked this off a shelf for $2.00. It included a newspaper article which had been pasted into the front pages of the book. I’ll insert it below. Pretty cool.

The Underground Railroad – First-Person Narratives of Escapes to Freedom in the North by Charles L. Blockson

The Drifters by James A. Michener

Death By Black Hole by Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Unite Me by Tahereh Mafi

The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Anne Frank – The Diary of a Young Girl

Night World No 3 by L.J. Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Diary of a Mad Diva by Joan Rivers

Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien

The Woodcarver of ‘Lympus by Mary Waller

Agriculture for Southern Schools by J F. 1868- Duggar

Texas by James A. Michener

The Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory

Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott

The Psychology of Personal Adjustmen t by Fred McKinney

Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli

The Novel by James A. Michener

That’s the lot of them. I can’t wait to get into them! What books did you pick up in April?

Movie Haul! April 2019

Published on April 20, 2019April 19, 2019 by TracieLeave a comment

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Hello again!

We have movie night every Saturday at our house. We watch things in a multitude of ways. Netflix, Vudu, Amazon, Hulu, HBO Go, or Redbox, but sometimes we can’t find the movie we want to watch on those platforms. And sometimes we would rather just have it. In our possession. That way we know we can watch it repeatedly if we want to.

Hayden and I went into the city earlier this month and we hit the jackpot when it comes to movies that we want to keep in our stash. When you can buy a movie for $2.50 and it costs a minimum of $3.99 to rent it for the night…..

Here’s what we picked up.

Argo I have this book on my nightstand. I need to find more hours to read…..

Batman Begins We’ve been looking for this one.

In Bruges This was a pick from Hayden. I have no idea what this is. I’ll keep you updated.

District 9 Denton and I watched this a few years ago. Disturbing is the word that comes to mind, but Hayden hasn’t seen it yet, so in the pile it goes.

Road to Perdition I know that Denton has watched this several times, but this is another one that is on Hayden’s watch list.

Quantum of Solace Can you ever have too many 007 movies? Especially if they have Daniel Craig in them?????

Fargo Yep. I love this movie. You can read my review of it here.

The Talented Mr. Ripley I’ve never seen this movie. I am a fan of Matt Damon and Hayden wants to see it.

The Social Network My son who will not touch Facebook said that this is supposed to be an excellent movie. We shall see.

Memento Another pick from Hayden. I have no idea. I’ll let you know.

Inception This is an excellent movie. I loved it. We also found it in Blu-ray, so this one will go to live with someone else.

Primer No idea.

T2 ~ Terminator 2 – Judgement Day Love, love, love the Terminator movies.

There Will Be Blood Hayden has been asking us to watch this.

Pan’s Labyrinth Even Liv knew what this was and has seen it. I have no idea what it is. I know it’s in Spanish with subtitles. Which is a good thing. I like subtitles. What I DO NOT like is a scary movie. I don’t do scary movies. Buffy was pushing my limits. The whole family laughs at me and that’s just fine. I need to research this one first. It may go into the NO WAY pile for me…..

That’s the lot of them. I can’t wait to get into them! Do you buy movies? What movies did you pick up in April?

Book Haul! March 2019

Published on April 18, 2019 by TracieLeave a comment

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Hello again! I am finally getting to our March book haul. And it’s only the middle of April. Woohoo! We found some real gems and I can’t wait to read every single one of them. I need more hours in my day…..

Let’s get into it:

This is my absolute favorite find in March. Hayden and I found this at the bins. The bins are where all of the items for sale at your local Goodwill go to die. It’s an amazing book and I can’t believe that it ended up there. It’s huge! We just sit and flip through it’s pages. Awesome!

Leonardo da Vinci – The Comple Paintings

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

People of the Black Sun by Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear

A Column of Fire by Ken Follett

Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher

World Without End by Ken Follett

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

People of the Thunder by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear

Good Eats 2 – The Middle Years by Alton Brown

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks

Grendel by John Gardner

Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton

The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel

The Glass Room by Simon Mawer

The Night Manager by John Le Carre

The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy

Wolf Hall – Book One of the Thomas Cromwell Trilogy by Hilary Mantel

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Leopard by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa

The Broken Land by Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear

Chesapeake by James A. Michener

Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard

The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook

The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis

Jump for Joy ~ Jazz at Lincoln Center Celebrates The Ellington Centennial, 1899-1999

The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde

A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes

That’s the lot of them. I can’t wait to get into them! What books did you pick up in March?

Book Haul! February 2019

Published on March 27, 2019 by TracieLeave a comment

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Hello again! I’m getting my March book haul ready for you and guess what? You know. It is my usual mode of not having already told you about what we found in February. So let’s get into it!

First up is a book cover. This one is for mass market paperbacks. I may try my hand at making some of these in different patterns. Especially for trade paperback size books. This will save my books this summer at the beach!

The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks

High Druid of Shannara – Tanequil by Terry Brooks

Duma Key by Stephen King

The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

The Conquering Sword of Conan by Robert E Howard

Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin

The King’s Curse by Phillippa Gregory

The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Goelho

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

The Warrior Within by John Little and Linda Lee Cadwell

And now to start some controversy: The cookbooks. Yes, yes, I just sent away 32 cookbooks on Tuesday. But those were cookbooks that I have read over and over. I know that when I want to sit down and peruse one of my cookbooks that those were not going to be ones that I would choose to sit and read again. What do you mean you don’t read your cooksbooks!?! Anyway, these are completely new to me and may go to live with someone else soon. We shall see. In the meantime, I can’t wait to carve out some time to sit and read these.

Martha Stewart’s Cooking School – Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook by Martha Stewart

Gordon Ramsay Makes It Easy – 100 Sophisticated But Simple Recipes by Gordon Ramsay

An African American Cookbook by Phoebe Bailey

Callie’s Biscuits and Southern Traditions – Heirloom Recipes from our Family Kitchen by Carrie Morey

Fix-It and Forget-It Lightly – Revised and Updated – 600 Healthy, Low-Fat REcipes for Your Slow Cooker by Phyllis Pellman Good

Bake – Beautiful baking recipes from around the world

That’s the lot of them. I can’t wait to get into them!

What books did you pick up in February?

Book Haul! January 2019

Published on February 22, 2019 by TracieLeave a comment

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Hello again! I finally gathered together everything that I needed to show you what books we found in January – just in time for the end of February. That’s neither here nor there though is it? Life happens, right?

Some of them I bought for gifts, they just haven’t been given yet; other’s I bought for our reading pleasure to then be passed on to other voracious readers like ourselves. A few we gathered up to keep on our shelves to be read over and over. Have fun trying to figure out which is which!

Here’s all of the lovely books we found in January: