I've been so very bad...

...someone should spank me. Oh, hmmm, wait, this is my journal about books, isn't it? Never mind.

Well, first, the good (b/c I spent no money to get it)--
Paperbackswapped:

• The 1000 Journals Project by Someguy

Now, the bad (b/c Borders is evil and gave all educators 25% their entire purchases & had buy 4 graphic novels/manga, get one free)--

Bought:

• Her Majesty's Dog #6 by Mick Takeuchi
• Bitchfest edited by Lisa Jervis & Andi Zeisler
• Fight Like a Girl: How to Be a Fearless Feminist by Megan Seely
• Bluntman and Chronic by Kevin Smith, Michael Avon Oeming, Pat Garrahy, & Mike Allred
• Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures v. 1 by Hamilton, Ritchie, Ruffner-Booth, & Booth
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Volume 1 by Whedon et al.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Volume 2 by Brereton et al.
• The Day of Revolution #1 by Mikiyo Tsuda
• The Witch Book: The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Wicca, and Neo-paganism by Raymond Buckland

And I would like to point out that I got Day of Revolution, Bluntman & Chronic, Anita Blake, and both BtVS Omnibus books for $67.44 and I saved $34.17. Which I think is pretty fucking sweet. Even if I did spend all that money... It was stuff I really really wanted!

And b/c I'm an educator (of a sorts), I got free stuff too:

• Bluford High: The Bully by Paul Langan (complimentary teacher's edition)
• Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Capture by Kathryn Lasky (complimentary teacher's edition)
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (complimentary teacher's edition)

SWEET!! I was so bad, but I got so much good stuff!!!!! I can't really beat myself up about it right now...

It was only $1!

Bought from the Friends of the AADL:

• There's a Wocket in my Pocket! by Dr. Seuss

How could I not buy a Dr. Seuss book for a dollar????

Oh, joy...

From paperbackswap:

• Angel: Old Friends Jeff Mariotte & David Messina

Oh, Vault of Midnight...

I went to Vault b/c I KNEW I had manga waiting for me that I hadn't gotten. When I left last week, I saw the new Hana-Kimi and I couldn't figure out why I didn't have it. So I vowed to go in this week and get it cleared up. And I did!! YAY!! There was ALL SORTS of stuff waiting for me. So, see, this doesn't count towards my 5 books in September (b/c I already got those) b/c it's my subscription.

My subscriptions from Vault:

• Hana-Kimi #19 by Hisaya Nakajo
• Loveless #6 by Yun Kouga
• Negima! #15 by Ken Akamatsu
• Fruits Basket #17 by Natsuki Takaya
• Fruits Basket Fan Book -Cat- by Natsuki Takaya
• Y: The Last Man issue 58

The guy at Vault who I think is the owner (Kay told me his name once, but I can't remember) is so nice and he gave me a Vault button for free! I love buttons. :) A good end to my crap ass day...

Paperbackswapped:

• The Scent of Shadows: The First Sign of the Zodiac by Vicki Pettersson

SWEET!!

From Vault:

• X-23: Target X by Kyle, Yost, Choi, Oback

I'm done already...

I used up my 5 books today. I couldn't help it! They had buy 4 manga get one free at Borders AND I had a 25% off coupon AND I had $5 in Borders bucks. *sighs* Well, it was all stuff I wanted to read...

• Her Majesty's Dog #5 by Mick Takeuchi
• Kedamono Damono #1 by Haruka Fukushima
• Hot Gimmick S by Megumi Nishizaki
• Click #2 by Youngran Lee
• My Cat Loki #2 by Bettina Kurkoski

More manga to read. YAY! :) Okay...no more books for September (except what I have on subscription from Vault).

Vault wasn't open today. It was frustrating... Stupid Labor Day. Oh well, it was probably for the best. I didn't buy more today.

Books I've Read August 2007

8/2/07

• The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (And When to Stick) Seth Godin (A-NF)

8/4/07

• Storm Watcher Lilith Saintcrow (A)
• X/1999: Overture CLAMP (M)
• Wolf's Rain #1 BONES, Keiko Nobumoto, & Toshitsuga Iida (M)
• Kizuna: Bonds of Love #5 Kazuma Kodoka (M)
• Kizuna: Bonds of Love #6 Kazuma Kodoka (M)
• Kizuna: Bonds of Love #7 Kazuma Kodoka (M)
• Beyond My Touch Tomo Maeda (M)
• Rin! #1 Satoru Kannagi & Yukine Honami (M)
• Antique Bakery #2 Fumi Yoshinaga (M)
• La Esperanca #2 Chigusa Kawai (M)
• La Esperanca #3 Chigusa Kawai (M)
• La Esperanca #4 Chigusa Kawai (M)

8/5/07

• Vampire Knight #2 Matsuri Hino (M)
• Kizuna: Bonds of Love #8 Kazuma Kodaka (M)
• The Wallflower #4 Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
• Here Is Greenwood #1 Yukie Nasu (M)
• Cat Katharine M. Rogers (A-NF)

8/6/07

• Crossroad #4 Shioko Mizuki (M)
• Crossroad #5 Shioko Mizuki (M)
• Crossroad #6 Shioko Mizuki (M)
• Ouran High School Host Club #9 Bisco Hatori (M)
• Absolute Boyfriend #4 Yuu Watase (M)

8/7/07

• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah (A-NF)
• X-Treme X-Men: Invasion Chris Claremont & Salvador Larroca (GN)
• Let Dai #2 Sooyeon Won (M)
• Let Dai #3 Sooyeon Won (M)

8/8/07

• X-Men: Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic v. 3 (GN)
• Pantheon High #1 Paul Benjamin, Steven Cummings, & Megumi Cummings (M)
• Let Dai #4 Sooyeon Won (M)

8/9/07

• Let Dai #5 Sooyeon Won (M)
• Chain Mail: Addicted to You Hiroshi Ishizaki (YA)
• Never Give Up #2 Hiromu Mutou (M)
• Never Give Up #3 Hiromu Mutou (M)

8/10/07

• Frog in Love Max Velthuijs (PB)
• The Millionth Circle: How to Change Ourselves and the World: The Essential Guide to Women's Circles Jean Shinoda Bolen (A-NF)
• Moonlight Meow #1 Bambi Eloriaga & Roland Amago (M)
• Never Give Up #4 Hiromu Mutou (M)

8/11/07

• Frog and the Wide World (English-Punjabi) Max Velthuijs (PB)
• La Esperanca #5 Chigusa Kawai (M)
• La Esperanca #6 Chigusa Kawai (M)
• Millennium Snow #2 Bisco Hatori (M)

8/12/07

• Negima! #13 Ken Akamatsu (M)
• Crossroad #7 Shioko Mizuki (M)
• After School Nightmare #4 Setona Mizushiro (M)
• Il Gatto Sul G #1 Tooko Miyagi (M)
• Yellow #3 Makoto Tateno (M)
• Yellow #4 Makoto Tateno (M)
• Negima! #14 Ken Akamatsu (M)
• Little Butterfly #2 Hinako Takanaga (M)
• The Boyfriend List E. Lockhart (YA)

8/14/07

• Frog and the Stranger (English-Chinese) Max Velthuijs (PB)
• Clan of the Nakagamis Homerun Ken (M)
• Here Is Greenwood #2 Yukie Nasu (M)

8/15/07

• Fire Star Chris D'Lacey (Y)
• BtVS: False Memories Fassbender, Pascoe, Richards, Pimentel, Conrad (GN)
• Our Kingdom #2 Naduki Koujima (M)
• Our Kingdom #3 Naduki Koujima (M)
• Our Kingdom #4 Naduki Koujima (M)
• Our Kingdom #5 Naduki Koujima (M)

8/16/07

• The Boy Book E. Lockhart (YA)
• BtVS: Ugly Little Monsters Fassbender, Pascoe, Richards, Pimentel, Conrad (GN)

8/17/07

• Little Butterfly #3 Hinako Takanaga (M)

8/18/07

• See Jane Lead: 99 Ways for Women to Take Charge at Work Lois P. Frankel (A-NF)

8/19/07

• Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture Leslie Simon & Trevor Kelley (A-NF)
• Dangerous Girls R.L. Stine (YA)

8/20/07

• Il Gatto Sul G #2 Tooko Miyagi (M)

8/21/07

• The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (PB)
• Earl the Squirrel Don Freeman (PB)
• Broken Angels #2 Setsuri Suzuki (M)

8/22/07

• La Esperanca #7 Chigusa Kawai (M)

8/23/07

• 101 Cataclysms: For the Love of Cats Rachael Hale (A-NF)
• 101 Salivations: For the Love of Dogs Rachael Hale (A-NF)
• Urgent 2nd Class: Creating Curious Collage, Dubious Documents, and Other Art from Ephemera Nick Bantock (A-NF)
• Someday's Dreamers #2 Norie Yamada & Kumichi Yoshizuki (M)

8/24/07

• Sorcerers & Secretaries #2 Amy Kim Ganter (M)
• X-Men: The Ultimate Guide Peter Sanderson (A-NF)

8/25/07

• The Gruffalo's Child Julie Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (PB)
• Behold...the Unicorns! Gail Gibbons (Y-NF)
• China Shakes the World James Kynge (A-NF)

8/26/07

• Nuts to You! Lois Ehlert (PB)
• Sensual Phrase #3 Mayu Shinjo (M)
• Sensual Phrase #4 Mayu Shinjo (M)
• Sensual Phrase #5 Mayu Shinjo (M)
• Sensual Phrase #6 Mayu Shinjo (M)
• Sensual Phrase #7 Mayu Shinjo (M)
• Sensual Phrase #8 Mayu Shinjo (M)
• Sensual Phrase #9 Mayu Shinjo (M)
• Warriors #1: Into the Wild Erin Hunter (Y)

8/28/07

• Eclipse Stephenie Meyer (YA)

8/31/07

• The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (PB)
• Bats at the Beach Brian Lies (PB)
• Imagine Harry Kate Klise & M. Sarah Klise (PB)
• Stick Steve Breen (PB)
• Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (PB)
• My Colors, My World/Mis Colores, Mi Mundo Maya Christina Gonzalez (PB)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney (Y)
• Warriors #2: Fire and Ice Erin Hunter (Y)

08/07 Total: 98

Break it down: 11 Adult NF; 1 Adult; 59 Manga; 4 Graphic Novels; 5 Young Adult; 13 Picture Books; 4 Youth; 1 Youth NF

Is it really buying a new book?

I forgot to post this yesterday...

I had bought Sensual Phrase #3 b/c that was one of two that hadn't come in from the library and it was holding me up in reading volumes 4-9. I was going to return it and call it done, but then I saw Never Give Up #5 so I just swapped. I did still technically buy it in August!

Here is another problem. I have $5 in Borders bucks to use before the end of September. I'm going to have to buy something... Well...maybe I can limit my book buying to five books in September. I suppose that's more realistic than buying nothing. Remember, I have my subscription manga to worry about from Vault of Midnight too...

Okay, that's my challenge. I will buy 5 books or less during September.

But this here is from August:

• Never Give Up #5 Hiromu Mutou