My new favorite thing...

It's Scholastic Warehouse book sale time!

Here's what I got for me:

• Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
• A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
• Plus by Veronica Chambers
• Ruined by Paula Morris
• Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
• The Wish Stealers by Tracy Trivas
• Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland
• Gamer Girl by Mari Mancusi
• Flawed Dogs by Berkeley Breathed
• Dark Souls by Paula Morris
• Art2-D2's Guide to Folding and Doodling by Tom Angleberger

And what I got for my Mouse:

• A Crazy Day at the Critter Cafe by Barbara Odanaka & Lee White
• How Do You Hug a Porcupine? by Laurie Isop & Gwen Millward
• The Man in the Moon by William Joyce
• The Busy Tree by Jennifer Ward & Lisa Falkenstern
• A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker & Kady MacDonald Denton
• Say Hello to Zorro! by Carter Goodrich
• Three Hens and a Peacock by Lester L. Laminack & Henry Cole

My graduation gift to Erin:

• Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
• Crossed by Ally Condie
• Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
• Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

And for Jessica Mae:

• Divergent by Veronica Roth

A good haul for $75! :)

Friends of Branigan Library Book Sale!!!

We know I love book sales. I have spent so much money at this book sale in previous years. They have had high prices in the past, but they seemed pretty good this time. I went today towards the end of the sale and decided I would limit myself to under $20. I spent $12.05 and this is what I got:

• The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith


• Arthur's Valentine by Marc Brown


• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst


• Massive by Julia Bell


• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot


• Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins


• Pale Demon by Kim Harrison


• The Stars by H.A. Rey


• Album of Cats by Arco Publishing


• The Dance of Anger by Harriet G. Lerner


• New Mexico Wildlife Viewing Guide by Jane S. MacCarter


• The Sonnets of William Shakespeare (1948 version)


• Astrologically Incorrect for Lovers by Terry Marlowe


• Even More Notes from the Universe by Mike Dooley


• That's Not What I Meant! by Deborah Tannen


• The Dance of Deception by Harriet Lerner


• Sisterhood is Powerful edited by Robin Morgan


• The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff


• Gwenhwyfar by Mercedes Lackey


• Babymouse: Queen of the World! by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm


• and a Raymond Fiest book for Chase

YAY! BOOKS!

$250 Barnes & Noble gift card!

I participated in a program at my university and my compensation was a $250 Barnes & Noble gift card. I'm SUPER EXCITED about it! Oh, what can I buy, what can I buy? *laughs*

I got it today and went to drop off my application at B&N after my meetings. I, of course, had to get something. So I got the next two books in the Jane True series by Nicole Peeler. YAY!!

I think I'm kind of a geek to be this excited about a gift card... *wanders off to dream about what to buy*

A good book day at Goodwill

My partner stopped into Goodwill to find some toys for his dog. While browsing, I figured I'd check out the books. And I found quite a bunch! Yay books!

• The Seven Wise Princesses: A Medieval Persian Epic by Wafa' Tarnowska & Nilesh Mistry
• The New Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort
• More Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort
• How to Deal by Sarah Dessen
• American Girl Library: Tiny Treasures

Plus! But I already had it:

• Handbook for the Heart: Orginal Writings on Love edited by Richard Carlson & Benjamin Shield

AND both these, one of which I read but figured I could swap and the other is exactly the one I was trying to find to read!

• Get Backers #4 byRando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki
• Get Backers #9 by Rando Ayamine & Yuya Aoki

My partner found a whole bunch of books too. I think we walked out with 17. :) YAY BOOKS!

You know you're loved...

...when your partner brings you a book back from his business trip. :)

My partner, Chase, brought me a book back from Denver! Yay! It looks pretty cool too.

• The Art of Digital Photography by Tom Ang
  

Yay for Borders gift cards!

B/c we know I love Borders. But there's no Borders store around here. But there is borders.com! :)

With my Borders gift card:

• Killer by Sara Shepard
• Being Nikki by Meg Cabot
• Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
• Ottoline Goes to School by Chris Riddell

More Spanish books to help me!:

• Oxford Color Spanish Dictionary Plus edited by Nicholas Rollin
• The Usborne Picture Dictionary in Spanish by Felicity Brooks & Mairi Mackinnon
• Let's Learn Spanish Picture Dictionary edited by Passport Books

So that I don't freak out as much:

• Insects of the Southwest by Floyd Werner & Carl Olson

From paperbackswap!:

• Navigating the Golden Compass: Religion, Science & Daemonology in Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials edited by Glenn Yeffeth
  

More books, books, books!

New books for school!

• Writings for a Liberation Psychology by Ignacio Martin-Baro
• Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies edited by Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln, & Linda Tuhiwai Smith
• Power Vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by David R. Hawkins

Not quite for a class, but to help me in school:

• Merriam-Webster's Pocket Spanish-English Dictionary
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Ed. by APA

And, of course, b/c I was getting books, I had to get FUN books!

• Where There's a Witch by Madelyn Alt
• Angel Diary #9 by Lee YunHee
• Scaredy Squirrel at Night by Melanie Watt

And that's just the start!

Know what I forgot about being in school?

You get to buy books every semester!! YES!

I went online and ordered a whole bunch of books--only some of them required for my two classes. The others were suggested by one of my professors, so of course I bought them! Well, granted, they were also on topics that interest me. But books will be streaming into my house through the mail over the next two weeks and I can't tell you how excited I am about it! :)

So far, I've gotten:

• Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
• Development Through the Lifespan, 4th ed. by Laura E. Berk
• Native American Postcolonial Psychology by Eduardo Duran & Bonnie Duran

YAY!

look at all these new books!

They've been piling up next to my computer desk...

From Vault:

• Tactics #7 by Sakura Kinoshita & Kazuko Higashiyama
• The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #8 by Arina Tanemura
• After School Nightmare #10 by Setona Mizushiro

It's so time to do a MY manga challenge again...

From Borders:

• Six-Word Memoirs on Love & Heartbreak edited by Smith Magazine
• Special by Bella Bathurst

Paperbackswapped/bookmooched:

• Hug Time by Patrick McConnell
• Snog: A Puppy's Guide to Love by Rachael Hale
• Y: The Last Man: Cycles by Vaughan, Guerra, & Marzan Jr.
• Charmed Knits: Projects for Fans of Harry Potter by Alison Hansel
• Jimi's Book of Japanese: Hiragana by Peter X. Takahashi
• The Psychology of Harry Potter edited by Neil Mulholland

I've had good luck with the swapping sites lately. :)

Librarything Early Reviewers books:

• The Singing by Alison Croggon
• The Highly Intuitive Child by Catherine Crawford
  

New book update

I don't even think I posted my last batch of new books because I let it go for so long. Sorry. :( But here's some that I just added to my library!

Bought through various sources:

• Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
• Angel Omnibus by various authors
• Cathy's Book by Stewart, Weisman, & Brigg
• Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
• The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
• Ouran High School Host Club #11 by Bisco Hatori
• Fruits Basket #21 by Natsuki Takaya

Early Reviewer book I won:

• Mental Illness and Your Town by Larry Hayes
• Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland

Won at my friend Tootie's Oz-themed birthday party:

• Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Paperbackswapped/Bookmooched:

• Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
• Girls Who Rocked the World 2 by Michelle Roehm
• The Day of Revolution #2 by Mikiyo Tsuda
• Jane Sexes It Up: True Confessions of Feminist Desire edited by Merri Lisa Johnson
• Robert Asprin's Myth Adventures Volume One by Robert Asprin
• Y: The Last Man: One Small Step by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Jose Marzan, Jr., & Paul Chadwick

Not a bad haul. I'm sure there's more laying around here somewhere...

Almost forgotten new books

It's been awhile...the pile is pretty big! :)

Paperbackswapped/bookmooched:

• Night Rising by Chris Marie Green
• How They Met and Other Stories by David Levithan
• The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
• Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes by Beatrix Potter
• The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter

Borders tempted me to buy:

• Princess Resurrection #4 by Kasunori Mitsunaga
• The Q Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Gregory L. Norris
• Blacklisted by Gena Showalter
• Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both by Laura Sessions Stepp
• The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu
• Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow
• Beyond Cool by Bev Katz Rosenbaum
• Vamps by Nancy Collins
• The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
• How to Make Books by Esther K. Smith

From beloved Vault:

• After School Nightmare #8 by Setona Mizushiro
• Spike: After the Fall #2
• BtVS Season Eight #17
• NYX: No Way Home #1
• Angel: After the Fall #11
• Runaways #1

Bought online, for various reasons:

• Babymouse: Monster Mash by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm
• Owly: A Time to Be Brave by Andy Runton
• Temping Fate by Esther Friesner
• The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms by Jordan Tate
• City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
• Hotter Than Hell edited by Kim Harrison
• Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
• The Big Bang: Nerve's Guide to the New Sexual Universe by the writers of Nerve

Found:

• The True Meaning of Cleavage by Mariah Fredericks
• One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

New books (because I have no willpower)

Paperbackswapped/bookmooched:

• I Do, Don't I? by Catherine Clark
• Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism edited by Daisy Hernandez & Bushra Rehman

And I BOUGHT these (damn, again, to Borders 5-for-4 manga sale and other good sales!):

• Glister #3 by Andi Watson
• Bumperboy Loses His Marbles! by Debbie Huey
• Fruits Basket #20 by Natsuki Takaya
• Tactics #4 & #5 by Sakura Kinoshita & Kazuko Higashiyama
• Never Give Up #8 by Hiromu Mutou
• Angel Diary #6 by Kara & Lee YunHee

Oh yes, you read right. Angel Diary #6!!!!! The one I've been waiting FOREVER for. It finally came out! YES!

Comics:

• Buffy Season Eight #16
• Angel: After the Fall #10
• Spike: After the Fall #1

It might be time for a personal manga challenge again. I've fallen so behind. AND a comics challenge, since I've read NONE of the Buffy Season Eight comics. :( I am a bad fan. I should get on that. When my life calms down. *snorts*

Piles & piles of new books

I'm so behind on my new book updating! Well, it doesn't help that I got a ton of new books from Borders graphic novel/manga sale plus the Friends of the AADL annual booksale. So... Here we go!

Comics from Vault:

• Angel: After the Fall #8 & #9
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #15
• Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures #12
• Runaways #30

Remind me later to read all my comics, please!!!!

From Borders:

• Nosatsu Junkie #6 by Ryoko Fukuyama
• New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
• Her Majesty's Dog #8 by Mick Takeuchi
• Tramps Like Us #14 by Yayoi Ogawa
• Hands Off! Don't Call Us Angels #1 by Kasane Katsumoto
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #4 by Arina Tanemura
• Black Sun Silver Moon #5 by Tomo Maeda
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #5 by Arina Tanemura
• Gentlemen's Alliance Cross #6 by Arina Tanemura
• Never Give Up #7 by Hiromu Mutou
• In the End by Pink Psycho
• House of Cards by C.E. Murphy
• Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich

Library acquisitions:

• Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
• Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead
• The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
• Do's and Don'ts by Todd Parr
• America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Stewart, Karlin, & Javerbaum

Preorders from amazon.com:

• Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach by Melanie Watt

Paperbackswapped:

• Babymouse: Heartbreaker by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm

Phew! That was a lot. And I won't do the books I got from the booksale now...I'll save them for later. :) Now, don't you have something to look forward to?

lovely new books!

For $2 from the Ann Arbor Book Festival (Shaman Drum's table):

• Kiss Off: Poems to Set You Free edited by Mary D. Esselman & Elizabeth Ash Velez

B/c I had to have them (from Borders):

• Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
• Frostbite by Richelle Mead
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Volume 4

Paperbackswapped/Bookmooched:

• Off World by Stephanie Vaughan
• A Lick of Frost by Laurell K. Hamilton

So behind on new books!!!

Well, I'm behind and I got a whole ton from a bunch of different places recently...

From the Chicago Public Library (for a quarter!):

• O Solo Homo: The New Queer Performance edited by Holly Hughes & David Roman

From some bargain book store:

• Found II by Davy Rothbart
• Sexy Witch by LaSara FireFox

From Vault!:

• Absolute Boyfriend #6 by Yuu Watase
• Angel: After the Fall #7
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight #14
• Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures #11
• Serenity: Better Days #3

From Borders while looking for something for someone else (which I got too):

• Gibran's Little Book of Love

Preordered from amazon.com!:

• Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong
• Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton

Paperbackswapped/bookmooched:

• We Got Issues! edited by Rha Goddess & JLove Calderon
• Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs

From a mysterious source:

• Eternally Bad: Goddesses with Attitude by Trina Robbins

From the awesome Livonia library book sale:

• Wedding Readings edited by Eleanor Munro
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Immortal by Christopher Golden & Nancy Holder
• Angel: Dark Mirror by Craig Shaw Gardner
• Angel: Redemption byMel Odom
• The Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey
• Oathbreakers by Mercedes Lackey
• The Procession: Poems by Khalil Gibran
• Secrets of Tarot by Annie Lionnet
• Dialogues of Plato edited by Justin D. Kaplan
• Pooh's Little Book of Feng Shui
• Grace Before Meals by A. William Nyce & Hubert Bunyea
• A Child's Book of Blessings compiled by Sabrina Dearborn
• Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach
• The Lives of the Saints: For Every Day of the Year, Volumes 1, 2, 3

That's about it. :) Told you it had been awhile... All these amazing new books, YAY!

Lovely new books

More adoration for paperbackswap & bookmooch b/c I got THESE books from them:

• Sexual Lives: A Reader on the Theories and Realities of Human Sexualities by Robert Heasley & Betsy Crane
• Babymouse: Beach Babe by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm
• Bumperboy and the Loud, Loud Mountain by Debbie Huey

Bumperboy and Babymouse are two of my absolute favorites. :) And I adore Robert and Betsy--I'm so glad to have their book! I've wanted it since they told me it came out. I knew them back at IUP. They were two of the people who kept me sane in that insane place.

Because I was in a book buying mood:

• Once Upon a Time in the North by Philip Pullman
• The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint

And from Borders super bargains:

• Lucinda, Darkly by Sunny
• Oh My Goth by Gena Showalter

I'm not sure if I want to read Lucinda, Darkly anymore. I read one of Sunny's stories in some anthology and didn't like it much. But...it was $2 in the bargain section at Borders. If I don't like it, I can swap it! :)

Welcome, new books!

Bookmooched & paperbackswapped:

• Zen Cat by Judith Adler & Paul Coughlin
• Challengers #1 by Hinako Takanaga
• Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
• Gaia Girls: Enter the Earth by Lee Welles (autographed!)

From Vault!:

• Hana-Kimi #23 by Hisaya Nakajo
• After School Nightmare #7 by Setona Mizushiro
• Serenity: Better Days #2

From Borders:

• Vampire Knight #3 by Matsuri Hino

Early reviewer book from Librarything:

• After Shock: Confronting Trauma in a Violent World: A Guide for Activists and Their Allies by Pattrice Jones

Sweet. Mmmm...new books! And a comic!

Surrounded by new books

It's been awhile...can you tell I'm super stressed and have no time? Well...here's the list.

Bookmooched/paperbackswapped:

• Clemency Pogue: Fairy Killer by JT Petty
• A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K. Hamilton
• The Lady of Ten Thousand Names: Goddess Stories from Many Cultures by Burleigh Muten & Helen Cann
• Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

From Borders, with really good coupons:

• Subversive Cross Stitch by Julie Jackson
• Vampire Knight #4 by Matsuri Hino

From Common Language, after seeing Julia do performance pieces:

• Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano

Through nefarious means:

• African American Quotations edited by Richard Newman

From my beloved Vault of Midnight:

• Hana-Kimi #22 by Hisaya Nakajo
• Fruits Basket #19 by Natsuki Takaya

& comics, from Vault, of course:

• Angel: After the Fall #5 & #6
• Serenity: Better Days #1
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #13
• Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures #10

Bookmooch, you are my hero

Woo hoo! Bookmooched:

• Gaia Girls: Enter the Earth by Lee Welles

Such an awesome book! I'm so excited to own my very own copy!

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale edited by James B. South

Pre-ordering ROCKS!

Pre-ordered months ago from amazon.com, but recently received:

• The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison
• Re:Play #2 by Christy Lijewski
• White Night by Jim Butcher

And bookmooched:

• Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg

Woo hoo! Now...I have to get working on that whole reading my own books challenge... Damn.