Autographed book!

So, as you know, I frequently get books on Paperbackswap. I have a huge wish list. :) And I finally got a copy of "And Tango Makes Three"! And guess what?? It is signed by the authors!!! It also says "For Elie", but who cares? It's signed! :D A signed frequently banned book. *laughs*

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
  

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! :)

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

So lazy with the new books...

I've got so many from the past few weeks!

Bookmooched & paperbackswapped:

• Bad Cat by Jim Edgar
• American Virgin: Going Down by Seagle, Cloonan, & Kelly
• American Virgin: Wet by Seagle, Cloonan, & Rugg

Manga, manga, manga from Vault of Midnight!:

• After School Nightmare #6 by Setona Mizushiro
• Ouran High School Host Club #10 by Bisco Hatori
• Absolute Boyfriend #5 by Yuu Watase

I really have to catch up on my manga reading...

And new comics from Vault too!:

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #10, #11, #12
• Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures #7, #8, #9
• Runaways #29
• Angel: After the Fall #3, #4
• Y: The Last Man, the final issue

I can't believe Y is over! I love that comic. Oh, and one of the cool guys at Vault told me there's going to be another 3 issue Serenity/Firefly comic!! And another next year! YES! Oh, Joss Whedon... How I adore you.

I should be reading my comics too. *sighs* I'm so behind... Gotta quit with all the library books!

Piles of new books!

February=obviously uninspired blogging month

Here are my new books that I've let pile up near my computer. Not TOO many, actually...

From Borders b/c of sweet coupons and gift cards:

• Black Sun Silver Moon #4 by Tomo Maeda
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus volume 3

Bookmooched:

• Urgent Message From Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World by Jean Shinoda Bolen

Mysteriously acquired:

• My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding edited by P.N. Elrod
• My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon edited by P.N. Elrod

Yay, new books!

PS. I am whittling down my hoarded collection from the library. My hope is to start reading my own books in addition to some from the library soon. Also, it's probably time for another my manga reading challenge...

New books--Now in one convenient post!

I saved up my new books until I had a bunch so that I'm not posting every other day.

Paperbackswapped & bookmooched:

• Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh #1 by Kouhei Kadono & Kouji Ogata
• My Paranoid Next Door Neighbor by Kazuka Minami

Both probably destined to be sent back out to be swapped or mooched...

Found cheap at B&N and Borders:

• Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini
• To Serve and Submit by Susan Wright

These are actually on my to read list. Sweet!

• Scouting for Girls: The Original 1920 Girl Scout Handbook by the Girl Scouts, Inc.
• A Pound of Flesh by Susan Wright

Librarything has this new early reviewers program where you can request advance copies of books to read and review. It's pretty sweet. But there's huge lists for them every month. But I snagged one!

• Gossip of the Starlings by Nina de Gramont

We'll see how it is. I'll post my review here, if I write one. I'm not so good with my thoughts, though...at least, getting them out coherently.

Stupid community manager!

When my packages don't fit in my tiny little mailbox, the postal person leaves them in my apartment office complex. Most of the time, my packages are books--either through Paperbackswap or Bookmooch, Manga Takeout, or now Bookswim. I can't tell you how irritated I get when they leave my packages in the office!! Know why? B/c I work two jobs and the community manager works bizarro hours now. The community manager USED to work on Saturdays, which was ideal, b/c no matter what happened during the week, I'd always be able to stop in on Saturdays. Not anymore. He doesn't work at all on the weekends, unless you make an appointment. And he works supposedly 12-8 two days a week. And he supposedly comes in at 9 am most other days.

Here's the deal. I got "package in the office" slip LAST Thursday. I immediately started cursing b/c I knew I had to be in to work early on Friday (recruiting, had to be in by 8 am) and I wouldn't be back until 9:30 pm since I work at the library on Fridays. Saturday, Sunday, out. So I stopped in on Monday morning, 9:15 am. He's not there. So I went on Tuesday, 11:30 am. He's not there. Both times, he was SUPPOSED to be there, according to his little door thingy. Tuesday--his car was there, but he wasn't. Wednesday was out because I had to go in early and I worked at the library. That left today. I was gonna be SO pissed if he wasn't there today. B/c I knew I couldn't get my packages tomorrow for the same reason as last Friday and then it's the weekend. I didn't do the shopping I needed to in order to make it back to my apartment complex in time to get my packages. Isn't that ridiculous?

I pay for Manga Takeout and Bookswim. So if my books sit there for a week, that's a week that I'm paying for and not getting any new books, hence not getting my money's worth. Thankfully, they were just Paperbackswap and Bookmooch books, but still! I waited a fucking week! Ridiculous. I HATE IT WHEN THEY LEAVE MY PACKAGES IN THE OFFICE!!!

I'm thinking of getting a PO Box. But first, I'm going to try to see if they'll leave my packages at the post office instead of the office. Believe it or not, I'll have more luck getting them in a timely manner there.

So...now that I'm done ranting...

Paperbackswapped & bookmooched:

• The Fuchsia Is Now by J. Otto Seibold
• Hands On! 33 More Things Every Girl Should Know edited by Suzanne Harper

Sweet Paperbackswap...

Paperbackswapped:

• Necessary Targets: A Story of Women and War by Eve Ensler
• Close the Last Door! #1 by Yugi Yamada

Because I am lame...

...I went to Borders and bought a book so that I wouldn't look so childish in front of my crush by reading the YA book I had actually brought with me... But it was still a book I wanted!

• Greywalker by Kat Richardson

Paperbackswapped:

• A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K. Hamilton

Bookmooched:

• A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton

Paperbackswap!

• Girls Who Rocked the World by Amelie Welden

Girl power! :P

Bookmooch!

I "traded" my Laurell K. Hamilton Merry Gentry hardcovers for paperbacks. B/c it's not my favorite series, but I still like it. And I got my first from bookmooch today!

• Seduced by Moonlight by Laurell K. Hamilton

Why I love Paperbackswap

B/c I get new books like:

• Babymouse: Puppy Love by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm

Yay, I love Babymouse!