The "WHAT EBOOKS DID YOU BUY THIS WEEK" Thread - Page 3

Dr. Drib · 05-15-2009, 09:17 AM

I just bought an ADDITIONAL crapload of titles from Fictionwise, which also qualified me for an extra 10% discount.

Rather than naming each individual title, let me do it this way:

1) Ten more Shell Scott detective novels - Richard S. Prather. This is some of the most enjoyable and politically INCORRECT mysteries you'll find. And what a joy they are to read. I now have almost every one of these in ebook format. Great reads from the 1950s on into the 80s. Highly recommended if you like your detectives with a large libido, as I do.

2) Missing Mom - Joyce Carol Oates. I have over 80 of her books in First Edition Hardback. I think she's deserving of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and I hope she wins before she does an "Updike" on us.

3) Wild Nights!: Stories about the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway - Joyce Carol Oates. This sale was a time to pick up almost all the Joyce Carol Oates I was missing from Fictionwise.

4) Dear Husband - Joyce Carol Oates newest collection of short stories. I highly recommend Oates, especially if you like your literary fiction "dark." She explores the neuroses and psychoses in her characters lives and the result is not "touchy-feely" fiction.

5) Shiva and Other Stories - Barry Malzberg. This is a great science fiction writer who tried to break away from the label of the gutter(ized), pulp-filled world of SciFi. This is also the great author who brought words like "masturbation" and also sexual insight into astronauts' lives.

6) The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga. This is the winner of the Man Booker Award Prize for Best Novel. I've heard some great things about this book.

7) Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout. This novel (in a series of related short stories), just won the Pulitzer Prize for Best Novel of 2009. I'm looking forward to reading this one - and soon!

Well, that's my list.

Where's yours, Bwana?

Don

poohbear_nc · 05-15-2009, 01:20 PM

I read Wild Nights earlier this year - it's a fantastic tour de force of Oates writing in 4 different styles & voices - highly recommend it to top your TBR list!

rixte · 05-15-2009, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

6) The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga. This is the winner of the Man Booker Award Prize for Best Novel. I've heard some great things about this book.

7) Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout. This novel (in a series of related short stories), just won the Pulitzer Prize for Best Novel of 2009. I'm looking forward to reading this one - and soon!

Well, that's my list.

Where's yours, Bwana?

Don

I really enjoyed The White Tiger - it wasn't my personal vote from the Booker shortlist, but I wasn't unhappy that it won at all. Plus I love a good unreliable narrator.

And I just read Olive Kitteridge last week and some of the stories are exceptional - good reading

I did give in last night and bought a few more:

The Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky

Censoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour

Drood by Dan Simmons

The House at Riverton: A Novel by Kate Morton

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman

DixieGal · 05-15-2009, 02:41 PM

From Amazon, ordered a couple of gemstone prospecting pbooks.

taosaur · 05-15-2009, 05:23 PM

I made my first ebook purchase last night over at diesel: Sunstorm by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter, the second of their Time Odyssey series. I really enjoyed the first book, Time's Eye, a story set in the near future with Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan as supporting characters. It was probably the best work of Clarke's in the last 20-odd years of his career, though I'm a sucker for anything messing with time.

tech_au · 05-16-2009, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by taosaur

I made my first ebook purchase last night over at diesel: Sunstorm by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter, the second of their Time Odyssey series. I really enjoyed the first book, Time's Eye, a story set in the near future with Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan as supporting characters. It was probably the best work of Clarke's in the last 20-odd years of his career, though I'm a sucker for anything messing with time.

I loved the first book and I finished Sunstorm a couple of weeks ago and it was quite good and pretty different to Times Eye. I started reading the 3rd book, FirstBorn, yesterday. Its been a good series, lets hope it has a big finish

Donnageddon · 05-16-2009, 03:40 AM

For me in the last 7 days (all @ fictionwise):

Use of Weapons [A Culture Novel] by Iain Banks

Star Trek: The Original Series: Star Trek Movie Tie-In by Alan Dean Foster

The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music by Tim Smith

All4Fun · 05-16-2009, 06:35 AM

So far I'm thoroughly enjoying "Star Trek: The Original Series: Star Trek Movie Tie-In by Alan Dean Foster" but, while it's there, the Table of Contents functionality doesn't work when you attempt to reference it. I have to go back to the beginning of the book, jump a few pages to get to the ToC.

Just a slight annoyance but when you're reading on different devices and need to move around, it would be nice if it worked as it's supposed to.

phenomshel · 05-17-2009, 09:29 PM

Bought the first two Maggie Sefton Knitting Mysteries: Knit one, Kill Two, and Needled to Death. I'm out of Rewards at BoB and Diesel hasnt' gotten around to crediting me for the bundle I submitted...

lilac_jive · 05-17-2009, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Bought the first two Maggie Sefton Knitting Mysteries: Knit one, Kill Two, and Needled to Death. I'm out of Rewards at BoB and Diesel hasnt' gotten around to crediting me for the bundle I submitted...

I've been tempted to try some of these knitting mysteries that are out there, got a recommendation?

rampo · 05-17-2009, 10:56 PM

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith
The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos
Botchan by Natsume Soseki

Elsi · 05-17-2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by bertold

I just bought "The Lies of Locke Lamora" by Scott Lynch, because I buy anything George R.R. Martin recommends. Haven't gotten a dud yet.

That was a terrific book. It was loaded on the second-hand Sony reader that I bought last year and I put off registering the device until I had finished reading it! I want to get the sequel, but haven't done so yet.

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Originally Posted by 6charlong

I just got a new device, and Fictionwise is enticing me with micro savings, so I bought:

2. On Basilisk Station, recommended by GRRM--I like his recommendations too.

Did you really buy On Basilisk Station? It's one of the free books at Baen's site. http://www.webscription.net/pc-304-1...k-station.aspx

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Originally Posted by rampo

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith

I have heard many good things about this book, so it's on my wishlist for now.

Now this is what I've bought in May:

On May 2, I bought a bunch of multi-format books at Fictionwise:

Fracture by Roxanne Smolen
Milford Spitz and the Very Fast Machine by James S. Hoch
Tornado Bait (A Tina Anderson Mystery #1) by Amy Eastlake
In Over My Head (Chesapeake Conference Center Mystery Series Book 1) by Diane Marquette
The Secret Portrait (Fairbairn/Cameron Mystery Series Book 1) by Lillian Stewart Carl
Sten (Sten Series #1) by Allan Cole & Chris Bunch
What Thin Partitions (The Hilarious Misadventures of Ralph Kennedy Book 1) by Mark Clifton
Runner's Moon: Jebaral (Book 1) by Linda Mooney

I'm trying out a couple of new series and I hope that they tempt me to get the rest of the books.

And, from Amazon, I've picked up:

Once Bitten, Twice Shy by Jennifer Rardin (free)
Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham (free)
Elric: The Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock (free)
Joy's Life Diet by Joy Bauer
The Huntress by Shiloh Walker (free)
The Second Ship (Rho Agenda: Book One) by Richard Phillips
The Merchant of Death (Pendragon, book one) by D J McHale (free)

So far this month, I've spent more money at Fictionwise than at Amazon. It makes up for how much I spent last month when a couple of the series that I follow brought out new books and I just *had* to have them.

phenomshel · 05-18-2009, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

I've been tempted to try some of these knitting mysteries that are out there, got a recommendation?

Maggie Sefton's one of the best. I want to also try the Betty Hechtman crochet one but I can't find it anywhere.
The Maggie Sefton made ME want to learn to knit, and I've tried it and decided to stick with crochet - if that tells you anything.
Debbie Macomber also has a series featuring knitting and a knitting shop. It's not so much mystery, but it's not exactly romance either - The Blossom Street books. They're more novels, I guess?
There are a few more knitting mystery series, but I haven't gotten around to them yet.

lilac_jive · 05-18-2009, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Maggie Sefton's one of the best. I want to also try the Betty Hechtman crochet one but I can't find it anywhere.
The Maggie Sefton made ME want to learn to knit, and I've tried it and decided to stick with crochet - if that tells you anything.
Debbie Macomber also has a series featuring knitting and a knitting shop. It's not so much mystery, but it's not exactly romance either - The Blossom Street books. They're more novels, I guess?
There are a few more knitting mystery series, but I haven't gotten around to them yet.

I didn't know the Blossom street books were about knitting. I'll try Maggie Sefton then

phenomshel · 05-18-2009, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by lilac_jive

I didn't know the Blossom street books were about knitting. I'll try Maggie Sefton then

Let me know how you enjoy them

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05-15-2009, 09:17 AM	#31
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,751 Karma: 55645321 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	I just bought an ADDITIONAL crapload of titles from Fictionwise, which also qualified me for an extra 10% discount. Rather than naming each individual title, let me do it this way: 1) Ten more Shell Scott detective novels - Richard S. Prather. This is some of the most enjoyable and politically INCORRECT mysteries you'll find. And what a joy they are to read. I now have almost every one of these in ebook format. Great reads from the 1950s on into the 80s. Highly recommended if you like your detectives with a large libido, as I do. 2) Missing Mom - Joyce Carol Oates. I have over 80 of her books in First Edition Hardback. I think she's deserving of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and I hope she wins before she does an "Updike" on us. 3) Wild Nights!: Stories about the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway - Joyce Carol Oates. This sale was a time to pick up almost all the Joyce Carol Oates I was missing from Fictionwise. 4) Dear Husband - Joyce Carol Oates newest collection of short stories. I highly recommend Oates, especially if you like your literary fiction "dark." She explores the neuroses and psychoses in her characters lives and the result is not "touchy-feely" fiction. 5) Shiva and Other Stories - Barry Malzberg. This is a great science fiction writer who tried to break away from the label of the gutter(ized), pulp-filled world of SciFi. This is also the great author who brought words like "masturbation" and also sexual insight into astronauts' lives. 6) The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga. This is the winner of the Man Booker Award Prize for Best Novel. I've heard some great things about this book. 7) Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout. This novel (in a series of related short stories), just won the Pulitzer Prize for Best Novel of 2009. I'm looking forward to reading this one - and soon! Well, that's my list. Where's yours, Bwana? Don

05-15-2009, 01:20 PM	#32
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,903 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I read Wild Nights earlier this year - it's a fantastic tour de force of Oates writing in 4 different styles & voices - highly recommend it to top your TBR list!

05-15-2009, 02:41 PM	#34
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	From Amazon, ordered a couple of gemstone prospecting pbooks.

05-15-2009, 05:23 PM	#35
taosaur intelligent posterior Posts: 1,562 Karma: 21295618 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohiopolis Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro	I made my first ebook purchase last night over at diesel: Sunstorm by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter, the second of their Time Odyssey series. I really enjoyed the first book, Time's Eye, a story set in the near future with Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan as supporting characters. It was probably the best work of Clarke's in the last 20-odd years of his career, though I'm a sucker for anything messing with time.

05-16-2009, 03:40 AM	#37
Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	For me in the last 7 days (all @ fictionwise): Use of Weapons [A Culture Novel] by Iain Banks Star Trek: The Original Series: Star Trek Movie Tie-In by Alan Dean Foster The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Classical Music by Tim Smith

05-16-2009, 06:35 AM	#38
All4Fun Zealot Posts: 149 Karma: 937 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad, Blackberry Bold	So far I'm thoroughly enjoying "Star Trek: The Original Series: Star Trek Movie Tie-In by Alan Dean Foster" but, while it's there, the Table of Contents functionality doesn't work when you attempt to reference it. I have to go back to the beginning of the book, jump a few pages to get to the ToC. Just a slight annoyance but when you're reading on different devices and need to move around, it would be nice if it worked as it's supposed to.

05-17-2009, 09:29 PM	#39
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Bought the first two Maggie Sefton Knitting Mysteries: Knit one, Kill Two, and Needled to Death. I'm out of Rewards at BoB and Diesel hasnt' gotten around to crediting me for the bundle I submitted...

05-17-2009, 10:56 PM	#41
rampo Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Alexandria, Virginia Device: iPod Touch, Kindle1	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos Botchan by Natsume Soseki