Beth Kephart sent me a signed copy of her novel Undercover which I am so excited about. Thanks Beth, I can't wait to get started!
Alea sent me The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland! Coupland is one of my favorite authors so I am sure I will be reading this sooner than later :) Thanks Alea, you are a star.
Dar sent me Tales of Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan (got it today, thank you so much Dar - Daniel will LOVE it).
I did the bookstore rounds today and purchased some books with my gift cards. This is what I picked up:
Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse by Stephen King, Cory Doctorow, George R. R. Martin, and Octavia E. Butler
Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher
The Explosionist by Jenny Davidson
Linda also gave me a bag of books she's read already including:
Linda also gave me a bag of books she's read already including:
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Lost Souls by Lisa Jackson
Tithe by Holly Black
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
In the DVD department, I got:
In the DVD department, I got:
Pushing Daisies Season 1
Chuck Season 1
Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1
Mad Men Season 1
Message in a Bottle
Y tu Mama Tambien
Chinatown
I also got other gifts, such as socks, which you probably don't want to hear about! Did you get any books or DVDs for Christmas?
*** And now back to my Battlestar Galactica marathon. Almost done with Season 1!
Wow - you did great! I didn't get any books, but I did get a B & N gift card.
ReplyDeleteYay! You got a lot of GREAT stuff. I haven't received any books yet (probably will tomorrow when my parents arrive), so I went out to the bookstore and bought some new titles for myself!
ReplyDeleteBut I did get the Sex & the City complete series, so I was SO excited about that.
Enjoy your marathon!
LOL at the socks, I got like 1,000 pairs of socks! I can't wait to hear what you think of the Gum Thief, the book sounds really interesting! And of course Undercover!
ReplyDeleteMan I wish my relatives read books like the ones your Aunt Linda does, that's awesome!
You got a lot of dvds and may I say some quality dvds at that! I'm still angry that Pushing Daisies was cancelled, my sister has Chuck, I need to borrow it. and Mad Man is awesome! Y tu Mama Tambien was a little awkward to watch lol!
Let's see - only got one book The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks; one DVD - Mamma Mia; two CD's: And Winter Came by Enya and David Cook (last season's American Idol winner). I didn't get any gift cards, but I usually just buy whatever books I can afford at the time. I'm only an awesome aunt because I have an awesome niece! Love you Lenore!
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking of watching either BG or Mad Men over break, but I need to get with it! :) I can't believe a week is already gone! :(
ReplyDeleteFor all the books I gave for the holidays, I only received ONE. So I made a Borders run yesterday and bought some of their 3.99 clearance books, but also splurged (with coupon) on Geraldine Brooks's People of the Book.
ReplyDeleteI am positively evangelistic about Year of Wonders - I buy it for everyone and absolutely worship it - so it was exciting to see you got one! I hope you love it!
WOW!! THat is a superb haul. I didn't get any books this year, so I'm living vicariously through you! lol I want to read Elsewhere something awful, and The Year of Wonders made my top 10 a few years ago. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI got mostly DVDs for Christmas lol.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a great haul! I also got socks! :)
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteLucky you. I won't find out what I got for Christmas until February! (Stupid snow and airports)
ReplyDeleteI didn't get any books, but my best friend got me a subscription to Bookmarks magazine.
ReplyDeleteYear of Wonders is awesome!
I got some gift cards, so I'm pretty stoked about that one!
ReplyDeleteYou had a great Chrismtas, it seems. Lots of fun stuff!
You'll have to tell me how Y tu Mama Tambien is. I'm curious.
-Lauren
A signed Undercover? Lucky. :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE me some Battlestar Galactica!
ReplyDeleteHey Lenore!
ReplyDeleteCome on over to MacLeanSpace! I nominated you for the I <3 Your Blog Award!
xoxo!
I did not get any books or DVDs for Christmas - my only Christmas present (and I say only, but it was a big one) was skiing lessons in Austria! Very cool and I did not even crash into any trees.
ReplyDeleteI will tell you all about it when we meet up again in February!
Firefly Lane and Elsewhere were a couple of my favorites from this year!
ReplyDeleteWow, what an amazing cache of goodies!
ReplyDeleteAll those books sound awesome - Tales Of Outer Suburbia is really gorgeous - I read it through once quickly and since then I've been randomly look at the beautiful illustrations.
Pushing Daisies is out on DVD already? That's a must-have - me and the hubs love how quirky it is, it feels like watching a daydream sometimes :)
What an awesome haul Lenore. I'm glad the book got there in one piece. I hope Daniel likes it and shares his thoughts with us if he's willing.
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