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Post by Fuil Dearg on May 8, 2006 11:50:00 GMT 11
i bought 3 computer books.
a book on java. €20 (AUS$33) 1362 pages.
one on javascript. €10 (AUS$16.50) 192 pages.
and one on microprocessors and digital sytems. €7 (AUS$11.50) 474 pages.
i also bought 10 books at €0.50 (AUS$0.85) each.
they were small and thin and mostly fiction for young readers.
my books were quite heavy and i was carrying my college bag aswell.
the 13 books costed me €42 (AUS$67) altogether. which was quite cheap. i got the books second hand.
I'll be reading them over the summer.
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Post by Swallow on May 8, 2006 12:16:10 GMT 11
and i just booked an $80 hair appointment, who feels intellectual now!
awwwww........ 
But i did do that the other day, went into a second hand book store and went insane. I always go a bit mad about second hand book stores. And i keep having to remind myself "Yes, if you had bought those at new price you would be paying well over $100 for them...."
the problem being i don't even have the money for that.
and to justify the hair appointment, i'm getting it cut and coloured. and it's my birthday soon, so this, and a new pair of jeans, are my birthday present.
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Post by Rushton on May 8, 2006 18:05:24 GMT 11
There is no better feeling in the world than going on a book buying binge I should know because I did the same at the start of the holidays. I bought all of George RR Martin's books as well as a heap of others that I had been waiting for. Big fat next book in a series kind of books  It felt very satisfying to walk up to the counter at A&R with 22 titles and then hand over all the book vouchers I'd been hoarding since christmas. I'm now spoiled with books to read for the next month. |
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Post by DragonMornir on May 8, 2006 18:38:19 GMT 11
last book binge i went on i bought stuff full price, and it was a pile of stephen king and patricia cornwell!!! around $150 and about 7 books.... but i had the money to do that then lol havent had that kinda cash in a while....
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Post by Siryn on May 9, 2006 0:55:49 GMT 11
thats so cool -i WISH i could do that but i dont have enough money anymore (i threw it all at my sister) -not even fer hair appointments!
though you ARE 'looking' at a debt free Siryn now! yahoo!!!!!
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Post by avra on May 9, 2006 1:11:51 GMT 11
Oooh! I just bought a cd from Amazon! It's actually working out to be quicker and cheaper than ordering it through a store here...
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Post by Siryn on May 9, 2006 1:13:28 GMT 11
cheaper really? would i be able to get buffy and AtS cheaper also?
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Post by avra on May 9, 2006 15:21:13 GMT 11
I dunno. The cd I wanted was had a bit of a discount on it, but I think even at full price plus the postage it would have ended up being about the same as price as if I'd bought it here. I bought it from Amazon also cause any store here was going to have it order it in from the US anyways which'd take about a month or so before they got it in. Ok, so that doesn't really answer your question... Well, it's worth checking out. Sometimes it's cheaper (and more convient... and quicker in this case) and sometimes it's not  |
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Post by Siryn on May 10, 2006 19:57:41 GMT 11
ok thanks . though where funds are concerned -i still have a long way to go. |
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Post by Min on May 11, 2006 12:59:07 GMT 11
Siryn - try ebay for Buffy?
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Post by Fuil Dearg on May 27, 2006 13:25:16 GMT 11
i am currently reading 3 of the 10 small books that i bought; The Clocktower Ghost, The Endless Steppe (a true story about a polish girl and her family who were moved to Siberia during WWII for being criminals of capitalism. It's a very good book) amd Treasure Island. Treasure Island is excellent. I had no idea it was so good before i read it. I liked the film and the muppets treasure island. I lost my 3 computer books while i was in the city  |
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Post by Kaylan-R on May 29, 2006 13:37:21 GMT 11
You should read the sequel to treasure island, cant remember what its called now, but its even better:)
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Post by Fuil Dearg on Jun 3, 2006 5:14:17 GMT 11
thank u. i never knew there was one. i'll look out for it. i read a bit of a book called coral reefs once. i liked it. it's one of those classic novels like treasure island, huckleberry finn, et cetera.
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Post by deb on Jun 3, 2006 12:37:40 GMT 11
I went all the way to Wagga to be able to find some of the books I had ben wanting for a while. i found a used book shop and a new book shop and picked up a couple of IC books and a heap of Ian Irvine ones as well. I also purchased about 40 CD's in a music shop up there....so cool they have the biggest range of country music I have ever seen. Cheers
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Post by Fuil Dearg on Jul 10, 2006 19:38:25 GMT 11
i finally finished one of the 13 books i bought. i read the last 11 chapters (24 chapters in the book) of The Endless Steppe in the early hours of this morning. i woke up and couldnt sleep. i really enjoyed and liked the book. it is a true story and is written by the girl that it is about, Esther Hautzig. she recounts her life from the age of ten when she and her family are taken prisoner by communist soldiers during world wwii to when the german army is defeated when she is 15. she has a sense of humour which i liked a lot. the book is both serious and light, and told as much of her life as a young girl and teenager as it did of her life as a prisoner and foreigner in a strange land during wwii. it is a very memorable book and i would recommend it on many levels, for those who are interested in what life was like for polish deportees during wwii and for those who want to read a book about human nature. i especially liked the last few chapters of it. chapter 21 showed an interesting and perhaps darker side of human nature. the book ends well.
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Post by Talmina on Jul 29, 2006 14:02:31 GMT 11
Deb it's nice to find another country music fan on here. Who are your fave artists atm?
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Post by Dark One on Aug 1, 2006 1:19:08 GMT 11
Im a fan of country, though i usually prefer the older singers like Don Williams, Tammy Winnete (sp?), Dolly Parton, etc
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Post by Talmina on Aug 1, 2006 22:12:56 GMT 11
I like some of the old stuff, but some of it also really grates on me DO
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Post by MajiKat on Aug 5, 2006 16:54:11 GMT 11
my sis is a huge country music fan -its all she listens too! going driving with her is painful sometimes - i'm not a fan of the modern stuff, although some of it is okay. i'm with DO - i like the older country, the more blues'n'roots style country.
but back to books- my home town has this amazing second hand bookstore -its rumoured to be the largest second hand store in Australia! you can go in there and just become lost! i spend hours in there. they had, a few years ago, a first edition print of the Arabian Nights. it was sooooo expensive! i can't remember how much, but i nearly collapsed. even one such as i, who loves books so much, could never warrant spending so much on one book!
but i love second hand stores - there is something about knowing that others have read and handled the books - its like feeling part of a huge community or something. that probably sounds really lame, but, meh, thats how i feel. its like the books are more dignified somehow...
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