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Welcome to The Last Page Turned - A blog about everything and anything bookish!
I have included a link for bookcrossing.com. For those of you who have not heard of this, please check it out!!! Ever wondered what happens to the books you give away after you have read them??? bookcrossing.com is your chance to find out! It's a lot of fun!
Warning: Bookcrossing can be addicting!
Reading can be a fairly expensive hobby. Brand new books are a treat to be savored in moderation. Other than books I bring home from the local bookcrossing meetings, and friends, I scour the local used bookshop, and second hand stores for affordable reading. A good local used bookstore here in Winnipeg is The Family Book Exchange on St. Anne's Road. Cost is usually around half of new, and Laurie is very knowledgeable, and willing to put you on a wait list for books not currently in stock. You can also "cycle" many of the books bought there, by returning them once again for partial credit. She also keeps a binder of "if you like this author, you might like this other author" suggestions, and has a small shelf dedicated to Oprah's book club picks as well. I never leave with just one book!
Let the blogging begin!
I have included a link for bookcrossing.com. For those of you who have not heard of this, please check it out!!! Ever wondered what happens to the books you give away after you have read them??? bookcrossing.com is your chance to find out! It's a lot of fun!
Warning: Bookcrossing can be addicting!
Reading can be a fairly expensive hobby. Brand new books are a treat to be savored in moderation. Other than books I bring home from the local bookcrossing meetings, and friends, I scour the local used bookshop, and second hand stores for affordable reading. A good local used bookstore here in Winnipeg is The Family Book Exchange on St. Anne's Road. Cost is usually around half of new, and Laurie is very knowledgeable, and willing to put you on a wait list for books not currently in stock. You can also "cycle" many of the books bought there, by returning them once again for partial credit. She also keeps a binder of "if you like this author, you might like this other author" suggestions, and has a small shelf dedicated to Oprah's book club picks as well. I never leave with just one book!
Let the blogging begin!
My TBR (To Be Read) List - Books I have
- A Million Little Pieces - James Frey
- Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt
- Back Roads - Tawni O'Dell
- Bel Canto - Ann Pratchett
- Chill Factor - Sandra Brown
- I Know This Much is True - Wally Lamb
- Icy Sparks - Gwyn Hyman Rubio
- Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Reap the Wind - Iris Johansen
- She's Come Undone - Wally Lamb
- Skipping Christmas - John Grisham
- Sleeping with Fear - Kay Hooper
- The Best of Friends - Sara James and Ginger Mauney
- The Collector - John Fowles
- the DaVinci Code - Dan Brown
- The Pilgrimage - Paulo Coelho
- The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve
- The Remains of The Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Shipping News - E. Annie Proulx
- The Survivors Club - Lisa Gardner
- Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
- Unfit to Practice - Perri O'Shaughnessy
- Untill Justice is Done - Christine McGuire
- When Day Breaks - Mary Jane Clark
- White Oleander - Janet Fitch
Favorites
- Life of Pi - Yann Martel
- A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
- The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
- The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
- Such a Long Journey - Rohinton Mistry
- The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
- Breath, Eyes, Memory - Edwidge Danticat
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