Bookgasm

Ahh, the sigh of a dwindling bank balance. My poison? Not shoes, random beautifying contraptions or a pricey new chunk of technology.

(I can't add clothes to the list as technically, I did lay down a small investment in the wardrobe department :P )

It's books, baby! I'm very broke but oh gosh... I've scored amazing finds from Big Bad Wolf (BBW) Books last month. Check out their FB page here!

Held at Mines Convention Centre from 7-23 December, the mom and I managed to squeeze in 3 visits - over three weekends - which we felt was worth the 35-40 min drive each way. New books kept being added to the pool and we snagged titles which weren't available on our previous visit(s).

Here's my stash. (click on photos to enlarge)

Round 1, 9th December:

Terry Pratchett - Eric

Paul Torday - Salmon Fishing In The Yemen 

Jostein Gaarder - The Christmas Mystery

Anthology - Midsummer Nights

Richard Mason - The World Of Suzie Wong (remember the show? :P )

Keigo Higashino - The Devotion Of Suspect X

Alexander McCall Smith - The Full Cupboard Of Life

Alexander McCall Smith - The Good Husband Of Zebra Drive

Carlos Ruiz Zafon - The Prince Of Mist

Melina Marchetta - Finnikin Of The Rock

Anne Rice - The Queen Of The Damned

Anthony Horowitz - The House Of Silk

Jeffrey Archer - Paths Of Glory

Round 2, 15th December:

Ian Fleming - Octopussy And The Living Daylights

Charlotte Ward - It's Not Me, It's You

Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book

Ruta Sepetys - Between Shades of Gray (not 50 shades of gray :P)

Susan Cooper - The Dark Is Rising

Yasutaka Tsutsui - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

John Green - Paper Towns

Round 2, 23rd December:

Madeleine L'Engle - An Acceptable Time

Rebecca Skloot - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Madeleine L'Engle - A Wrinkle In Time

Ian Fleming - From Russia With Love

Yasutaka Tsutsui - Salmonella Men On Planet Porno

Banana Yoshimoto - The Lake

Susan Cooper - The Dark Is Rising:The Complete Sequence

So happy to have picked up Banana Yoshimoto's The Lake! I was seriously contemplating ordering it from Book Depository, where it's retailing for a grand total of $15.15 (US dollars; I got mine for RM8). Yay! :D

Oh, and you're not seeing double - that's two copies of The Dark Is Rising. Long story short, I can't find my  old copy of the book, so I got it during Round 2. During Round 3, I found all 5 books in the series squeezed into one very bulky tome, so I got that too. 1. I love the series to bits, and 2. I've misplaced most of my individual copies. :(

I'm sure they'll turn up over time, but both these books cost RM15 in total, which is a lot less than what I bought most of my other copies for, save The Dark Is Rising and The Grey King, which I got ages ago from a used book store. You really never know what treasures you'll dig up when hunting for a good bargain.

That, to me, is a true bookgasm!