Sarah CB Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 My dad gave me $100 for Christmas and I want to use it at Amazon. I read a wide variety of books, my favourites this year were probably The Time Traveller's Wife, The Memory Keeper's Daughter and Snow by Orhan Pamuk. Some I'm considering are: The Cellist of Sarejevo The Dome (Stephen King) Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro Her Fearful Symmetry (same author as TTW) The Flood by Margaret Atwood (which would probably mean I'd also have to buy Oryx and Crake) Please help me spend my money. I'm having a hard time actually putting anything in my cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 Please...help...the money is burning a hole in my pocket. If you were opening a box from Amazon what would you want to find in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 :lol: You sound like ds, who just blew $75 at Amazon because it was burning a hole in his pocket, too. I say just hold onto it until there is something you truly want - this way your $ will still be there, waiting patiently. Totally boring of me, I know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 don't know about the books you've looked over-- but I'd want SWB's books on World History. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose in BC Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 The Ascent Of Money - Niall Ferguson The Golden Mean - Annabel Lyon Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter - Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Unclutter Your Life in One Week - David Allen New York, Rutherford The Lacuna, Kingsolver I haven't read the above titles so I can't vouch for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 :lol: You sound like ds, who just blew $75 at Amazon because it was burning a hole in his pocket, too. I say just hold onto it until there is something you truly want - this way your $ will still be there, waiting patiently. Totally boring of me, I know! :iagree: I'd wait until February for part of my order so I could order SWB's History of the Medieval World. I doubt that the books I'd order right now would be of interest to you, and since I've been ordering quite a lot in the last couple of months, I've actually whittled down my wishlist from 7 pages to 3. (I use my wishlist for books that I actually plan on purchasing, or it would be over a 100 pages, I'm sure :lol:) Have you looked at some of the threads here? I found a bunch of great ones in the 3 favorite books from 2009 thread as well as some of the self-education ones on the High School/Self-Ed forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaMa2005 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Some from my Kindle archive that I really enjoyed: The Help Commencement Raising Jake I Heart Bloomberg According to Jane Shanghai Girls: A Novel (all of Lisa See's books are great) Caution: I Heart Bloomberg is a series. Also, I have heard from friends that The Dome is not very good. I'm a long time Stephen King fan, but have yet to read it as I've not heard good things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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