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Mark wrote: "Do you mean the new Poldark Lesle?"

Do you like the new version? I watched a special about both and I guess the first was a huge hit and women were swooning over Ross in Britain.

I watched the first version and really enjoyed it!

I watched the old Poldark series from behind the sofa, but the new series is well made also.

Re Craig Johnson, it is good to see an award-winning author who is not diva-like.

Mark wrote: "Re Craig Johnson, it is good to see an award-winning author who is not diva-like."

Even on his Facebook page he seems like a regular person.

My husband and I spent the day in Paris yesterday--Paris Ontario, a lovely town on the banks of the Grand River, with a bookstore called Green Heron Books. I bought three used books, The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope, The Going was Good by Evelyn Waugh and a book by the Canadian author Edward McCourt called Music at the Close.
It was a lovely late summer day yesterday. I had a day off from looking after my grandson because he spent the day with his dad.
The kids are going back to school on Tuesday.

Are there other places called Paris???

If you google Paris, Ontario, you will see just how nice a town it is. Even though our towns and cities are much younger than towns in Europe, we do have some charming older places.
We ate in a restaurant with a roof top patio and had a great view of the river, with a few kayakers and lots of Canada geese standing around or landing in the water.

Sounds like a beautiful day all around Rosemarie!

Congratulations on your finds too!

Actually, I remember now, there is one in France, in fact I went there once.

Re Canada geese: yes, that makes sense, though we have them here also (illegal immigrants?).

Good morning!

I cheated and caught a book sale last night at Barnes and Noble through 4 September 2017 (today). One item is 20% off with a coupon, but if you make separate purchases (one per person per day), you can use the coupon more than once. The paperback Barnes and Noble Classics, normally $US9.95 to $11.95, are $5.00.

I got:

*The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon (Vintage Contemporary, an imprint of Random House). Regularly $15.00. With a 20% promo, 10% member discount and 20% off regular coupon, it was $8.64.

Barnes and Noble Classics, originally $5.00:
* War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910). With a 20% off coupon and member discount, $3.60.
With my 10% member discount, I got these for $4.50 each:
*Anna Karenina by Tolstoy.
*Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (1818-48). I think there's another edition hiding in a box.
*The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (1802-70).
*Paradise Lost by John Milton (1608-74).
*The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope (1815-82).

Jim

Jim, not only do you have excellent taste, but you can sniff out a bargain like a bloodhound !

Jim that is an awesome sale and find for you! Some great picks!

Jim, those are wonderful finds. Now comes the hard part- where to put them!

PS I should point out that I am EXTREMELY JEALOUS !!!

Mark wrote: "PS I should point out that I am EXTREMELY JEALOUS !!!"

;>)

Mark wrote: "Jim, not only do you have excellent taste, but you can sniff out a bargain like a bloodhound !"

Thank you, Mark!

My wife is excellent at finding bargains. I've never read Emily Bronte, John Milton or Anthony Trollope. Thoughts?

Jim

Trollope is definitely worth reading. I haven't read the book you found, yet, but I have read the Chronicles of Barsetshire novel series. They are enjoyable reading.

My newest finds:

Pearl S. Buck's Peony
and
The Glass-Blowers by Daphne du Maurier

anyone read either of these?

Lesle wrote: "My newest finds:

Pearl S. Buck's Peony
and
The Glass-Blowers by Daphne du Maurier

anyone read either of these?"

I read Peony a couple years ago and enjoyed the story and the writing.

My newest bought at a used bookstore:

Summer by Edith Wharton
Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys

Kathy
Glad to hear I made a good choice!

By the way I loved Summer by Edith Wharton hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Kathy wrote: "My newest bought at a used bookstore:

I truly enjoy getting books from a used bookstore or thrift store. It is like finding gold! 😊

Lesle wrote: "Kathy wrote: "My newest bought at a used bookstore:

I truly enjoy getting books from a used bookstore or thrift store. It is like finding gold! 😊"

Me too!

Glad you enjoyed Summer. The book just jumped out at me and I'm already feeling nostalgic for the season of summer! 60 degrees and rain here today.

I know, cannot believe it is September already.

63° rain is coming tomorrow. Low tonight is suppose to be 47°

Not ready for sweaters!

Have a good night Kathy

Besides just downloading No Name by Wilkie Collins...

At the end of July I purchased from Amazon Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift for the English teaching position that slipped out of my grasp.

More excitingly, in June I happened upon a boxed set of paperback Lord of the Rings trilogy, which I am one of those few souls who has yet to read the books or see the movies. My local Salvation Army Thrift Store has a book room that is always fully stocked, and the set was just chilling there on the shelf in front of all the stacks of books. I grabbed it quickly.

Those are some great finds, Samantha.

Samantha what a great find! Meant just for you!

I was able to locate The Wonderful Adventures of Nils at our Hospitals Twig Bookstore for $1.

I was so excited once I got in the car I started feeling guilty and went back in and gave a few more dollars in the donation jar.

That is a great find, Lesle. I went to a university charity book sale with my husband and we got a box of books for fifteen dollars because it was the last day of the sale. Two of the books I bought were Babbit and Manhatten Transfer, plus some Canadian works.

How exciting to get a box of books!

I went to the third university book sale last Saturday and got some more bargains, but now I am really having trouble finding room for all the wonderful books I bought, including Barabbas (mentioned by another member) and a number of books by Neville Shute. Saturday is the last sale and then my book buying days are over until next year.

I dont know if I can ever pass up a good buy!

Actually, I forgot our church book sale, where I am a volunteer. So what I said above is wishful thinking! After all, it is for a good cause.

I agree! You have to show support being a volunteer! :)

Newest addition to my library is Middlemarch. It is the only George Eliot book in my collection.

Congratulations on your first Eliot Classic!

I have none! I have not found they are easy to come by.

All her novels are published in UK, including a bargain "six pack" on Kindle. Also a book of her poems.

I agree with Mark - there are free Kindle ebooks for lots of George Eliot books from Amazon UK. Perhaps some of them are available in other countries too.

I got it down from Book Depository. I've only come across Silas Marner and The Mill on the Floss in local bookstores in my country.

Hardcovers are always my first choice for purchasing.
Hardcovers are also what I was speaking of.

To add onto the free classic ebooks, many older classics can also be found as free PDFs online, if you know how to search.

I had a very unique book acquisition today. I brought my mom to pick up her SUV from the automotive shop this morning, and sitting on their counter was a hardback, leather-bound, gold-rimmed copy of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare just sitting there. 1994 Barnes & Noble New York edition. I asked, “Who’s reading Shakespeare?� The mechanic responded with a story of how they found it in a junk car they had and planned to donate it. I just looked at him and said, “Can I have it?� Mine now. No telling when I’ll actually read it in its entirety, but I am super excited to have another beautiful book to add to my shelf and the chance to read any Shakespeare I like.

What a great find, Samantha.

Thank you. I was very excited. Even my husband was amazed.

An astounding find! It shows what you can find if you keep your eyes open.

Good for you Samantha!
Im not sure I would have asked who was reading Shakespeare!
I would have admired and walked on.
But...look what happened, I am amazed too!

Way to go Samantha! Who'd have thought that you'd find Shakespeare at the auto shop? I didn't make out as well at Barnes and Noble on 25 November, 2017 as you did, but I think I did all right. Using a $25 USD gift card given to me as a birthday gift from my brother in-law; my 10% off membership; two 25% off coupons I got in e-mail; and an in-store promotion for 50% off gift sets, I got the following for $10.82 USD:

Jane Austen: Seven Novels by Jane Austen (1775-1817). 50% off. Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, Emma, Mansfield Park, and Pride and Prejudice.

So You Think You’re a Philadelphia Phillies Fan?: Stars, Stats, Records, and Memories for True Diehards by Scott Butler. I read this book 25-26 November, 2017.

Murder on the Orient Express and Other Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Agatha Christie (1890-1976). 50% off. Murder on the Orient Express; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd; and Curtain: Poirot's Last Case.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1902-68). Read 26-27 November 2017.

Jim

I got Herland yesterday. Thank you, Rosemarie - I didn’t know about this book until I looked it up after seeing you are reading it.

Herland is entertaining so far.

Our church had its annual Christmas bazaar today, and I help out with the books. I only bought one book because we were so busy at the beginning and at the end I was too tired to look at any more books.
I got Benediction by Kent Haruf, so now I have the whole trilogy.

Jim, buying that many books at Barnes & Noble for only $11 is pure amazing. Congratulations!! And kudos for using all those discounts and coupons the way you did with your gift card.