UPDATE: No discount this time, Bookies, but at least we’ll all get the value of a good read!
It’s official. The next book we will read and then discuss for BooBooks is OH PURE AND RADIANT HEART by Lydia Millet.
But wait before you buy!
At the moment, it’s $25 at Powells and much cheaper elsewhere. If enough of us buy it from the Powells links on this site, we may get at least a small discount (10% or more, depending on numbers), so we need to be able to give them at least a rough idea of potential purchases.
One of the goals of this book club is to benefit the Tribune by buying from Powells, and we also want to support Independent bookstores, but we all know that buying new books is an expensive proposition. If you decide to get your copy somewhere else, or get it from your library, maybe you can think of Booman and Powells the next time you go book buying. But hey, our book this month would make a wonderful holiday gift for somebody on your list–if you can manage to read it without dripping coffee on it!
Thanks. Now please take our anonymous poll.
Sorry to diary and run, but I have to be out of town all day.
If you have any suggestions for how to do all this book selection business more efficiently, you can use this diary to say so. In fact, any ideas about anything to do with BooBooks will be most welcome. I’ll throw out some thoughts. . .
Gotta fix breakfast before hitting the road, so I’ll sign off now. I hope all you passionate readers have a lovely day.
Go with consensus..keep it in a special place but let the front page know where it is once in a while and where do we submit authors/books? I have two..Pat Conroy..I think it’s My losing Season and Chirstopher Moore Lamb 🙂
I love Christopher Moore…
I agree, go with the flow, and kansas, you are a great host!
philomaine, sorry to be so late getting back to everybody, but if you read this. . .do please nominate those books when we get around to fiction again, okay? That should be in Feb.
. You’re a gracious host, I’m a lazy butt. You do it.
. Go with the flow.
. I like the idea of the authors discussion in a separate place.
Do you have an idea of how many people needto buy the book from Powell’s to benefit the site? I’ve been involved in this type of cross promotion before and as I recall, it takes a lot o folks.
I don’t know how many it takes, but more than we’ve got. 🙂
I’ll admit I’m gonna get it from the library but since I buy the rest of my books from powell’s through the site, I don’t feel too bad.
BTW, finished the Ring of Truth. Truth Hurts and Storm Warnings on their way from Powells.
You write too slow. Maybe I should try to feed my jones for more Lightfoot books by whining to get an ARC of the next one.
I noticed this comment in last night’s cafe.
So one part of Ring of Truth was clearly from “real life.”
Real life. Too true. You should see my house. No, you shouldn’t.
I voted for Library, mainly because my library copy is sitting next to the bed this very minute.
But, I think about buying something else from Powell’s all the time. I don’t know if I will since I’m trying almost as hard at getting my book buying addiction under control as I am my food problems.
Here’s how I do it.
Keep a list of books to buy.
Only buy them in paperback.
Wait until I have at least $50 so I can get the free shipping. That way I don’t do any impulse buying and it usually takes awhile before there are enough of the books I want available in paperback to reach the $50 mark.
I don’t buy books often ’cause I can’t afford them. Fortunately I can get them at a library easily.
I like the idea of alternating fiction and nonfiction because it ensures that everyone who prefers one or the other will get what they want before too long.
By the way I recommend subscribing to Powells review-a-day — getting lots of book ideas.
One more for Powells — I can buy one there for the library where I work since we don’t have a copy!
How generous of you! That is a lovely idea, Lil.
Already ordered mine. I spend entirely too much on books, but not having a car gives me a little breathing room in my budget to indulge that particular weakness.
I like the idea of alternating fiction and non-fiction. I read more non-fiction, so it would be good to expand my reach a little into the fiction realm. Maybe we could even work in a poetry book sometime?
And we definitely need to make arrangements to discuss the works of our resident authors. I’m currently reading (and fascinated by) The Whole Truth.
I certainly agree about all our resident authors…and the Marie Lightfoot series are fascinating, great character, unique format and just plain old wonderful writing. Then again I also loved the Jenny Cain character and series.
Aw shucks, you guys!!
I voted for Powells, but then switched and was a tight-wad when I got to the cash register. But I shopped at Powells. Started outfitting my Booman library wing. Some mystery author I’d never heard of before. And a book for poetry.
Got some old, and some expensive ones at Amazon.
So what is my deadline to read this book for the club?
We’re scheduled for the first Sat. in Dec.
I confess I did the same thing, BJoe. I chickened out at the cash register and ordered a library copy. But I have bought from Powells, for the Trib, and I will do it again soon, albeit for a cheaper book.
Hope you enjoy that book by the unknown mystery writer. I am loving your book, btw. Great dialogue, the plot really moves, and it is such a pleasure to read a novel that makes no apologies for being politically liberal. It makes me realize how rare that has been for many years.
I will have to get my books from the library and hope the library here has more than one copy or I’ll be on waiting list ..I know other books I’ve put on hold had at times 50 or more people ahead of me. Having no discretionary money due to being on disability income I think is one of the biggest disappointments of my life. If I had my choice I’d have a house that was basically a library.
I like the idea of alternating between fiction and nonfiction. Fiction writing to me is incredible for the amazing ideas that authors can come up with-always fascinates me when an author can do great fiction yet have an underlying message in the story.
I hope your library comes through for you. I checked our system, just to see, and found they have six copies and one was available. Wish I could get it over to you! I suspect that if your system has it you’ll be able to get it because it’s not as if it’s the latest Mary Higgins Clark. There probably won’t be a long line. Let us know, okay?