The Library Series Part VI

I have not forgotten about the library series! If you're new to my library series, start here.

I have gotten a bit behind on adding the books to my blog though...so this is list is going to be a little bit long. Keep in mind that this was *not* a week's worth of reading- this has been what I've been going through since February. The library has saved me quite a bit this year, and it's only April! Since there are so many books listed this time, I'm going to run my totals on top instead of on the bottom:

Total this library trip: $588.22
Total since 1/26-07: 1174.95

Endgame$11.56

Fahrenheit 451: A Novel$15.64

Here If You Need Me: A True Story$16.31

The Pesthouse$16.47

After$17.89

Teaching Outside the Box: How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains$16.47

Class: A Guide Through the American Status System$11.16

So Many Books, So Little Time $22.95

Out of Sheer Rage : Wrestling With D.H. Lawrence $23.00

Guided Tours of Hell: Novellas $23.00

Snobbery: The American Version $25.00

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times $18.00

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic $13.57

Gluttony: The Seven Deadly Sins $17.95

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers $16.29

Waiting to Surface: A Novel $16.47

Suzy Zeus Gets Organized: A Novel (Tin House) $14.36

Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor, and Really Bad Weather $23.95

Experience $23.95

The Accidental Mind: How Brain Evolution Has Given Us Love, Memory, Dreams, and God $17.13

In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed (Plus) $10.17

Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World$10.07

Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever Before$11.20

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them $16.29

Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife$11.16

Stolen Words: Forays into the Origins and Ravages of Plagiarism$18.95

We Need to Talk About Kevin: A Novel$25.00

Project X (Alex Awards (Awards)) $20.00

Diary of a Wimpy Kid$7.77

Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Two: For the Small Slow Cooker$18.21

The Twilight of American Culture$11.16

Like Life $18.95

Ruined by Reading: A Life in Books$18.00

The Post-Birthday World: A Novel (P.S.)$10.17

The Debt to Pleasure: A Novel$20.00

The Library Series Part III

Another trip to the library, another chance to marvel at my savings!

Here's what I did not buy thanks to the library this month:

Confessions of a Carb Queen: A Memoir$10.85
Escape$16.47
Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself$10.17
The South Beach Diet Quick and Easy Cookbook: 200 Delicious Recipes Ready in 30 Minutes or Less$18.45
Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah's Book Club)$8.97
Lighting Up: How I Stopped Smoking, Drinking, and Everything Else I Loved in Life Except Sex$8.50

Total This Library Trip: $73.41
Total since 1/26/07: $586.73

The Library Series Part II

This site and Meredith have gotten me on an Alexandra Stoddard kick. I'm really inspired to start adding beautiful touches to my home! Here's the list of what I took home from the library this week:

Exuberance: The Passion for Life$10.17
The South Beach Diet Cookbook$18.45
Making Choices, the Joy of a Courageous Life.$22.00
Living in Love$22.00
You Are Your Choices: 50 Ways to Live the Good Life$13.57
The Decoration of Houses$30.00
Living a Beautiful Life: Five Hundred Ways to Add Elegance, Order, Beauty, and Joy to Every Day of Your Life$17.95
Creating a Beautiful Hom$25.00
Open Your Eyes: 1,000 Simple Ways To Bring Beauty Into Your Home And Life Each Day$28.00
Daring to Be Yourself$24.95
Time Alive: Celebrate Your Life Every Day$13.57
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness11.16
Alexandra Stoddard's Living Beautiful$22.50

Total This Library Trip: $259.32
Total Since 1/26/07: $513.32


I still have not found out how much I've paid in library taxes, but I'm pretty sure that I'm already coming out ahead.

*Note: Some books were out of print and not on sale at Amazon. In this case, I simply put the price that was listed in the front cover.