Sunday, January 29, 2012

Books $1 and Under for 2012

I think I'd like to keep track of the inexpensive books I read through this year, as it was fun to do so for the Buck Stops Here Challenge last year.

1. Othello - William Shakespeare (50 cent Library Sale book)
2. Roseanna - Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (50 cent Library Sale book)
3. Fire! The Beginnings of the Labor Movement - Barbara Diamond Goldin (Borders last days book; paid approximately 50 cents)
4. We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson (<$1 high school book sale book)
5. Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder (free book from neighbor)
6. Heroes of the Holocaust - Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun (50 cent Library Sale book)
7. The Man in the Gray Flannel Skirt - Jon-Jon Goulian ($1 Borders last days book)
8. The Coma - Alex Garland ($1 Borders last days book)
9. To Be a Slave - Julius Lester (50 cent Library Sale book)
10. The Ice Queen - Alice Hoffman (free book from office book exchange shelves)
11. The House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer (free book from neighbor)
12. Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding (50 cent Library Sale book)
13. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (50 cent Library Sale book)
14. Through the Looking-Glass - Lewis Carroll (50 cent Library Sale book)
15. The Corrections - Jonathan Franzen (50 cent Library Sale book)
16. Yellow Crocus - Laila Ibrahim (read for free through NetGalley.com)
17. Touching the Void - Joe Simpson (either free from office book exchange shelves or a 50 cent Library Sale book, I can't remember which)
18. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (free book from friend)
19. The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson (free book from neighbor)
20. Security - Stephen Amidon (50 cent Library Sale book)
21. Save the Deli - David Sax (40 cent Borders last days book)
22. Candide - Voltaire (50 cent Library Sale book)
23. Murder at 40 Below - Tom Brennan (gift from sister in law)
24. Story Time - Edward Bloor (50 cent Library Sale book)
25. Plum Wine - Angela Davis-Gardner (50 cent Library Sale book)
26. In The Woods - Tana French (50 cent Library Sale book)
27. Beautiful Disaster - Jamie McGuire (read for free through NetGalley.com)
28. A Dark Enchantment - Roland Vernon (50 cent Library Sale book)
29. Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier (bought from coworker's moving sale for 5 cents)
30. Moby-Dick - Herman Melville (50 cent Library Sale book)
31. Snow - Orhan Pamuk (50 cent Library Sale book)

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