Look what I came home and found in front of my door:
NEW BOOKS!!!! TIME FOR A HAPPY DANCE!!!
............now if only I had an emoticon that did that. Damn.
Sears hadn't even sent me an email saying that anything had been shipped, but I came home to all the books having already arrived on my doorstep (well mostly, I'm still missing one). This is fantastic! I went from not even knowing Sears.com sold books to buying some and getting them within three days - all with $.99 shipping! They are definitely getting an A++++++ in my book because this was a fantastic turn around. Maybe it's because there are more Sears warehouses than Amazon ones? Hmph. Something to think about I guess.
I first talked about buying new books on the RAtChaos Facebook page (not a fan? Click here), but talking is so much less exciting than actually receiving! Here's what I ordered after much calculating and agonizing over the TBR list:
1) Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
2) Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
3) Love in the Time of Dragons by Katie MacAlister
4) Stormwalker by Allyson James
5) A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire
6) Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch
7) Too Wicked to Kiss by Erica Ridley
All of these were books that I wanted to buy the DAY that they came out but due to low funds I was not able to make it happen. Thus, when I realized that Sears sold books AND sold them for the same prices (if not cheaper) that were listed on Amazon I about had screaming fit in the middle of the work day. Hahaha, books are not simple things for me! They keep me sane and functioning in a sometimes not so sane world, so being able to finally get all the ones I wanted for keeps (and not borrowed from the library) was just incredible. Which is why I went straight for the scissors instead of waiting to take a picture of the pristine, just delivered, box.
Even at the speed I read I expect it'll take me a little while to get through all of these. There's a precarious balance between not having anything you want to read and having too many new things in front of you. Does that make any sense? I think I can get a little overwhelmed trying to decide which title to dive into first and it makes me hesitate to pick anything at all. Luckily I can say that right now I'm tired, I'm going to bed, and I'll decide in the morning what new book, or books, come with me to work.
NEW BOOKS!!!! TIME FOR A HAPPY DANCE!!!
............now if only I had an emoticon that did that. Damn.
Sears hadn't even sent me an email saying that anything had been shipped, but I came home to all the books having already arrived on my doorstep (well mostly, I'm still missing one). This is fantastic! I went from not even knowing Sears.com sold books to buying some and getting them within three days - all with $.99 shipping! They are definitely getting an A++++++ in my book because this was a fantastic turn around. Maybe it's because there are more Sears warehouses than Amazon ones? Hmph. Something to think about I guess.
I first talked about buying new books on the RAtChaos Facebook page (not a fan? Click here), but talking is so much less exciting than actually receiving! Here's what I ordered after much calculating and agonizing over the TBR list:
1) Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
2) Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
3) Love in the Time of Dragons by Katie MacAlister
4) Stormwalker by Allyson James
5) A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire
6) Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch
7) Too Wicked to Kiss by Erica Ridley
All of these were books that I wanted to buy the DAY that they came out but due to low funds I was not able to make it happen. Thus, when I realized that Sears sold books AND sold them for the same prices (if not cheaper) that were listed on Amazon I about had screaming fit in the middle of the work day. Hahaha, books are not simple things for me! They keep me sane and functioning in a sometimes not so sane world, so being able to finally get all the ones I wanted for keeps (and not borrowed from the library) was just incredible. Which is why I went straight for the scissors instead of waiting to take a picture of the pristine, just delivered, box.
Even at the speed I read I expect it'll take me a little while to get through all of these. There's a precarious balance between not having anything you want to read and having too many new things in front of you. Does that make any sense? I think I can get a little overwhelmed trying to decide which title to dive into first and it makes me hesitate to pick anything at all. Luckily I can say that right now I'm tired, I'm going to bed, and I'll decide in the morning what new book, or books, come with me to work.
