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BLOB is wrapping up on Sunday and I m go…

Nicole — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:22:53 +0000

BLOB is wrapping up on Sunday and I m going in for my final cuts. Is there more to purged? It’s hard to imagine that there is. I had made a considerable amount sf space on my shelves but lots of pre-BLOB acquisitions are showing up to fill them in!

Will also be going through my hole inbox to see what damage can be done on that front. Surely it is too late to get a lot of the books that I was offered earlier this month- but I might be tempted to see in a few cases. February is a short month!

I finally broke down and entered two con…

Nicole — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:49:48 +0000

I finally broke down and entered two contests. One for Mockingbird and the other for that darn Louisa May Alcott book. I just couldn’t resist and I will gladly take the other 5 points if I get it. In other news I think that I am going to accept a couple of ARCs. I want Willow. Someone tell me that it wasn’t good!

Even with no mail delivery yesterday I e…

Jen - Devourer of Books — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:45:50 +0000

Even with no mail delivery yesterday I ended up getting 6 books! 4 came from FedEx in one package, then UPS brought me 4 separate packages, with one book each. Sorry, though, Nicole, they are all pre-BLOB acquisitions!

Nicole got me totally pumped up last nig…

Jen - Devourer of Books — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:32:58 +0000

Nicole got me totally pumped up last night on THIB when she said 200 books, now I’m determined to have another ruthless night/day tonight and tomorrow. Plus I need to log the 40+ other books I’ve already marked for dismissal. I’m going to have to shelve some books to take their place so I can see what else should go!

Oh, and hearing about the 200 books that Nicole is planning to get rid of has helped me determine NOT to take the books I was pitched yesterday. Onward to victory!

Will I have any books left? I have cross…

Nicole — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:49:27 +0000

Will I have any books left?

I have crossed over and am on a roll with letting go of the books. I am starting to think I am giving away too much! 165 and counting and I haven’t accepted anything yet this month!

The audio of The Postmistress became available as a download from the library. Luckily I just finished the book yesterday.

I just got an unsolicited book from Peng…

Nicole — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:55:24 +0000

I just got an unsolicited book from Penguin, which was no points, baby! And I just read it so now I get points for purging it from my shelves, yes? Exciting!

3 books just became available on my Book…

Jen - Devourer of Books — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:21:14 +0000

3 books just became available on my Bookmooch wishlist. I resisted!

So far I haven’t taken any review copie…

Nicole — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:04:40 +0000

So far I haven’t taken any review copies. There is one that I have been a little torn about, but I have resisted the call thus far. Go me! At this moment in time I have purged 80 books, making me the BLOB of the moment. That pesky Jen from Devourer of Books is on track to purge even more books than that, so I hope that she will start accepting lots of review copies soon.

Okay, so far I’ve taken one review copy…

Jen - Devourer of Books — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:07:35 +0000

Okay, so far I’ve taken one review copy and entered to win one book via Shelf Awareness (it was an Amy Einhorn book! What else could I do???). However, 74 books have officially left my house, and I have another 40-50 in piles ready to go!