I can't stop myself from buying used books. Even when I tell myself not to I seem to always find an excuse to look for a new used book store in the city or to just pop into a thrift store to check things out. Luckily the books are used and generally inexpensive, aside from a few rare books and popular outliers. Here's a look at the latest book haul that I've found and purchased. These ones I've gathered over the past month or maybe two.
The first is nothing special. It's Angel's and Demons by Dan Brown. Its one that I read forever ago and the last one that I needed to complete the series. It was a cheap one from the thrift store and now I have all of the Robert Langden books.
The next is one that a good friend of mine found me. It's book one of the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett. I read it over 10 years ago. I never went on to read the second and third books but I will try to do so at some point. I liked the first book so I may as well read the remainder.
I actually found the second book in the series shortly after, so that is the one that I will read.
That same friend found me another Dragonlance book to add to that part of my collection. I haven't read this book yet but I read one other Dragonlance book. I have quite a few of them to read now.
I found another one a few weeks later to.
A new series that I started trying to track down is the Inheritance Cycle quartet by Christopher Paolini. The author started writing his first book Eragon, when he was 15. He self published it with his parents and then went on a tour to different schools in the US to self promote it. Eventually it was recognized by another author and published by a major publishing firm. It went on to become a best seller. The authors story is impressive and I've seen it come up on review sites as a top, or very high rated fantasy series. I think that its meant for young adults but nonetheless I'll give it a read at some point. I really like the cover art of the hardcover books and they are relatively common to see at thrift book stores too. The book that I have is the third book in the quartet.
Recently I found a Michael Crichton book at a thrift store. I'm not sure why, but I feel compelled to buy the authors books when I see them, just because he has written so many iconic stories. To be honest, I'm not an overly big fan of Crichtons writing so it is a little odd for me to want to purchase them so much. I only buy them when they are cheap at least.
Next is my biggest find of this lot. Its more vintage, original art, Wheel of time hardcover books.
I found these on Facebook market place for a reasonable price and purchased 5 books. One was New Spring, the prequel to the original story. I also found the first book in the series, Eye of the world, which wasn't so reasonable a price. This book can be quite challenging to find though.
The Eye of the world copy I got is a 1st Edition, but its a 25th printing so its not super rare globally and not worth a lot of money or anything, but its not entirely easy to find either, like I said. I ended up paying $80 for this book which is a little expensive but it was the first time that I've come across it in over two years, so I felt okay forking up the money that day.
It just has such a vibe to it. I've already forgotten about the price hit, and have no buyers remorse. I'm just totally enjoying it on my shelf, so I know I made the right decicion.
I only need two more books in the series and I'll have them all. The hunt continues!