Most recent books you bought.

[Gurkhal]

I have too many unread books as it is, but I decided to give myself one last treat before my wallet goes into hibernation while awaiting the next Christmas being allowed to spend again.

I got:

A History of Rome - a pretty heavy piece of a bit sort of 700 pages

Revolutionary Ideas, by Jonathan Israel - About the French Revolution

The Oxford History of the French Republic by William Doyle - As the title suggest

And three Sharpe novels: "Trafalger", "Rifles" and "Prey".

If all goes well, there won't be any new books bought for me before next Christmas. I am not counting books I buy as gifts to others due to birthdays and so during the year.

 

[CupofJoe]

Not a book really [although there is a small on in the box], but a Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot deck.
It is a mixture of interesting and nostalgic to see how the cards are interpreted from the BtVS world.

 

[Gurkhal]

And one final batch before its all over until Christmas. I hope...fingers crossed.

Four books in the "Medieval Lives series": The Troubadours (I've long been interested in medieval Occitania), The Medieval Horse, Thomas Becket and His World and Eleanor of Aquitaine.

And the book "Sword Brethren". I thought it interesting that there's a new series about the Northern Crusades so I decided to get the first book and see if its any good. By Jon Byrne.

EDITED: Math isn't my strength...

 

[Finchbearer]

Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending, secondhand. Someone coloured the outer spine purple. Wonder what all that’s about? Already halfway through. Will it be thirdhand once I’ve finished with it?

 

[pmmg]

Maybe it belonged to a theater and they colored it as a prop. Still a strange thing to do.

I purchased some books for my daughter for Christmas, does that count? Last one I bought for me was probably 'Reluctant Hero' which I had to for a reading round I was in. It was a five star book, but its not something I would have been interested in otherwise. Superheros was not what I am up for.