Books

[dangermousie]

Amazon must think I am bipolar as this is what their "customers with your history bought these" looks like:

China's Last Empire: The Grea... (Hardcover) by William T. Rowe
5.0 out of 5 stars (2) $24.58

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The Open Empire: A History of... (Paperback) by Valerie Hansen
4.1 out of 5 stars (10) $36.82

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The Viking's Captive (Kindle Edition) by Sandra Hill
2.6 out of 5 stars (9) $5.99

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Dark Viking (Kindle Edition) by Sandra Hill
3.3 out of 5 stars (10) $7.99

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Ahahahahaha. According to them I like either weighty history tomes or trashy romance novels and nothing in-between. And while I happen to like both, I am not sure where Amazon is getting the idea I have a Viking fascination as the last time I bought any book involving the Vikings was when I purchased a book on law in Icelandic society about a decade ago. As to the last time I bought or even read any romance novel with the word "viking" in the title, or for that matter anywhere in the text, it would be never. I must investigate...I do know who Sandra Hill is as friend and I used to read the backs of her books out loud to each other in the bookstore to make fun. They are all about ladies time-travelling to 1000AD and living happily-ever-after with oddly unpillaging and unraping Vikings, instead of dying of sepsis.

In other news of trashy books, I realized Sweet Valley: 10 Years Later is (a) almost out - March 29 is the publishing date and (b) will be available on kindle. Elizabeth, Jessica and all their gorgeous nitwit friends are such a part of my childhood. I will definitely be getting it.

Comments

[ji-xiang.livejournal.com]

March 29, eh? *goes to check out the Kindle link on Amazon*

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how many people I "meet" on-line who end up having a guilty fondness for these books.

Best job eva!

[elij-0650.livejournal.com]

I buy books for my Public Library as a job! Awesome, yes/Yes!
I think we broke the predict function on Amazon some years ago.
They do occaisionally try to get me to buy a food mixer or shoes etc, but as they don't ship most of their non book items to New Zealand it's a wasted effort all round. Silly Amazon!

It's nice to keep them guessing...

Re: Best job eva!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOL, I can only imagine!

[katranna.livejournal.com]

Hah, I will not, because I've read enough spoilers to know it's not where/how I see a lot of the characters ending up (not just in terms of surprise but in terms of "oh come ON now!")... so I'll treat it the way I do "Senior Year" and "University" (ie, ignore). Other people who've read advance copies seem to be more entertained/into it though.

[katranna.livejournal.com]

That said I'll be looking forward to a post on it. :-p

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I am sure it will be tripe but as this LJ is a testament to, I like tripe and don't mind anything short of "and now they are astronauts." It helps that it's been so long since I read SVH, I barely remember what went on. Except Regina Morrow and cocaine, and also the quarterback who goes blind.

[spazzy06.livejournal.com]

Ooh. A new Sweet Valley series is coming out?

I use to be obsessed with those books when I was a preteen.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yup, end of month.

I used to be too.

[er-mused.livejournal.com]

Okay, I have to admit that I've never had a thing for the Sweet Valley books, I was a snob as a kid...LOL

BUT omg, you need to read this series of mystery novels by Kate Carlisle. They're called the "Bibliophile Mysteries" and they are such such guilty pleasures! They are light-hearted, funny and a quick read for days you don't want anything heavy.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Will do!

[eccequambonum.livejournal.com]

My recommendations tend to be either nursing reference books or flat our erotica. Oh, wait, maybe because that's what I buy.... ;)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOLOL. How about nursing erotica? :P