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[yubsie]

You know what's dangerous? Coupons for 20% off one book if your total purchase is $35 or more. So naturally I couldn't JUST buy The Graveyard Book, since it was only $19.50 before taxes. Had to find another $15.50 in books! I considered Millenium Falcon, but I think I'll probably wait for the paperback on that one. It looks like it could be fun, but I'm not sure it will be $30 fun. I also considered Nation, but my parents tend to get me the new Pratchetty goodness for Christmas. (This means that Daddy reads it first and sends me random excerpts cobbled together from sentences on an assortment of pages.)

So I bought Watchmen, since I want to read it before the movie comes out. Thus my entire purchase can be blamed on Neil Gaiman. Alan Moore even thanks Gaiman!

Finding The Graveyard Book was, not entirely surprisingly, an adventure. I was pretty sure it would be in children's, since that's where Vicki mentioned Chapters thought it should be shelved, so I assumed it would probably be the same at Coles. But... the Twilight fans! I was walking into the section and, well, apparently there's SOMETHING out that has fold outs with pictures from the movie. They were... shrieking! So I decided to ask for help. :p

But yay, I has books! And I renewed my iRewards card, which made for a pricey excursion over all. :p

Comments

[sandoz-iscariot.livejournal.com]

The Graveyard Book was a lot of fun. And I hope you like Watchmen (I squee'd when I first saw Gaiman's name-check).

Twilight fans...are scary. Always proceed with caution.

[yubsie]

OMG ICON!

So many shiny things to read. :p

They are TERRIFYING. I believe a certain actor advised "You run. You run and you don't look back." :p

[jeepersjournal.livejournal.com]

Are the Irewards cards worth it? I tend to go to Coles enough, and Chapters once in awhile, but wasn't sure if they actually add up to much....

Yay Watchmen!

[yubsie]

They tend to add up pretty quickly, especially when you factor in the coupons they give you at sign up/renewal. The discount is usually on TOP of any existing sale, which is awesome.

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

You have to buy $250 worth of books in the year to make it worth it. Though if you use the coupons you get when you buy/renew, then that does help since the booklet is apparently worth about $25 overall (though I know from experience that I never actually used all the coupons when I had them).

You get 10% off books in store, 40% off bestsellers (which are 30% for non-iRewards people), and 5% off online (which is usually discounted lower than in-store, but of course you have to deal with shipping...or buy enough to get free shipping).

^_^

[jeepersjournal.livejournal.com]

I think I might look into it.... though I don't get all my books at Chapters, and buy most of my non-comics used.

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

They are nice coupons. Though a surprising amount of people won't even listen to what they are about. It really surprises me. I mean, I can see not using them, but you might as well at least hear what they are for.

Silly people.

And that would be the movie version of the Twilight book, the one that has a poster in it. They are both ugly though, in comparison to the original book which, like its contents or not, you have to admit was really slick packaging.

[yubsie]

They are kinda funky looking covers. :p

[seryan.livejournal.com]

If you thought Gaiman was addictive as crack, Moore is just as bad.

Watchmen, though awesome, is even more fucked up than 'V'. In an awesome addictive way, though.

[yubsie]

I will continue to blame Gaiman though. Because it's fun. :p (And he's probably okay with it :p)

V is pretty fucked up. :p

[seryan.livejournal.com]

Plus, Gaiman knows Alan Moore. So it's vicariously his fault anyway. :P

[yubsie]

I suppose I could blame Pratchett, since if it weren't for Pratchett, I wouldn't read Gaiman.

OR! I COULD BLAME TESS! Because she got me to read Pratchett

[jeepersjournal.livejournal.com]

I blame Alan Moore's beard. It's done a lot of wrong in the world already, so it can take it