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Expect to find curse words, nudity, (occasionally explicit) talk of sex, and angry ranting, but NEVER slurs or sexually violent language. I use TW when I am aware of the need and on request.

belenen: (curious)
meme: where your treasure is...
I think you can learn a bit about someone by how they spend their money (when they have a choice). So if you can remember, please tell me the last 3-11 items you purchased for yourself, and please comment with links to your wishlists if you have them online anywhere (in your LJ, amazon, etc). ;-)

My last 11:

Sexual (Dis)Orientation: Gender, Sex, Desire and Self-Fashioning by Tamsin Wilton (from amazon, per [livejournal.com profile] queerbychoice's recommendation)
Coming From The Light by Sarah Hinze (from amazon)
The World Is Bound By Secret Knots by Noe Venable (from amazon)
Invisible Ones by Orenda Fink (from amazon)
Ramses: The Battle of Kadesh - Vol III by Christian Jacq
Ramses: The Lady of Abu Simbel - Vol IV by Christian Jacq
Ramses: Under the Western Acacia - Vol V by Christian Jacq
^^^ I found ALL THREE of those at the SAME used book store! I got an urge to call the used book store which is farthest away from me, which I very very rarely go to (maybe once a year) and hardly ever think of. I followed the urge without thinking about it, and when she answered I randomly asked if they had any Christian Jacq books (note that they are VERY hard to find -- I've seen the 1st and 2nd in the series but NEVER #3-5), and they had FOUR (including one I already had) of his books. (I went and picked them up the same day, of course) That's pretty much a freaking miracle! they were also very cheap when I traded in some other books. I am confident that God/dess has something important for me to learn from them, and I'm pretty excited about it :D
The Godmother's Apprentice by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (from amazon)
Godmother's Web by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (from amazon)
The Summer Storm Journals by Noe Venable (from the artist)
Catgirl Frank Frazetta poster (here's a full-sized image) (I'm super excited about this! :D can't wait for it to get here!)






and my full amazon list is here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/120JTNJ7ULO8J/

my friends' wishlists (for my reference):
kat: http://kmiotutsie.livejournal.com/256211.html?style=mine
ali: http://aliyna.livejournal.com/1041217.html?style=mine & http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/MHGCZD84J5H/
jenny: http://www.hintbug.com/hintlist/details.aspx?iid=12985
kelley: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2RYJBPATUS336
andrea: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/11S95NGM596LS
katya: http://blood-4-deniro.livejournal.com/63493.html?style=mine
janna: http://www.thethingsiwant.com/jannabanna/list/wishlist/
kori: https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/JKUGXTXZBO9S
gayle: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/I6DDZSX2XZNF/
lia: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/VL6G0RIZPVQG/ &
http://del.icio.us/sylvanfae/wishlist
kels: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3PPB4HTRD4E5M
kristen: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/LR7197LS7UKR
jess (ladywind): http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/registry.html?ie=UTF8&type=wishlist&id=3W1DY3ZL34W1U
sarah (mermaiden): http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/21WVFHCVOUS5Q/ref=wl_web/


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The last 10 books I bought for myself from Amazon were:
Mother to Mother by Sindiwe Magona
California Native Plants for the Garden by Carol Bornstein, David Fross, and Bart O'Brien
The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
Pages for You by Sylvia Brownrigg
S.: A Novel about the Balkans by Slavenka Drakulić
The Enormous Room by e. e. cummings
You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town by Zoë Wicomb
Love and Vertigo by Hsu-Ming Teo
The Deadwood Beetle by Mylène Dressler
Memoirs of Hardrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
I haven't yet received the Sindiwe Magona book in the mail (I just ordered it yesterday). I've received the others, but I haven't yet read the Wicomb, Teo, or Yourcenar books. I did read the others already.

But sometimes the books I buy for my friends are even more revealing about me than the ones I buy for myself, because I tend to buy my own very favorite books for my friends. The last 10 books I bought for my friends from Amazon were:
As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann (for three different people)
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories by Amy Bloom (for two different people)
When I Was Five I Killed Myself by Howard Buten (for two different people)
The Carnal Prayer Mat by Li Yu (for two different people)
On Subbing: The First Four Years by Dave Roche (for two different people)
The Female Man by Joanna Russ (for two different people)
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again) by Andy Warhol
The Mute's Soliloquy: A Memoir by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
My Amazon wish list is here (http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/I6DDZSX2XZNF/).
WOW you're a fast reader!

I want to read some Amy Bloom 'cause I'm curious about her -- is A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories your favorite of her works?
Yes, it is. I definitely recommend it.

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