Hey all, I'm in a heartless phase and sorting through books to give away-- generally, I schlep them up to the library, but I figured if anyone here wanted a crack at them, I'd be more than happy to send.

Because I get so many freebies when I go to conferences, some of them I haven't even read, so I can't vouch for their quality, but like I said, if they sound in the slightest bit interesting, I'll be more than happy to send. Just let me know if you want me to post a list.

Oh, please!

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book whore

Will fuck for books? There's...no downside there, is there?

I'm going to have to build retaining walls for my TBR pile(s).

I'll do lots of things for books, baby.

I ruthlessly went through my old paperbacks and admitted which ones I would *never* read again. And, okay, I did search for them online and make sure I could replace them used if I ever did want to re-read. And gave them to DH to trade at Ed McKay's. He recycles books, and only keeps pbs in a series he loves or knows he'll re-read. My problem is the still TBR. My eyes have always been bigger than...my eyes, with books. I just can't read fast enough. And I'm plagued by the urge to re-read nearly as often as the urge to read something new.

Thence, the teetering TBR piles. For which there is no shelf space. Shelf space is only for the keepers.

Ed McKay's

OMG, I remember them! They were my preferred source for romance and mystery purchasing and sellback in G'boro (I was a poor student. No way could I afford my reading habits without trade-in.) Hadn't realized they were statewide. I could probably still remember how to get there from the college.

They have a branch in Winston now. But the Gbro one is still the best.

OMG, I remember them! They were my preferred source for romance and mystery purchasing and sellback in G'boro

hah! Yeah! I loved that place!

Fay, I've been reading Charlaine Harris for ... well, quite a while. I liked the Lily Bard/Shakespeare series quite a lot. I think her series kind of run out after five books - I found the Aurora Teagarden ones kind of cloying after that point and I've given up on the Sookie Stackhouse ones. I'm enjoying the Grave series, although the incest overtones haven't squicked me. She also did an earlier, non-series, one called A Secret Rage that I thought was good - with the popularity of her more recent books they seem to be reprinting her older ones.

Okey doke-- I think I've done a cursory (HA!) sweep of the books and here are the ones that are up for grabs. Whatever anyone wants, just post here, so others can see (And I'll edit my list to strikethrough) and then contact me at the profile addy with your snail mail address and I will do my bestest to get books out in the next week or two. I'd provide links, but I'd be here forever.

Here we go:

When a Lady Misbehaves- Michelle Marcos (Regency)
Who Stole the Funny- Robby Benson (Mainstream)
One Dance in Paris- Julia Holden (WF)
Holly Would Dream- Karen Quinn (WF)
The Other Boleyn Girl- Philippa Gregory
Wild Thing- Maggie Shayne, Marjorie M. Liu, Alyssa Day, Meljean Brook (Paranormal Rom Anthology)
Seven Nights of Sin- Lacey Alexander (Erotic Romance)
Lady Macbeth- Susan Fraser King (Historical)
Shaken and Stirred; Sex, Straight Up; Nightcap- Kathleen O'Reilly (Trio of Harl Blazes)
No Safe Place; Blaze; No Regrets- JoAnn Ross
Middlesex- Jeffrey Eugenides (Mainstream) amych
Make Him Look Good; Dirty Girls on Top- Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (Latina Women's fic)
Raintree: Sanctuary- Beverly Barton (Harl Nocturne)
Wild & Hexy; My Nerdy Valentine- Vicki Lewis Thompson
Wages of Sin- Jenna Maclaine (Para)
How to Knit a Wild Bikini- Christie Ridgeway (Contemp Romance)
Rescue Me- Cherry Adair, Lora Leigh, Cindy Gerard (Rom Suspense)
Dark Needs at Night's Edge- Kresley Cole (Para)
Something Rotten- Alan Gratz (Contemp YA retelling of Hamlet) Amy
Enthusiasm- Polly Shulman (Contep YA with an Austen spin)
Eat, Pray, Love- Elizabeth Gilbert Ginger
Don't Look Down; Agnes and the Hitman- Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer Ginger
Underneath it All- Margo Candela (Latina WF)
Sister Chicas- Lisa Alvarado, Ann Hagman Cardinal, Jane Alberdeston Coralin (Latina YA) Glamcookie
The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes- Jennifer Crusie, Eileen Dreyer, Anne Stuart (Para) Amy
A Connecticut Fashionista in King Arthur's Court; What No Roses?- Marianne Mancusi (Chick Lit)
Boys That Bite- Mari Mancusi (Para YA) Glamcookie
Cinderella Lopez- Berta Platas (Latina WF)
The Book Thief- Marcus Zusak Polter-Cow
Pack Up the Moon- Anna McPartlin (WF)
Second Chance- Jane Green (WF)
The Baby Gamble- Tara Taylor Quinn (Harl Super)
Murder on Ice- Alina Adams (cozy mystery)
Marriage, Interrupted- Karen Templeton (Sil SE)
A Thief in a Kilt- Sandy Blair (Hist)
Captive Moon- C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp (Para Rom)
The Bitch Posse- Martha O'Connor (Mainstream)
Carpe Demon- Julie Kenner (Para WF) Amy
Love, Rosie- Cecilia Ahearn (WF)
Shifter- Angela Knight, Lora Leigh, Alyssa Day, Virgina Kantra (Para Rom Anthology)
Real Women Don't Wear Size 2; Good Girls Don't- Kelley St. John (Contemp Rom)
The Red Hat Club Rides Again- Haywood Smith (WF)
The Fortune Quilt; Ex and the Single Girl- Lani Diane Rich (WF)
Maybe Baby; Crazy in Love- Lani Diane Rich (Rom Com)
Sleeping with Ward Cleaver- Jenny Gardiner (Contemp Rom/WF)
The Dead Room- Heather Graham (Para)
Tempting the Prince- Patricia Grasso (Hist)
Cover of Night- Linda Howard (Rom Susp)

Okay, I think I've managed to recreate the list.

And as before, if anyone wants any copies of mine, I have some left, so just let me know.