I am very excited to share with you some of my book finds from the recent Page One Warehouse Sale here in Singapore. It’s great that we contribute quite regularly in the Sunday Meme, In My Mailbox hosted by Kristi from The Story Siren to keep track of books we have received, bought, stolen, captured, borrowed, or as Fats phrased it “book-napped”, over the past (few) week(s).
Quite a number of people, truth be told. I immediately made a beeline to the inner sanctum where the children’s section/ YA fiction can be found. I promised myself I wouldn’t buy too many, but when I saw how wonderful the titles are and most of them are worth 1sgd each (!!!!) – brand new books at that – caution was thrown to the wind.
My number-one enabler, my husband, carrying a box filled with new books!!
Now, let’s go over them. Book by book. 🙂
Obviously, these are my daughter’s book finds. A graphic novel version of R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps: Creepy Creatures. She is also deeply into Hank Zipzer by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver. She found Holy Enchilada and The Life of Me (Enter at your Own Risk) for 1 sgd each. 🙂
Goosebumps: Amazon | Book Depository
Hank Zipper Holy Enchilada!: Amazon | Book Depository
Hank Zipper The Life of Me: Amazon | Book Depository
Born to Run: Amazon | Book Depository
The Butterfly Lion: Amazon | Book Depository
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips: Amazon | Book Depository
Private Peaceful: Amazon | Book Depository
The boxed set by Michael Morpurgo (3 books in all) cost only 5 sgd. I now have Butterfly Lion, Born to Run and The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips. I also found Private Peaceful for 1 sgd.
Drowned Wednesday: Amazon | Book Depository
The Magykal Papers: Amazon | Book Depository
Nightmare Academy Charlie’s Monsters: Amazon | Book Depository
I am slowly collecting Garth Nix books that I am finding on sale. Drowned Wednesday is also up for grabs at 1 sgd. I was overjoyed to find The Magykal Papers by Angie Sage for the same dirt-cheap price. Nightmare Academy: Charlie’s Monsters by Dean Lorey also seemed to be a perfect book for our bimonthly theme this January/February on the paranormal. 🙂
The Last Apprentice The Spook’s Tale and Other Horrors: Amazon | Book Depository
The Last Apprentice A Coven of Witches: Amazon | Book Depository
Unbelievably, these books are also for 1 sgd each. The Last Apprentice: The Spook’s Tale and Other Horrors and A Coven of Witches by Joseph Delaney. Again, in preparation for our Circus/Carnivale/Paranormal Twists which we shall be launching on the 15th of January.
The Prince of Mist: Amazon | Book Depository
Ship Breaker: Amazon | Book Depository
I immediately grabbed Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi off the shelf (it was the last one) – again, for 1 sgd (!!!). Come on now. There is also Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s The Prince of Mist. Ever since my review of Zafon’s The Shadow of the Wind, I have been intrigued by his writing. Definitely another author to look out for.
Book of the Stars The Mystery of Lord Sha: Amazon | Book Depository
Book of the Stars The Face of the Shadow: Amazon | Book Depository
The Underland Chronicles Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane: Amazon | Book Depository
The Underland Chronicles Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods: Amazon | Book Depository
One of the great things that happened to me in this warehouse sale is that I finally found the missing books in my Underland Chronicles Series by Suzanne Collins. I found books 2 and 3: Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane and Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods! Yay! I can start reading the series soon! I am unfamiliar with the Book of the Stars Series, but I thought of giving it a shot. Unfortunately I only found Books 2 and 3: The Mystery of Lord Sha and The Face of the Shadow by Erik L’Homme.
Warriors Bluestar’s Prophecy: Amazon | Book Depository
Seeker’s The Last Wilderness: Amazon | Book Depository
It was Kyle, a member of the Gathering Readers book club who brought me to Erin Hunter. Since Warriors BlueStar’s Prophecy and Seekers: The Last Wilderness are both on sale at 1 sgd each, I thought that I might as well get to know this author that had a nine year old so riveted. 🙂
What the Dickens: Amazon | Book Depository
Missing Sisters: Amazon | Book Depository
What the Dickens by Gregory Maguire is still at 4 sgd, but for a hardbound book, it’s not bad. Missing Sisters is for 1 sgd.
Maya Angelou Letter to My Daughter: Amazon | Book Depository
Miss Marple Omnibus Volume II: Amazon | Book Depository
I couldn’t resist these two books, even if they are 5 sgd each. 🙂 Maya Angelou’s Letter to My Daughter and a collection of Agatha Christie: Miss Marple Omnibus Volume II. Awesome!
Getting the Girl: Amazon | Book Depository
Bird, Lake, Moon: Amazon | Book Depository
Dope Sick: Amazon | Book Depository
I have the two books of Markus Zusak (I am the Messenger, Book Thief) – and it’s great to find another one to add to my (still-unread) collection Getting the Girl. I am not that familiar with Kevin Henkes but the reviews at the back indicated that Bird, Lake, Moon seems like a fairly celebrated novel. Dope Sick is a great addition to my ever-growing pile of Walter Dean Myers books. All these three are for 1 sgd each. *happy happy dance*
The Witch’s Boy: Amazon | Book Depository
Demon Thief: Amazon | Book Depository
Interworld: Amazon | Book Depository
All these three books again would be perfect for our Carnivale/Paranormal theme: The Witch’s Boy by Michael Gruber, The Demonata: Demon Thief by Darren Shan. And Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves’ Interworld.
Skulduggery Pleasant Dark Days: Amazon | Book Depository
Skulduggery Pleasant The Faceless Ones: Amazon | Book Depository
I’ve always thought that I already bought one Skulduggery Pleasant book, but apparently I am mistaken. It’s good to find Dark Days and The Faceless Ones by Derek Landy for 1 sgd each. 🙂
Ghostgirl Homecoming: Amazon | Book Depository
The Silver Blade: Amazon | Book Depository
Apparently Tonya Hurley’s Ghostgirl: Homecoming is already the sequel for another book – I have to admit I was really taken by the book cover – so beautifully crafted – and yes, hardbound, for 1 sgd. I was also glad to have found Sally Gardner’s The Silver Blade.
Chains: Amazon | Book Depository
Fear of Falling Vet Volunteers: Amazon | Book Depository
Yipee! So great to have found these lovely lovely books by Laurie Halse Anderson: Fear of Falling and Chains.
Across the Wall: Amazon | Book Depository
More Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark: Amazon | Book Depository
Vacations from Hell: Amazon | Book Depository
These three books are short story collections, again for 1 sgd!!! Garth Nix’s Across the Wall, Vacations from Hell by authors like Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, etc. And another (possible) add-in to our paranormal theme: More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark collected by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by Brett Helquist.
The Quilt Trilogy A Stitch in Time: Amazon | Book Depository
Timecatcher: Amazon | Book Depository
I found an Ann Rinaldi book last year during the Singapore Library Warehouse Sale and I am glad to have found The Quilt Trilogy: A Stitch in Time this time around. The cover of Timecatcher by Marie-Louse Fitzpatrick also looks great.
The Egypt Game: Amazon | Book Depository
Feathers: Amazon | Book Depository
Shooting the Moon: Amazon | Book Depository
My Brother Sam is Dead: Amazon | Book Depository
Since we also have our own AWB (Award-Winning-Books) Reading Challenge (do sign up, if you haven’t already), I am constantly looking for books that have gained some form of recognition. Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson, Shooting the Moon by Frances O’Roark Dowell and My Brother Sam is Dead by James and Christopher Collier all fit in that category.
Waiting for Normal: Amazon | Book Depository
The Night Tourist: Amazon | Book Depository
These are new authors to me, but I have a feeling I’d enjoy them: Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor and The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh.
Hate That Cat: Amazon | Book Depository
One Night: Amazon | Book Depository
More novels-in-verse! I naturally doubt whether I’d be able to review these lovely books. Semester is about to begin and it’s even more hectic than the previous one (such is the story of my life), but … there’s always room for poetry. Sharon Creech’s Hate That Cat and One Night by Margaret Wild.
Poison: Amazon | Book Depository
The Beastly Arms: Amazon | Book Depository
The Order of Odd-Fish: Amazon | Book Depository
More YA love: Poison by Chris Wooding. The Beastly Arms by Patrick Jennings and James Kennedy’s The Order of Odd-fish.
Revolver: Amazon | Book Depository
The Cabinet of Curiosities: Amazon | Book Depository
More Marcus Sedgwick love in Revolver. I have also been interested with this book The Cabinet of Curiosities by Paul Dowswell. I think I borrowed this several times from the library but I always end up returning it – without having had the time to really read through it.
Billy and the Bearman: Amazon | Book Depository
The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily: Amazon | Book Depository
Billy and the Bearman by David A. Poulsen and The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily by Dino Buzzati – are huge sales at 1 sgd each.
The T-Shirt A Collection of 500 Designs: Amazon | Book Depository
Now this one is my husband’s book find – perfect for his shirt-printing gig. 🙂
Page One – Take Two
The sale was ongoing for three days, and yup, I plead guilty as charged. We went back again – I had a feeling there were quite a number of titles I missed out on – and my husband was also determined to find more books on tshirt printing and designs. Here is my second batch of books.
Warriors The Fourth Apprentice: Amazon | Book Depository
Ghosts of Fear Street: Amazon | Book Depository
I found another Erin Hunter, Warriors book, and this is the first in the series, apparently. The Fourth Apprentice. My ten year old naturally could not resist R. L. Stine’s Ghosts of Fear Street.
Glass: Amazon | Book Depository
Locomotion: Amazon | Book Depository
The Mystery of Drear House: Amazon | Book Depository
A White Romance: Amazon | Book Depository
I found MORE novels in verse! Jacqueline Woodson’s Locomotion which happens to be a National Book Award Finalist (I dare myself to read this before we are done with our Poetry-Filled Yuletide cheer theme hehehe). Finding Ellen Hopkins’ Glass was also a treat, the sequel to another novel-in-verse Crank. Sadly I was not able to find the latter. My heart pounded in glee when I found Virginia Hamilton titles! The Mystery of Drear House and A White Romance.
The Last Apprentice Clash of the Demons: Amazon | Book Depository
The Last Apprentice Attack of the Fiend: Amazon | Book Depository
Dark Calling: Amazon | Book Depository
Cirque du Freak The Vampire’s Assistant: Amazon | Book Depository
More Joseph Delaney’s The Last Apprentice: Clash of the Demons and Attack of the Fiend. I hope all these dark titles won’t give me nightmares. There’s also more of Darren Shan with Dark Calling and The Vampire’s Assistant from his Cirque du Freak series. For those who have already read Darren Shan, do let me know what I should expect from his writing.
Moonpie and Ivy: Amazon | Book Depository
Rowan and the Travelers: Amazon | Book Depository
The Wormholers: Amazon | Book Depository
An Acquaintance with Darkness: Amazon | Book Depository
More of Ann Rinaldi with An Acquaintance with Darkness, a Jamila Gavin title with The Wormholers (nice book cover!), Moonpie and Ivy by Barbara O’Connor and Emily Rodda’s Rowan and the Travelers. I have one other title of Rowan – I am sure I must be missing a few more titles in the series, but it’s good to find them in book sales such as this one.
Fighting Ruben Wolfe: Amazon | Book Depository
Iron Thunder: Amazon | Book Depository
Mind’s Eye: Amazon | Book Depository
The Great Petrowski A Fable: Amazon | Book Depository
Another Markus Zusak book: Fighting Ruben Wolfe. I have also been collecting Avi titles and I’m glad to add Iron Thunder to my collection. Paul Fleischman’s Mind’s Eye also looks really luscious alongside The Great Petrowski: A Fable by Gina Berriault.
Blue Blood Keys to the Repository: Amazon | Book Depository
Skulduggery Pleasant Playing with Fire: Amazon | Book Depository
The Spooks Witches: Amazon | Book Depository
Another Skulduggery Pleasant! Derek Landy’s Playing with Fire. And yes another Joseph Delaney with The Spooks: Witches. I was also taken by the book cover of Blue Blood: Keys to the Repository by Melissa de la Cruz – quite unknown to me, but I’m feeling adventurous, given that it’s for 1 sgd. Why not. 🙂 Below, you can see my husbands book, it’s a “The Clothing People” guide, he wants to start a T-shirt company.
Typo Shirt One: Amazon | Book Depository
Yay! Husband is happy too – since he found this book at 30% off. 🙂
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Oh my goodness Myra!! What a way to start the new year! Looks like you’ve got some great books there. Happy New Year and happy reading!
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Hi Corinne! I miss you! Hope to see you in a few months’ time! And yes, what a great way to begin the year. With books, books, and more books! Geeklandia indeed!
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So… I don’t even know where to begin. HAHA!!
I saw Drowned Wednesday and Across the Wall by Garth Nix. You should get his Abhorsen Trilogy the next chance you get. It consists of Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen. Across the Wall is a companion book, I believe. He also has his Seventh Tower series.
Great find on Maguire’s Missing Sisters. I didn’t know he wrote a book with that title. Also, I envy you for getting Zusak’s Getting the Girl. Have you read his I Am The Messenger? You should give it a shot next time.
And, of course, Neil Gaiman – drool. =)
So many great finds, really. I am at a loss for words. Hehe.
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Okay, okay. Will check out Garth Nix next chance I get. I am hoping that I would be able to complete this particular series, the titles appeal to me. We shall see where this road shall take us. Hehe.
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Oh my, what a lot of great books you found. It’s like going to our local library sales! I know some, have some & have read many of them. Read Shipbreaker, Chains, & MInd’s Eye-all terrific. I lately have been reading some picture books I purchased in Dec., and I’ve actually gone to the library this week. I am trying to use the library more & spend a little less-a challenging resolution!
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Hi Linda! Yes, it’s very similar to the local library sales. The only difference is that these books are cheaper (they’re only 1 sgd each, our library warehouse sales usually sell books at 2 sgd each) – and one other thing, they’re all brand new!!! 🙂 I also resolve to buy less books (starting err… right now?), but if they’re selling shipbreaker and mind’s eye for 1 sgd, I mean, I won’t be able to physically stop myself. Truth be told. 🙂
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Wow! That looks like it was fun. And you got some wonderful books! Thanks for visiting — and happy reading!
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Hi Annette, I’m glad to have discovered your site through IMM. 🙂 Thanks for visiting too.
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You got a lot of books this week. I downloaded an e-book by Erin Hunter for free. Happy reading!
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Hi Amy, I am hoping I’d get to Erin Hunter some time this year. 🙂
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I am SO glad I’m not the only person who has ever been to a Penguin Warehouse sale. They are THE BEST. I see your hubby carrying the box and think of my boyfriend who is also often stuck carrying the box (es) from the Penguin Sale we go to annually.
Also your sale is awesome — look at all those YAs! Shipbreaker is SO good.
Happy reading, Myra! 😀
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Hi April! This is truly an unexpectedly wonderful warehouse sale. I was half-surprised no one was grabbing the titles off my hands. 🙂 Was glad though that I only had very few competition with the really great titles.
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Oh man. Don’t you just love Book Clearance Sales. Great haul. Thanks for visiting me earlier. Just returning the favor.
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Hi! Yes. I agree. Book clearance sales (though sad) are where you can find the best-est deals.
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OMG you got sooooo many books! I want to go to a book warehouse and walk out with a box of books! lucky girl 😀 I hope you enjoy every single one you got!
MaryAnn
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Hi MaryAnn, the challenge now is to find the time to read all these lovelies! Thanks for dropping by.
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That’s a huge haul. What the Dickens is definitely going on my reading list. I’m definitely game for reading about a rogue tooth fairy…LOL. The Cabinet of Curiosities sounds interesting too.
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Hi Jennifer, I borrowed cabinet of curiosities from our library before, but never found the time to really read through it. I’m glad it’s safe in my bookshelf now. Hope to get to it soon. 🙂
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You got some amazing books! I missed out on joining the Big Bad Wolf Sale here in Malaysia last year, but thinking back, it might have been a blessing in disguise because I would end up with boxes of books when I return. 😀 Book warehouse sales are always so fun… not only the books, but also the atmosphere.
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Hi Evangeline, thanks for dropping by our website. Hmm… I should check out the book sales in Malaysia, I have a feeling, I’d go even crazier!
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