Help me spend $27.21 on Amazon.com!

[Matterhorn Fan]

I took a 4-cup container of loose change to the Coinstar machine today and now I've got a gift certificate for $27.21 to Amazon.

What should I buy?

[MouseWife]

Music or books!!!

[Matterhorn Fan]

Gee, that's not very specific!

[Not Afraid]

I think the most difficult thing is that it is ONLY $27. I'm better at spending 50 or 100. ;)

[Matterhorn Fan]

Well it doesn't have to come out exact. (But $100 is more than I want to spend right now.)

[€uroMeinke]

I recommend that you get Kafka on the Shore (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400043662/sr=8-2/qid=1141589569/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-8099692-1345726?%5Fencoding=UTF8) and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679775439/ref=pd_bxgy_text_b/102-8099692-1345726?%5Fencoding=UTF8) together for $26.72

[Matterhorn Fan]

What do I get with the $.49 leftover? ;)

[€uroMeinke]

What do I get with the $.49 leftover? ;)

Are there Taco Bells in Florida?

[MouseWife]

Well. Re-thinking...you have a lot of books already, don't you? Although I have been recommended a book called 'Kite Runner'. Can't wait to read that.

Or, as far as movies, have you picked up 'Lady and the Tramp' on DVD? I haven't and I really want to.

Music. Are you a Pearl Jam fan? You can save your $$ until their next cd comes out. Don't think it is too far down the line. Otherwise, I don't think we like the same music. I do like what I've heard from 'She Wants Revenge'. Heard of them? Or the latest 'Strokes'.

Having just passed Mardis Gras, I have been listening to a lot of Louis Armstrong.

And, if you liked the movie 'Jarhead', my son read the book and I am glad he did because after I watched the movie I asked him a lot of questions. So, that might be an interesting read.

[MickeyLumbo]

gimme a few days and i'll try to take a look at Walt's LP collection... i'll see if i can recommend somethin for ya;)

[Matterhorn Fan]

Are there Taco Bells in Florida?Yes, but I don't eat fast food.

Anyways, I doubt I'd get $.49 (or any amount, for that matter) as a refund. I'm fairly certain this is a spend-it-all-at-once kinda thing.

MouseWife: I already have Kite Runner (never finished reading it), I do plan to pick up L&TT at some point, not a big Pearl Jam fan, already have a lot of Louis Armstrong, and haven't seen Jarhead.

MickeyLumbo: Should I know what you're talking about?

[MouseWife]

Was 'Kite Runner' not your style? I mean, the people who recommended it to me are quite political. I am not really so I hope the book isn't.

I want all of my Disney movies on DVD. I only have a couple. I need to update.

What to do with all of the VHS?

[Matterhorn Fan]

The Kite Runner . . .

Well, for starters, it wasn't my idea to read it. It definitely wasn't forced upon me, but it's not something I would have picked up on my own.

Since I haven't read the whole thing, I can't really say how political it is. But there's a decent storyline to it--I guess that the political stuff is more a backdrop than anything else, though it figures pretty prominantly (at least at the beginning).

Surely someone else on this board has read it and can give you a better idea of whether you might like it, MouseWife.


€, those books look interesting. If I were to buy just one of them, which one would you recommend?

[€uroMeinke]

€, those books look interesting. If I were to buy just one of them, which one would you recommend?

Both are good, but I think for you I'd lean slightly toward Kafka on the Shore

[tracilicious]

Well. Re-thinking...you have a lot of books already, don't you? Although I have been recommended a book called 'Kite Runner'. Can't wait to read that.




I, also, can't wait to read this. I heard the author talking about it on book TV. It sounds really really interesting.

E took my recommendation. (One poster at a time, Chris. Mwahahahaha!) I'll have to get back to you.

[MouseWife]

tracilicious~I will read this. I have to. I have a friend who lived through quite an ordeal in Iran and I she said that this really hit home for her. I would like to get a feel for what she went through. A little afraid, too, that it may be harsh.

That would have been cool to see the author to make that connection.

Those other books, they sound quite deep. :cool:

[Matterhorn Fan]

Both are good, but I think for you I'd lean slightly toward Kafka on the ShoreGood to hear--that's what I was thinking from the descriptions, but the reviews seemed to lean the other way.

Not that I put much stock in Amazon reviews. :rolleyes:


You guys are making me think maybe I should bring Kite Runner home from the office.

[Not Afraid]

Well, WInd-up Bird is THE classic Murikami, while Kafka is the newest of the bunch and not had the time to become classic yet. I think that's where the discrepancy comes in on Amazon. I've read them both and love them both, but somehow Kafka nudged Wind-Up just a bit.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Now you're just making the book sound like a bully.