The Last 20

Lenore from Presenting Lenore has an interesting set of posts. She discloses where the last 20 books she read came from. Out of curiosity, I decided to see where my last 20 books came from too. "FotL" means Friends of the Library, and "from my shelves" means I've owned it for at least 6 months.

1. Girl, Interrupted-from my shelves, bought used from FotL book store
2. Fireworks Over Toccoa-snagged from LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program
3. Because of Winn-Dixie-from my shelves, bought used from either FotL book store or Salvation Army
4. Alias Grace-from my shelves, bought used from FotL book store
5. The Snowflake-library
6. Stitches-library
7. When She Flew-snagged from LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program
8. Lonesome Prairie, MO-received ARC from author (who is a personal friend)
9. Breaking Her Fall-library
10. What-the-Dickens-library
11. The Diving Bell & the Butterfly-from my shelves, received from PaperBackSwap.com
12. The Hidden-TLC book tour
13. The Coming of the Fairies-from my shelves, bought new from Amazon
14. Green Angel-from my shelves, bought used from FotL book store
15. Confessions of a Slacker Wife-library
16. The Persian Pickle Club-bought new from B&N
17. Harry Potter book 1-from my shelves, gift for son from years ago
18. The Ghost Writer-from my shelves, received from PaperBackSwap.com
19. House of Sand and Fog-from my shelves, bought used from FotL book store
20. Pay Attention, Say Thank You-requested from NetGalley.com

The Breakdown:
9 from my shelves (8 used, 1 purchased)
5 ARCs
5 library books
1 bought new

I like this average. I've reduced my ARC consumption, read many books I already owned, and utilized the library for challenge books that I was not likely to want to spend money on. For the last 3.5 months I have spent only about $15. on books. This is about the best summary of me and my books I could have hoped for.