Book reviews revisited
As my birding library grows, I’ve acquired a lot of books via trading sites like PaperBackSwap (PBS) and BookMooch (BM), or via thrift shops, used book stores, and festival fundraisers. Acquiring books this way makes the obsessive book-collecting part of this hobby a bit more affordable. Publisher review copies help, too! So far I’ve reviewed 19 books on this blog, most in 2010, and I thought it would be interesting to see where they all came from (and where they are now).
Purchased new or used [2/8 remain in library]:
- Of a Feather (new) [traded out via PBS]
- The Curse of the Labrador Duck (new) [signed book remains in library]
- Good Birders Don’t Wear White (new) [traded out via PBS]
- The Beak of the Finch (used) [traded out via PBS]
- How to Be a Bad Birdwatcher (used) [traded out via PBS]
- To See Every Bird on Earth (new) [traded out via PBS]
- Going Wild: Adventures with Birds in the Suburban Wilderness (used) [traded out via PBS]
- The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation (new) [signed book remains in library]
Received from publisher [6/6 remain in library]:
- Birds of Europe (Princeton Field Guides) [remains in library]
- Birds of Australia [remains in library]
- Nightjars of the World [remains in library]
- Birds of the West Indies [remains in library]
- Parrots of the World [remains in library]
- Birds of the Middle East [remains in library]
Received via PaperBackSwap or BookMooch [1/5 remains in library]:
- The Big Year (PBS) [remains in library.]
- Beware the Tufted Duck (PBS) [traded out via BM]
- Birding Babylon: A Soldier’s Journal from Iraq (PBS) [traded out via PBS]
- Kingbird Highway (BM) [traded out via PBS]
- The Search for the Pink-headed Duck (PBS) [pending trade-out via PBS or BM]
So that leaves 9 of 19 remaining in my library. That’s not too bad – it means more room for new books – like the ones Santa brought the other day. 
How do you get your bird books?
11:12 am
This is a great site. I found you through BWBTT. I”m going to hold onto this particular post as a fav. so I can use it as a reference. Thanks for your work! Happy New year, too.