Cyber Monday Shopping Spree

I got Borders and Barnes & Noble gift cards for my birthday and Hanukkah, plus some cash, so I went on a spending spree, buying tons of books and movies that I've been wanting, some for quite awhile.  I'm a "member" of both stores, so I get free shipping and at both websites (though Amazon tends to have the best prices and the best selection of used books - I'll have to get gift cards to Amazon next year!)  Here's a recap:

Hunger Games Trilogy Box Set by Suzanne Collins.  (I'd rather wait for the paperbacks, but that could take a couple of years, and the price was really good - $31 for all 3 books.)

Serenity (DVD) and Serenity Movie Companion book, plus both volumes of the companion books for Firefly.  [They have 3 graphic novels, based on the series, which aren't really my cup of tea, but I got the novelization of the movie at the library and enjoyed it enough to consider buying it during my next shopping spree.  Side note: I hadn't realized that the series and movie had companion books until I followed a link to the most recent graphic novel, based on the character Shephard Book.)

Used books that have been on my wish list for awhile: The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman, My Latest Grievance by Elinor Lipman, and The Diamond Lane by Karen Karbo.  I also got Michael Kinsley's latest book, Please Don't Remain Calm.  I also got both volumes of the Tiny Tyrant books for Caleb.

Still to be purchased:

Griftopia by Matt Taibbi
Kings of Madison Avenue: The Unofficial Companion to Mad Men
The First Man in My Life: Daughters Write about Fathers edited by Sandra Martin

ADDENDUM

By the end of the next weekend, I'd gotten all three of the books above, as well as 2 books for the TV series Battlestar Gallactica, plus a cute book called The Lazy Intellectual.  I also ordered some magazines, since I got (almost) free subscriptions for (again) doing an online survey - The Atlantic, Time, Food & Wine, and Kids Sports Illustrated (I plan to donate all but the first one to Temple Concord, since the magazines in the library are ancient - this is something I've been considering for awhile, since I can get free gift subscriptions to both Newsweek and The Week when I renew for myself; this almost seems better).  As usual, I've gotten completely carried away and probably need to STOP SHOPPING now!

ADDENDUM

I didn't stop shopping completely, but I slowed down a lot.  I picked up a few more items over the next couple of weeks, though my gift cards are empty now:

Mostly Martha - I've wanted to buy this for ages, and finally added it to my collection.

Why We're Liberal by Eric Alterman - I finally got a 40% off coupon at Borders (I'd been waiting and waiting for one to arrive in my Inbox) and since my gift list was completed, I treated myself to this book that had been on my Wist List for a couple of years.  Hopefully it will be balm for my battered liberal soul (along with Michael Kinsley's book).  Good reading to gird myself for the next 2 years of political theater.

Light - I just loved this gorgeous kids' book that I'd gotten at the library, so I snapped up a used copy for just a few dollars on Amazon.

Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue - I heard the author talking about her new novel, Room, on NPR.  That book doesn't really appeal to me (despite being short-listed for the Booker Prize), but when I went to look into it, I came across this collection of stories she wrote previously, feminist rewrites of classic fairy tales like Sleeping Beauty.  I found an inexpensive used copy and thought it should be part of my collection.  [I read about half of it and wasn't really that enthralled - not quite what I was expecting.]