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bookgazing) wrote2010-09-23 12:00 am
bookgazing) wrote2010-09-23 12:00 am
You Can Never Have Too Many Right?
Bookish confession time. Yes, I bought books. I was so good last month, no books bought at all, so a reward was needed (sorry no pictures as I still haven't worked out how to make the camera work with the computer since the Vista disaster):
‘London Triptych’ – Jonathan Kemp: From The Green Carnation longlist. It sounds like a kind of twisty narrative that might have a tense atmosphere to it.
‘The Orphans of Eldorado’ – Milton Hatoum: A reimagining of the myth of Eldorado and a pretty, pretty cover.
’32 Candles’ – Ernessa T Carter: Ari’s review pushed me to pick this up. She’s so enthusiastic about it and I know she has fantastic taste.
‘City of Ghosts’ – Bali Rai: I remember seeing this mentioned in a magazine, but Ari’s mention of it sealed my purchase. It’s 1919 and all hell is breaking loose in the City of Armistar – intrigued.
‘Where I Belong’ – Gillian Cross: The blurb and the cover makes me WANT:
‘There are guns and bandits in this story. And supermodels. And there's drought and starvation too. Are you wondering how they can all come together? Well, that's how life is these days. Things don't happen neatly, in separate little places. We're all caught by the great spider's web of media that spans the world. That's where this story is set. The world. It's the story of Abdi and Khadija and Freya (that's me) and what happened to us because of Somalia’
‘Raised by Wolves’ – Jennifer Lynn Barnes: I saw this mentioned on Smart Bitches. It sounds like it could be a very cool examination of pack hierarchy and female werewolves, with romance and fighting.
'Speak' – Laurie Halse Anderson: If you want to know why I bumped ‘Speak’ up to my buying list, you can read one of the many eloquent posts on the Speak Loudly reaction to inflammatory remarks made by a guy who thinks banning books is the way forward.
‘The Diamond of Drury Lane' and 'Cat Amongst the Pigeons’ - Julia Golding : I came across this series browsing in WH Smiths.This is a plucky heroine series and I know for a fact that later in the series there will be stowing away on a ship.
‘The Agency: A Spy in the House’ – Y S Lee: A new young adult mystery series brought to my attention by the authors fabulous Victorian information blog tour and reviews at Reading in Color and GAL Novelty.
‘Spitfire Women’ - : Did anyone see the program about the British ATA ferry pool last weekend? This is the book one of the historians on the show wrote about female pilots flying all kinds of planes to RAF bases during WWII – the British version of some of the American history novelised in ‘Flygirl’ by Sherri L Smith. The program was so personal and interesting I couldn’t resist exploring more of the history.
‘The Disreputable History of Frankie Landeau-Banks’ – E Lockhart: Reviewed and hugely big upped at so many great blogs like thingsmeanalot, The Book Smugglers and Bookshelves of Doom. I’ve been resisting splurging on it for ages (especially because I knew I needed the hardback copy with the good cover) and gave in this weekend.
‘A la Carte’ – Tanita S Davis: I finished ‘Mare’s War’ last week. The ending really grabbed me by the guts and the story was so intimate that I immediately picked up Davis’ first novel about a vegetarian teenager who wants her own cooking show.
‘Merchants of Culture’ – John B Thompson: A book that promises to set the publishing industry in its historical context and explain how it really works now. Spotted at ‘Read, React, Review’.
Pre-ordered:
‘Under the Poppy’ – Kathe Koja: I think Chasing Ray initially alerted me to this one. A gay Victorian supernatural fantasy, with opium and weird puppets is too gothic for me to resist.
‘The Replacement’ – Brenna Yovanoff: I’ve seen this cover on The Booksmugglers Radar posts, on Maggie Stiefvater’s blog, on Voracious YAppetite and I keep waiting for it to be available to buy. It seems like I have been waiting forever and the waiting game has become dull, with one click of a button I can pre-order the hardback. Cool. Fairies as they should be – creepy and iron intolerant.
'E M Forster: A New Life' - Wendy Moffat: I love EM Forster and this promises a new approach to his life.
‘London Triptych’ – Jonathan Kemp: From The Green Carnation longlist. It sounds like a kind of twisty narrative that might have a tense atmosphere to it.
‘The Orphans of Eldorado’ – Milton Hatoum: A reimagining of the myth of Eldorado and a pretty, pretty cover.
’32 Candles’ – Ernessa T Carter: Ari’s review pushed me to pick this up. She’s so enthusiastic about it and I know she has fantastic taste.
‘City of Ghosts’ – Bali Rai: I remember seeing this mentioned in a magazine, but Ari’s mention of it sealed my purchase. It’s 1919 and all hell is breaking loose in the City of Armistar – intrigued.
‘Where I Belong’ – Gillian Cross: The blurb and the cover makes me WANT:
‘There are guns and bandits in this story. And supermodels. And there's drought and starvation too. Are you wondering how they can all come together? Well, that's how life is these days. Things don't happen neatly, in separate little places. We're all caught by the great spider's web of media that spans the world. That's where this story is set. The world. It's the story of Abdi and Khadija and Freya (that's me) and what happened to us because of Somalia’
‘Raised by Wolves’ – Jennifer Lynn Barnes: I saw this mentioned on Smart Bitches. It sounds like it could be a very cool examination of pack hierarchy and female werewolves, with romance and fighting.
'Speak' – Laurie Halse Anderson: If you want to know why I bumped ‘Speak’ up to my buying list, you can read one of the many eloquent posts on the Speak Loudly reaction to inflammatory remarks made by a guy who thinks banning books is the way forward.
‘The Diamond of Drury Lane' and 'Cat Amongst the Pigeons’ - Julia Golding : I came across this series browsing in WH Smiths.This is a plucky heroine series and I know for a fact that later in the series there will be stowing away on a ship.
‘The Agency: A Spy in the House’ – Y S Lee: A new young adult mystery series brought to my attention by the authors fabulous Victorian information blog tour and reviews at Reading in Color and GAL Novelty.
‘Spitfire Women’ - : Did anyone see the program about the British ATA ferry pool last weekend? This is the book one of the historians on the show wrote about female pilots flying all kinds of planes to RAF bases during WWII – the British version of some of the American history novelised in ‘Flygirl’ by Sherri L Smith. The program was so personal and interesting I couldn’t resist exploring more of the history.
‘The Disreputable History of Frankie Landeau-Banks’ – E Lockhart: Reviewed and hugely big upped at so many great blogs like thingsmeanalot, The Book Smugglers and Bookshelves of Doom. I’ve been resisting splurging on it for ages (especially because I knew I needed the hardback copy with the good cover) and gave in this weekend.
‘A la Carte’ – Tanita S Davis: I finished ‘Mare’s War’ last week. The ending really grabbed me by the guts and the story was so intimate that I immediately picked up Davis’ first novel about a vegetarian teenager who wants her own cooking show.
‘Merchants of Culture’ – John B Thompson: A book that promises to set the publishing industry in its historical context and explain how it really works now. Spotted at ‘Read, React, Review’.
Pre-ordered:
‘Under the Poppy’ – Kathe Koja: I think Chasing Ray initially alerted me to this one. A gay Victorian supernatural fantasy, with opium and weird puppets is too gothic for me to resist.
‘The Replacement’ – Brenna Yovanoff: I’ve seen this cover on The Booksmugglers Radar posts, on Maggie Stiefvater’s blog, on Voracious YAppetite and I keep waiting for it to be available to buy. It seems like I have been waiting forever and the waiting game has become dull, with one click of a button I can pre-order the hardback. Cool. Fairies as they should be – creepy and iron intolerant.
'E M Forster: A New Life' - Wendy Moffat: I love EM Forster and this promises a new approach to his life.