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New Aquisitions
Posted on: June 1, 2011
Well, I guess most of these can’t rightly be called “aquisitions”, since I got more than half of them from the library:
Wow, that’s a crappy picture! Book pr0n it ain’t! That’s what I get for taking pictures when half asleep. oh well.
The World House: Restoration, by Guy Adams is an ARC from Angry Robot books that will hit your local bookshelves in July. It looks wonderfully creepy. Stay tuned for reviews of Guy Adam’s first book, The World House, and this new one in the next few months.
M John Harrison’s Viriconium – Three novellas and a handful of short stories taking place in his Viriconium world. A post-post-post apocalyptic Earth where everything but surreality is scarce. Harrison is known for dreamy, surreal prose and storylines that overlap in time and space. I read this book about five years ago, I hope it’s as good as I remember.
Thanks to recommendations from @Mascheph and some discussions on Gav Reads, I picked up Ellen Kusher’s Swordspoint and Lynn Flewelling’s Luck in the Shadows along with Anthony Burgess’s The Wanting Seed. On first blush, the Burgess looks the most interesting.
Why is this copy of The Wanting Seed in a zip lock bag, you ask? Because I got it randomly at a garage sale a few days ago. And wow was it musty and smelly! Thus the zippy bag and baking soda. Book should be not-to-stinky in a few days.
Don’t tell anyone, but sometimes when I get super cheapo stinky books (this one cost me a quarter), after I read them I throw them out. If the book is really good, I’ll buy a not-stinky copy or get it from the library. I just don’t want to fill up my bookshelves with stinky stuff that’s falling apart, you know?
If you have read and or reviewed any of these, please let me know in the comments.
I might be a liar
Posted on: March 20, 2011
last week I finished two books and decided two other books in my “to be read pile” would be give-aways for one reason or another.
I felt so in control of my TBR pile! it was so in control in fact, that I said out loud to a number of people “my stack of books is under control!”
then I went to the library. On the way home I checked the mailbox.
TBR pile under control?
I am a damn liar.
Yes, that stack contains brand spankin’ new stuff, old stuff, even library stuff. cuz that’s how I roll. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m currently about half way through Stephen Lawhead’s Hood. Like much of what he writes, it’s far too atmospheric to blast through in a day and a half. If I can finish it tomorrow, I’ll try to get a review up on Monday. I’ve also got a beautiful Mark Hodder Arc that’s going to be my first read of February.
And because I have a bucket of other books I’d really like to get to, what did I do today? I went to the library, of course!!
and this is what I came home with:
Ignoring the sofa upholstery that’s so ugly as to be legendary, we have the following:
Not from the library, but borrowed from a friend, is The Meq, by Steve Cash. first book of a series.
Home Fires by Gene Wolfe – because come on, it’s Gene Wolfe! I haven’t read a ton by him, but everything I’ve read by him I liked. I keep wanting to call it Home Fries, but maybe that’s just cuz I’m hungry?
The Warded Man, by Peter V Brett – actually got this for the husband, but I’ll probably give it a shot too. I’ve heard good and bad about it.
Flatterland by Ian Stewart – with a subtitle of “Like Flatland, only more so”, I hope it’s more readable than the original Flatland. I’ve always been a fan of the original Abbott, but much of the satiric undertones has always been lost on me. Having a plot that’s “math and geometry” is hard to pull off. Let’s hope this isn’t an epic fail.
The Habitation of the Blessed, by Catherine Valente – everyone says this is awesome. Also, the book is very pretty.
Do any of these look interesting to you? Have you read any of them? if you’ve reviewed of these books on your blog, post a link in the comments.
Books at Estate Sales = FTW!
Posted on: September 19, 2010
Why should you consider shopping for books at Estates Sales?
1. Books are expensive!
2. You’re already a fan of the used book market.
3. Older and out of print titles are near impossible to find.
4. You enjoy a treasure hunt from time to time.
And check out what I got today, all for less than three bucks!
Celi.a, Do you see what’s in that pile? It must be destiny, it must!
Learn more about the do’s and don’t of scoring great book finds at Estate Sales after the jump! And of course, the sniff test!
the Little Red Reviewer 
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