It’s been a very acquisitive week for me, even though I keep telling myself I mustn’t go over 365 books bought this year. Not that my book-buying urge has ever listening to such logical things, so there y’go. There’s been a fair amount of yarn buying, too, so I am predictably pretty broke already, even though it’s just the first week of November. Anyway! Some awesome stuff, this week.
Review copies
I was actually kindly lent a print copy of The Just City, which is in my Top Ten Books I Don’t Own and Want To Read post, by Robert. Then naturally Tor approved me for the ARC on Netgalley as well, even though they’ve never approved my requests before… Ah well, I’ll probably read the print copy anyway. I’ve heard mixed things about Robin LaFevers, but I thought I’d try. And queer fairy tales are right up my street.
Print books
I couldn’t resist getting The Sleeper and the Spindle, especially because of some of the art I’ve seen inside it. Claire North is apparently another pseudonym of Catherine Webb/Kate Griffin, whose work I’ve been following since she published her first novel. Excited! The other stuff is a mixture of random choice and stuff I’ve been meaning to pick up. I had an ARC of Elizabeth of York, and my guilt induced me to finally just buy it…
Anyway, as this goes live I’ll be heading out to the local Comic-Con. Looking forward to seeing what the dealers have! What’s everyone else been getting?
Since books contain yarns, you could save money by crocheting books, right? 😉
Ha! Now that would be useful.
Nice haul! I hope you enjoy your new books 🙂
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Thanks!
I’m actually trying to tackle the Tudor fiction shelf in my room at the moment-most have the same plots and characters so I need to seperate the good stuff from the dross! Enjoy your books and thanks for visiting!
Yeah, that is a problem with reading a load of stuff in the same period of history! This Alison Weir one is non-fiction though — I once thought of writing a thesis on queens and how they were reflected in contemporary fiction, and how that changed over time, and the Tudors were obviously going to be important in that. Now I’m switching to medicine, but I still like quietly feeding the idea…
Medicine as a thesis topic?
As a career! Hopefully.
Ooh! Care to go into more detail?
Well, I’m gonna start an Open University science course in February, to help get me back into learning more-like-fulltime, plus bring me up to scratch on science so I can pass the aptitude tests. Then I’m going to apply to “conversion courses”, which specifically take humanities graduates and fast track them into medicine. After that… I don’t know yet! I’m most interested in psychiatry, psychology and neurology, or genetics, so I guess it depends on whether that holds.
Nice haul! Harry August and Fearsome Magics were both great reads. The Just City and Myth & Magic are two I was thinking of requesting.
Here’s how I Stacked the Shelves this week.
Good to hear! I enjoyed Fearsome Journeys, so I’m hopeful about this one, and it has so many authors I like or hear great things about, too. As for Claire North, I think I’d read anything she chose to write: I’ve followed her work since her first book at sixteenish, and always been a fan. If only she didn’t keep changing her pseudonym and making it hard for me to realise that the random new popular book is actually her.
The Just City is fun so far, but I’m biased on the topic of Jo Walton, I think she’s amazing, so, haha.
No, no no, LaFevers is the shit!!! Amazing series. You will not be disappointed.
Good to know!
Nice ones! I want to try the Robin LeFevers series as the premise is intrigueing. Love the cover for The Midnight Witch is so cute. Happy reads 😉
Yeah, same for me — it seems right up my street!
I still need to read the first two books, though I think they’re loosely connected, so I might start there…
Oh yes I heard great things about the Lafevers books! I need to try. Happy reading!
Hope you enjoy them if you do! Thanks.
Nice additions! I just recently picked up Grave Mercy and Dark Triumph. I can’t wait to get around to reading them. I’ve had my eye on them for a long time.
Me too! Let’s hope we both enjoy them.
I still have to read Grave Mercy. I hear it’s great! Enjoy =)
I’m encouraged based on the cover alone — preeeetty… I’m not usually superficial, I swear. *grin*
THE SLEEPER AND SPINDLE OMG
Hahaha, I take it you’ve read it and/or you want it?
YAY His Fair Assassin series! I hope you’ll love it as much as I did, NIkki.
Uh oh… I know what you mean about buying too much stuff and then not having much money for the rest of the month.
Have a fantastic week, and happy reading.
Thank you! Hope you have a good week too.
Fortunately, I get paid at odd times and two paydays are coming up, so it shouldn’t be too bad…
Wow! Nice haul! You got so many amazing books this week 🙂 Hope you enjoy them!!
Thanks!