Well, I’ve bought my first new books of 2014, and I’ve got a bunch of ARCs, so this post will be more exciting than I expected…
See Stacking the Shelves at Tynga’s Reviews to see what this is all about and find other people’s posts!
Dead tree
ARCs
Of the books I bought myself, I think I’m probably most interested in Through the Language Glass, though I have some academic interest in The White Queen (I’m generally interested in the portrayal of real queens in fiction, and the interaction between their depiction in fiction and the real nobility). My partner bought me that one!
Of the ARCs, I’ve been keeping an eye on Stella Gemmell’s The City, since I enjoyed her husband’s work, which I believe she had some input on. Red Sonja is intriguing, since I’ve never read a Gail Simone comic but I’ve heard good things about her work, and I’ve never read anything about Red Sonja before.
I love Philippa Gregory. I hope you enjoy all of your books 🙂
I’ve only read one of her books, a few years ago… Hopefully I’ll enjoy this!
I love The White Queen, although I rather some of the other books in the same series. And The Palace Job looks pretty good. Enjoy your books!
I’m one of those people who haaaas to read things in order, haha. Even if I know the history well enough to follow!
I’m the same. I have to read them in the right order! I’d definitely say the series gets better as it goes on though.
Good to know! Thanks.
I haven’t read any of those, but they look awesome! I hope you enjoy all you got 🙂
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The Palace Job and The Waking Engine look awesome! This is the first I’ve seen of either of them, but I’m going to go search them on GR now 🙂
I don’t know much about them, but they caught my eye! They’re available on NetGalley.
Through the Language Glass! Through the Language Glass! *bounces* I shall be very curious to hear your opinion on it! I had such fun reading it a while back. It was fascinating. (As I recall I didn’t quite agree with everything, but fascinated I was it. And you know me and how much I struggle with reading nonfiction!)
I haven’t read any of the others, though. Some of them have some gorgeous covers. I hope you’ll enjoy them! I think The Palace Job is the one I’m most intrigued about. It looks like a lot of fun. ^_^
I think you’re the one who mentioned it to me, but it doesn’t format well on my Kobo, so… Yay for a proper dead tree copy. I’m looking forward to reading it.
I’m looking forward to The Palace Job, too…
I very well might have been… Boo on it not formatting well on your Kobo. I hope you’ll enjoy it. ^_^
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Me too — it looks fascinating, though, so I don’t have many qualms!
Wow, you got some badass books this week. happy reading.
Thanks! You too.
Never heard of these, nonetheless happy reading!
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Sounds like a really good haul! I haven’t read/heard of any of them, but they look pretty intense. 😉 Happy reading! My StS!
Isn’t Stella Gemmell, the wife of the author who wrote the Troy series. I vaguely remember reading a review of the final Troy series book back in teens. I wanted to read that series but never got round too.
Yes, she was David Gemmell’s wife. I read the Troy series — pretty good.
Good to hear that. I’ll remind myself to find and buy the books then.
I hope you enjoy them!
Phillipa Gregory is AWESOME and The White Queen is AMAZING!!! Happy Reading! If you’d like, you can stop by my STSI’m a new follower too and would love a follow back please 🙂
I look forward to reading it! Thanks for stopping by.
Wow, this is a great set of books!! I’ve been thinking about reading Phillipa Gregory. Looks like some great arcs as well! I hope you enjoy your books 🙂
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I’ve read one of her books before and wasn’t that impressed, but I hear this series is really good. Thanks! Enjoy your haul too.
Really want to read The Waking Engine and the Romulus Buckle books. Great haul! Thanks for visiting Books Bones & Buffy:)
Yeah, they look really interesting. Are you on Netgalley? That’s where I got those three from!