When I piled this month’s purchases up I was really surprised at the number of books that I had bought without really trying. A good range, I think, with some authors that are new to me:
Blue Remembered Hills by Rosemary Sutcliffe – a lovely limited edition from the wonderful people at Slightly Foxed, with proper bookmark and everything
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman – written for World Book Day and mentioned in my post on the Novella Challenge
The Mathematics of Love by Emma Darwin – worth looking at Emma’s blog
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist – Scandinavian urban vampire story, so how could I resist?
The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford – heard him being interviewed by Simon Mayo about his new book, picked this up in a bookshop and became very interested
The House of Lost Souls by F G Cottam – spec buy to make up a 3 for 2 offer, looks interesting but no idea what it will be like
The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares – attracted by the cover which is a photo of Louise Brookes, and also in the Novella Challenge
Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin by Marion Meade – mentioned on someone else’s blog, it sounded like a good read
Vampire Loves by Joann Sfar – couldn’t resist it, looks great
Broken Things by Padrika Tarrant – as mentioned by dovegreyreader
Engelby by Sebastian Faulks – wasn’t sure about this when it first came out but dipped into it in a bookshop and decided to give it a go
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz – reviewed by Simon Mayo’s Book Panel, this sounded like geeky good fun
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton – the latest Kinsey Milhone mystery, to add to my towering pile of unread Graftons
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April 5, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Susan
Hi Bride! Wow, I love your blog! You are automatically added to mine….you read the same books I do (yaay! you’ve read Stephen King for as long as I have!) and well, like I said on my post comment to you, you have a very cool blog name!! You’ll have to forgive me for not finding you before, like my post yesterday said, I’m still finding my feet. (I fall over alot….) I read your post on Fragile Things, and I agree with the story How to Talk to Girls at Parties – it is really fun and like all his work, so haunting – I still like The Problem of Susan – (one of my first posts was on the story, from last October)- and since i just wrote a post on “Locks”, for the poetry challenge…I pretty well much am a huge fan and admirer of Neil’s. His blog is a regular stopping ground for me.
Now, to your books above (since I’m here now!): must get Odd and the Frost Giants, which I don’t think is even available here in Canada. Love the Graveyard countdown on your site too 🙂
Lindqvist – a new author to watch out for, Scandinavian vampires, hmmm, at least they don’t have many sunshine hours in winter to worry about!! (hee)
The brief Wondrous Life is working its way up my reading list too (first have to get it!)
and hoping I get T is for Trespass for my birthday, S is for Silence was a welcome return to really good mystery/plotting by Grafton.
It is surprising how often books find their way home with us, isn’t it?
Are you in any reading challenges this year?