Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and spent some quality time with family and friends. The Book God and I had a quiet and relaxing break with good food and wine and if I’m honest far too much chocolate.
But the run up to the holidays was a bit busy for various reasons (some of which will become clear in the New Year) and I haven’t been reading very much which is why it has been very quiet around here for a few weeks. But Santa was very generous this year and having drooled over everyone else’s prezzie-themed posts I thought I would do my own.
So here goes:
- On Monsters by Stephen T Asma
- Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth
- Swan Song by Edmund Crispin
- Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear
- The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
- 11.22.63 by Stephen King
- Keeping Up Appearances by Catherine Horwood
- The Golden Age of Couture by Claire Wilcox
- Locke & Key Volume 1 by Gabriel Rodriguez
- The Lights That Failed by Zara Steiner
- Two for Sorrow by Nicola Upson
- The Spy Game by Georgina Harding
- Ragnarok by AS Byatt
- The Last Pre-Raphaelite by Fiona McCarthy
- Rosa by Jonathan Rabb
- Philip of Spain: King of England by Harry Kelsey
- Good as Dead by Mark Billingham
Not a bad haul at all, some really good reads here but not to be touched until 2012!
Bride of the Book God 
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December 27, 2011 at 7:57 pm
Nymeth
An excellent haul! I’ve been coveting the Fiona McCarthy myself. Enjoy your new books 🙂
December 27, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Susan
Good haul is right! lol and since I haven’t heard of most of your books, I can see my TBR list increasing as you read your books. I’m curious what you will think of Byatt, I’ve read another blogger who really enjoyed (and sorry, I’ve completely blanked out on it. Nymeth above, maybe? Eva? someone…) it. It made me want to go look for The Children’s Hour, me who couldn’t get through Possession even though it was a book about poetry and love and I should have loved it.
It sounds like you had the same kind of Christmas I did, lovely and quiet and too much chocolate. Bliss!!! 🙂
December 31, 2011 at 6:32 am
daphne
Fantastic haul! I’m going to have to read this carefully… trying to make my list for next year. Oh! And I’m here now: http://wherethereisjoy.wordpress.com/
January 8, 2012 at 11:56 am
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