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Look What Just Arrived! (#9)

Carrie Pictures 2012 288As you guys know, I was travelling.  As you also know, that means only one thing: new books.  The only real question is: what did I buy?  So here we go:

  • Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
  • The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
  • The Singing Sword by Jack Whyte
  • The Courtesan’s Lover by Gabrielle Kimm
  • Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
  • Beyonders: Seeds of Rebellion by Brandon Mull

To be fair, I’ve already read and scheduled my review for The Singing Sword because I took it with me to read on the plane.  So I’m not as far behind on buying, reading and reviewing as it seems like.

I picked up  Prince of Thorns because Savindi from The Streetlight Reader has been raving about Prince of Thorns for a while now, so I decided to see what all the fuss was about.  Grave Mercy both appealed to me when I read the blurb on Amazon a while back and because it was the talk of the YA blogosphere for a fair bit of time.  We’ll see if it’s worth the hype.

I picked up Beyonders: Seeds of Rebellion by Brandon Mull because although I absolutely hated Fablehaven, I enjoyed the first book in his new Beyonders series.  Also, I needed a new book at the airport in case I finished The Singing Sword on the way back.  The Courtesan’s Lover had both an intriguing blurb and was on sale, so I picked that up as well at the bookstore.  The Ghost Brigades is the second part of John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War series.  I figure that since the first book was so funny I cried from laughing at some parts that if nothing else, the second book will be an entertaining read.  Knowing John Scalzi, though, I’m pretty sure it will be far more than that.

So what books are you guys reading this month?  See any books here that you loved/hated/need to read?

Look What Just Arrived! (#5)

Well, I went book shopping in Ottawa and was extremely lucky because Chapters had a sale where you could buy three books and get the fourth free.  I bought eight books there, four of which were Christmas presents.  Anyway, here are the books I bought in the store:

  • The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
  • Pillars of Rome by Jack Ludlow
  • Claudius the God by Robert Graves
  • World War Z
  • Antony & Cleopatra by Colleen McCullough

The Crystal Cave is a book I just happened to stumble across and picked it up because it is about Merlin.  As you are probably well aware by now, I love the Arthurian legends.  Pillars of Rome by Jack Ludlow is also a chance find but I picked it up because I love ancient Rome.  Claudius the God by Robert Graves was certainly not chance and it was hidden so well that I actually had to ask one of the clerks to help me find it.  I found it and would have liked to find a more…tasteful…cover but that was the only version they had.  Since I’m desperate to hear of Claudius’ years as Emperor, I wasn’t too picky.  And lucky me, I stumbled across a bunch of Colleen McCullough’s books!  I picked up Antony and Cleopatra because the first book in her Roman series wasn’t available.

Now you’re probably wondering where World War Z fits into all of this.  Well, I was sitting in the airport and noticed that my plane was going to be delayed so I immediately headed for the nearest bookstore.  I hadn’t brought any of the books with me because they were too large to fit into the pocket of my laptop case.  That’s why I bought World War Z: It was long enough to keep me occupied on the long flight back home, but not too long as to be bulky to carry around.  Also, one of my friends who loves zombies recommended it.  He doesn’t recommend books often, so when he does you know it’s good.

So what are you reading now?