because I am insane

[meganbmoore]

 I unwisely went on a bit of a book buying binge today, and decided to post what will most likely be the bulk of  my reading for the rest of the year, though I'm sure some(or a big chunk, even) will spill over into next year(esp. stuff I don't have yet...) and other things will work their way in.

 

Currently in the backlog or ordered and on its way:

Novels:

The High King's Tomb by Kristen Britain (couldn't finish.  very sad about that.)
Fire and Sword and Sovereign by Simon Brown
After Glow by Jayne Castle(already read it...just forgot the titles...it's been a few years...)
The Green Man by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling(Anthology)
Crashing Paradise by Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski
Heaven's Net is Wide by Lian Hearn
The Dream Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Through a Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold
Wired by Liz Maverick
Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik
Eternal Nights by Patti O'Shea
Chinese Fairy Tales & Fantasies by Moss Roberts
Changeling by Delia Sherman
Japanese Tales by Royall Tyler
The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne Valente
Dark Lover, Lover Awakened and Lover Eternal by J. R. Ward
The Element of Fire by Martha Wells

Graphic Novels and manga:

Basara Vol 23-24
Black Cat Vol 10
Bleach Vol 21
Bride Of The Water God Vol 1
Canon Vol 2
Canon Vol 3
The Darkness: Compendium
The Darkness: Levels
Dokebi Bride Vol 4
Dokebi Bride Vol 5
Genshiken Vol 1
Hayate the Combat Butler Vol 4
Her Majesty's Dog Vol 7
Hoshin Engi Vol 3
Land of Silver Rain Vol 5
Negima Vol 15
Night of the Beasts Vol 5
Nodame Cantabile Vol 1
Platinum Garden Vol 5
Qwan Vol 1
Qwan Vol 2
Rose Hip Zero Vol 3
Skip-Beat Vol 7-8
Spiral Vol 1
Togari Vol 3
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol 1-3
Vagabond Vol 25
Vampire Knight Vol 3
Vision of the Other Side Vol 2
xXxHolic Vol 2-6
Yoki Koto Kiku
Yurara Vol 2
Zombie Loan Vol 1

And, of course, comics.

To be bought and read pretty much the minute they come out:

Captain's Fury by Jim Butcher
The Unnatural Enquirer by Simon R. Green
Dragon Outcast by E.E. Knight

Manga and Graphic Novels that are out that I need to get(this list usually gets added to weekly):

Black Cat Vol 11
D.Gray-Man Vol 7
Dokebi Bride Vol 6
Emma Vol 3-5
Flight Vol 4
Jim Hensons Return To Labyrinth Vol 2
Justice Vol 3
Land of Silver Rain Vol 6 -7
Legend Of Grimjack Vol 7-8
Nextwave Agents Of HATE Vol 2 I Kick Your Face
Peace Maker Vol 1
Pearl Pink Vol 2-3
Skip-Beat Vol 9
Union Jack London Falling TP 
Vogelein: Old Ghosts

Yes, I did this mostly as a means of motivation and in hopes of "You haven't read *insert* yet?  WHY HAVEN'T YOU READ *INSERT* YET?"

PS:  For Stargate fans, Amazon has Season 1 of Stargate: Atlantis on sale for $15.99.  I have ordered it even though I have several seasons of Stargate: SG-1 to go before that.  (What?  Someone will put it on sale for $12 or something?)

ETA: Now updating with progress as I go along.

Comments

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, woman, you put my binges to shame!

I'm happy to see Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series on there and I am doubly happy to see yuki_onna's In the Night Garden. I loved that book and am very sad that it didn't win the World Fantasy Award, though not very surprised since it's not really the "type" of the book to win awards of that sort -- it did win the James Tiptree Award though. (I still haven't picked up In Cities of Coin and Spice though...)

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

well, to be fair, only 12 books were bought/ordered today...the rest were already waiting. Like...I got the 2nd and 3rd ward books at the book sale, and needed to get the first. I suspect I'll either drop the first one, or rip through all 3 like there's no tomorrow.

I hadn't heard of the Valente books until you poted about one the other day, figured if you were THAT excited, then I needed to investigate, did so, wondered HOW I hadn't heard of her and then only just got In the Night Garden instead of The Grascutting Sword because the former was the prequel to what you were excited about.

But is you can tell(this is the IMMEDIATE backlog, not the whole backlog) I literally have books piled and tucked everywhere in here that they can be piled and tucked.

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

To be fair, The Orphan's Tales is Valente's first major work through a major publisher. It's also her most accessible thus far. Her previous works were all published through a smaller, independent press. And I'll be frank and say that her debut, The Labyrinth, went right over my head. I honestly think I'm too stupid to understand that book. I have no shame admitting that. But The Orphan's Tales incorporate the best things about her independent press works while presenting it in a way that's more easily consumed and processed.