Recent Acquisitions in My Plot to Gain Immortality

[meganbmoore]

And another long wait between allowing myself to count recent acquisitions as part of the reading backlog. A lot of this is me trying to expand my reading a bit more beyond SFF and historical/fantasy mystery/romance/adventure, with some success, though still somewhat centering around my usual fare even then. That 99 cents book sale a few weeks back helped.

For those newer to the f-list (as there are a decent number): I post my recent acquisitions to give an idea of what I may or may not read soon, and for anyone to cast votes for what I should read first/sooner (though I don’t always follow those instructions!). Some of this is the result of lovely people sending me boxes to clear out their shelf space. I should also mention that I’m kinda aggressive about finding good bargains on books.

ALSO! I have recently acquired 2 small bookcases and will soon get a 3rd. All free. (Chruch nursery director’s son and his family are moving to Florida.) As you can see, this is a good thing. Oh, and the title of the post refers to the fact that I am forbidden to die while I still have a reading backlog.

Trisha Alexander: And Only to Deceive, A Poisoned Season
Suzanne Arruda: Mark of the Lion*
Margaret Atwood: The Blind Assassin
Elizabeth Bear: The Chains That You Refuse, Ink and Steel, Hell and Earth
Carol Berg: Daughter of Ancients
Jo Beverley: A Lady’s Secret
Rhys Bowen: Murphy’s Law, For the Love of Mike, Death of Riley
Rachel Manija Brown: All the Fishes Come Home to Roost
A.S. Byatt: Possession**
Rachel Caine: Gale Force***
Barbara Cleverly: The Last Kashmiri Rose****
Kyle Crocco: Heroes Inc.
Lindsey Davis: Time to Depart
Emma Donoghue: Kissing the Witch
Karen Joy Fowler: The Jane Austen Book Club
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett: Good Omens
Shannon Hale: Princess Academy
Barbara Hambly: Dog Wizard, The Time of the Dark, Mother of Winter, Sisters of the Raven
JoAnne Harris: Holy Fools
Clare Langley-Hawthorne: Consequences of Sin
Elizabeth Jane Howard: The Light Years, Ambitions
Sarah Hoyt: Heart of Light, Soul of Fire
Tanya Huff: The Blood Books Volume 1
Diana Wynne Jones: Dark Lord of Derkholm, Cart and Cwidder, Drowned Ammet, The Spellcoats, The Crown of Dalemark
Phyllis Ann Karr: Frostflower and Thorn
Sam Llewellyn: Bad Bad Darlings
Ian McEwan: Atonement
Patricia A. McKillip: Song for the Basilisk, The Tower at Stony Wood, Solstice Wood, Riddle-Master
Craig Mills: The Dreamer in Discord
Julie Otsuka: When the Emperor was Divine
Alice Randall: The Wind Done Gone
Jean Rhys: Wide Sargasso Sea
Jennifer Roberson: Sword-Singer, Sword-Maker, Sword-Breaker, Sword-Born
Patrice Sarath: Gordath Wood
Regina Scott: The Petite Four
Lisa Shearin: Magic Lost Trouble Found, Armed and Magical
Sherwood Smith: Wren to the Rescue, Wren’s Quest, Wren’s War, A Posse of Princesses, Senrid
Thomas E. Sniegoski: A Kiss Before the Apocalypse
Victoria Thompson: Murder on Washington Square
Monique Truong: The Book of Salt
Paula Volsky: The Luck of Relian Kru
James M. Ward: Midshipman Halcyon Blithe
Lawrence Watt-Evans: With A Single Spell
K. D. Wentworth: Moonspeaker
Tad Williams: Stone of Farewell, War of the Flowers
Jacqueline Winspear: Maisie Dobbs

Manga:

Angelic Layer Vol 1, 3-4
Antique Gift Shop Vol 3-5
Black Cat Vol 16
Carcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow Vol 1, 4, 6
Comic Vol 1-3
Croquis Pop Vol 1
D.Gray-Man Vol 10
Hoshin Engi Vol 8
Kaze Hikaru Vol 2
My Heavenly Hockey Club Vol 1, 3-5
Omukae Desu Vol 4
Shirahime-Syo
Spiral Vol 4
Togari Vol 7
Tsubasa Vol 18
Wallflower Vol 16


*Post WWI Africa mystery. Potential to be either really good, or induce twitching for race reasons.

**Most likely, I shall try to save this to be read after I see the movie, as I think smillaraaq said she was curious to see what someone who saw the movie then read the book thought when she recced it a while back.

***Must remember that this is book 7, and that I don’t have book 6 yet.

****Mystery in 1910 India. See also *.

And since the Adult Literacy Council booksale is in 6 weeks, I will try to not allow myself to buy books in between, as I won’t get around to anything else new before then.

Comments

[southerndave.livejournal.com]

"Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett: Good Omens"

Very enjoyable book.

"Barbara Hambly: Dog Wizard"

This one's a sequel to The Silent Tower and The Silicon Mage (book titles approximate; I'm doing this from memory).

"Tad Williams: Stone of Farewell"

This one's a sequel to The Dragonbone Chair.

[wistfulmemory.livejournal.com]

I'm in the process of reading Good Omens, and I really like it. It's the book I currently take with me when I know I will have to spend a lot of time waiting. I'll be curious to see what your opinion is of the Dalemark Quartet. Yeah for Wallflower! :)

[mystickeeper.livejournal.com]

The Blind Assassin!
Princess Academy!
more Cardcaptor Sakura!

[rhap-chan.livejournal.com]

Good Omens-- oh read it!!!

I'd vote for Cardcaptor Sakura too but you don't have all of it yet. ;_;

[artillie.livejournal.com]

My only quibble with Good Omens is that Pratchett's and Gaiman's styles don't mesh well, so you can tell exactly which author wrote which part. Everyone in the world should read it, though.

Also, Atonement is brilliant and awesome and win. McEwan can do no wrong.

[lotuseyes.livejournal.com]

our reading lists are really similiar >.>;; I've read (or have on my TBR pile) about 75% of what's on yours...

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

**Most likely, I shall try to save this to be read after I see the movie, as I think [info]smillaraaq said she was curious to see what someone who saw the movie then read the book thought when she recced it a while back.

Hee, I don't remember saying that in particular, but it's quite possible! The book is a great great favorite of mine, and a movie would pretty much of necessity have to lose some of the, well, sheer textuality that's so central to it, although from the sound of things when I think redbrunja? was talking about the film, the surface plot holds up tolerably enough as a mystery/romance.

Of the rest of the lot, I'd vote for the Rhys Bowen per past conversations, and Good Omens, which is another great favorite (but in a much lighter vein than Possession, natch...that book is a bit dense.) I'm curious to hear your take on Atonement as I've not read it yet myself, but have been getting both the book and movie recced highly by a friend who utterly adores the story...

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

It was, like, back in December in that never ending thread at Cho's. I remember you asking us if we'd read/seen it and I hadn't but planned to, and Red mentioned her impression of the movie. (See,things like this? I remember. The names of characters I've been reading about for years? Not always so good with...)

Atonement the movie is good, just don't go in expecting a grand romance, as many portray it. The romance itself is rather shallow, but deliberately so, I think, to make a point. (Though explaining the point is rather spoilery, and I don't know how much you know.)

[napsylate.livejournal.com]

Patricia McKillip! You must read her, you must! Wait, have you read any of her books? I would recommend Winter Rose if you haven't gotten around to it. And Riddle-Master is going to take some time to get through. I've read pretty much anything of hers I could get my hands and eyes on.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

McKillip tag: http://meganbmoore.livejournal.com/tag/a:+patricia+mckillip

My favorites so far are Ombria in Shadow (my default icon is from the cover) In the Forests of Serre and Od Magic.