Books Brought Home November/December 2017

Just starting the thread off.

Two in my mail box...

The Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macualay purchased on line after reading the first line from our LT site.

Old Filth by Jane Gardam the first of a wonderful trilogy, the other two my local library have.

Irresistible acquisitions. . .

Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper irresistible title
Illumination Night by Alice Hoffman irresistible temptation; loved her The Red Garden

>3 Limelite: I love Illumination Night. it was my introduction to the writing of Alice Hoffman and it's still one of my favorites.

>3 Limelite: and >4 mollygrace: Alice Hoffman is also a favorite for me, I have read most of her work. A good one was Blackbird House

The Night of the Moths by Riccardo Bruni
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson

Paradox Bound by Peter Clines
Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker
The Last Halloween by Abby Howard

At the public library’s literary fundraiser tonight l got signed copies of
the last ballad by Wiley Cash
love and other consolation prizes by Jamie Ford
the secrets you keep by Kate White

>4 mollygrace: and >5 aussieh: Guess I'm going to have to make a resolution in '18 to read more Hoffman based on your favorable comments.

>3 Limelite: >4 mollygrace: >5 aussieh: >9 Limelite: Another Hoffman fan! The Probable Future is my favorite by her!

I got A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley for my book club, and 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King.

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand arrived today and will probably be started this evening.

>11 ahef1963: I enjoyed that book!

The Art Of Drowning by Frances Fyfield I have read most by this author.

From the library The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjaalian

The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny

When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning

Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield

Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography
by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Boy on the Bridge by M. R. Carey

Bought Total Cat Mojo by Jackson Galaxy the other night and got to meet him at a local book event. He is the cat expert on Animal Planet's "My Cat From Hell" & a really cool guy. He signed my book to me and my cat Lexi!

>17 framboise: I like that show. He seems really nice.

Prince of Darkness by Sharon K. Penman

>18 JulieLill: He has a new show that just premiered on Animal Planet this wknd called "Cat vs. Dog." I just watched it. If you like his other show and/or are a dog or cat person, you'll like this show.

Just finished Paradox Bound by Peter Clines. It was quite the disappointment, especially since The Fold was so good.

Others brought home:

Neverwhere

Shutter Island

Scary Tales to Tell in the Dark

Strange Weather

>20 framboise: Thanks for the heads up on his new show.

>12 JulieLill: I really loved Major Pettigrew. The book was so sweet.

Recently arrived:
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin by David Nobbs
Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo

More charity shop bargains:

The Rainbow
A Clockwork Orange
The Children Act
All Passion Spent

Edited to remove By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept - I've discovered I'm not a fan of Coelho's writing so it's being re-donated.

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott
Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell
The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West

With Barnes and Noble coupons I picked up the following:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - The Getaway by Jeff Kinney;
Manhattan Brach by Jennifer Egan; and
Strange Weather by Joe Hill

From the good folks at Amazon:
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas;and
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

From my most fantastic library:
The Bear and The Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Fell off the wagon and bought. . .

Most Wanted Particle by Jon Butterworth, leading member of ATLAS at the LHC. More about finding the Higgs particle.
A Train in Winter by Caroline Moorehead, women of the French Resistance.
The Indigo Rebels by Ellie Midwood
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney, reflections of a woman near the end of her life as she walks through NYC, revisiting her past.

And this time of year isn't reading season.

Belated birthday present from my best friend:

Artemis by Andy Weir
New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan
Winter of the Gods by Jordanna Max Brodsky
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley

And I just picked up the last two Inspector Gamache books by Louise Penny, Glass Houses and A Great Reckoning.

I found on the free shelf at our library, The Thurber Carnival- not the first edition but in good shape. I have not read him in years but I am looking forward to reading it.

Mr Golightly's Holiday by Salley Vickers it will be an enjoyable reread.

Brought home from the library:

The Cuban Affair
American Fire, Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land

Downloaded to Kindle:

Ship of Dolls
The Impossible Fortress
The Forgotten Adventures of Richart Halliburton, a High-Flying Life From Tennessee to Timbuktu

>28 seitherin: Happy Belated Birthday!

My niece sent me Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production by J. K. Rowling for my birthday.

I also received The Other Mother: A Novel by Carol Goodman as an Early Reviewer.

>33 PaperbackPirate: Thank you!

Snagged Guilty Thing Surprised by Ruth Rendell.

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles and Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham both arrived in my mailbox this week.

Amazon First Reads book for December: Pretty Girls Dancing by Kylie Brant.

Waiting for me on my reader this morning: Persepolis Rising by James S. A. Corey. Can't wait to dig into it.

A book I've wanted to read for years finally $1.99 on Amazon. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell. I really enjoyed Mitchell's Black Swan Green for its warm, imaginative, and believable portrayal of the inner life of a young boy growing up in the English countryside.

>38 Limelite: I enjoyed The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - read it last year and followed up by reading all of the David Mitchell novels I hadn’t yet read. Now waiting for his next one - I enjoy spotting the characters who cross between the novels!

I’m a bit tardy reporting on my acquisitions as I’m trying to focus on the actual reading and meet an end of year target.

My friend wants me to reread It by Stephen King with her so I picked it up (hefted it) at my local independent bookstore.

W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton

Books received recently -- a few are gifts:

The Moon is Almost Full - poetry by Chana Bloch
The Viceroy of Ouidah - a novel by Bruce Chatwin
How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS by David France
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life - a memoir by Yiyun Li
Nice Work - a novel by David Lodge
Summer Nineteen Forty-Five - a novel by John Lucas
Hum If You Don't Know the Words - a novel by Bianca Marais
Spy of the First Person - Sam Shepard's last book
The House of Unexpected Sisters - a No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency mystery by Alexander McCall Smith
Good Bones - poetry by Maggie Smith

>42 mollygrace: Great eclectic haul!

#42 hi mollygrace-how to survive a plague is outstanding. Hum if you don't know the words is absolutely positively fantastic and one of my favorite books this year.

>43 Limelite: and >44 cdyankeefan: Thank you both for your comments. I've been recovering from a fall -- nothing broken, just lots of pains and strains in places I didn't know I had places anymore. I haven't been reading much at all, so I'm not sure why I'm still buying books, but these were irresistible to me, and two were gifts from friends who believe their choices will spark my interest in reading again. I'm not sure I can get much done until after Christmas, but perhaps the week after I'll be able to read at least one or two books before year's end.

>45 mollygrace: Get well soon with one of your books that makes you laugh! It'll only hurt a little bit and a really good book can even make you forget that.

>45 mollygrace: mollygrace -feel better!! I'm starting to think books are like catnip to me-I've got tons to read but they're simply irresistible to me and I succumb to their charms start with a chaper or two-maybe that will help

Today (12/13) only from Tor.com as free download, Truthwitch by Susan Dennard.

By Mail In The Country Of The Young by Lisa Carey.

Not Safe After Dark and Other Stories by Peter Robinson.

The Artifice of Blue Light: Henriette Wyeth by Paul Horgan

Dead Simple by Peter James

Crash by J G Ballard

New to the household recently:

Fear by Dirk Kurbjuweit (no touchstone for the book yet)
The Ice Princess and The Ice Child by Camilla Lackberg
You're Not that Great (but neither is anyone else) by Elan Gale
The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry
Callender Square by Anne Perry

My friend gave me Obama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete Souza.

Last Stand: America's Virgin Lands by Barbara Kingsolver has been on my wishlist for awhile. I found it for a steal on Amazon so it's on my pile now.

Reading The Golden House by Salman Rushdie. A quite clever piece of work, but not in anyway a novel you can't put down. An elegant writer, in this book a just so, so novelist.

Gifts from family:

The Seamstress and the Wind by Cesar Aira
The Peregrine by J. A. Baker
A Line Made by Walking by Sara Baume
Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume
The Great Nadar: The Man Behind the Camera by Adam Begley
Women Who Read Are Dangerous by Stefan Bollmann
Friends and Relations by Elizabeth Bowen
A World of Love by Elizabeth Bowen

Christmas presents to self:

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

Ravilious & Co.: The Pattern of Friendship by Andy Friend

I became interested in Eric Ravilious and his work several years ago and was delighted to see a piece about him at the nige blog last week:

http://nigeness.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-pattern-of-friendship.html

I ordered a copy of this book and it arrived so quickly -- I suppose the vendor assumed it was a Christmas present. And I guess it is -- for myself.

Borrowed The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne.

Nightmare in Pink by John D. MacDonald
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Beren and Lúthien by J. R. R. Tolkien

A Christmas gift:

To the North by Elizabeth Bowen

I received At Risk: A Steve Cline Mystery by Kit Ehrman from my sister and Anne of Green Gables (Word Cloud Classics) by Lucy Maud Montgomery from my mom and dad for Christmas.

Yesterday I got Caliban's War (The Expanse) by James S. A. Corey from my local independent bookstore since I started the first in the series the other day and am loving it.

* Edited to add one more I forgot: The Accidental (Penguin Ink) by Ali Smith came from Amazon because I love the cover and the story sounds good too!

Provenance by Ann Leckie
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

When We Were Orphans
SPQR
Sapiens
Howard's End
The Little Book of Hygge

That's it for 2017!

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