[LadyMTL]

I got six books but three of them are Christmas gifts...

For myself: Scar Night, One hundred years of solitude, Oryx and Crake
As gifts: The Walking Dead vols 3-4, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

I feel a bit bad for my mailman/woman cos that package is going to weigh a ton.

[Puck]

Return of the Black Company - third BC omnibus by Glen Cook
Storm Front by Jim Butcher - because I've read so much good stuff about the Dresden Files here, I've now got the take a look
and volume one of the Dresden Files comic adaption, because I saw it at the SPIEL/Comic Action [Europe's biggest game convention, in case someone never heard of it] in October and liked it from what I saw

This post has been edited by Puck: 29 November 2009 - 10:34 PM

[caladanbrood]

Since we had 4 copies in-store, I bought a discounted Fade by Chris Wooding to save shelf space. Also because I've been wanting to read this book ever since it came out. Wooo 

This post has been edited by caladanbrood: 30 November 2009 - 12:11 AM

[Mentalist]

had a big order come in from Chapters a few days ago. This will be my reading for the break. Lots of Volume 1s, trying out various authors I've had recommended by this site

"Shadow on the Glass" by ian Irvine--many here have hated him, but i've also heard positive reviews (think it was DW), and I want to give it a try
"Gap into Conflict"by Donaldson--I didn't like the first Covenant trilogy, but I heard this was way better
"Black Sun Rising"--Coldfire, vol.1 C.S.Friedman's another one of those "heavily recommended ones" I've wanted to try out for a while.
"Whitechapel Gods"--as one of those rare steampunk books out there.
"Dawn" by Tim Lebbon--I really liked "Dusk", can't wait to read this!
"Gridlinked", the first Cormack novel by Neal Asher. I've read "Hilldiggers" in the summer, and I liked it. Want to see what the Cormack hype's all about.
"City of Saints and Madmen"--we've had 2 mafia games with Amberghis setting, and a bunch of people have been raving about this series, too.

[Jusentantaka]

Just got my copy of Dust of Dreams. Its been sitting out in the snowy slushy miserable all day - maybe even since yesterday, but it seems USPS was awesome and put the box inside another box when they dropped it off.

Also ordered The Face of Battle on Tapper's recommendation and Verbruggen's Art of War, ect. for my boy. Anyone that reads this sort of stuff have any recommendations for a complementary piece of intellectual war-porn?

[Mentalist]

went on Amazon yesterday to purchase some stuff, but the shipping costs killed me.

so, went on bookdepository instead.

bought "Iron Council" and KB&B omnibus.

[wolf_2099]

Book I was going to buy question.

I went to my local used book establishment to try and buy some Wildcards novels to try.

They were selling the first 2 paperbacks (they looked brand new) for $40 and $20. Is that a lot for them? It seemed pricey, but I was wondering if they were rare, or something it seemed very odd to me.

[Tarcanus]

I just grabbed the Blood Follows, Lees of Laughter's End, and Healthy Dead omnibus yesterday. One of the local bookstores is going out of business and all of their books were 60% off. Awesome deal.

[Tsundoku]

Walked in to my local secondhand bookstore (about 2 mins walk from my place), and walked out with:

The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold (a mate has been looking for it, sold out damn near everywhere)
Fall of Kings (Troy book 3) - David & Stella Gemmell
Beyond the Shadows (Night Angel 3, now just need 2) - Brent Weeks

That "To Read" pile just keeps growing.

[polishgenius]

To my joy, Waterstones Piccadilly had the second volume omnibus of The Long Price by Daniel Abraham out two weeks early, so I'm about to eagerly devour that.

Also, while I was in Forbidden Planet binging out on comics (second volume of Transmet, plus first of Chew, Unknown Soldier and The Unwritten) Jasper Fforde was pimping and signing his new book Shades of Grey, so I thought what the hell.

[wolf_2099]

Richard Calder - Babylon
Anyone actually read this?

[caladanbrood]

 

polishgenius, on 18 January 2010 - 06:20 PM, said:

Also, while I was in Forbidden Planet binging out on comics (second volume of Transmet, plus first of Chew, Unknown Soldier and The Unwritten) Jasper Fforde was pimping and signing his new book Shades of Grey, so I thought what the hell.

Very nice, ought to be a very good story, very much looking forward to that myself!

[stone monkey]

I finally got around to acquiring a copy of The City and The City by Chian Mieville and I'm enjoying it immensely...

[Use Of Weapons]

Bought (and devoured in one evening): Lois McMaster Bujold's _The Sharing Knife: Legacy_. Great continuation, the world-building gets deeper and the underlying mystery begins to be revealed. Plus her usual excellent characterisation. Great stuff.

[Morgoth]

just bought Accelerando by Charles Stross

[LadyMTL]

I just bought Jeff Vandermeer's City of Saints and Madmen as well as R Scott Bakker's The Judging Eye. To be honest, I only got the Bakker book because its a paperback, I don't know how good / bad it is. I didn't hate his Prince of Nothing stuff so who knows...?

This post has been edited by Maia Irraz: 29 January 2010 - 12:52 AM

[Morgoth]

CoSaM is absolutely brilliant. You should order Shriek: An afterword right away as you'll want to read it as soon as possible.

[Tapper]

Jusentantaka, on 21 December 2009 - 05:31 AM, said:

Just got my copy of Dust of Dreams. Its been sitting out in the snowy slushy miserable all day - maybe even since yesterday, but it seems USPS was awesome and put the box inside another box when they dropped it off.

Also ordered The Face of Battle on Tapper's recommendation and Verbruggen's Art of War, ect. for my boy. Anyone that reads this sort of stuff have any recommendations for a complementary piece of intellectual war-porn?

only saw this now. Geoffrey Parker's Military Revolution and the Rise of the West was very readable/ accessible, but the period 1500-1800 has to appeal to you.

[caladanbrood]

Well, it was about a week ago, but The Rats and the Ruling Sea by Robert Reddick. Hoping it should be good, the first one certainly showed promise.

[Salt-Man Z]

There had been a TPB copy of Heroes Die mocking me on the shelf at Half Price Books, but I told myself I couldn't justify buying it when I already owned the MMPB. Anyway, I eventually resolved to buy it next time I was there, and lo my wife wanted to go on Sunday. It was still there, and even better yet, I discovered it was signed! SWEET.

(I also picked up the second and third books of Greg Keyes' Age of Unreason series.)