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Clearing out the Inbox again book roundup

Picked up from Kobo:

Long Black Curl

Long Black Curl

  • Long Black Curl, by Alex Bledsoe. Urban fantasy, book 3 of his Tufa series. Y’all may remember that I adored The Hum and the Shiver, and so when I found out book 3 of this series is coming out, I had to leap on the pre-order-y goodness.
  • “The Two Weddings of Bronwyn Hyatt”, also by Alex Bledsoe. Short story set in the Tufa universe, followup to books 1 and 2 of the series. This was posted to tor.com but I went ahead and paid 99 cents for it to get it as a download on general principles.
  • Of Noble Family, by Mary Robinette Kowal. Book 5 of her Glamourist series, which I have quite admired. I’ll be sorry to see this one winding up!
  • Ancillary Sword, by Ann Leckie. SF, book 2 of her Ancillary series, which I immediately snapped up after finally reading Ancillary Justice.

And, picked up in print as a reward for supporting her latest Kickstarter:

  • Citadel of the Sky, by Chrysoula Tsavelas. On general principles of Soula being awesome.

Which puts me at 20 for the year. Running pretty thin for my usual book-buying habits, if I’m only up to 20 titles purchased, and here it is mid-May already. But that’s okay. I’ve been working on actually, y’know, reading stuff in my backlog. Which I feel I need to do more of!

May 10, 2015 by
Other People's Books

Cleaning out my inboxes book roundup

Trying to clean up my tag structure around here, which means I’ll be rearranging a lot of the tags I have on forthcoming posts as well as older ones. Like, say, the book roundup posts! Which I’ll be putting under the “Other People’s Books” category now.

Here though are my last five purchases picked up from Kobo!

Honor Among Thieves

Honor Among Thieves

  • Rolling in the Deep, by Mira Grant. Because Mira Grant goes without saying. And also MUAHAHA EVIL MERMAIDS!
  • A Desperate Fortune, by Susanna Kearsley. Because she also goes without saying, and I need to get caught up on her stuff. This is her latest release, another of those dual-timeline historical-and-contemporary romances she does so well.
  • Honor Among Thieves, by James S.A. Corey. Because while the majority of Star Wars novels have been relegated to non-canon status, screw it, this one’s starring Han. Which makes it highly, highly relevant to my interests!
  • The Diabolical Miss Hyde, by Viola Carr. Grabbed this one because it was available for $1.99, and because it’s been getting some good buzz on the blogs. Steampunky followup to the famous Jekyll and Hyde story–this time starring Jekyll’s daughter.
  • Justice Calling, by Annie Bellet. Urban fantasy. Grabbed this one by way of showing her some support in the Hugo brouhaha.

This puts me at fifteen for the year.

May 3, 2015 by
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And now, a Harry Potter-ish book roundup

Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen

Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen

Bought in print from Barnes and Noble:

  • Skin Game, by Jim Butcher. Already read this in ebook form, but I’m grabbing the paperback for my hardcopy for my library.
  • Pocket Apocalypse, by Seanan McGuire. The latest installment of her Incryptid series!

Bought from Pottermore:

  • Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen and Harry Potter à l’École des Sorciers–which are, of course, the German and French editions of Book 1 of the Harry Potter series! I’ll be using these to launch the Trilingual Harry Potter Reread very soon! I do rather like how you can grab the Harry Potter books in multiple languages from Pottermore, which will make it rather easier for me to conduct a multi-lingual reread of the series! They have several more languages besides French and German, too, though this’ll do me for now!

Ten for the year so far.

March 9, 2015 by
Other People's Books

Starting off the 2015 book roundups

Dance 'Til Dawn

Dance ‘Til Dawn

Grabbed from Amazon:

  • Dance ‘Til Dawn, by Genevieve Griffin. This being a novella retelling the Twelve Dancing Princesses fairy tale, with the particularly nice twist that the heroine is not actually one of the princesses: she’s one of the seamstresses responsible for replacing their shoes. Lovely and lyrical and creepy. Author’s a friend (featured before on Boosting the Signal!) and I’ve read an earlier draft of this already; very pleased to get the finished product.

And, snagged from B&N:

  • Jacaranda, by Cherie Priest. Because I’ll pretty much buy any word this woman writes. Her latest in the Clockwork Century universe, another novella, which promises to deliver some creepy. And this has the same nun who was in Dreadful Skin–a very badass nun indeed, Sister Eileen Callahan.

This is the first book roundup of 2015! So far, two for the year.

February 6, 2015 by
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One last 2014 book roundup

This is getting posted in 2015, but it’s actually a 2014 book roundup, because all of these titles were bought before New Year’s!

Tales from Rugosa Coven

Tales from Rugosa Coven

Bought in print from Third Place Books, all of which are print copies of things I already own electronically (but I’m buying again because these are authors I want on my list of people I buy in both formats):

  • Blood of Tyrants, by Naomi Novik. Her eighth Temeraire novel.
  • The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, by Leslye Walton. The YA/magic realism novel I read last year, and which I really quite liked. Enough that I decided to get a copy in print, and because the hardback edition is smallish and quite pretty.
  • Revenant, by Kat Richardson. The final Greywalker novel, which as I write I’m currently reading electronically. Grabbed the hardback to fill out my collection of Richardson’s series.
  • Sing No Evil, by J.P. Ahonen. A graphic novel I grabbed entirely on impulse, because I thought the art was quite engaging, and because I liked the premise of a band in what’s clearly an urban fantasy type situation. Plus, it turns out it’s by a Finnish author and apparently this is a translation into English…? To wit, awesome!

Bought from Amazon, because that was the only place I could get it, and because it was DRM free:

  • Tales from Rugosa Coven, by Sarah Avery. This is a collection of three novellas featuring pagan characters, two of which were previously published by Drollerie, and one of which is new. Looking forward to reading the lot of these. I’ve read Sarah before, and quite liked her.

Bought from Smashwords, now that it’s finally available in electronic form:

  • Trafficking in Magic, Magicking in Traffic, edited by David Sklar and Sarah Avery. Another effort by fellow former Drollerie authors! I almost got in on this, but couldn’t get the story finished in time. Very much looking forward to seeing the final product now that it’s finally available in digital form.

169 for the year, and this time this IS actually the final title!

January 2, 2015 by
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Christmas ebook roundup bonanza

This is an unusually large book roundup, because hey, lots of amassed online credit!

Grabbed from Barnes and Noble (and most of these were because I got a VISA gift card from work for my next yearly anniversary, and blew it on an ebook spree, woo!):

River Marked

River Marked

  • Rise of the Spider Goddess, by Jim C. Hines. Fantasy. Got because I thought it was hysterical that Hines published the manuscript of his very first novel ever, complete with snarky commentary about his younger self’s work.
  • And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie. Mystery. Got this as a freebie when I bought my new Nook.
  • The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Amused to actually get this as a freebie when I bought tickets to see Five Armies. I already have an ebook copy, but this one was the non-enhanced version.
  • Wanderlust, Doubleblind, Killbox, Aftermath, and Endgame, by Ann Aguirre. SF, books 2-6 of her Sirantha Jax series, re-bought in ebook to replace them in my library.
  • The Spymaster’s Lady, by Joanna Bourne. Historical romance. Re-bought in electronic form to clear out space on my shelves.
  • Genuine Lies, by Nora Roberts. Romantic suspense. Another digital re-buy of a previously owned print book.
  • River Marked, by Patricia Briggs. Book 6 of her Mercy Thompsons, another re-buy.
  • Blue Diablo, also by Ann Aguirre. Urban fantasy. The first of her Corine Solomon series.

Grabbed from iBooks since I did another run to empty the coin jar into the Coinstar machine at Safeway:

  • Deathless, by Catherynne M. Valente. Fantasy. Grabbed because I wanted to read her take on the Russian myth of Koschei the Deathless.
  • 7th Sigma, by Steven Gould. SF. Grabbed because I liked the concept of mysterious metal-eating machines, and the desert territory they’ve overrun.
  • Motherless Child, Glen Hirshberg. Horror. Grabbed because I am periodically in the mood for horror, and this sounded pretty creepy–and challenging the recent idea of the vampire as romantic hero.
  • The Three-Body Problem, by Cixin Liu. SF. Grabbed because I was very curious about this as it got talked up on Tor.com, and because I want to get a taste of Chinese SF.
  • A Soul for Trouble, A Soul for Chaos, and A Soul for Vengeance, by Crista McHugh. Fantasy romance trilogy, picked up because I know the author via Carina Press.

Nabbed from Kobo:

  • The Secret Heart and The Lover’s Knot, by Erin Satie. Historical romance, first two books of her No Better Angels series. Grabbed because Book 2 was positively reviewed on Dear Author, and because I really like the author’s covers. Also, bonus points for her having a hero named Julian in Book 2! Had a delightful exchange with her on Twitter about both of these things!

From Carina Press, since we had a 50% off sale yesterday:

  • The Siren’s Song, by Jennifer Bray-Weber. Historical romance. With PIRATES. YARR.
  • Soul of Kandrith, by Nicole Luiken. Fantasy. Book 2 of her series.
  • Journey of Dominion, Journey of Wisdom, and Journey of the Wanderer, by Shawna Thomas. The rest of her fantasy/fantasy romance series.
  • The Guardian’s Witch, by Ruth A. Casie. Paranormal/historical romance. Grabbed this one because I thought the cover was gorgeous, and because I’ve featured this one on Boosting the Signal.
  • Firewall, by Sonya Clark. Paranormal/futuristic romance.

163 for the year.

December 24, 2014 by
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Thanksgiving weekend book roundup

Yoinked from B&N, digitally:

A Play of Shadow

A Play of Shadow

  • Symbiont, by Mira Grant. SF/Horror. Book 2 of her Parasitology series, bought for general Because Mira Grant purposes. And also because I LOLed at her posting to her journal that, quote, “nothing says Thanksgiving like tapeworms!”, unquote.
  • Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover, by Sarah MacLean. Historical romance. The fourth of her Rules of Scoundrels series.
  • Blood Magick, by Nora Roberts. Paranormal romance. Third of her Cousins O’Dwyer trilogy.

And, from Kobo:

  • The Future Falls, by Tanya Huff. Urban fantasy. Third of her Gale series.
  • A Play of Shadow, by Julie E. Czerneda. Second in her current fantasy series.
  • The Best of All Possible Worlds, by Karen Lord. SF. Grabbed because I’d heard some good things about this, and of the Star-Trek-ish influence on it.
  • Adulthood Rites and Imago, by Octavia E. Butler. Books 2 and 3 of her Xenogenesis series. Grabbed because I already had Book 1 and I seriously need to read this trilogy.

135 for the year.

November 29, 2014 by