So, it seems that once you start buying/receiving books you can’t stop – it’s freaking amazing!
I’ve had to starve myself of decent food to maintain my book habit (that’s bad right?), but I’m still my pudgy self 😉
The links below will take you to my review of the book, or the GoodReads synopsis. In the case of free books, the link takes you to that specific page.
Books for review from NetGalley:
- The Journeys of John and Julia in Chapter One by Aurelia
- American Chick in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson
- Rape Girl by Alina Klein
- OMG QUEER Short Stories by Queer Youth
Legitimately Free eBooks: These aren’t pirated… They’re free cos they’re old (mostly)!
- Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm
- Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (the above were all for the Coursera Fantasy and Science Fiction course)
- the moon, come to earth [DISPATCHES FROM LISBON] by Philip Graham – this one was the monthly free ebook from the University of Chicago Press, so nice of them!
Books for Review from Novel Publicity:
- Praise of Motherhood by Phil Jourdan (I made fan art :D)
- The Day of First Sun by Sheryl Steines
- She Wulf by Sheryl Steines
Books I won, guys!
- Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Green – won from Book Club Blog South Africa P.S. The author totally tweeted me!
- Other Lives by Andre Brink – a signed copy won from Short Story Day Africa
- touch edited by Karina Magdalena Szczurekk – first edition won from Short Story Day Africa
Second-hand bargains:
- The Second Woman by Kenneth Cameron – a slightly sun-damaged copy bought from my library at 90% discount
- Room by Emma Donoghue – a water-damaged copy from my local library at 5% the original price
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger – a gently-read copy from my local library at 80% discount
- The Widow’s Tale by Mick Jackson – a brand new copy the library decided to sell. No idea why, but I’m not complaining.
Brand new books at great prices (these were all bought at Exclusive Books’ massive Winter Sale)
- Great Loves box set – 20 classics by greats like Kierkegaard, Virgil, D.H. Lawrence… I got Mom to buy me this set at 17% the original price
- The Puffin Classics Deluxe Collection box set – eight childhood classics, including Anne of Green Gables which I finally read! They’re all beautiful cloth-covered hardbacks.
- Saint Exupery: Art, Writings and Musings by Nathalie des Vallieres – Granny bought this one for me at a third of the price.
MAC Awake 
Oh my goodness- that is so bizarre that we got the same boxset the same week! It’s not even as if it’s a mega popular book that everyone’s getting….weeird! We must have some sort of psychic connection (as a doctor you should know all about things like that :-P) I absolutely adore the Great Loves and now I have seen your children’s boxset I feel as though I MUST HAVE IT- cloth bound is so lovely and I love the bright colours. I really want the ‘English Journeys’ Penguin boxset, and have you seen the Charles Dickens? LOVE: http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780141198415,00.html
I know, it’s totally strange right?! Just checked out the Dickens’ set… It looks STUNNING. Must put that on the Christmas list 😛
Congratulations on winning “Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend”–that’s one I saw reviewed recently that I want to read! That box set is beautiful, too.
It’s one of my favourite books of the year so far – let me know what you think of it once you’ve read it 🙂
Oh man, American Chick in Saudi Arabia sounds like a terrific read. You had quite a haul! Happy reading 🙂
It is – short and sweet! Would love to hear your thoughts on it if you do read the book 🙂
Oh wow! So many awesome reads! I LOVE that Puffin Classics set!!! SO NICE!!!!! 🙂 LOVED Time Traveler’s Wife 🙂 Such great deals at libraries!
(BTW, love the blog design!)
Michele
Thanks Michele 🙂 I’m not very graphically inclined so I try to keep it as clean as possible. I haven’t started reading Time Traveler’s Wife yet, but it seems I should!
So jealous of your Puffin Classics set. It looks AMAZING.
Thank you – it is lovely 🙂
I think you’ve actually brought more books than me! Room is supposed to be very good, it’s on my to-read pile right now. Plus checking out your review of American Chick in Saudi Arabia, that sounds interesting!
Room is excellent – I read it in a single sitting! Some people don’t like it because of being told from the child’s point of view, but I found that it made the book all the more unique.
Glad you enjoyed it, I hope I do too!