Fifth Temeraire novel is out!

[annathepiper]

And congratulations, naominovik, you've made the short list of people I'll actually buy in hardcover. Mostly because I just CANNOT wait another year to find out how Laurence gets out of the cliffhanger at the end of Book Four. ;)

So yeah, I picked up Victory of Eagles in shiny hardcover form tonight, and it will be bubbling up to the top of the stack of Things I'm Reading Next.

But it'll have to wait until I'm done with desperance's Bridge of Dreams, into which I've gotten about a couple hundred pages, and I'm too far in to bail now!

For general reference, the other three people I'll actually consider buying in hardcover are jimbutcher, Julie Czerneda, and Elizabeth Peters. Because I'm also testy about being behind a year on the Dresden Files, and Elizabeth Peters is putting out the first Vicky Bliss book in ages this summer, and I'm not really willing to wait for that, either. But at least Julie Czerneda's latest will be out in paperback this September.

Also fighting for my attention through the rest of the summer: things by rachelcaine, Charles Stross, John Scalzi, matociquala, and mevennen. I'm feeling like I ought to go through my To Read shelf and clear out all the books by people whose LJs or blogs I'm reading! And local authors as well, which'll bring Kat Richardson, Mario Acevedo, and Caitlin Kittredge high onto the queue. Also, more cmpriest.

Also: I totally need a decent Temeraire icon.

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[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

I too succumbed to the hardcover siren today, nabbing Elizabeth Moon's latest Vatta book...

[annathepiper]

Yay!

[wildshadowstar.livejournal.com]

On a slightly different but related note, at work last night, I noticed that the first two of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance trilogy Eragon and Eldest came out in a combined cover. On the front was a release date of the third book of September 20. The title of the third book is Brisinger.

[annathepiper]

I've seen signs for that, yeah, though I never actually read the first two Paolini books; reactions I've seen to them have been mixed. I presume you've read Books 1 and 2?

[raise-a-jar.livejournal.com]

I've resorted to the library. I just can't afford all the new hardcovers I want so desperately! :D

[annathepiper]

Hee! I've had the library recommended to me, yeah. I've waffled about whether I think it'd be useful to me, if nothing else because I can generally afford the books I want. Though if the economy continues to suck, I may have to get more discriminating about which ones I buy.

I am however about to head down to the local shops, which have a library branch in them! Perhaps I shall inquire there about renewing my long-defunct card. :)