I got paid!

[annathepiper]

And I still have room on the nook (although I’m getting close to needing a memory card for the thing)! So y’all should be able to guess what that means. Yes, that’s right: another book roundup!

Purchased electronically recently (and most of these were last night):

• Rebel, by Zoe Archer. Paranormal romance, Book #3 of her Blades of the Rose series. Review is forthcoming!
• Pegasus, by Robin McKinley. Fantasy, and I believe this also counts as YA? Bought because, well, Robin McKinley.
• Half Past Dead, by Zoe Archer and Bianca D’Arc. Paranormal romance. Got this as a freebie from B&N, mostly because of the tie-in with Archer’s aforementioned Blades of the Rose novels.
• The Secret Sister, by Elizabeth Lowell. Romantic suspense; this is a re-buy of a book previously owned in print.
• Whirlpool, by Elizabeth Lowell. Same.
• Dragonhaven, by Robin McKinley. Fantasy/YA. See previous commentary re: Robin McKinley! I actually already own this in hardcover as well, but wanted the e-copy so I can actually get the darned thing read, since I’m not likely to carry the hardback around.
• A Kiss Before the Apocalypse, by Thomas E. Sniegoski. Urban fantasy; incarnated angel of war as a PI. Not sure of the angel aspect, but I did like this guy’s piece in the Mean Streets anthology, so I thought I’d give his series’ Book 1 a shot. (This is also actually a re-buy of a book previously owned in print, though I haven’t read this one yet.)
• Touched by an Alien, by Gini Koch. Urban fantasy/paranormal romance (not sure which yet). Bought mostly because it got a lot of lulz when it came out and I’ll want this when I’m in the mood for something light and fluffy.

And, bought this morning in print, just because I can still walk into a physical bookstore and find something I’ll want to buy if I pay attention to the wishlist:

• The Ivy Tree, by Mary Stewart. Because you don’t get much more awesome than Mary Stewart when it comes to old-school Gothic romance.

Total for the year: 343!

Mirrored from annathepiper.org.

Comments

[framlingem.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, Robin McKinley. Outlaws of Sherwood is STILL my favourite Robin Hood story. (MUCH!)

And Harimad-sol, how I loved her.

[annathepiper]

Robin McKinley books are love. <3

I should re-read The Blue Sword again!

[framlingem.livejournal.com]

You SHOULD.

(But first you should read Diane Duane's Omnitopia Dawn. I love it dearly, not least because it's about people doing the job I do, sort of. YAY. But mostly it's because there are characters who are delightful and a villain I kind of feel sorry for because he's forgotten how to play, and a plot I can see happening, and oh how I'd love to be Omnitopian security personnel.)

[annathepiper]

That book is in fact one of the many on my To Read list! I saw it get mentioned on tor.com, and as is often the case with me, I went "HMM" and put that on the list!

We'll see when I can pick it up. Next paycheck I'll do another ebook run!

[desperance.livejournal.com]

I loved The Ivy Tree. Come to think, it may be time for a Mary Stewart re-read...

[annathepiper]

It's one of the few Stewarts I haven't actually read yet! (Well, of the Gothic romance variety, anyway; I haven't read her Arthurian books either.)

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Hint, no spoiler: have you read "Brat Farrar" by Josephine Tey? They occupy the same narrative territory, to the point that I tend to think of them as a pair...

[annathepiper]

I have not yet, although that is actually also on my To Read list! Has been ever since Jo Walton reviewed it on tor.com.

nook question

[keethrax.livejournal.com]

If you don't mind me asking...

My wife wants an e-reader for Christmas, and you're one of the only people I know with a Nook. I know a few kindle owners and one or two with Sony readers...

Clearly you enjoy having your Nook. Have you used other (current-ish) readers, and do you have any recommendations?

Re: nook question

[annathepiper]

I don't mind you asking at all. :)

I have not at this time used other e-ink-based readers such as the Kindle or the Sony. My friend seattlesparks has however gotten the most recent Kindle and she likes it very much.

As to what I'd recommend for your wife, hrmm. That's actually a bigger question than I can easily do in a comment. I'll take this as an opportunity to do a post I've been meaning to do for a while, i.e., on differences between readers. :)

Re: nook question

[keethrax.livejournal.com]

Wow! Thanks! Very much looking forward to it.

Re: nook question

[annathepiper]

You're quite welcome! Hope it'll be helpful!

[morgie.livejournal.com]

... between you and another friend, I think I'm gonna have a full library visit tomorrow. The Fionovar Tapestry books and the Blue Sword books. ;)

[annathepiper]

Ah yeah, the Fionavar books! More really old-school fantasy I haven't read in quite some time. :)

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Not sure of the angel aspect

What do you have against angels?

[annathepiper]

I have nothing against angels! I always get slightly nervous whenever I see angel/Christian mythos pulled into urban fantasy--although in this case it seems like it'll be pretty awesome. I did like this author's short piece in the anthology Mean Streets, and I wanted to know more about Remiel, his angel character. :)

Great Taste!

[amber scott (from livejournal.com)]

I can't wait to hear what you think of Touched By An Alien! It's my favorite of the year.

Re: Great Taste!

[annathepiper]

I'm likely to get that read soon, I think! I'm in the mood. :)

Also, you're the first person in off Facebook to drop me a comment! Hiya!