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[dakegra]

I've spent my christmas amazon voucher. To go with A Study in Scarlet (the rather beautiful Penguin 'Read Red' edition), I've just ordered Kate Atkinson's Case Histories, and China Mieville's Un Lun Dun, as recommended by some of you lot.

:-)

Also updated my wishlist, in case any of my family decide not to go for the super-secret espresso machine birthday secret surprise.

I love books. You may have noticed this.

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[bloodlossgirl.livejournal.com]

Hooray for books!

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

I figured that was three books as recommended by three friends. :-)

[bloodlossgirl.livejournal.com]

Excellent! This year I'm only reading books that are in my house already, since the backlog is huge. I have piles and piles. Should be interesting! (and, of course, over the holidays I hit up most of the indepedent booksellers in Madison, WI so I think I'm set, even though various friends-of-little-faith think I can't do it without running screaming for a library or bookstore within 3 months)

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

My plan is to not buy any books in 2009 - as the amazon voucher was a gift, I'm sneakily counting those books as the gift itself. I reckon that I've got more than enough unread books to keep me going, plus there are various on LJ who I can trade books with.

:-)

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

Case Histories is fab, I need to read the 3rd one now :)

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

third one? Am I starting in the middle ?

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

Eh? I'm confused now. Am I muddling up her books? Ah, there are 3 books in the Jackson Brodie Sset, Case Histories is the first. I've got Case Histories & One Good Turn (& actually all of her books apart from the latest)

http://www.kateatkinson.co.uk/books/

Not The End of The World is probably my favourite, fantasy-ish short stories, some of which lap over & intertwine. It made me envious of her writing talent.

[bloodlossgirl.livejournal.com]

Excellent plan! I'm also planning not to buy books in 2009, which is why I laid in stores ahead of time :) Maybe we can keep each other honest.

I'll also happily send to you any books you're interested in after I've finished them.

[bloodlossgirl.livejournal.com]

Ditto. I've got the third one sitting here, so I might reread 1 &2 first :)

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

sounds like a great deal to me. Yay for book exchanges.

[dakegra.livejournal.com]

of course, now I'll have a dilemma as it'll turn up tomorrow. Still halfway through Charlie Stross's Halting State, then I have A Study In Scarlet queued up next. But this sounds fabbity fab...

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

They are fab, enjoy :)