Piling On – January 2009

Here’s what I’ve added to my pile this month!

First item I picked up at Costco. Figured it would be quick reading.

• The Appeal / John Grisham

I made one big purchase at B&N when I stopped in for the Kat Richardson signing.

• Manifold: Time / Stephen Baxter
• Hand of Evil / J. A. Jance
• Day of the Dead / J. A. Jance
• The Blue Door / David Fulmer
• Keeping It Real / Justina Robson
• Getting To Know You / David Marusek
• Parable of the Talents / Octavia Butler
• Greywalker / Kat Richardson

I got one nice haul from Michael’s Book free pile on a visit to Bellingham.

• Dead Wrong / J. A. Jance
• Change Your Life In 30 Days / Rhonda Britten. Started this, but I’m not really keeping up with the chapter a day thing.
• The Innocent Man / John Grisham
• The King of Torts / John Grisham
• Out of the Deep I Cry / Julia Spencer-Fleming

I got three review copies this month.

• Starfinder / John Marco (review)
• Atmospheric Disturbances / Rivka Galchen (published last year. I grabbed it from Paul Constant’s pile at the last Slog Happy)
• Vilnius Poker / Ričardas Gavelis (through Library Thing Early Reviewers)

Night Shade Books offered a good deal on a subscription to Electric Velocipede; buy a one year subscription get any two in stock Night Shade Books.

• Electric Velocipede: Winter 2008 / John Klima ed.
• Implied Spaces / Walter Jon Williams
• 9Tail Fox / Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Brandon Sanderson provided a Creative Commons licensed version of his upcoming novel Warbreaker, which I downloaded in PDF form.

And lastly, my friend Rowan gave me three books today.

• The Golden Compass / Philip Pullman
• The Subtle Knife / Philip Pullman
• Gardens of the Moon / Steven Erikson

Whew!

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