Yesterday, I bought a book. It wasn't the book I had been considering buying; it was an impulse.
Today, I went to buy the book I originally wanted. Eight other books came home with it.
Y'think I might be set for summer reading material? I may have gone a wee bit overboard, there.
For the record, my new paperback babies are:
- Summer Knight, Death Masks, Blood Rites, Small Favors and Turn Coat, all by Jim Butcher
Yeah, I'm on a binge.
- Odd Hours by Dean Koontz
This was the impulse buy.
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Because I'm the last person on earth to have not read it, and the peer pressure is just killing me.
- Acacia by David Anthony Durham - Aerin has dibs (see below)
On the strength of the Dynastic Queen's glowing recommendation.
- The Digital Plague by Jeff Somers - Merry has dibs (see below)
Because the only thing scarier than electric monks is Avery Cates.
- The God of Clocks by Alan Campbell - Josh gets dibs, and Sarf gets a copy of Scar Night 'cause he's family! (see below)
This is the writer's third book; his first two were rather jaw-droppingly amazing. This guy arrived on my author-to-watch-for list quite abruptly.
El Husbando chuckled at me when I came in today oohing and ahhing and chortling in anticipation over my latest acquisitions. Laugh now, buddy! You're going to be fighting Jim Butcher for my attention for at least the next month.
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So. Anyone else got a book they're particularly excited to be sinking their teeth into?
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Edit (Free Stuff): Ooh! Aerin gives me a great idea. Since I live in a eensy-weensy apartment and thus donate most of my books to charity once I'm done reading them, would anyone like to volunteer to be the charity this time?
I.e. in the comment section, put dibs on one (1) of the books mentioned above, and once I'm finished reading it, I'll mail it to you, anywhere in the world! Aerin gets first dibs on Acacia, however.
If you get picked to receive a book, I will need you to email your snail mail address to me, but we'll work out the details in the comments section.
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13 comments:
Well, you'll be getting ANOTHER one soon! I'm hoping to make it to the post today.
Acacia has been on my wishlist since....forever. Let me know what you think of it!
what are the first two books for "The God of Clocks"
do you know if there is E-book versions?
If no I will take them.
Aerin: See edit! Do you want me to send you Acacia when I'm done with it? :)
Sarf: The first book in the series was Scar Night and the second was Iron Angel. I have no idea if e-editions exist (I'm an analog book buyer still), but these are fairly recent books, so there's a good chance they do.
Unfortunately, I think I've already given away Scar Night and Iron Angel I got from the library.
JJ you have a lot of writers here so I have some question for your readers.
First the set up:
A person pirates your book by downloading a copy from the web.
They Love it, are you as the author glad, or sad?
Now said person writes you a check for the cover price of the book and mails it to you, do you care if they pirated the book or not?
I found Scar Night in e-book format, but they are not in a format that I can convert to my reader. The one that has it in the format I can use, won't let you use a web browser to download. You have to use there reader software, that doesn't run on my computer :(
A person pirates your book by downloading a copy from the web.
They Love it, are you as the author glad, or sad?Answering for myself, sad and angry.
I'm not trying to get published for the adulation; I want to make money from my art.
If I wanted to give it away for free, that's easy to arrange; by trying to get published, it's implied I don't want to give it away for free. I'm not such a slut for praise that someone liking my writing excuses them stealing it in the first place.
If the person paid me afterward, would I feel better? No, much in the same way I would still feel pissed off at someone who stole my bike, then decided they liked it and paid me for it after the fact. I did not give them permission to take my stuff; paying me off afterward does not erase the injury they did to my right of ownership.
So I guess I'm saying yes, I want money for my work, but at the same time, I believe I should control whether or not my work is for sale in the first place.
God of Clocks would be wonderful, since I've read the first two. I liked the first one quite a bit. The second was imaginative, but I thought the plot lacked a bit for some reason. I hope this third picks back up.
Oh, and yes, Jim Butcher will own your soul!
Might I also recommend Steven Erikson's epic fantasy series? It starts with Gardens of the Moon. A bit of work to get into, but worth it.
So, you're saying if I summarize the plot of every Jim Butcher book you've got, you'll get through God of Clocks faster?
Aight...so in Summer Knight, they all die. The rest of the books are blank pages. Enjoy!
Sarf: I'll buy-and-mail you a copy of Scar Night.
Josh: You get The God of Clocks! I've pestered you for the necessary information on your lastest blog post.
Josh: Actually, I just finished Summer Knight. There seem to be a few more survivors than you remember... ;)
Hey JJ,
I have Magickeeper's: The Eternal Hourglass by Erica Kirov (aka Orloff) and Redheaded Stepchild by Jaye Wells on their way now and I'm chomping at the bit to read both of them!!! Can't wait.
I read The DaVinci Code when it was still all hyped up, and I actually liked Angels and Demons better... but then, I don't get all cluttered up mistaking fiction for fact - I thought it was a good plot and premise and the pacing was fairly good, and I liked his characters. But it was what I would call a snack read - enjoyable but not the earth shattering kind of thing people were making it out to be.
I'd love to read Digital Plague at some point, if you don't have someone else you'd like to give it to... we can do tradesies, if you like, what genre are you up for and I'll see what I've got.
Merry: You get Digital Plague! (As soon as I'm done reading it; heh, heh.) I've pestered you for the necessary information on your latest blog post.
Hmm...tradesies? You know, either Erica or Jaye's books would be very welcome...
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