Category Archives: Hornby-esque

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for July.

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Bought:

  • All Mortal Flesh, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (iphone/kindle)
  • I Shall Not Want, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (iphone/kindle)
  • Sword in the Storm, by David Gemmell
  • Stormrider, by David Gemmell (used: $2.50!)
  • The Lyre of Orpheus, by Robertson Davies (used: $5!)
  • Curse of the Wolf Girl, by Martin Millar
  • Midnight Falcon, by David Gemmell
  • Ravenheart, by David Gemmell

Read:
  • In the Bleak Midwinter, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (borrowed from mom)
  • A Fountain Filled with Blood, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (borrowed from mom)
  • Out of the Deep I Cry, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (borrowed from mom)
  • To Darkness and to Death, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (borrowed from mom)
  • All Mortal Flesh, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (iphone/kindle)
  • I Shall Not Want, by Julia Spencer-Fleming (iphone/kindle)
  • The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (re-read)
  • Sword in the Storm, by David Gemmell
  • Curse of the Wolf Girl, by Martin Millar
  • Slut Lullabies, by Gina Frangello

Bad month for slipping up and buying books. ;(

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for April.

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Bought:

  • Silver Borne, a Mercy Thompson novel, by Patricia Briggs

Read:
  • What’s Bred in the Bone, by Robertson Davies (library) (re-read)
  • Letters to a Young Teacher, by Jonathan Kozol (library)
  • Death at an Early Age, by Jonathan Kozol (library)
  • I Won’t Learn from You, by Herbert Kohl (library)
  • Silver Borne, a Mercy Thompson novel, by Patricia Briggs
  • Possession, by A.S. Byatt (re-read)

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for March.

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Bought:

  • How to Knit a Love Song, by Rachael Herron

Read:
  • How to Knit a Love Song, by Rachael Herron
  • The Rebel Angels, by Robertson Davies (library) (re-read)
  • Blackout, by Connie Willis
  • The Walls of the Universe, by Paul Melko (library)
  • The Ugliest House in the World, by Peter Ho Davies (library)
  • The Delicacy and Strength of Lace, by Leslie Marmon Silko & James Wright (library)(letters)
  • Inside Mrs. B.’s Classroom, by Leslie Baldacci (library)(memoir)

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for January.

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Bought:

  • None!! (None other than school books, anyway.)

Read:
  • Night Child, by Jes Battis (library)
  • This Is Where I Leave You, by Jonathan Tropper (library)
  • Lonely Werewolf Girl, by Martin Millar (library)
  • A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle (re-read)
  • The Prophecy of the Sisters, by Michelle Zink
  • Man Walks Into a Room, by Nicole Krauss
  • Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde (library)
  • Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • The Gathering Storm, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for November.

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Bought:

  • Magic in the Shadows, by Devon Monk*
  • Graceling, by Kristin Cashore*
  • The Gathering Storm, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson*
  • Hold Still, by Nina LaCour*
  • Fire, by Kristin Cashore†
  • Prophecy of the Sisters, by Michelle Zink
  • The English American, by Alison Larkin
  • The Traveler, by John Twelve Hawks

Read:
  • Toast, by Nigel Slater
  • Magic in the Shadows, by Devon Monk
  • Graceling, by Kristin Cashore
  • Fire, by Kristin Cashore
  • Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
  • The English American, by Alison Larkin
  • Normal People Don’t Live Like This, by Dylan Landis
  • The Traveler, by John Twelve Hawks
  • Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?, by Preston Jones and Greg Graffin

*Bought via 20% off coupon on National Bookstore Day!!
†30% off coupon

À la Nick Hornby, books in/books out for October.

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Bought:

  • The five books I bought in Iowa!
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson (book 3!!!)
  • Toast, by Nigel Slater

Read:
  • Sweep 12: Eclipse, by Cate Tiernan (cathy’s)
  • Sweep 13: Reckoning, by Cate Tiernan (library)
  • Sweep 14: Full Circle, by Cate Tiernan (cathy’s)
  • Midnighters 2: Touching Darkness, by Scott Westerfeld (library)
  • Sweep 15: Night’s Child, by Cate Tiernan (library)
  • The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean
  • Midnighters 3: Blue Noon, by Scott Westerfeld (library)
  • Liar, by Justine Larbalestier
  • Even Money, by Dick Francis (and Felix Francis) (iphone/kindle)
  • Ravens, by George Dawes Green (library)
  • Mother of Storms, by John Barnes (anne’s)
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson