New Books and ARCs, 1/11/19
Posted on November 1, 2019 Posted by John Scalzi 18 Comments
New month, new books and ARCs! What in this stack of very fine titles is something you like to start your month with? Share in the comments —
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Gee, going European with dates these days? Or is this another sign of my cluelessness? 😀
I prefer computer ordering for dates: 2019-11-01. Always sorts correctly. I think that format has an ISO standards number but never remember what it is.
As for books I always like Charlene Harris and Mercedes Lackey. That one at the bottom of the stack looks huge. That would be a real time investment to read. I wonder how those epic tomes get people to read and review their ARCs. By the time I got to the end I’d have probably forgotten how it started, and I’m someone who can re-read the entire Wheel of Time series in a couple of weeks.
“Straight Outta Deadwood” sounds great. It feels like something Critical Role is doing – “Undeadwood”!
I checked out War Girls earlier this week. Seems pretty cool.
Apologies if you’ve answered this before, but since a) you obviously get many more books than you can read, or keep; and b) I imagine there are only so many venues in your town that can make use of donated books, may I ask what you end up doing with them all?
I read Weber’s book in hardcover. It’s quite good, but he’s a hard man on mmpb spines, isn’t he?
My copy of _Labyrinth of the Spirits_ arrived last week. That is one big, beautiful book! I look forward to reading it, though it may take some time to get from one cover to the other.
Both “War Girls” and “The Deep” were amazing and poignant!
Uncompromising Honor was, IMHO, an excellent end to the Harrington cycle.
Straight Outta Deadwood has a fine story by my buddy Derrick Ferguson!
I’m looking forward to WAR GIRLS. It looks exciting and intriguing!
Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s finale is a masterpiece! Try to read the rest of the magnificent series before if you haven’t.
The newest part of the Honor Harrington series looks interesting…
I stopped reading the series a few years back, I should probably get back to it
I second the motion re: Zafon. Brilliant writing.
Some of those look like some mighty thick books.
YOU HAVE THE DEEP AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH (i’m on the waiting list for it at the library)
Hmmm, haven’t seen anything from Wil McCarthy in a while, and he gave me some great reads with The Collapsium series. Unnatural Magic intrigues me the most of the authors new to me. Possibly it’s because a young woman going to the city to study magic and encountering citizen trolls reminds me pleasantly of Terry Pratchett.