Aaaaand it’s
that time again, where I go into slight panic mode when I think about my latest
book haul. Seriously though, what am I going to do because soon I’m going to move house and all of these books will
need a place to live and I have no idea where that place might be.
Anyway, let’s not think about that right now (although, keep
an eye peeled for my post about book nooks and bookshelves which is going to be
glorious) lets just talk about the
books and pretend they take up no space at all ok? Ok.
May was another fabulously bookish month. The wonderful Jen sent
me a package made up of Ice Cream Star,
Atwood’s Stone Mattress and Cassandra
Parkin’s new novel The Beach Hut which I am super excited about. Book post is
my fave, especially when it comes from people like Jen who just know what kind of things I’m going to do
a happy dance over.
In addition to those three beauties, May also meant:
In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware (released at the end
of July) because like I keep saying, 2015: the year of the thriller and this
one sounds so gripping and who wouldn‘t want to read a book about a properly toxic
friendship?
Ruby by Cynthia Bond which sounds like it
could be breathtakingly beautiful.
Sara Gruen’s At The
Water’s Edge which I’m interested to read, because whilst there were
elements of Water for Elephants that made
me really uneasy, I do like Gruen’s style…
A Little Life which is possibly the biggest book
I ever saw oh my God. It’s not to be
read in bed that’s for sure. It sounds amazing though.
A Court of Thorns and Roses which I talked about here
Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers
of London which I’ve heard mixed reviews about but which sounds pretty cool.
A super gorgeous Penguin Hardback edition of The Last Tycoon because why would I not?I'll talk more about this in my very delayed Book Challenge post later.
The Sunrise by Victoria Hislop which I can’t
tell you much about, because I don’t know much about either Victoria Hislop or
this book. It’s published this week I think, and is set in 1970’s Cyprus so is
all about the Turkish/Greek Cypriot unrest and it sounds like it could be
really interesting. Watch this space!
The new Siken collection War
of the Foxes which Siken people, Siken. Another book I bought under the
guise of The Book Challenge
The Silvered Heart by Katherine Clements which is set
in 1648 and is about highwaywoman Katherine Ferrars. It sounds fabulous. & I do so love me some of that historical fiction that's rooted in truth. The Other Boleyn Girl anyone? Who even cares how accurate it is, it's a damn good story.
My Grandmother Sends
Her Regards and Apologises is another one due for release this week I think. It’s by Fredrik
Backman who also wrote A Man Called Ove and
it sounds amazing. Fairytales people, fairytales. Here, have a bit of the blurb:
Granny has been telling fairytales for as long as Elsa can remember. In the beginning they were only to make Elsa go to sleep and to get her to practise granny’s secret language, and a little because granny is just about as nutty as a granny should be. But lately the stories have another dimension aswell. Something Else can’t quite put her finger on.
and
A gorgeous paperback copy of The Bone Clocks which if you know how much I loved Cloud Atlas you’ll understand my being
super thrilled about.
Ebook wise, it’s been a little calmer, which is both good and bad:
