This Week’s New Books – Christmas Haul

13/01/2013, CelineNyx, Meme , 39

If you’re wondering why I’m not having an IMM – read this post.

There are so many new “Look at my new books!” memes that I’m having troubles choosing. I know a few of the hosts personally and I don’t feel like picking teams on this one. So, I introduce my own conglomeration of all the memes out there! If you’re hosting a similar meme or if one of your friends hosts one, let me know and I’ll add their graphic (:

Whew, I haven’t done one of these in ages! I got quite a nice selection of books for Christmas, and the past few weeks have been absolutely wonderful review-wise as well. Here’s what I’ve got!

Click on the titles or the individual covers to go to their Goodreads page.

Gifted & Bought:

These are the books I either got as a gift for Christmas, or that I bought when I was on my trip to Edinburgh.

The Roald Dahl Treasury – I saw this book at Waterstones and I knew I just had to have it. It’s fully in colour with all these lovely images
Obsidian Butterfly, Narcissus in Chains and Incubus Dreams by Laurell K. Hamilton – These books are part 9, 10 and 12 of the Anita Blake series. Apparently I was very tired when I made my Christmas wishlist
Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews – I’m really excited for this one, Magic Bites was a lovely book
My Soul to Take, My Soul to Save and My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent – Didn’t very much enjoy her adult books, but I heard her YA ones are really good. They were extremely inexpensive at The Works, so I picked them up
Lament by Maggie Stiefvater – Stiefvater’s book are a hit or miss with me. Hopefully this one is a solid hit!
Quidditch through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling – Yay, my Harry Potter collection is finally complete!

For Review:

Massive thanks to Quirk Books for providing these copies for review! They look like a lot of fun. It has “bizarre beasts, more strange mysteries, and more adventure”, what more could a girl want?

Review copies courtesy of the author(s). These books make me so happy! They’re definitely meant for girls about the age of ten, but I still enjoy them. Review for the first book, Athena the Brain, will be up soon

Completely different tone from the previous books, Deadrise is some kind of thriller. I don’t know what to expect, but the premise sounded interesting. Review copy courtesy of the publicist.

This sounds like a fun romp through insane sci-fi situations. From the blurb: “Eviction Notice, is a raucous, science fiction adventure about Alice Able, a small town woman at the end of her rope who must save the Earth from space aliens trying to evict humanity into deep space.”. Book received through Mona Loring PR.

So what do you have in your mailbox, on your shelf or to showcase? Leave a comment!

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