Book Haul – Christmas 2013 Haul (Part Two)

Showcase Sunday is a meme hosted by Vicky over at the Book, Biscuits and Tea blog to let readers know what book related items have come our way.

Letterbox Love is a meme hosted by Lynsey over at Narratively Speaking and this meme has a British feel to it.

I’ve opted to use the logo designed by Faye over at A Daydreamer’s Thoughts rather than the “official” one because I’m a sucker for old fashioned red postboxes.

The Stacking The Shelves meme hosted by Tynga at Tynga’s Reviews to promote the books that we’re adding to our shelves.

Finally, the Bought, Borrowed & Bagged meme hosted by Cimarron and Braine over at the Talk Supe blog.

 

Hi everyone

Book Hauls are like buses, none come for a while and then three within two weeks.  Yep, I’m finishing off the last of my Amazon voucher to buy some more Kindle Books (which is nicely timed with some fantastic price reductions and recommendations).

“The Ocean At The End Of The Lane” by Neil Gaiman

I managed to snag this book on Kindle for less than £1.  A bargain!!!

My friend Mendy managed to meet Mr Gaiman himself at a signing session for this book in Rotterdam last August.  Please check out her blog post.

 

 

“The Rosie Project” by Graeme Simsion

I found out about this book last week through a Review of the Year at “Backlist Books” who had some lovely stuff to say about my haul last week.  By a strange coincidence, the author appeared on the BBC News last week to promote the book.  Needless to say, I became more curious about this book and decided to give it a try.

 

“Wintertown” by Steve Emond

I found out about this book through a Top 5 Winter Reads post by Ariel Bissett.  (Please check out her YouTube channel).

When I saw the description on Amazon of “Garden State meets Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist”, I decided to give this book a try.  (Especially when I found out about the “Graphic Novel” element of this book.

 

“Geekhood: Mission Improbable” by Andy Robb

I found out about the original “Geekhood” book through the sisterspooky blog and I enjoyed it whilst I was on holiday in Turkey in 2012.

Once I heard about this sequel, I put it on my Wish List, but could only afford to get it thanks to my voucher.  (Plus it’s been recommended in sisterspooky’s Top Ten for last year, which is recommendation enough for me).

 

“Red Ink” by Julie Mayhew

I don’t know why I was drawn to this book when I saw it last year in Waterstones, but I decided to buy it as part of my Christmas haul.

 

“The Girl In The Wall” by Daphne Benedis-Grab

I saw this book in a haul post last year and placed it on my Wish List.  Only problem was that the price for the Kindle version was over £12.

Wind forward in time to this morning to see that it had been reduced to just over £1.  Needless to say, I bought this book whilst it was still a bargain.

 

And that’s my haul done for this week.  Please leave your comments and haul links below and I’ll try my best to look through them.

Have a great weekend.