Books for July

Halfway through July and my sidebar is still displaying “May Books I Want”.  I feel slightly embarrassed.  I may even update it later today.
Anyway, here are the July books I want.  Rather unusually, there are three historical romances to start off:
Mary Jo Putney’s “Loving a Lost Lord” (historical romance):  A straight historical romance from [...]

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The Fourth Quarter of 2008

And the end is in sight!  I may actually finish my 2008 Review posts before the end of January.
 
October
I was on holiday for most of October, which explains the massive total of 20 books read during this month.
I had never quite managed to understand why Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series (urban fantasy) was so popular, [...]

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Holidays!

After a really hectic month or so, I am now officially on holiday until the New Year!  Even better, my Amazon order with Juliet Marillier’s “Son of the Shadows” finally arrived yesterday.  Perfect weekend reading.
I’ve been rubbish at blogging recently, but here are some not-so-recent reads that I’ve liked:
I enjoyed Jenna Black’s “The Devil’s Due” [...]

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Books for November

I’m still reading my way through my massive book haul from October (yes, I know I haven’t posted what I bought, but rest assured I took full advantage of Fictionwise’s 50% rebate last month).
But November brings yet more new releases:
Sharon Shinn’s “Fortune and Fate” (fantasy):  The fifth and final (I think) book in Ms [...]

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Books for August

First off, I finally got my hands on Patricia Briggs’ “Cry Wolf”, so that’s my weekend reading sorted 
For some reason, there doesn’t seem to be that many August releases that I’m excited about. 
The ones that I’m looking forward to:
Jenna Black’s “The Devil You Know” (urban fantasy): I really liked the first [...]

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Jenna Black’s “The Devil Inside”

“The Devil Inside” by Jenna Black (urban fantasy) was an impulse buy while browsing in the New Releases section – I liked the cover, there was a Kelley Armstrong blurb on the front, I was intrigued by the couple of pages I read… so thought why not? Excerpt here.
Having read more than a few so-so urban fantasy [...]

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There’s nothing like new books…

I haven’t been reading much lately – mostly due to longer hours at work, the start of the Christmas party season, and err… a rather unhealthy obsession with “Strictly Come Dancing”.  But does this stop me from buying yet more books?  Nooooo…
I picked up the new Eloisa James – “An Affair Before Christmas”.  I’ve said [...]

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