 | Lately two things have been happening: 1. I’ve been visiting the library a lot more. Which has led to a third thing: 3. Much less book shopping. But, things are looking good this month and I may just have some extra cash (burning a hole) in my wallet! So in anticipation of the moment when I could return to the lovely world of book-buying, I have been keeping a list (or two) of books I desire. Some are already out, some are coming soon. And I thought I would share. Anything on here look particularly appealing to you also? Or are there any that you would highly recommend? |
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Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy: Curiouser and Curiouser
by William Irwin
 | I’ve always been an Alice fan, and recently having seen the movie I decided to check out what Alice related books are out there (aside from the originals of course). When I discovered that there was an Alice book in the And Philosophy series I was ecstatic! Did you realize that in the philosophy section of the bookstores you can find books about almost every pop culture phenomenon? |
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Beautiful Dead Book 1: Jonas
by Eden Maguire
 | Jenn's Bookshelves said that “Maguire’s writing style is very readable and flows well.” And “I recommend it to fans of YA and the paranormal.” Tales of a Capricious Reader said “Well…there are some good parts and some not so good parts.” But also added that “…Eden Maguire has a way with a story. I’ll be interested to see how she grows as a writer.” Dark Faerie Tales says “This mixture of the paranormal and the romantic delivers a tale of dark secrets, loss, and redemption.” |
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by Mira Grant
 | Last summer I read a fantastic paranormal book called Rosemary and Rue which was written by Seanan Maguire. Then I found out that Seanan was writing another series, this time about zombie(!) and under the name Mira Grant. I’m desperate to read this because (a) I ♥ zombies and (b) Seanan rocks! And I was super excited to read about the awesome review Feed received from Publisher’s Weekly – Seanan liked this line “Shunning misogynistic horror tropes in favor of genuine drama and pure creepiness” but I was fond of this part “appealing characters who conduct a soul-shredding examination of what’s true and what’s reported.” |
Dead End Gene Pool
by Wendy Burden
 | One of the good and not-so-good things about going to school is the free access to journals, magazines, and databases. Mainly because it allows me to browse certain library/literary journals such as BookList – good because it feeds my addiction to know about upcoming releases, bad because it makes my wishlist grow and grow and grow! |
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
 | This is a book I only found out about yesterday, from the fabulous blogger Lenore. Just this February Lenore had a special event call Dystopian February which had my wishlist practically trembling with fear. But the book I am most lusting after is The Passage which earned this rating - “4 Zombie Chickens: An Excellent Example of the Dystopian (Post-Apocalyptic) Genre” |
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As part of the Dewey’s Books Reading Challenge 
Killer unicorns! Seriously that’s all I had to know about this book to be desperate to read it. I’ll let you know a huge secret about me – when I was little my bedroom had shelves and shelves of unicorns, crystal, china, ceramic, silver, stuffed, and My Little Pony unicorns. But as much as I loved unicorns I began to think they were kinda wussy (I blame this on our family’s new VCR player and Return Of The Living Dead) and that is when I left a lifetime of Team Unicorn behind and became a full-fledged member of Team Zombie. But evil unicorns = perfection!! 
The Forest Of Hands And Teeth, which I 
This book immediately caught my attention when Lenore of the awesome blog 
This book (well the authors name actually) caught my eye when Wendi talked about it on her 
While book trailers can sometimes be entertaining, I have never lusted after a book from seeing one. Until now. I followed a link from a Shelf Awareness newsletter and ended up at the 
It’s Chuck, what more can I say? Even though I wasn’t crazy about his latest book Snuff, I have read, loved and adored all his other books. Normally I would have been first in line the morning this book hit the shelves, but this month has been crazy and I completely forgot. But with my birthday coming up very soon, this is the one thing on my list I must have!
Ever have an author that was a guaranteed great read for you? But then somewhere along the line their books started feeling kinda old … but you were powerless to resist? Well, for me that author is LKH. One of my bookish friends turned me onto the Anita Blake series around the time that book 9 was released and I literally devoured everything up to there. But then around book 10/11 the story started going downhill. Gone was the kick-ass Anita and she was replaced with a nympho-like shadow of the heroine I adored. Now Skin Trade is coming – book 17 – and I am still addicted. These books are like acid, even after a bad trip you keep trying again and again to experience that perfect sensory explosion.
Yeah, yeah, another LKH. But this is different, this is book 8 of the Merry Gentry series. The difference here is that the Merry series was always about sex, so the heroine getting hot and heavy with every mythical man around is no biggie. The main reason I like this series is because of the Faerie world it incorporates with ours. There’s lots going on between the seelie and unseelie courts and Merry will quite possibly change the entire history of the fey. Plus she’s pregnant with twins who have like 4 dads! It’s better than a Spanish soap opera.
Over at the blog 
My son is reading Evan Wright’s previous book, Generation Kill and I happened to be skimming through it and really enjoyed the writing. Then I came across the review blurb that said this: “His style owes more to Hunter S. Thompson than to any sort of political correctness” and I was sold. Plus I really enjoy essay style non-fiction. 
