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So, I managed to pick up a few titles recently. Once again, I have chosen from the old, the new and the obscure. There is something special about picking up a book that isn't part of the well-worn path that some commercially successful books seem to occupy.
I look forward to Dark Decent by Jenna Black as well as Claimed by Evangeline Anderson. They both show the promise of the strong female central character that is being employed more and more, lately. I hope to let you know my thoughts on these two later.
I've already let you know my thoughts on Awoken by Sarah Noffke and The Fold by Peter Clines. Two very different books that I believe can do well together on any discerning readers shelf.
My two really odd-ball bookends (so to speak), have an even greater difference but, both seem a bit obscure if only for appearing on my shelf. The Dark Tea Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams is another book I may expound more on later. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen was the first book of her I've read. I was expecting it to be a bit more like Downton Abbey than it is but, I still enjoyed it very much.
So, there's most of my eclectic foray into reading recently. So, please, let us know, what strange bedfellows have you placed together on your shelves?
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Hmmmm...I've never heard of these books before but Dark Descendant intrigues me! I've never read a book by Jenna Black but I've had my eye on her Faeriewalker trilogy for quite some time. Lovely haul!
ReplyDeleteNorthanger Abbey looks like a good book. I might read it as my first Jane Austen novel as well. I really need to read one her books, but I rather not read Pride and Prejudice because I feel it is over hyped.
ReplyDeleteNice stack you have this week. Happy reading!!
ReplyDeleteNice haul! I loved The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul. I need to reread it, it's been a long time. I was looking at The Fold in the store the other day. Enjoy your books! Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteMichelle @ Michelle's Minions
You got me curious about The Fold. Can't go wrong with any of Jane Austen. Happy reading :-)
ReplyDeleteI like finding obscure books as well. Makes you feel like you are accomplishing something. I hope you love all your new books this week.
ReplyDeleteGrace @ Books of Love
Enjoy Jane Austen. You might want to check out one of the spin-offs. Some of them are hoots.
ReplyDeleteI am curious about The Fold...enjoy your week!
ReplyDeleteOOoh nice! I enjoyed Black Descendant! It was a great little series and Jenna plans to have the final book come out next year! So excited!
ReplyDeleteMy STS will be up tomorrow, so be sure to stop by then!
Have a GREAT day!
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I keep meaning to try Northanger Abbey. Now that we are almost 1/2 way through 2015 I've started thinking about reading goals for next year, especially since I have ARCs scheduled through January. I'm going to make a list of 10 or 20 books I definitely want to read for 2016 that have been on my TBR for more than 2 years. I'm sure there will be a challenge for something like that, or I can start my own. Thanks for hosting STS and have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteI really liked Northanger Abbey. It's one of those books that you have to take into consideration not only the time of the setting but, the time of time it was written. It's like really stepping back into a simpler time.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michele. If you like Crichton, you'll like The Fold. His style is different but, the genre is definitely the same. I'm glad that it's not a cookie cutter copy. It's more like, picking up the torch since Michael Crichton's passing.
ReplyDeleteI can't say much more about The Fold than what I said here:
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I really enjoyed it.
Thanks, Grace. Nothing better than finding hidden treasures and sharing them with friends. I thinks that's why I like STS and posting reviews :)
ReplyDeleteSatisfy that curiosity, Laurel-Rain!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Laquesha. I look forward to Dark Descendent, myself. I chose a different title to start off with and have found it to be very different indeed. More to come on that score!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Elizabeth. Northanger Abbey is a light enough book that you may be able to squeeze it in you wanted to.
ReplyDeleteHaven't heard of any of these, but I hope you enjoy them!
ReplyDeleteI love the Dirk Gently books by Douglas Adams. I always thought they were appreciated and overshadowed by the Hitchhiker's Guide. I just recently picked them up in Kindle so I'm looking forward to reading them again. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteYou've got some nice looking books. I wouldn't mind a couple of them myself. :-) Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteEven though I liked Claimed, I got to the third book in the series and sort of teetered off. I think there are like 11 or 12 of them now.
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