Midnight on Mourn Street (2008) - Christopher Conlon
Okay, this is a little embarrassing. I pre-ordered this book months ago from Earthling Publications (who produce some pretty impressive books) and completely forgot about it until I received an email notification a few days ago. Plus the book arrived today. And it's signed! Gotta watch those pre-orders.....
Trade Paperback - Price: $16.00
Islam: The Religion and the People (NF 2008) - Bernard Lewis and Buntzie Ellis Churchill
From everything I see and hear, Bernard Lewis is the dude to read if you want to know about Islam. I saw this ARC from the Amazon Vine program and decided it might be interesting to compare it to another book on Islam I'd read earlier in the year, Islam at the Crossroads.
Hardcover Advance Reader's Copy - Price: $0
The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry, Book 1) (1985) - Guy Gavriel Kay
I read Kay's stand-alone novel Tigana in 1995 and loved it, but never could get into any of his other books, including this one, which I tried about a dozen years ago. I saw it a few weeks ago and decided to give it another shot. Hey, everybody deserves a second chance.
Trade Paperback - Price: $1.99
Life in a Medieval Castle (NF 1974) - Joseph and Frances Gies
Life in a Medieval City (NF 1973) - Joseph and Frances Gies
Found both of these at a local Goodwill (always a dangerous place to hang out). I don't know much about this period, so how could I not buy them? It's part of my education, you know. Plus the price was right.
Trade Paperbacks - Price $0.75 each
Total Book Expenditures for September = $19.49
With our Chicago trip coming up on Friday and a full day of work tomorrow, I probably won't get to the September Books Read post until next week. Until then, go read something.
2 comments:
The Gies books are absolutely awesome. I wish every writer who considers setting his/her epic fantasy in a medieval milieu would take the two days that you could read both of these books in and do a little research. Readable and informative.
Tell me how you come out on the The Summer Tree. I tried it out several years ago and wound up selling it back the Half-Price Books after only about fifty pages. Maybe it's something I should look at again (in my copious free time).
If you ever want to feel better about your book acquiring, just look at the My Pile of Books category on my blog. My last one was brutal.
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