Harper Voyager sent me another goodie bag. I really dig this advance reader gig, when they send me good stuff, of course. I forgot to diagram the goodie package before this one, but that's for another entry.
An awesome over sized and soon to be modded t-shirt with an astro-sloth.
And treats. Which I actually put in shoes outside for Krampus, because I'm not super keen on THAT much mint. Also I don't want my ass beaten bloody by a tall, skinny, horned god.
That's it for now (this year, I guess.) I'm going to boot up some video games and take my mind off of reading for a while.
I got my package from Harper Voyager publishing last night. And
I waited until this morning to open it.
Now, as the people reading
this should know, as they’re more than likely my friends, I have a cat. And he
likes to get into trouble and chew and do other cat like things. So when I woke up
out of my Sirlesque, karaoke, and League of Legends 'til 3:30 AM stupor to the sound of ripping and cat chirruping, I found
this: Photographic evidence of possible theft attempt.
Mugshot of perpetrator after apprehension.
Despite
my delinquent feline contaminating my loot, I was still hyped about the box and laid out my haul.
Sort of pictured, a black tote bag with assorted book titles
screened on it. To carry my books around. Because I’m twelve and like people to
know that I’m so cool I need a bag specifically to carry books.
I’m going to power through the rest of Peter V. Brett’s The Daylight War,
because I can’t read two books at once. My brain can barely take
writing four of my own plus reading another.
Onto my plan of attack!
DISCLAIMER: I was given promotional copies of these books by Harper Voyager US, for the purpose of review. This disclaimer will be on every post that relates to these books or anything else from the publishing company. We both have to cover our asses from the prying eyes of The Law.
1) DEAD SET; Richard Kadrey
They sent me a signed(!) copy,
which I’ll keep, and I’ll probably give
away/loan out the print edition I bought on release day. Because sorry, (not
sorry,) I’ll read anything that man releases until forever. Despite some of his
earlier work being less than fantastic, Sandman Slim has me so hooked I can’t
even words. (Told you you’d figure out
my favorite author if you stuck around. He’ll get his own blog entry of epic and borderline embarrassing fangirl
proportions later on.)
I guess I can review Dead Set, though
I’m three months removed from reading it. I can re-read it in four hours, though. See
if I can beat my time from the first go ‘round.
2) DREAMS AND SHADOWS; C. Robert Cargill
This one was pretty high up on my
million book To Read list. I was meaning to pick it up, so yay, definite score
getting a free copy. I’m a huge fan of twists on classic fairy tales ever since
I picked up The Child Thief by Brom, and went from thinking Peter Pan was lame
to being a super creepy older woman in love with him. I’ve got a thing for
arrogant little goth boys that bite off more than they can chew with authority
figures. I can’t want to crack into this and see what Cargill came up with.
3) THE WASTELAND SAGA; Nick Cole
Since all three books are
conveniently packaged together, I have no excuse to not read the whole series. I’ll probably do a post for each part, to keep things easy. Also to
not kill my brain trying to remember everything for a full three book review.
4) THE TAKEN; Vicki Patterson
The Taken, by Vicki
Patterson. Which, let’s be honest, I’m the least excited about. Obvious “LOOK,
I’M A STRONG BUT STILL SEXY/VULNERABLE WOMAN BEING STALKED BY A MYSTERIOUS
DOUCHEY STRANGER-TOOL” vibe, and therefore, zero fcks are given. I’ll try a
couple chapters to see how I feel, but I doubt I’ll be super into it. Doesn’t
look like it’d be my kind of book. But,
it was sent, and I will read it. Or try. I’m going in fairly neutral, taking it
as I used to take required reading for school; doesn't mean I refuse to enjoy
it, but we shall see.
5) RIDES A DEAD LEGION; Raymond E. Feist
Usually this one would be
much higher on the list, but being part of a saga, I’m putting it at the end
in hopes that I can get my hands on the rest of it because I’m slightly OCD about
starting a series. I prefer to read them in succession; it helps to keep me in
the world. And everyone’s hating on the demons, lately! It’s not their fault people
are tasty…
So that’s it! And I’ll finish off The Daylight War, maybe write a blog for that, and Dead Set, then get started on Dreams and Shadows.
