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August Reader Project
- Month: August
- What books/magazines did you buy this month? Why did you buy them?
- -American Gothic by Robert Bloch, book sale, it’s an ARC!!
- -The Wolfen by Whitley Strieber, book sale, it’s werewolves and it’s a first edition
- -Dirk Gently’s holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams, book sale, because it’s Douglas Adams
- -Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison, book sale, urban fantasy=auto buy
- -Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz, book sale, recommended to me
- -All Hell Breaking Loose, book sale, looks interesting
- -Grave Peril by Jim Butcher, book sale, love the series
- -White Night by Jim Butcher, book sale, love the series
- -Conspiracy in Death by JD Robb, book sale, research
- -The Conquests of Napoleon by George A. Golson, book sale, research
- -Shocks by Burton Goodman, book sale, in home education (a book of short stories and exercises for reading comprehension)
- -Fascinating Experiments in Chemistry, book sale, in home education
- -Win, Place and Show by Betsy Berns, book sale, kid’s choice
- -Little Book of Fairy Crafts, book sale, something to do with my daughter
- *The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Great Britain & Ireland, gift from my husband, writing yanno?
- -Personal Darkness by Tanith Lee, book sale, I like the author
- -Ming Ling by Stephen Cosgrove, book sale, love the Cosgrove books
- -The Vampire Files: Bloodlist by P.N. Elrod, book sale, recommended
- -Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, book sale, loved the movie
- -The Thirteen Nights of Halloween, book sale, kid’s choice
- -Mona Lisa Craving by Sunny, book sale, for the lulz
- -U.S. Census by Ruth Kassinger, book sale, research
- -Chicago by Jory Graham, book sale, research
- -Three in Death by JD Robb (a 3-in-1), book sale, research
- -Soul Obsession by Amy Wolff Sorter, book sale, it was an ARC
- -The Scream by John Skipp and Craig Spector, book sale, liked other books by the authors
- -Going Postal by Terry Pratchett, book sale, it’s Terry-freakin’-Pratchett!
- -The Burning by Bentley Little, book sale, interested in trying the author
- -The Vanishing by Bentley Little, book sale, interested in trying the author
- Did you download any free books this month? Why did you chose to download them and where did you download them from (author web site, publisher web site, bit torrent site)?
- *Books/ARCs I received for possible review this month:
- -Murky Depths #5
- -The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
- -The Sacred Book of the Werewolf by Victor Pelevin
- -Ghost in the Mirror by Leslie Rule
- -Serpent’s Quest by Janrae Frank
- -Sheep and Wolves by Jeremy Shipp
- -Polluto # 2 & #3