TGIF is a
weekly meme hosted by Greads!
It’s Thanksgiving weekend in the US this week
and the question is:
Giving Thanks: Which books are you most
thankful for receiving from other bloggers, friends, family members, or
publishers?
My blog is new
in the blogosphere so I haven’t asked any publishers for ARCs yet and I am not
sure if I will in the near future because I have no idea if it is possible for
me to get ARCs from publishers in the US
or the UK to Austria.
I have one American
book series I am so thankful for receiving. It is Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie
Plum series. I love love love this series as I often mentioned before. Eva lent
me the first two books of the series over a year ago and I was hooked.
Last year
at Christmas my mum got me Maggie Barbieri’s book “Quick Study” which was the
third in the series. She actually thought that it was the first and on
Christmas Day I ordered the first on Amazon. In the middle of reading it I
ordered the second and they are wonderful cozy mysteries. One of the problems
of living in Austria
is that all these amazing mystery series and many other good books (e.g. Young
Adult books) cannot be purchased in stores here. Major disadvantage from my
point of view!
A friend of
mine got me Rachel Gibson’s “Sex, Lies and Online Dating” this February for my
birthday. She told me that the blurb reminded her of me and I was not so sure
if I found this flattering.
The book is
about a mystery writer, Lucy, who dates men online to do some research for her
new book. At the same time there is a killer out there and she kills men she
met online. One evening Lucy meets Quinn who is really an undercover cop
working the killings and Lucy is a prime suspect until she discovers who the
real murderer is.
And I am
most thankful for receiving Terry Pratchett’s “Wyrd Sisters” from one of my
father’s collegues. This book started my Terry Pratchett addiction. I got this
book with the words: “Amazing series! You have to read it! This book is the
perfect starter and you won’t regret reading it!”
Definitely
so true! Thank you Bernd!
And would like to also mention:
- JoAnna Carl’s Chocoholic Mysteries
- Cleo Coyle’s Coffeehouse Mysteries
- Anne George’s Southern Sisters Mysteries
As you can
see I am most thankful for US mystery series and fantasy novels but it’s not
the case that I only read those it is just that I am reading so many different
genres and those books are some of my favorites!
I haven't asked for ARCs either, possibly because I'm so intimidated by the idea. I'll probably do it eventually but for now, my library, books I buy and books I borrow from people will suffice :)
ReplyDeleteI have read most of Rachel Gibson's books and they are all great!
ReplyDeleteWell, One For the Money is now being made into a movie with Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum. Check out the trailer! Guess, I need to start on the series before the movie releases in January 2012.
A new follower of your blog!
Sana
artsy musings of a bibliophile
You really need to read the books first. The are great and so hillarious. I was laughing out loud the whole time. So try not to read them in public transport. :-)
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