Another week back at work…the money’s good, but the lack of reading time is not! Today I present to you my acquisitions from my recent trip to Singapore. A bit less than last year, no doubt compared to my ereader and ebooks!
Here’s 2011′s haul:
- Haruki Murakami - The Elephant Vanishes (for the Murakami challenge)
- Helen Dunmore – The Betrayal (follows on from The Siege)
- Ken Follett – World Without End (follow on from The Pillars of the Earth)
- Dawn Farnham – The Red Thread (historical fiction about Singapore, first in a series)
2010′s stash:
- The Outcast – Sadie Jones
- The Chocolate Run – Dorothy Koomson
- Their Finest Hour and a Half – Lissa Evans
- Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel
- The Beach House – Jane Green (lost it for months, now found)
- Young Hearts Crying – Richard Yates
- Brooklyn – Colm Toibin
- Around the World in Eighty Days – Jules Verne
- Agnes Grey – Anne Bronte
- House Rules – Jodi Picoult
- Dear John – Nicholas Sparks
- Shanghai Girls – Lisa See
- Moll Flanders – Daniel Defoe
Quite different, huh? There’s still a few of these I haven’t read yet. I love looking at the different covers and book sizes overseas but I also love the portability of my ereader.
What did you bring home recently? Check out I’m Booking It, for everyone’s finds!
I have House Rules and Dear John on my TBR list which I hope to get to someday.
Enjoy all your terrific new books!
House Rules as very enjoyable – a good Jodi Picoult!
A lovely mixed bunch of books. Enjoy.
It is very mixed, isn’t it? I read from way too many genres!
Whoa, you got a full mailbox this week! Hope you enjoy all your new books!
Will do! Hope you’re enjoying your reading this weekend.
Wow, you got a lot of great ones! I love the different cover for Shanghai Girls and World Without End.
Thanks
I’ll have to look at alternate covers for World Without End, I’ve only seen this one around.
The Red Thread looks really good – I’m going to be adding it to my wish list. Here’s my Mailbox! ~ Wendi
I was really intrigued by it too. Hopefully I will be able to buy the sequels here!
I love House Rules, Dear John and Shanghai Girls. The different covers are very interesting. I am a cover nut! I love to see the different covers in different countries.
Me too, I love different covers and the different interpretations. I have been known to order from overseas because I prefer that cover!
Great mailbox list. I liked Shanghai Girls. Brooklyn is on my shelf and I meant to read it in March but that didn’t happen. I need more reading time (that statement would make people who know me roll their eyes). Have a good week!
Brooklyn was great, highly recommended. I always need more reading time (and I’d read at least a couple of hours a day on weekdays, even more on weekends).
Some good books there! I really enjoy Lisa See’s books, and I am looking forward to the follow up book which comes out soon. Have you read Dorothy Koomson before? I love a couple of her books. Chocolate Run was one of her earlier books, and you can tell, but it is still very enjoyable.
I have another Dorothy Koomson (can’t remember the title) but haven’t read it yet. Everyone recommends Lisa See’s books so highly, I must read them soon!
You have a nice variety of books, many are new to me. Shanghai Girls is on my wishlist. One of these days I will get around to reading Pillars of the Earth.
The Pillars of the Earth is very big, but worth it. I wouldn’t have picked it up myself, but I”m glad I was given it.
Sam….lots of books that I would love to read; enjoy.
Will do! Hope you’re having a lovely weekend of reading.
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