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I got plents of nice and light reading this week…..

 

I swapped

• Love over Scotland by Alexander McCall Smith. I am not going to read it right away as it is the third book in the 44 Scotland Street series, but I found it on my swap site, so I went for it.

I bought

• Death of a Hussy
• Death of a Snob
• Death of a Prankster
• Agatha Raisin and the vicious vet
• Agatha Raisin and the potted gardener, all by M. C. Beaton As you can see I am on a cozy roll.

 

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Due to all my computer problems the last couple of weeks were rather sad in terms of amounts of books. Nevertheless…..

 

I bought

After Death of a gossip I got the next three books in the Hamish Macbeth series

• Death of a cad by M. C. Beaton which I already blogged about here.
• Death of an outsider by M. C. Beaton
• Death of a perfect wife by M. C. Beaton

 

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This week I mostly got books to feed my McCall Smith addiction and to add a bit more by M. C. Beaton to my shelf. More to come next week.

 

I swapped

• Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M. C. Beaton. Since I liked Hamish Macbeth, I decided to try out the Agatha Raisin series as well.

I bought

• The comforts of a muddy Saturday by Alexander McCall Smith
• The lost art of gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith. Those two are the fifth and sixth book in the Sunday Philosophy Club series.  

From the library

•  The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco

 

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The old year ended with a few books from Awesome Books. As usual I missed the 4 for 3 sale, and their “awesome bundles” were a bit strange, so I only bought three books, but even without them being bundled I only paid very little.  

 

I bought

•  Death of a gossip by M. C. Beaton. Caroline recommended this cosy mystery series to me. This is the first book.
• A supposedly fun thing I’ll never do again by David Foster Wallace
• Important artifacts and personal property from the collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, including books, street fashion and jewelry by Leanne Shapton. No, this is not an auction catalogue, well, it is, but a fictional one.  

I got as a gift

• By the lake by John McGahern. This one has been on my wishlist for a long time.

 

 

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Since my last IMM post I got quite a bit.

 

I bought

• The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley. Sabrina’s review on Goodreads made me get this one even though I had sworn not to buy romance books again. The heroine sounds like Harriet Pomeroy from Ravished who is my favourite romance heroine. So I just had to get it.
• The right attitude to rain by Alexander McCall Smith, the third instalment in the Sunday Philosophy Club series
• The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe for my Narnia reading project next year

 

I got as a gift

•  Unstuff your life by Andrew J. Mellen. This one is from my wishlist. It is about “kicking the clutter habit and completely organize your life for good”.
• Creative beading by Juju Vail for some new ideas
• A German cookbook about vegetarian Mediterranean cuisine

 

 

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I had to wait a few weeks for my new IMM post as books have been coming in only slowly. But here they are….

 

I swapped

•  A chance acquaintance by Charles Chadwick

I bought

•  Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith
• The careful use of compliments by Alexander McCall Smith

I got as a gift

• Wunsiedel by Michael Buselmeier
  I won this novel, shortlisted for the Deutscher Buchpreis 2011, at Lizzy’s Literary Life’s recent giveaway. Thank you, Lizzy!  

From the library

•  The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith

 

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Not too much in my mailbox this week, but that’s ok. I have more than enough as it is. 

 

For review

“Comeback love” by Peter Golden. This will be re-released next year. I am sorry I only have such a small cover image, but I couldn’t find a bigger one anywhere. There is an older cover out there, but I like the new one so much more. Isn’t it gorgeous (from the little you can see)?

 

From the library

“The perils of morning coffee” by Alexander McCall Smith, a short story with Isabel Dalhousie. I already posted its book beginning here.

 

 

 

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I am not getting that many books these days and try to read books from my TBR pile. But I did get:

 

For review

“Head over Heel – Seduced by Southern Italy” by Chris Harrison, a story about a guy who falls in love with an Italian woman and follows her to Southern Italy to live there. Should be rather entertaining.

 

From the library

“Der heilige Eddy” by Jakob Arjouni. I came across him at Lizzy’s Literary Life where she gave away some of his books in English. This one is not part of that detective series, but a stand alone.

 

  

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Not too many books in the last couple of weeks, but good ones…

I swapped

 “The hottest dishes of the Tartar cuisine” by Alina Bronsky. I got it in the original German where it is called “Die schärfsten Gerichte der tartarischen Küche”

 

For review

Through the RandomHouse Early Bird Read:

“Catherine the Great. Portrait of a woman” by Robert K. Massie. It seems this is the time for books about Catherine the Great. 

 

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For review

All through Netgalley. I found some really good looking books there this week.

• “Weeknights with Giada” by Giada de Laurentiis from Crown Publishing. A cookbook about quick and simple dinner dishes. I already talked about her “Everyday Italian” in a Weekend Cooking post.
• “Easy and elegant beaded copper jewelry” by Lora S. Irish from Fox Chapel Publishing
• “The winter palace: A novel of Catharine the Great” by Eva Stachniak from Random House Publishing.

 

 

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