Mogsy’s Book Haul

Added a few more books to both my physical and digital library since my last book haul update! First, the mailbox pile:

Ex-Communication was a book I received from LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers, which I was very excited about! I very much enjoyed the two books that came before and just love this fun and action-filled series about superheroes and zombies. 

Generation V was a review request, and my thanks to the author M.L. Brennan who kindly sent me a copy of her very awesome and original urban fantasy novel. Both Ex-Communication and Generation V were great! I think I devoured both these books within days after they arrived, so be sure to keep an eye out for the reviews in the coming weeks.

Atria Books also just had one of their Galley Alleys which was how I got sent a copy of Dragon’s Child, the first book of M.K. Hume’s The King Arthur trilogy. Originally published in 2009, the Atria paperback and ebook edition will be available later this year in the fall. It looks interesting, so I’ll probably get to it closer to the release.

Finally, I won an Amazon gift certificate last month for a review I wrote on Worlds Without End, so naturally, it went towards buying — what else — more books. That’s how I got Anthony Ryan’s Blood Song. I probably could have waited until later when I’ve whittled my summer reading list down some more to pick this up, but it just looked really good. I suppose I wanted it on hand in case the urge to pick it up and read it becomes overwhelming.

On to the digital pile:

I told myself I would try damn hard to hold myself back from requesting any more eARCs from NetGalley until I catch up a bit on my reading list, and so far I’ve been doing really well. Of course, it’s also a new month now, so we’ll see how that goes. On the other hand, I did get a few new ebook additions, and the two above are a couple of the highlights.

I was practically beside myself with happiness when I received Hollow World by Michael J. Sullivan. It’s not due for wider release until next year, but people who backed the Kickstarter campaign were able to get it first. Much respect to Mr. Sullivan, as the book was sent to readers in July like he originally promised, with only an hour to spare. I have to say it was a great way to end day, though, seeing that in my inbox.

And lastly, The Red Knight was a book that caught my eye when it was a Kindle SFF daily deal, and it seemed like a few of my friends on Goodreads had rated and reviewed it quite highly. For $1.99, I couldn’t pass it up, and from the description it looks like something I’d love to read.