Mogsy’s Book Haul

Defenders – kicking off this week’s stack of books is this title from Will McIntosh, whose Love Minus Eighty was one of the best books I read last year. You can imagine my excitement and gratitude when I received this ARC, so my big thanks to Orbit Books!

The Unquiet House – Jo Fletcher Books publishes some great horror, and this one by Alison Littlewood caught my eye. She is also the author of Path of Needles, which I will be reading very soon as well.

Binary – I was so excited because JFB also sent over this one and the first book Gemsigns, though Binary has arrived first. I want to start this series so badly! But alas, I’m still waiting for book one to show up. Until then, this one is on my shelf, sitting there…just taunting me. ARRGH.

The Book of Lost Things, Foul Trouble and The Language Inside – okay, so a while ago Random House’s young adult fiction community Random Buzzers was shut down, and I’m guessing this is where these three books that arrived totally randomly (har har) came from. They must have cleared out the old ARCs in their inventory, threw a bunch into envelops indiscriminately and sent them to their former users. The thing is, I’m not big on the contemporary YA genre (the only one I might have an interest at all in is the Mister Max book) so I’ll likely not read these but I featured them anyway because I hate seeing books (especially ARCs — even if they’re old) go to waste. So, if you live in the US and are interested in any of these three books, leave me a comment or email me with a way to get in touch and I’ll be happy to give these away to someone who wants them. Check out their descriptions if you need more info, and The Language Inside appears to be a book of poetry.

Now onwards to the digital pile:

Archetype – isn’t it great when you add a book to your wishlist, and then days or weeks later it goes on sale? The Archetype ebook was $2.99 earlier this week (still is, I think) and it was on my list so when I saw it I jumped on it right away.

Nightmare Ink – an urban fantasy involving a tattoo shop and a killer tattoo, I just couldn’t resist this eARC!

Deadly Curiosities – my NetGalley pile is in danger of overwhelming me again, but I am an admirer Gail Z. Martin’s work and when I heard about an urban fantasy by her coming out from Solaris Books I knew I had to check it out.

Heaven’s Queen – my ever growing NetGalley pile notwithstanding, I still just had to request this one. For obvious reasons.

The Ten Thousand Things – the second book to the Dead West series. You saw how much I enjoyed the first book, so I’m super excited to get the sequel! Thanks, Ragnarok Pub!

Apex Magazine #58 – after a very successful Apex blog tour coordinated by Andrea from the Little Red Reviewer back in February, I am now savvy to Apex Magazine and am very excited to read the March issue!