book purchase! at LAST

[cimorene]

I've been really pissed at Akademiska Bokhandeln because every fucking time I've gone in there recently, they don't have anything I want. They were completely sold out of Sherlock Holmes books for months and didn't get any more; they had run out of new Heyers and, even though Heyers have been going off their shelves at a steady rate since they started stocking the new Arrow editions over a year ago, they haven't gotten any more in; they previously had stocked a few of Zelazny's Amber novels, but they never had the first one in the series, and the same with Lois McMaster Bujold's current saga; and they keep selling out of DWJ's The Game, The Pinhoe Egg and Conrad's Fate and then restocking them without stocking any of her 20 million other books that have recently been reprinted, or getting in a single copy of her new book. I was about ready for a boycott, but I went in to please Wax today and managed to come out with



Yay! I don't have paper copies of Holmes of my own, and I've been coveting this edition, from Penguin classics, since I first saw them. They didn't have Scarlet or Adventures ("Should we stock the first one in THIS series, boss?" "No! I don't think people who read in English like to read the first book in a series"), so I kinda just picked this one at random. And I've been meaning to pick up The Luxe once I could get my hands on it.

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cute lolcat I saw and thought of you and Wax and the Crazy

[devon.livejournal.com]

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Re: cute lolcat I saw and thought of you and Wax and the Crazy

[cimness.livejournal.com]

Ahahahhahahhah! That cat really does look like the Crazy!

[notjemima.livejournal.com]

Hey. Let me know what you think of The Luxe when you get round to it! I've had it on my 'to read' list for a while but haven't got round to it. I've just been sent a couple of review copies of the second book, Rumours. So y'know, if you're dying to know what happens, some emergency bookworm international postage could totally happen xxx

[cimness.livejournal.com]

I am dying to know what happens as a matter of fact! I was looking to see if I could find it online to order when I finished The Luxe.

As for what I thought of it, well, I thought it was

1. Pretty engrossing
2. Not badly-written
3. Definitely YA-feeling in emo relationship drama levels, the characters' outlook, and the sophistication of the language
4. So much like Gossip Girl that it possibly *was* actually ripped off
5. Severely lacking in real period flavour, feel, details, and dialogue
6. Less irritating than it could have been
7. Plotwise, totally transparent. Whatever you do, don't read it for the plot.

But like I said, I came away willing to buy the next one, so...

[notjemima.livejournal.com]

Cool, sounds right up my street! I've been recommending it kind of blind to all the kids who love Gossip Girl, so I'm glad I'm not way off the mark. I love a bit of OTT ~drama in a YA book; I'll pick it up ASAP!
And I definitely don't need two copies of the sequel, so the other totally has your name on it if you'd like! Just send your address in an email (notjemima @ aol.co.uk) or private message!
It's actually a pleasure to be able to hook people up with stuff they want to read - I'm forever trying to pass out all the freebies I get. I have a couple of other duplicates too. Um.. the new Marcus Sedgwick, 'Kiss of Death'? New Kevin Crossey-Holland, 'Waterslain Angels' or Sarah Dessen, 'The Truth About Forever'. Let me know if you fancy any, I can pop them in too! xxx

[cimness.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I can't find much information about those authors and I am not familiar with their other work, so I suppose not. I'll send you my address now!