New Books of 2013



  1. Dark Eden - Chris Beckett (5th January, present from Mum)
  2. Civil War - Lucan (9th January, Blackwells, £9.99)
  3. On the Nature of the Universe - Lucretius (9th January, Blackwells, £9.99)
  4. Idylls - Theocritus (9th January, Blackwells, free)
  5. Witch and Wizard - James Patterson (9th January, present from Perry)
  6. The Awakened Mage - Karen Miller (10th January, Oxfam bookshop, £1.99)
  7. Kraken - China Mieville (26th January, charity shop, £1.50) DNF
  8. Un Lun Dun - China Mieville (26th January, charity shop, £1.50)
  9. Ship of Magic - Robin Hobb (26th January, charity shop, £1.25)
  10. The Mad Ship - Robin Hobb (26th January, charity shop, £1.25)
  11. Ship of Destiny - Robin Hobb (26th January, charity shop, £1.25)
  12. The Princess Bride - William Goldman (26th January, charity shop, £1.25)
  13. Dragonfly Falling - Adrian Tchaikovsky (26th January, charity shop, 95p)
  14. The Hero of Ages - Brandon Sanderson (26th January, charity shop, £1.95)
  15. Starcrossed - Josephine Angelini (26th January, charity shop, 25p)
  16. Empress - Karen Miller (26th January, charity shop, 95p)
  17. Beauty and the Werewolf - Mercedes Lackey (2nd February, Oxfam shop, £2.49)
  18. Our Tragic Universe - Scarlett Thomas (3rd February, borrowed from Mum) DNF
  19. Juvenal and Persius (Loeb) - Susanna M. Braund (4th February, Blackwells, £14.99)
  20. Graceling - Kristin Cashore (4th February, Blackwells, 99p with points)
  21. A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers - Xiaolu Guo (16th Feb,The Last Bookshop, £2)
  22. Fire - Kristin Cashore (20th February, Amazon, £5.31)
  23. Magic Study - Maria V. Snyder (27th February, Amazon, free with a GC)
  24. Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini Taylor (27th February, Amazon, £2.74 with a GC) Returned for refund as damaged on arrival.
  25. Pride and Prejudice (Clothbound) - Jane Austen (6th March, Amazon, £3.14 with a GC)
  26. A Voice for Princess - John Morressy (6th March, Amazon, free with a GC)
  27. Ganymede - Cherie Priest (6th March, borrowed from Rowan)
  28. The Briar King - Greg Keyes (11th March, present from Mum)
  29. The Alchemist of Souls - Anne Lyle (8th April, borrowed from Rowan)
  30. A Song for Arbonne - Guy Gavriel Kay (8th April, borrowed from Mum)
  31. Selected Books - C. S. Lewis (26th April, Blackwells, £14.99)
  32. Saki: Short Stories (27th April, borrowed from James)
  33. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters - Jane Austen and Ben Winters (26th April, present from Mum)
  34. A Zombie Ate My Cupcake - Lily Vanilli (26th April, birthday present from Efi)
  35. War Music - Christopher Logue (26th April, birthday present from Lyman)
  36. Bitterblue - Kristin Cashore (27th April, birthday present from Rowan)
  37. Firefly: A Celebration (30th April, birthday present from Perry)
  38. The Yellow Fairy Book (first edition!) - Andrew Lang (30th April, present from Perry)
  39. The Remains of Sherlock Holmes - Paul W. Nash (30th April, birthday present from Emily)
  40. The Death of King Arthur - Simon Armitage (30th April, birthday present from Sam)
  41. Jolly Stories of School Life and Brave Deeds for Girls (30th April, birthday present from parents)
  42. The First Ladies of Rome - Annelise Freisenbruch (30th April, birthday present from parents)
  43. Invisible Romans - Robert Knapp (30th April, birthday present from parents)
  44. The Course of Honour - Lindsay Davis (30th April, birthday present from parents)
  45. White as Snow - Tanith Lee (30th April, birthday present from parents)
  46. Nineteen Eighty-Four (30th April, birthday present from parents)
  47. Gaudy Night - Dorothy L. Sayers (2nd May, borrowed from James)
  48. The God of the Hive - Laurie R. King (6th May, Last Bookshop, £2)
  49. Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini Taylor (7th May, Waterstones, £7.99)
  50. The Once and Future King omnibus - T. H. White (7th May, Waterstones, £18.99)
  51. The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde (7th May, Blackwells, £5.25)
  52. The Roman World - Martin Goodman (10th May, Amazon, £6.44)
  53. A Dance with Dragons: Part 2 - George R. R. Martin (10th May, Amazon, £3.67)
  54. Tooth and Claw - Jo Walton (10th May, Amazon, £2.80)
  55. Fire Study - Maria V. Snyder (19th May, Book Farm, £2.75)
  56. Odalisque - Fiona McIntosh (19th May, Book Farm, £2.75)
  57. The Desert Spear - Peter V. Brett (19th May, Book Farm, £3)
  58. The Magicians - Lev Grossman (30th May, Books for Free, free)
  59. Arthur the King - Allan Massie (30th May, Books for Free, free)
  60. ElfQuest Volume One - Wendy and Richard Pini (11th June, borrowed from Rowan)
  61. ElfQuest Volume Two - Wendy and Richard Pini (18th June, borrowed from Rowan)
  62. Annals - Tacitus (OCT) (21st June, Oxfam bookshop, £5.99)
  63. Under Heaven - Guy Gavriel Kay (21st June, Oxfam bookshop, £2.99)
  64. Gossip from the Forest - Sara Maitland (25th June, Bell Bookshop, present from Dad)
  65. A Fourth Form Friendship - Angela Brazil (25th June, Richard Way Books, £5)
  66. The Outlaw of the Shell (25th June, Richard Way Books, £5)
  67. Nocturnes - Kazuo Ishiguro (18th July, BHF shop, £1)
  68. A Body in the Bath House - Lindsey Davis (18th July, Oxfam bookshop, from Mum)
  69. Chocolat - Joanne Harris (18th July, Oxfam bookshop, from Mum)
  70. Becoming Bindy Mackenzie - Jaclyn Moriarty (18th July, Oxfam bookshop, from Mum)
  71. The Lore of the Land - Westwood and Simpson (18th July, Oxfam bookshop, from Mum)
  72. Peony in Love - Lisa See (18th July, Oxfam bookshop, from Mum)
  73. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Sarra Manning (18th July, Oxfam bookshop, from Mum)
  74. The Ordinary Princess - M. M. Kaye (20th July, Oxfam bookshop, £1)
  75. ElfQuest Volume Three - Wendy and Richard Pini (21st July, borrowed from Rowan)
  76. The Sacred Truth - Starhawk (21st July, borrowed from Rowan) DNF
  77. Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey (21st July, borrowed from Rowan)
  78. Diving Belles - Lucy Wood (29th July, Waterstones, £7.99)
  79. The Man Who Rained - Ali Shaw (29th July, Waterstones, £8.99)
  80. Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde - Tim Barringer (22nd August, Amazon, £15.50)
  81. Days of Blood and Starlight - Laini Taylor (22nd August, Amazon, £4.82)
  82. ElfQuest Volume Four - Wendy and Richard Pini (24th August, borrowed from Rowan)
  83. Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey (24th August, borrowed from Rowan)
TBR: 24/83

Added to shelves (non-library, non-borrowed, non-given away):60

 Money spent unnecessarily: £132.25

Italic for things read since acquiring; Bold for things I've bought new copies of/my own copies of my mum's books/reference books (therefore not going on the TBR list); Struckthrough if I gave it away after reading it.

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