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I have three forms of the wish list. One is a folder in Word where I record suggestions from my readers here and other friends that sound interesting. I have read lots of them, but this list is so long, it is green and glowing even in the daylight.
The second wish list is at Barnes & Noble and is supposed to be of titles I am serious about ordering in the near future. It is three pages long…245 titles.
Then there is the tiny 3x5 card under the keyboard that lists books by favorite authors that are coming out each month and are MUST HAVE books.
I sometimes have trouble when I am asked what book I would like as a gift because there are books that I do want to order and I may be waiting for the paperback, and there are books that I would like to read, but I might not really want to buy the book myself. Which book should I say I would like? Unfortunately, these are books that will never be found in my tiny local library and because they take me a long time to read are not good to get from the interloan where they are due back too soon. I don’t do well under that pressure any more.
B&N also has a feature where you can check a box to say if the interest is low, medium or high. I usually don’t bother with that feature as my mind changes from time to time.
In fact, I have to say that I should probably dump about 2/3 of the books on the list because they have been there so long I have to doubt that I am wishing for them any longer. And yet…
I used to enjoy going to a real book store just to browse and see what was on the sale table because lots of times the sale books were the kind I liked.
If you had a hefty gift card to spend, where would you head, first, after the sale table?
I think it would be the history shelf for me.
On my wish list #3 at the moment:
January:
I am waiting for the new Susan Hill mystery The Soul of Discretion (Simon Serrailler) coming on January 2nd, and the new Walker mystery (Bruno) on the 6th, The Resistance Man. Also on the 6th, Dreamer's Daughter by Lynn Kurland.
In February is Peter May’s The Chessmen.
March brings Jinx’s Magic by Sage Blackwood (children, third of the series)
April has a new book by Robert Crais, The Promise, and Tracker from the Foreigner series by C. J. Cherryh.
June 2nd, Nemesis Games by James S. A. Corey
What titles head up your wish list?
Diaries of the Week:
Write On! 27 Nov 2014 - Progressive Genre Fiction that Cooks!
by mettle fatigue
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Kos Katalogue 2014 Holiday Mothership - HOTLIST THIS!!
by Sara R
http://www.dailykos.com/...
P.D. James, Crime Fiction Giant, Dies at 94
by wvmc
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Contemporary Fiction Views: Only the beginning
by bookgirl
http://www.dailykos.com/...
NOTE: In the comments below, rserven says:
Laurustina's book is available at Amazon...
The Complicated Geography of Alice.
Many people at DKos have been waiting for the book to come out since she wrote diaries here.
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