lit*chick

book bimbo

There, I've said it. It is official - I have no shame. If you have an advance reading copy (arc) or any other copy for that matter that you'd like me to read I will do it. If you offer me a book outside my preferences -contemporary fiction, children's lit, or memoirs - I probably won't.

My experience with ARCs so far, while limited, has been very good.

Keeper and Kid by Edward Hardy was fantastic and everyone i know has liked it too.

Bulls Island by Dorothea Benton Frank was outside my normal genre, but thoroughly enjoyable and now my neighbors like it too. Even though I liked it, I learned from this not to accept books I wouldn't ordinarily choose - it's not fair to the author or my peeps.

And I just received this:

In the Land of Invisible Women by Dr. Qanta A. Ahmed

to read and review from Sourcebooks. And you know how I love Middle Eastern memoirs. Of course, you'll be the first to know what I think.

I also need to update the feed with at least 5 reviews...so look for those to slowly roll out this week.

The End.

preorder booklist

Anyone preorder books? I rarely do, but i love the idea of ordering something, forgetting about it, and retrieving a package with a surprise containing exactly what i want. Sending a gift to yourself in the future.

Since I can barely keep up with reading books that are actually published and available, i don't really want to spend more on hardcovers just for them to sit around in my stacks for a year until i get to them.

Here are a few titles i am looking forward to:

The Penderwicks on Gardham Street by Jeanne Birdsall - April 2008, sequel to the Penderwicks

The Middle Place - Kelly Corrigan ( a memoir)...shipping next week.

The Creative Family - Amanda Soule , coming in April (see her blog soulemama)

4th book in Maisie Dobbs series - An Incomplete Revenge  by Jacqueline Winspear, coming in Feb.

and this....well if you know me, you know there are no words to express my excitement. And, I don't even know what it's about. Coming the end of April.

Are you waiting for any books, sequels, favorite authors? Which one(s)?

And how am I ever going to get through my books-to-read if they won't stop writing new ones?

The End.