Notice I said books to borrow and not buy. I may be limiting my book purchases, but that doesn't mean I can't at least look. I must say it can be hard to browse books on the internet, but I still managed to come up with a nice list of titles that I'll be looking for in the upcoming months. Most are actually not due out until next year, so I might even have a gift card to splurge on a title or two by then. I've gone through my list, however, and requested those books listed in my public library's catalog. So now I just need to sit back and be patient.
The list is a complete mishmash. Some titles I've never heard of and came across by chance, some are titles that have been out for a while now and I'll be looking for in paperback, there's a classic or two and a variety of mysteries (one by a favorite author!).
What I'll be looking forward to:
Mapping Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear - Yay. A new Maisie Dobbs mystery due out April 6 (that sounds so far away, doesn't it?!). No cover art yet or description, but it's just nice to know there is a new one coming.
Two of the Deadliest: New Tales of Lust, Greed, and Murder from Outstanding Women of Mystery, edited by Elizabeth George - Mystery short stories!
Eyeless in Gaza, Aldous Huxley - A semiautobiographical novel. I love the cover on this one.
Templar Knight, Jan Guillou - This is the second in a trilogy about the Crusades. It seems an odd topic, but I find it sort of interesting. I still need to read the first book, The Road to Jerusalem, which is due out in the spring as well.
Sacred Hearts, Sarah Dunant - Her new one out in paperback!
Alice I Have Been, Melanie Benjamin - A fictional account of the life of Alice Liddell Hargreaves.
Arcadia Falls, Carol Goodman - I might have mentioned this one before. I really like her books, which are entertaining reads. I've got two yet unread, so maybe I can squeeze them in before this is released next spring.
Tale of Halcyon Crane, Wendy Webb - A modern ghost story.
Requiem in Vienna, J. Sydney Jones - Another mystery series set in Vienna. This is his second book. I haven't gotten around to reading the first (there was a line for it at the library when it came out). I'll be requesting the first from the library.
Bellfield Hall: Or, the Observations of Dido Kent, Anna Dean - A new mystery series that begins in 1805 England.
Last Nocturne, Marjorie Eccles - I read one of her earlier mysteries. This one is set in Vienna and London.
Wild Romance: A Victorian Story of a Marriage, a Trial, and a Self-Made Woman, Chloe Schama
Alchemy of Murder, Carol McCleary
Winterland, Alan Glynn - A thriller set in Ireland.
Information Officer, Mark Mills - I enjoyed his recent The Savage Garden and am curious to see what this one is like. It's a thriller set during WWII.
Quickening Maze, Adam Foulds - This was a Booker nominee. I thought it sounded interesting. It'll be released in paper this spring as well.
Privileges, Jonathan Dee - "An odyssey of a couple touched by fortune, changed by time, and guided above all else by their epic love for each other. Lyrical, provocative, and brilliantly imagined, this is a timely meditation on wealth, family, and what it means to leave the world richer than you found it."
Shanshiro, Natsume Soseki - A Japanese classic.
The Postmistress, Sarah Blake - This is a "sweeping novel of the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women--and two countries torn apart by war."
Becoming Jane Eyre, Sheila Kohler - This might be interesting--a fictional account of the Bronte sisters.
The Season of Second Chances, Diane Meier - This sounds like an entertaining family drama.