This stack of new books might look a little fishy after I so vocally swore off book buying for the duration. Let me explain myself. I've not fallen off the wagon already. The top three books (well two books and one DVD) are new Amazon purchases made with the last credit I received. The bottom three are Bookmooches. I consider credits and Bookmooches fair game as long as there was no cost to me, which in these cases there wasn't. This does nothing in the way of helping me concentrate on my already purchased books, but I can only say it's hard to pass freebies up. Especially when the freebies are books. This may be my last serious haul for a while, though, so I better enjoy them. (Famous last words, I'm sure).
Lots of people recommended the 1963 version of The Haunting to me (as a follow up to reading the book). As my library didn't have it (and I've dropped Netflix, because I really am serious about paying off my dreaded credit card), and it was less than $6.00 on Amazon, I thought it was worth the splurge. I can't wait to watch it and am trying to decide whether to wait for Halloween or give in and watch it now.
I think I already mentioned being interested in Victoria Hislop's new novel, The Return. Until very recently I had little or no interest in reading about Spain or reading Spanish authors. Sometime earlier this year that changed when I read a Spanish crime novel. I recently read a contemporary novel by a Spanish author and am in the middle of another and can't seem to get enough all of a sudden. I know little about the Spanish Civil War, but after reading a thriller by a British author, I'd like to learn more. So, here we go with The Return, which is another story set during the Spanish Civil War.
And I couldn't pass up the most recent Carola Dunn Daisy Dalrymple mystery that is out in paper, Black Ship. Although I am only on book #7, and this is something like #17, I fully intend to continue on with Daisy's adventures (misadventures?) so was happy to get this one. I also like the new trade size and redesigned cover. The rest of mine are all mass market size.
And my mooches: The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Goff (which sounds really unusual), The Passport by Herta Muller (the recent Nobel prize winner who I am really curious about) and Guernica by Dave Boling (another novel set in Spain during the Spanish Civil War).
And if this doesn't tide me over, there is always the library. I think I won't be at a loss for books during my spending embargo!