I got New Moon today. Oh how I want to read this NOW! Of course an order of books isn’t really an order unless you’ve ordered more than one book right? Here are the other two books I got.
The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Samson. In a field crowded with unlikely sleuths, Israel Armstrong–chubby, nervous, clumsy, headache prone, underachieving–stands out. Jewish and vegetarian, he stands out even more when he accepts a job in Tumdrum, Northern Ireland, where it’s assumed that, if he’s not Protestant, he must be Catholic. Hired to be a librarian, he arrives to find his library closed and his position retitled “Outreach Support Officer”–driver of the decrepit mobile library. Worse, the books he’s supposed to fill it with have disappeared.
Doesn’t that sound great? And, check out the cool cover.
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill. In her debut novel, This American Life contributor O’Neill offers a narrator, Baby, coming of age in Montreal just before her 12th birthday. Her mother is long dead. Her father, Jules, is a junkie who shuttles her from crumbling hotels to rotting apartments, his short-term work or moneymaking schemes always undermined by his rage and paranoia. Baby tries to screen out the bad parts by hanging out at the community center and in other kids’ apartments, by focusing on school when she can and by taking mushrooms and the like.
I’ve heard good things about this one.
Before I begin my new books though I have promised myself that I will finish Street of Crocodiles (hopefully tonight) and I need to get ahead in Emma. Why is Emma taking me so long to finish? Unfortunately I chose Emma as my lunch time reading book and I’ve been quite busy at work so I haven’t enjoyed a leisurely lunch in a while. The nerve.
Have fun with New Moon. I have a hard time reading at lunchtime quite often, too. I have to pick a book that is easy to read and nothing where you have to concentrate too hard as it can be very distracting!
I think I’m going to have to order Twilight and New Moon from Amazon, or I’ll be old and grey by the time a bookstore here gets a new print of them! Thanks for the mention of the Mobile book library mystery. I keep picking it up at the bookstore and always forget the name of it to reserve at the library.
I saw The Case of the Missing Books yesterday – it looks really interesting. I’ll be picking that one up, too, sometime. If you get to it, let us know how it is!!
Happy reading with New Moon! 🙂
I just read New Moon the other day. I read it in a day… I couldn’t sleep that night for whatever reason, just was not tired, so I will up passed 3AM waiting to see how the book ended! When it first came out, I read some blogs and lots of big Twilight fans didn’t like it, so I was truthfully scared at first, but I read it and I gave it a 4/5, although I have not posted about it on my blog yet. I know why people don’t like it, though, but it was not something that bothered me. Just judging by the books you read, I am sure you will enjoy it. 🙂 I also has Lullabies for Little Criminals on tbr pile. I want to read it, but I am slow!
These look great! Looking forward to your reviews.
Danielle – I know, typically I choose mysteries for my lunch time reading and I think I need to stick with those.
Lazy Cow – You must order them 🙂
Chelle – The Missing Books mystery just sounds so cute. I’ll definitely report back on how I liked it.
Kailana – Oh now, now see I want to start reading it now!
SciFiChick – I’ll report back on all 🙂
The Case of the Missing Books sounds wonderful!
The Case of the Missing Books sounds very good–it’s time for me to deviate from Penguin classics for a bit! 🙂
Whahahaha! (mad scientist laugh)
Enjoy New Moon!!!