I hope everyone’s had a great weekend. I feel so behind on blog reading and such but I was a bit under the weather this weekend. Luckily a trip to Half Price Books (they were having a sale!) cured me and I’m feeling back to normal.
Here are my goodies:

In case you want to know more about the books, they are:

• Death of an Obnoxious Tourist by Maria Hudgins. A history professor is on a group tour of Italy and instead of just finding beautiful sights she finds herself involved in solving a murder. This looks like it could be a fun cozy.
• Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow by Faiza Guene. Paris through a teenager’s viewpoint.
• A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor. After finally reading one of her books, Blaming, I must read more! This one is about life on a coastal village where everyone looks out for each other and where keeping up appearances is second nature.
• Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn. A thriller with a lot of praise, here are just some of the book jacket lines: “Kept me awake,” “You’ll be thoroughly unnerved,” “Hitchcock visits Stephen King,” and on and on.

So who else bought books this weekend?

I know I had said book reviews and a giveaway were coming up but I got a bit bogged down with some other stuff so I’m putting that off for next week. Instead, I thought why not participate in Friday Finds? I have seen Tanabata, Matt and Melody post on this before and have wanted to join in so here it goes.

Here are some books I’ve recently added to my wish list:

• The Night Villa by Carol Goodman. I’m a big fan of Goodman’s stories so when I saw this one on the new books table at the bookstore I knew I’d add it to my wish list almost without even reading what it was about. It was a given.
• The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama. Hmm, maybe I could add this to my Japanese Literature challenge.
• Cost by Roxana Robinson. A book about family relationships.
• The Blackstone Key by Rose Melikan. A book that is said to be in the spirit of Charlotte Bronte and Agatha Christie. A historical adventure set in England during the French Revolutionary wars.

Don’t these sound good? This weekend we are probably go hang out at one of our favorite spots and I’m sure I’ll come away with more books to add to my list. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend with some good reads!