I’ve just received two ARCs in the mail that sound very good. One is Darkness, My Old Friend by Lisa Unger. A thriller with several characters facing difficult situations and a place called The Hollows. Sounds creepy right?
The other one is Just My Type by Simon Garfield and it’s a book about fonts. I don’t know that I would have been as intrigued by this book years ago but given that my husband has studied graphic design and calligraphy, I’ve learned a few things myself and find typography quite interesting. I mean, I even saw Helvetica and think it was a fantastic indie film. So this is a book that I may have to keep away from my husband’s shelves until I read it.
Other than that I’ve decided to make a couple of Georgette Heyer book purchases and I’ve added The Black Moth, Sylvester, Venetia and Frederica to my Kindle. Who knows, I may even buy a few more while the eBook deal is going on.
So these are my lastest acquisitions. I have a couple of other books I may buy for my Kindle soon to have ready for my vacation reading but I haven’t quite decided yet so I’ll keep you posted.
Some gorgeous Georgette Heyers here.
The Lisa Unger book sounds really good and I’m looking forward to reading it myself at some point. Hope you enjoy all of these!
Be sure to tell us what you think of Just My Type. I saw Helvetica too and really liked it. I had no idea fonts could be so fascinating but they are!
I’ve only read one by Unger, so I’ll be curious to see what you think of this one. I wasn’t thrilled with Beautiful Lies.
I love everything about fonts. And I really liked Helvetica. I think the same folks did one on industrial design that just wasn’t as good.
The Georgette Heyer sale is pretty awesome. I think I’ve bought about 8 titles. I’m stopping there — I love her books but if I buy too many, I’ll have regrets.
I love fonts. I used to have a book of fonts, which I used when I illustrated advertisements as the art editor of my high school’s newspaper. I’d look for just the right font and then imitate it by hand, since in those days we didn’t have access to a lot of pretty fonts. I’m intrigued. I think I’ll have to look up that title!
I hope you enjoy all your books.
The Lisa Unger one sounds the most intriguing to me but I will say that I also like the sound of the one about fonts. I work in advertising and marketing and live and die by fonts every day!
You saw Helvetica!!!! I thought I was the only one. I “squeeed” a little when I saw it on Netflix. 🙂
Happy reading. I’d like to hear your thoughts on Frederica 🙂
Just My Type sounds really interesting!
I received a paper copy of Venetia. Enjoying it so far.
You will love the SCANDAL.
I hope you like Sylvester–I thought that was a fun read. I bought three books, though now I can’t remember which titles–will have to look at my Nook later…. I also would love to read the book on Type–my library has a copy-whenever I get a moment to read it.