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03 November 2013

Showcase Sunday #44

It's Sunday and that means one thing; Showcase Sunday a fun weekly meme hosted by Vicky over @Books, Biscuits and Tea. It's a great way of showing off what we've bought, borrowed and received this week.

Bought:

The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater
Roald Dahl Collection:
Matilda, Going Solo, The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, George's Marvellous Medicine, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Magic Finger, Esio Trot, Boy Tales of Childhood, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The BFG, The Witches, The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach & Danny The Champion of the World.

 

Kindle Books:

 The Green Mile - Stephen King
Under the Dome - Stephen King
Unwind - Neal Shusterman
The Queen's Man - Sharon Kay Penman
Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy #2) - Robin Hobb
Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy #3) - Robin Hobb
Fool's Errand (Tawny Man #1) - Robin Hobb
The Golden Fool (Tawny Man #2) - Robin Hobb
Fool's Fate (Tawny Man #3) - Robin Hobb
Unnatural Creatures - Neil Gaiman
Looking for Alaska - John Green 
Old Man's War - John Scalzi

Freebies:
Before I Go To Sleep - S J Watson
One Day - David Nicholls
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud - Ben Sherwood
Helen of Troy - Bethany Hughes
The Passage - Justin Chronin

 

Netgalley:

 Pawn - Aimee Carter
Resist - Sarah Crossan
Taste of Darkness - Maria V Snyder
Monsters - Isla J Bick
The Almost Girl - Amalie Howard
Witchstruck - Victoria Lamb
Shadowplay - Laura Lam 

Thank you to Angry Robot, Harlequin/Mira Ink, Bloomsbury and Egmont USA for these lovelies :)

9 comments:

  1. Amazing haul! Roald Dahl's collection looks so good, ah, amazing! And I need to get Snyder as well, hopefully soon! :)
    I have a lot of Hobb's books, I need to start them soon because they seem amazing.
    Enjoy all the goodies!

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  2. Before I Go to Sleep is a good book and I'm excited for Pawn. What a great book haul. So many awesomeness. I should be reading The Raven Boys soon. So excited for the series.

    Happy reading! =D

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  3. Great haul. The Passage is really good. And I love the Roald Dahl collection :)
    Enjoy everything.

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  4. Brilliant haul! The Roald Dahl collection = awesome! The Raven Boys is a brilliant read imho. Hope you enjoy all your new books.

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  5. Your Dahl collection looks great :D I liked The passage. I can't wait to read Pawn. Enjoy!

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  6. Great haul! That Roald Dahl collection is awesome. I own almost all of those in the same covers. I wish I knew they had that box set! I also own Under The Dome but the size intimidates me haha.

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  7. Great haul! I need to read the Robin Hobb books! I hope you enjoy Pawn.

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  8. Wow, awesome haul!! My kids would love the Roald Dahl books. I need to check out the Robin Hobb books. Enjoy :)

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  9. Unwind sounds amazing! I've seen so many fantastic reviews for that series. The Raven Boys is amazing!
    I think I've only read about 2 Roald Dahl books... I'd love to get the collection and just read them all.
    Great haul! Happy reading :D

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