29) Old Man's War - John Scalzi (new pb)
Where? Barnes & Nobel
Why?
So, here I am in Las Vegas, home of gambling, neon, strippers, and hazzardous drinking, but because I am actually alergic to having any fun* I took a cab to Barnes & Nobel this afternoon (this was on the advice of my concierge who looked horrified when I suggested I could walk the distance. I did walk back though. This was mostly fine, I got mildly hassled by a vagrent and on East Tropicana a comercial jet flew so close over my head it felt like I could have reached out and touched it.)
Despite still hating the cover art I'm up for reading more Scalzi and Old Man's War seems to get the most mentiones.
The Damage: €5.29
30) All the Windwracked Stars - Elizabeth Bear (new pb)
Where? Barnes & Nobel
Why?
What I really wanted to read next from Bear was Dust** but they didn't have Dust, they had All the Windwracked Stars and Chill, which is the sequel to Dust. Oh bookshops stocking sequels to books they are not stocking, you are architects of your own doom. It's like an advertisement for shopping somewhere else.
So I bought Windwracked because in so much as I plan on reading every word bear has ever written I am going to read it eventually.
The Damage: €6.01
31) The Magicians - Lev Grossman (new pb)
Where? Barnes & Nobel
Why?
Geeks Guide the the Galaxy interviewed Grossman recently. He seemed cool (if, somewhat satisfyed with himself) and his book sounded interesting. I've heard some people critisize this book for its irritating narrator, but I love me some unsympathetic narrator, so I'm hoping I can dig it.
The Damage: €12.04
Plus Sales tax on the above 3: €1.89
Total Spend €319.08
*Oh that's not true, bookshops are fun. Besides which, I don't really feel like I've been to a city until I've been to a bookshop there.
**Actually what I really want to read next is One-Eyed Jack and the Suicide King, but since it doesn't even have a publisher yet...
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