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books, sunday book coveting

Seriously, can I ever do this on time? I am pretty sure Dewey would've made fun of me publicly at this point (can you imagine her using Twitter to tease people? And by people I mean me? I sure can.) She was always on time. I am a poor imitation, like the crappy vanilla extract you use because the good stuff is $8 and you spent the last of your shopping money on books and the cheap stuff is all you've got. SOB.



1. The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist: I've been seeing this title crop up everywhere and I wish to subscribe to its newsletter! I think what sold me on this is the summary which says that women over 50 and men over 60 that meet a certain set of criteria go to live in The Unit. My question becomes: is the age difference explained, because I am suspicious.

2. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi: I really liked the one short story by this author I read, The People of Sand and Slag. It was disturbing, but good, so I am interested in his longer work, and I am simply not equipped to resist the cover of the book. It was so much character. Here is a bigger version of the cover art. I would like to read the short stories that come before this book, though.

3. Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund: It was Kristi who finally convinced me to take another look at this book. I was really confused; I didn't realize it was SF until I read her review, because I kept seeing the cover and assuming that it was something else, which I will not speak of here. I don't know, a story where a boy is better than a girl at talking, but the same girl can probably kick his ass afterward? I'll take it! Sudden realization that is not really a realization: I really like books where the couples beat the shit out of each other and then make out! This doesn't just apply to male/male pairings! HET PAIRINGS, YOU ARE IN. Congrats!



4. The Girl With Glass Feet by Ali Shaw: I don't know who posted about this. It was someone, but I can't figure out who. This story idea really reminded me of one of the stories I read in one of Valente's In the Night Garden books. A girl is turning into glass from the feet up, so she ventures to find a cure, but meets a man (probably surly) and there's sparks and love and what have you. Something about this premise bugs me! I swear I've something similar elsewhere.

5. Liar by Justine Larbalestier: I will be upfront! My addition of this book to my wishlist isn't because I've read much work by Larbalestier (I did read How To Ditch Your Fairy and liked it! I should read it again.), but because of this link Catherine shared with me about the potential white-washing going on. I am pretty curious (and also I love unreliable narrators).

6. The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott: I looked at this cover and thought of Perfect You and I squealed because loved that story. I will not even kid around, I really love Scott's work, you know, even when I have quibbles with some of the tidbits in her books (otherwise known as Renay is a Skeptic and Ruins Everyone's Fun). The summary they have out for this one isn't great, so I won't bother, but extrapolating from the cover and imagining what it could be about is half the fun. *flail*