Out With the Old....

Books added to the Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa TBR pile this week:

• I, Lorelei, by Yeardley Smith, courtesy of Harper Collins.
• Down to a Sunless Sea, by Mathias B. Freeze, courtesy of the author.
• The Eight, by Katherine Neville, courtesy of bookstore in Houston Airport.
• Through a Glass Darkly: A Novel, by Karleen Koen, courtesy of Bookmooch.
• Fire from Heaven, by Mary Renault, courtesy of Bookmooch.

Added to my wishlist this week:

• The Serpent's Tale, by Ariana Franklin, courtesy of Historical Tapestry.
• Zorgamazoo, by Robert Paul Weston, courtesy of The Fickle Hand of Fate.
• Prop Wash, by Betty Kaseman, courtesy of POD People.
• Gildenford, by Valerie Anand, courtesy of Tanzanite's Shelf and Stuff.
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid, courtesy of Lost in a Good Story.
• The Mysterious Benedict Society, by Trenton Lee Stewart, courtesy of Book Therapy (must, must have this book!)
• The Four Seasons, by Laurel Corona, courtesy of A Girl Walks Into a Bookstore.

Things around blog-land I hope you didn't miss:

• Author Erika Mailman (The Witch's Trinity) wrote a lovely piece on why she loves historical fiction over at Historical Tapestry. If you love historical fiction, don't miss this guest post.
• A beautiful portrait of Marie-Antoinette over at author Catherine Delors' blog Versailles and More. While you're there, check out her post about The White House...great stuff!
• Bookroom Reviews hosted a book giveaway carnival- looks like the turnout was great.
• Author Susan Higginbotham's first novel, The Traitor's Wife: A Novel of the Reign of Edward II, is being reissued by Sourcebooks next year (yay!). I, for one, am so happy Sourcebooks is doing this --- I tried to get my grubby paws on this book through Powell's Books, but it is back-ordered (and the hardcover is spendy). I'm far, far too impatient once I've found a book I must have, but this time it looks like I'll just have to cool my jets.
• This is really cool - Lezlie from Books 'N Border Collies has initiated the U.S. Presidents Reading Project. You must check this out!
• The elections are (finally) over and 15 Minute Lunch has the best summation around.
• I'm still hanging in there with National Blog Posting Month (I'm not giving in to their stupid abbreviation...NaBloPoMo just sticks in my craw). But it's only the 7th and I'm seriously running out of things to say. It's ticking me off, so don't be surprised if my posts start getting a little cranky.