Bookish Delights

Oh, I am so lucky to have been given so many bookish delights for my birthday... I got a bibliophile tattoo from my fiance, a Murakami book from Trish and Brian, and almost $150 in bookstore gift cards... Sigh... How I long to just have some time to read!  Well anyway, after I finished my hellish second TPA last night, I decided it was time to buy some books, even if I can't read them yet.  To make a long story short, I ended up buying 8 books last night (and still have gift card to spare!), and now I have quite a few novels to read this winter break. They are, in no particular order:
Going Bovine - Weird plot, but I like her work, so I'll give it a try.
The Fairy's Return - Totally a kid's book and I don't care.
Our Dumb World by the Onion (I'm already working on this one, LOL!)
Through a Glass Darkly - French courtier life.  Sounds juicy.
Thirteenth Child - Pretty controversial as she apparently made Native Americans disappear out of history, but sounds interesting.
The Grand Sophy - I just like Regency-era stories...
Poison Study - Juicy YA novel about a food taster, haha.
What I'm Talking About When I Talk About Running - My dearest Murakami! Thanks Trish and Brian!
The Lost Symbol - I read the first two, got to do the third, despite his dramatic writing style.
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane - Sounds good, but we'll see. I wasn't too impressed with the beginning.
Eve, Novel of the First Woman - Not sure why I picked this one, but I think it will be interesting to say the least. Let's just get this straight - it is fiction, and not inspirational fiction either. I believe quite a few Christians were unhappy with this book.
Fire and Hemlock - Love Ms. Jones, her books just take me away!
Picking Bones from Ash - Sad Japanese mother/daughter story... the kind of book I like to read to make myself miserable.
The Girl from Junchow - sequel to the Russian Concubine.  Wanna know what happens to the characters, even if it is slightly trashy.
The Children's Book - Curiouser and curiouser.
The Lightening Thief - I want to read this before the movie comes out and ruins everything!
The Concubine's Daughter - Sad Chinese book... I just like reading them... don't know why.


I also am trying to finish The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which still turns me off with its nasty language and Spindle's End which I began and have not been able to pick up.


Whew. Not bad. I also picked up "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith because I loved it so and had to have a copy.  


Time, I order you to pass quickly!