Poppy Mercury - Berpisah

I've just received a huge box from Amazon this morning after a book-buying spree last week. I bought 12 books but in my defence some of them had been on my wish-list for more than six months while I tried to dutifully go through my TBR pile. So I've been snoozing through a lot of Nora Roberts lately (not because her books are boring but because I only seem to read in bed nowadays) and getting a little twitchy for another genre. And then I realised I hadn't read anyting SF for a really long time. A perfect excuse to dust off my credit card.

I had to justify each and every purchase, so this is why I decided to add the following books to my Amazon shopping cart:

Good Deed for the Year
4 Jack Vance books - Lyonesse I, Lyonesse II, Alastor, and Lurulu (sequel to Ports of Call, which was a fantastic book). Vance is my Dad's favourite author, so these are officially birthday presents for him (December 25 - he was a Christmas baby). But there's nothing wrong with a sneak peek. Three months should be enough time...

Everybody's Talking About
JR Ward. Never heard of her before but as she's the latest buzz I thought I'd see what all the fuss was about. Apparently it's an erotic paranormal, so I call this purchase 'keeping up with market trends'. Dark Lover sits at the top of my TBR pile.

Continuing Series
Beyond Varallan and Endurance by S.L. Viehl. I read StarDoc a few months ago and have been waiting for a chance to get my paws on these. After all, you can't leave off reading a series after just one book, it would be rude to the author.

A Classic
The Saga of the Renunciates by Marion Zimmer Bradley. 'A classic Darkover trilogy' - it says so on the cover. So this falls into the 'educational' category.

Writerly Stuff
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King. You can't have too many self-editing books. Also, Sometimes the Magic Works by Terry Brooks - his biography which I'm sure is full of sage, writerly advice.

Indulgence
Gabriel's Ghost and Finders Keepers by Linnea Sinclair. After all those 'good-for-me' purchases, one needs a bit of indulgence to take the edge off.

Bought any good books lately?