Th most recent books I've purchased (whether or not I've yet read them):
- fiction: latest (and last) book in a series I've been following (author originally recommended by a friend) - fiction: latest book in a YA series I've been following by a quirky fantasy author I love (this will do until he gets back to writing "adult" fare) - autobiography: reviewed on NPR - non-fiction: got interested in a topic, discovered that an author I love had written about it - non-fiction: excerpted at length on Slate - non-fiction: recommended by Amazon based on previous purchases - fiction: new book by author I used to love reading, who hadn't published in a long time (it was sadly not great, btw) - fiction: 2 new-to-me books by author I discovered last year (discovered her when hunting for pro fiction to inspire me for atmosphere/setting in a certain ficathon; her older books have actually been going for just ~$2 on Kindle and I don't know why -- she's an award-winner in her genre in her home country, not a self-publisher) - fiction: author acknowledged by another author in an author's note (when hunting for pro fiction to inspire me in a different ficathon) - fiction: 2 books: was in the mood for romance; bought some Heyer - non-fiction: ficathon research, sourced in Wikipedia article - non-fiction: ficathon research, searched up on Amazon - fiction: ~5 varied books recommended by a friend after I whined that I couldn't find any stories that suited my preference for romances starring both hero and heroine over age 35 (and ideally over 40)
Separately, there are all the books that I read but don't purchase, whether borrowing from the physical library, or the Kindle owner's lending library, or my sister or friends, etc. I jammed through the first half dozen Dorothy Sayers books and at least a dozen Ed McBain books in part because they were recommended by friends, in part hoping for ficathon inspiration, and in largest part because the Kindle owner's lending library made them so very convenient in this past year. (McBain is painfully erratic quality, eeeek.) A friend pressed the first collection of Kill Shakespeare on me; at first I didn't think it would appeal, but now that I've read it I'm curious to get the next volume.
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- fiction: latest (and last) book in a series I've been following (author originally recommended by a friend)
- fiction: latest book in a YA series I've been following by a quirky fantasy author I love (this will do until he gets back to writing "adult" fare)
- autobiography: reviewed on NPR
- non-fiction: got interested in a topic, discovered that an author I love had written about it
- non-fiction: excerpted at length on Slate
- non-fiction: recommended by Amazon based on previous purchases
- fiction: new book by author I used to love reading, who hadn't published in a long time (it was sadly not great, btw)
- fiction: 2 new-to-me books by author I discovered last year (discovered her when hunting for pro fiction to inspire me for atmosphere/setting in a certain ficathon; her older books have actually been going for just ~$2 on Kindle and I don't know why -- she's an award-winner in her genre in her home country, not a self-publisher)
- fiction: author acknowledged by another author in an author's note (when hunting for pro fiction to inspire me in a different ficathon)
- fiction: 2 books: was in the mood for romance; bought some Heyer
- non-fiction: ficathon research, sourced in Wikipedia article
- non-fiction: ficathon research, searched up on Amazon
- fiction: ~5 varied books recommended by a friend after I whined that I couldn't find any stories that suited my preference for romances starring both hero and heroine over age 35 (and ideally over 40)
Separately, there are all the books that I read but don't purchase, whether borrowing from the physical library, or the Kindle owner's lending library, or my sister or friends, etc. I jammed through the first half dozen Dorothy Sayers books and at least a dozen Ed McBain books in part because they were recommended by friends, in part hoping for ficathon inspiration, and in largest part because the Kindle owner's lending library made them so very convenient in this past year. (McBain is painfully erratic quality, eeeek.) A friend pressed the first collection of Kill Shakespeare on me; at first I didn't think it would appeal, but now that I've read it I'm curious to get the next volume.