2019

Hello my fellow readers!

I hope you have all had a good week and have a full weekend of reading planned ahead.

I just thought I would tell you about my latest new book. My wonderful husband took me to Waterstones on Valentine’s Day and told me to choose a book and he would treat me. I was very restrained as he had already spoiled me with some other presents and a big bunch of flowers, he is brilliant. My choice in the end was The Stone Circle by Elly Griffiths. I have been looking forward to this book and so grabbed it when I saw it on the shelf, although it was hidden away right at the bottom. Another exciting book to add on to my TBR pile!

I am hoping to read a bit more next week and get down my TBR pile, work has got in the way recently and falling asleep on the sofa but next week is half term so I am hoping for a bit of reading time as I am only working on three days and they are not full days.

What will everyone be reading this weekend?

Lady Book Dragon

Waterstones Challenge: Merry Hill

This week on the 7th February I visited my fourth Waterstones off the list, Merry Hill. It has been a while since I have visited the Waterstones at Merry Hill and I had forgotten how small the store is. Small in a good way, as sometimes I get overwhelmed by massive bookstores and just do not know where to look.

It was a really nice atmosphere in the store and quiet, which I love because you do not have to rush or fight through people to have a good browse. As usual the books were laid out perfectly and so I managed to find some good books to buy.

Here are the books I bought and I used my special book buying bag that I got for Chistmas off my sister-in-law.

The books I bought are as follows:-

The Man with No Face by Peter May

This edition I got is actually signed by the author and as he is a favourite of mine I just could not resist buying it. That is my excuse and I am sticking to it anyway.

The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

Have been waiting for this to come out for a while now, I was very excited to buy it.

Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott

This is actually my husband’s choice and I bought it for him but would also like to read it when he has finished it. It looks very intriguing and different to what I usually read.

Dog Stories Everyman’s Pocket Classics

I love the Everyman books, I just think they look so pretty. We have the cat version of this book and I thought it was high time we had the dog one.

Anyway this was my book haul, I think it is a good haul and can not wait to start reading them.

On to planning my next Waterstones adventure.

Lady Book Dragon.

New Books 3/02/2019

Amazon has a lot to answer for, they keep sending me all these emails advertising the cheap books and this evening before I had realised what I had done I had bought 7 books!

I could not believe that the the entire series of Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan was on the deal of the day, each book costing just 99p each. Then I also discovered another Veronica Henry book for 99p and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

I’m very excited to read the Heroes of Olympus series as I am a massive fan of Rick Riordan.

So here are my lovely new books.

Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

Heroes of Olympus: The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

Heroes of Olympus: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

Heroes of Olympus: The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

A Family Recipe by Veronica Henry

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach

Many exciting books to read, lets hope I find the time to fit in all this reading.

I would love to hear if anybody has read these books and their thoughts on them, please drop me a comment.

Lady Book Dragon

New Books 28/01/2019

Happy Monday!

Just a quick blog post today.

Firstly, thank you and hello to my new followers, I hope you enjoy my blog about all things bookish.

Secondly, I have bought a couple of new books on my Kindle and I thought I would share what they are:-

Bring Them Home (Detective Karen Hart Book 1) by D. S. Butler

The Sunday Lunch Club by Juliet Ashton

I love looking at the offers on Kindle, as I tend to discover new authors and genres that I have never thought of reading before. I hope these two books will not disappoint. Has anybody read them? I would love to hear your opinions if you have.

Happy reading this week!

Lady Book Dragon

Waterstones Challenge: Telford

This week I managed to tick off another Waterstones store, three down, loads to go.

Telford is a lovely store, a little bit small but packed full of books. There were lots of tables with exciting offers as well, which is always good. I went in the evening and the store was quiet so I could have a good look at all the books in peace.

I kept to the rules, here is the picture of myself stood infront of the store.

And here are the books I bought whilst there:-

Red Queen by Christina Henry

Alice by Christina Henry

For an added extra I have a picture of the top of the receipt.

I have updated the list accordingly and I am planning my next adventure.

Lady Book Dragon

New Book 17/01/2019

Hello!

I have only bought one book today. It is a bit of complete fun and once I have finished watching the first season of Star Trek Discovery, I plan on reading this.

The book is Star Trek Discovery: The Official Companion The Making of Season 1.

It has finally happened my husband has turned me into a Trekkie.

Is anybody else a fellow Trekkie? I would love to hear from some fellow Star Trek fans.

Lady Book Dragon.

Book Haul

Firstly, yes, I know I have a problem, I just can not stop buying books.

Secondly, no, I do not want to change. So prepare for many more book haul posts.

Thirdly, I really think I should give up work to read all these books but I do not think my husband would agree.

Saturdays I only work in the mornings and then I have the rest of the day off, so today after some clarinet and piano practice, my husband and I decided to visit Ironbridge and see the bridge newly opened after all the restoration work. Now Ironbridge also has an amazing second hand bookshop and a teddy bear shop. We visited the teddy bear shop first and admired all the amazing Steiff bears, and that is where Jeremy Fisher came from, although he is not a Steiff.

Next we hit the bookshop, I was doing so well until I got to the children’s section and discovered the Mary Poppins series in brand new condition for £3.50 each. Well I could not resist and so I left the shop with 5 new books. Slowly but surely I will fill the house to the brim with books.

I read an abridged Mary Poppins over Christmas so I am looking forward to reading the whole series in full.

Well Happy Reading this weekend everyone.

Lady Book Dragon

Book Haul

Yes, I have bought more books! After my massive book buying binge at New Year I did promise myself no more books till February. I lasted 10 days, to be honest I’m surprised I lasted this long.

Yesterday I ordered four books from Amazon which I do not usually do but I just went a bit crazy and bought the four books based on the Star Trek Discovery series and they arrived today. Also today was my day off and my husband and myself went for a little trip to Shrewsbury and I visited the Waterstones store there and my husband very kindly bought me three books.

The books I got were:-

Star Trek Discovery: Desperate Hours by David Mack

Star Trek Discovery: Drastic Measures by Dayton Ward

Star Trek Discovery: Fear Itself by James Swallow

Star Trek Discovery: The Way to the Stars by Una McCormack

These four books I got because I have recently been watching the Star Trek Discovery series on DVD and I have really enjoyed the storylines and was intrigued with the prospect of reading the books based on the series.

A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan

Very intrigued by this book. It is about Dragons what is there not to like?

The Mermaid by Christina Henry

Another book I chose because I was extremely intrigued by the story. Fingers crossed it is a good read.

The Prime of Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

This is a book I really should of read but sadly have not so thought I had better correct this.

I’m very pleased with my book haul and can not wait to read them. I would love to hear if any of you have read these books and your thoughts. Please feel free to drop me a comment.

Lady Book Dragon

Book Haul

First book haul of 2019 and it is a big one.

For New Year my husband and myself spent a few days in our favourite place, Bath. Bath truly is my happy place. I always go a bit Jane Austen crazy when in Bath. I know Austen was not very keen on Bath but the fact that she lived here is just amazing.

Anyway I went to two book shops yesterday. First Waterstones and then Topping and Company.

At Waterstones I bought 8 books, these are:-

The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne

I got this book because the hotel we are staying at has a copy and I started reading it and I’m really enjoying it but doubted that I would finish it before I went home.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Ashamed to say I’ve never read it so I thought it was high time I corrected this fault.

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

I want to read this but I’m also nervous about reading it as I find Plath’s poetry a little depressing.

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Love the film so decided to read the book. Hopefully it does not disappoint.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote

I ordered a copy of this a couple of years ago from Folio Society and got Gentlemen Prefer Blondes instead. Hopefully this book does not turn out to be as disastrous as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes turned out to be.

The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

Not something I would usually read but to be honest I liked the look of the cover and thought it might be interesting.

Mythos by Stephen Fry

Looking forward to this as I do enjoy the Greek myths.

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Another classic I have not read.

The Topping and Company book haul is as follows:-

Emma by Jane Austen

I already have a very worn paperback of Emma but I am collecting the Everyman’s Library series and this is the first Austen I have bought from the series.

Queen Mary The Official Biography by James Pope – Hennessy

I saw this and was intrigued, again not something I would generally read but I want to give it a try. Another reason was that I saw some of Queen Mary’s dresses at the Bath Fashion Museum.

The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young

Seriously, who does not want to read a book about cows?

Monty Python at Work by Michael Palin

This book is signed by Michael Palin and was the main reason I got it. I do love Monty Python as well so I’m hoping it will be a good read.

What If? by Randall Munroe

I mainly bought this for my husband but I must admit I want to read it as well. You can not beat a little bit of craziness in the world.

Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman

I’m trying to read all of Neil Gaiman’s books and this is next on the list.

The Little Drummer Girl by John Le Carre

My mother in law recommended this book to me and I’ve been meaning to get it for a while.

The last book is a special one, as I have mentioned before I collect Tolkien books and so I bought a hardback illustrated The Lord of the Rings. The illustrations are done by Alan Lee and the copy is signed by Alan Lee.

So here is my massive book haul. I can not wait to get reading them all.

Please drop me comment if you have read any of these books. I would love to hear your opinions on them. Thank you.

Lady Book Dragon.

Christmas Book Related Gifts

Well it is the third day of Christmas today and my husband and myself are having a relaxing day to recover from a busy Christmas and Boxing Day. So I thought I would show my readers the bookish presents I received from family and friends.

The Penguin Classics Book was on my wish list and my wonderful husband bought it me for Christmas. I can not wait to look through all the books Penguin has published over the years and see what books I should read next.

Tequila Mockingbird is a literary themed cocktail book that I am very keen to try out.

My Best friend bought me the 100 Books Scratch off Bucket List Poster, that has quite a few books on that I have never read. I would love to get this framed once I have completed it. I think my 2019 will have some fun reading based on this list. My friend also bought me a very cute tea strainer in the shape of a book, I love tea and I love books so this combination is amazing!

My sister in laws got me the bag, reading log and Bronte book. I love keeping a book log so I am very excited to start this log in 2019.

Finally my sister got me the Gino cookbook so hopefully 2019 will be filled full of yummy food!

I hope everyone got good presents this Christmas and that you are still enjoying the festive spirit.

Happy Reading!

Lady Book Dragon.