IMM (In My Mailbox) is hosted by Kristi from
The Story Siren.
Welcome to my first IMM posting. HUZZAH! Since this is my first post, I was going to include books that I've gotten over recent weeks, but then when I looked at the piles, thought better of it. Eventually I will be doing a photographic tour of my bookshelves - that will be a huge project - so they will be included at some point. I don't own a video camera nor a webcam so I will be sharing my books via photos. Maybe someday I will get one but that would also mean getting over shyness and stage fright.
Ah well, on with it then.
All books were purchased from Amazon.com. From top to bottom: Two copies of the
House at Riverton by Kate Morton;
The Annotated Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen;
The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne Valente;
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton;
Promethea (Books 4 and 5) by Alan Moore and the 2007 and 2008 editions of
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.
Why two copies of
The House at Riverton, you say? Well I was expecting the copy at the top of the pile, but Amazon sent me the second one. I. Was. Not. Happy. So I sent off an e-mail to customer service and promptly received a response from a lovely gentleman saying that he wanted to make it right for me. The correct copy went out in the mail, via one-day FedEx shipping and I received it yesterday. Now looking at the pic below, you can see why I wanted the one on the left. A cover with a pretty estate with a fountain or one with a staircase. Um, yeah, no brainer. Oh and if you are wondering what that creature is above the books, it's a light-up angler fish that my honey bought for me for my birthday this year.
Angler fish approves of the prettier copy.
I purchased the
Annotated Pride and Prejudice because I am gearing up for an all things Jane Austen extravaganza which will be hosted by Misty of the
Book Rat. Check out the button in the left side bar and
this post too. I was going to purchase the Norton Critical edition but found that I was drawn to this cover more. I also like that there is the text of the novel on one side and the notes are on the facing page, similiar in format to any of the Folger's Shakespeare plays. Go editor David Shapard! I am also expecting his editions of
Sense and Sensibility and
Persuasion when they come available from
Quality Paperback Book Club - darn back orders! QPB e-mailed me
begging asking for me to come back, so I couldn't pass up the sweet deal of six books for $1 each.
As I've mentioned before, I've never read a stitch of Jane Austen, so I am excited.
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland: In A Ship of Her Own Making by
Catherynne Valente is really a lovely looking children's book. It was originally published by the author online and I believe it was a story that was mentioned in her novel
Palimpsest. Love the illustrations, which kind of remind me of the ones in the Harry Potter series. I look forward to reading about September's adventures and getting back to
Palimpsest at some point. At the time I found it difficult to get into.
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. I wanted to round out my
Kate Morton collection. I originally purchased a copy on my Nook last year but found that the map that is in the text doesn't show up correctly. Also the end papers are unavailable in e-Book format and since it is a print of an Arthur Rackham work, I had to have a copy - love him! Ms. Morton's works are inspired by faerie and fairy tales, which are themes right up my alley.
Books 4 and 5 of the graphic novel
Promethea. I've had the first three for ages and finally wanted to finish the collection. I don't really remember much of what I read so I am looking forward to sitting down and devouring them one after the other. Myth, magick and mayhem ensues in this series. Alan Moore also created
The Watchmen. Movie was good but I never seemed able to finish the comic. I might do a full post on the entire
Promethea series at some point.
It's a mission of mine to collect all of
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. I got the 2007 and 2008 for less than $10 dollars each. I believe there are 21 years in all and
Terri Windling was a co-editor for most of them. Covers are quite gorgeous given that it's the work of
Thomas Canty, whose art has graced many a cover of a fantasy novel.
Well that's it for me. So what did you get in your mailbox?
