I am official addicted to BookMooch. I have spent hours the past week scouring the available books and adding others to my wish list. And in the last couple of weeks I’ve netted myself some fantastic finds. A pristine copy of The Birth House by Ami McKay arrived at my house earlier in the week and just yesterday a perfect, hardback copy of The Faery Reel came. I’ve read the Faery Reel before, it an absolute fantastic collection of short stories by the likes of Kelly Link, Charles De Lint, Delia Sherman, and Gregory Maguire to name a few that was edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow. I highly recommend. Even if you don’t necessarily care for fairy tales and light-scifi, it is amazing as is the similar The Green Man: Tales of the Mythic Forest. And I can’t wait to dig into The Birth House, I think. Being preggers makes me wonder if I want to be reading a book about a midwife right now. We’ll see. I’ve heard nothing but good things about it.
And, praise be, I am finally into a fantastic book! Granted, it’s a reread, but it’s a wonderful one to be rereading. It’s The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly (FanTASTic writer! Really, really good historical fiction.) and I am loving just as much as the first time, which was 4 years ago and really, how much do I remember? Verrry little. After that will be The Winter Rose, the second in the trilogy. The third comes out in England this summer and I expect I’ll have to order it. I plan on curling up tonight with TR and gulping down large quantites of it.
Oh, I'm so happy to hear you're out of your slump! And what a great book to pull you out. I loved The Tea Rose! Gave it to lots of friends for Christmas a few years ago (with tea, pretty floral notecards, etc.). I need to read it again SOON!
The Birth House arrived at my house last week, too! The lovely Lotus sent it to me from Canada! It's gorgeous and I can't wait to read it. Maybe after my current read (Middlesex).
Have a lovely evening and weekend.
I just love bookmooch too!
I loved The Birth House, lucky you to get a mooched copy!! I have the next Donnelly book to read, and am looking forward to it! Enjoyr rereading The Tea Rose!
I haven't read any of the other authors mentioned in this collaborative, but I just adore Charles DeLint! Thank you for the heads up on this book find. I'm going to see if our local library has it.
I'm saving my copy of The Faery Reel for the 'as yet un-named challenge' coming up soon. Glad to hear that it will be well worth the wait!!!
I'm so tempted. SO so tempted. I'm on the site as we speak.
OK, I'm there! LOL
That's a great cover and sounds like a wonderful anthology.
I have The Birth House on my TBR shelf – it looks like a wonderful book and I can't wait to read it.
I really hope you enjoy The Birth House. It's a great read!