In My Suitcase + BLOOD SONG ARC Giveaway!

 I'm home! In one piece...more or less. I had so much fun in Greece that I've given myself a possible rotator cuff injury. Some sort of shoulder thing. I'll know more when I've had an ultrasound this afternoon. Doing what, you ask? Oh, something very sensible and writerly...

 That's me on the right with some girls from the hotel in Agios Nikolaos, Crete. One of the most beautiful places I've ever been. And yep, that's the arm in question.

 The action shot. We didn't fall out, even though the guy driving (driving? is that the word?) the speed boat was trying his best. (He certainly wasn't sailing the speedboat, that's for sure.)

But onto more important things! I did a *lot* of book buying in New York. Most of them I left at my friend's place in Brooklyn until the end of my holiday. I actually ran out of books my third week in the Greek Islands, which led to nearly panic-buy ferry tickets back to Athens. But then I found this bookshop! 

The international bookshop holy grail! Mixed in with all the Cathy Kellys and John Grishams (*shudder*) were some Kathy Reichs and even some decent YAs. I picked up The Body Finder by Kimberley Derting--not just Twilight books! I haven't read any Reichs in years and I love them.

So here are the books I bought in New York, London, Greece, were given to me by my agent, bought in airport bookshops and from Book Depository just before I went away.

 

 

Across the Universe, Beth Revis

The Body Finder, Kimberley Derting

Yarn, Jon Armstrong

Warm Bodies, Isaac Marion *

Graceling, Kristen Cashore **

Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi

Jamaica Inn, Daphne du Maurier

Fade, Lisa McCann

The Summoning, Kelley Armstrong

The Demon King, Cinda Williams Chima

A Brief History of Montmaray, Michelle Cooper

Sandman Slim, Richard Kadrey

Mortal Remains, Kathy Reichs *

Cross Bones, Kathy Reichs *

Fatal Voyage, Kathy Reichs *

The Curse of the Wendigo, Rick Yancey

Raised by Wolves, Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Burn Bright, Marianne de Pierres *

We, John Dickenson

Fairy Bad Day, Amanda Ashby

City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau

Brave New World, Aldous Huxley **

Z, Michael Thomas Ford

Ultraviolet, R. J. Anderson

Libyrinth, Pearl North

Shade, Jeri Smith-Ready *

* = Read, review coming soon

** = Already read and reviewed, just wanted to own a copy :)

And CONGRATULATIONS Jeri Smith-Ready for winning a Prism Award for Shade this week! I read Shade on my holiday and I just loved it. 

Now the giveaway! I have one signed ARC of Blood Song that I'll be giving away on the blog. I'll post further details later this week, so stay tuned. (Ha, that's cheeky of me isn't it? Promise it won't be long!)