Book Haul #76: Not Since June

Time for a huge book haul because I haven’t done one of these since June. I hope you’ll see something here that interests you.

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Purchases

Physical

As always, the majority of these were bought because I love the cover. For example, the Language of Flowers, which tempted me every day that I went in to work at the bookstore. I’ve had my eye on Black Sun for some time now both because of the cover and because the many rave reviews got me curious. And again Cinnamon and Gunpowder has appeared in my haul post. I initially borrowed a copy from the library, but I fell in love with the writing after a few pages and HAD to get my own copy, specifically this edition because of the cover.

The Language of Flowers: A Fully Illustrated Compendium of Meaning, Literature, and Lore for the Modern Romantic by Odessa Begay (illus.)

Benighted by J.B. Priestley

Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

I picked up the majority of these in an indie bookshop in NYC. Milo Imagines the World was a great read. I read it in the shop and couldn’t leave there without purchasing it. And Einstein’s Dreams has been on my radar for some time now. I learned about it from one of Jen Campbell’s videos a couple years ago. She described it as a book of magical realism stories that have a dreamy quality to them. Its focus on time is what interested me.

Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman

Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña, illus. by Christian Robinson

The Little Book of New York by Christine Barrely, transl. by James Geist

The Seas by Samantha Hunt

Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

Time for some comics and graphic novels. I recently posted a review of the first volume of Fables expressing how much I enjoyed reading it, so it’s no surprise that the second volume is below. I also got lucky and found Chester 5000 XYV, Vol. 1 in a new comic bookshop I visited. I already have the second volume and had been trying to get a copy of the first. It’s an erotic comic set in the Victorian age that first began as a webcomic. (I think you can read the entire thing here.)

Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kristen Radtke (illus.)

Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham, illus. by Mark Buckingham

Lady Killer, Vol. 2 by Joëlle Jones (illus.)

The Department of Truth, Vol 1: The End of the World by James Tynion IV, illus. by Martin Simmonds

Chester 5000 XYV, Vol. 1 by Jess Fink (illus.)

Ahhh!!! 🤣🤣 Y’all have no idea how stupidly happy I am that I have all 4 of these collected editions of DCeased. I just hope I like them all, lol. I’ve only read the first one so far and really enjoyed it because ZOMBIES!!! 🤣 It’s basically about superheroes in the DC universe being infected by a virus that turns them into zombies, which means I automatically love it. Shout out to Lashaan for telling me about them through one of his comic book reviews. (I also got Department of Truth (above) because of his review as well as Undiscovered Country and Gutter Prayer (below).)

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Dceased by Tom Taylor, illus. by Trevor Hairsine & Stefano Gaudiano

DCeased: Unkillables by Tom Taylor, illus. by Karl Mostert

DCeased: Hope at Worlds End by Tom Taylor, illus. by Marco Failla, Renato Guedes, & Rex Lokus

DCeased: Dead Planet by Tom Taylor, illus. by Trevor Hairsine

Purchases

Digital

Since getting a cat in the house, I’ve become more drawn to stories that center on cats, hence I Was the Cat. And I’m currently reading Gutter Prayer. It’s a fantasy novel. I’m digging it.

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I Was the Cat by Paul Tobin, illus. by Benjamin Dewey

Undiscovered Country, Vol. 1: Destiny by Scott Snyder & Charles Soule, illus. by Giuseppe Camuncoli, Leonardo Marcello Grassi, Daniele Orlandini, & Matt Wilson

Crossover, Vol. 1: Kids Love Chains by Donny Cates, illus. by Dee Cunniffe, John J. Hill & Geoff Shaw

The Gutter Prayer by Gareth Hanrahan

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Free

Physical

I got these for free thanks to my friend’s Little Free Library and working as a bookseller (we sometimes get ARCs and completed copies that aren’t for sale).

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Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, Vol. 1 by Hayao Miyazaki (illus.)

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

Free

Digital

The first volume of select mangas were free on Comixology a couple weeks ago, so I picked up these two.

Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 by Hajime Isayama (illus.), transl. by Sheldon Drzka

Fairy Tail, Vol. 1 by Hiro Mashima (illus.), transl. by William Flanagan

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Library

Physical

And let’s not forget the library! I’ve already completed Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires and should currently be reading World of Wonders.

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

WORLD OF WONDERS: IN PRAISE OF FIREFLIES, WHALE SHARKS, AND OTHER ASTONISHMENTS BY AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL, ILLUS. BY FUMI NAKAMURA

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Okay folks, that’s all.

Let me know if you’ve read any of these.

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