Book Haul #(Insert large number here)

After banning myself from buying books for several months due to several unforeseen circumstances (and also because I have so many already on my shelves yet to be read), the cravings became too much this last week, and I ordered a bunch of new books. All but one of these have arrived now, so I decided it’s time for a book haul post! Let me know if you have read/want to read any of these (many of these I have bought because of recommendations from other bloggers and readers).

The Night Circus I’ve actually borrowed off my Mum, which might be the first time this has ever happened (we have vastly different tastes in books usually). Miss Peregrine’s caught my attention just from the title and cover, let alone the idea behind it. And I have read a few really good reviews of Ready Player One and decided it was time to give it a go.

About Love is a collection of short stories by Anton Chekhov, who I have studied many times before but, bizarrely, I owned none of his books until now. The Midnight Palace is Zafon’s second book from nearly two decades ago, but has only recently been translated into English, which is great as he is one of my favourite writers. The Sense of an Ending was the 2011 Man Booker Prize winner, so I want to find out why.

All three of these are books by the hugely popular John Green, and all three I have read reviews of in other book blogs, so I wanted to find out what all the fuss is about!

Two more medieval history books. The first one, Medieval Intrigue, focuses on medieval conspiracies, which should be really interesting!

What books have you bought recently?

A boxful of Wodehouse (the biggest delivery of books I’ve ever received)

As my last post probably suggested, I thoroughly enjoy reading anything by P. G. Wodehouse. This is likely a good thing, considering he has close to a hundred books published under his name. However, up until now I have only owned (and read) about 6 or 7 of his books. An arrival in the mail today will help me make a much more significant dent in the complete works of Wodehouse:

This didn't exactly fit in my letterbox...don't let this picture fool you, there's 20 books in this package.

For some odd reason, a lot of his books were being sold for ridiculously cheap from the website where I often purchase books (maybe it was a warehouse clean-out). So I had to take advantage of the opportunity, because, well, it was my duty, right?

Here are the books I bought, which I have attempted to group up according to the various series that Wodehouse wrote.

These books all form part of the Jeeves and Wooster series of stories, perhaps the most famous and loved series Wodehouse wrote. Most of my reading thus far from this author has been books based around bumbling Bertie Wooster and his ever brilliant butler Jeeves.

 

These books form part of the Blandings series, perhaps the second largest series of books Wodehouse wrote after the J&W books. What ties these books together is the setting of Blandings castle, and its various kooky inhabitants.

 

This picture includes books from some of the smaller series Wodehouse wrote, including the Uncle Fred series, the Golf series, and the Ukridge series. All of these remain untouched by me until now, but I have no doubt I will enjoy them.

 

These are all stand-alone novels, but all along similar themes to everything else Wodehouse wrote, as the book covers suggest. The covers also are a bit shiny, hence the slight glare on them. I haven't yet read any of Wodehouse's stand alone novels, so I am looking forward to seeing if they are still enjoyable without the familiarity of the characters (I am sure they are).

 

And lastly, some more stand-alone novels.

 

So there we have it, my massive Wodehouse book haul, in which I have probably gained close to a quarter of his total collection. I still have a lot left to collect, but this should tide me over for quite a while.

Are there any authors with extensive collections of books that you are trying to collect? Do you intend to read all of them or is part of the fun just owning them all?