I picked up a few books over the last couple of days.
Yesterday, I went over to the Borders and picked up The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi, which recently won a Hugo Award for best novel. It got a good review on Boing-boing, and I had two separate Rewards discounts to use before they expired.
Today, I hit the two used bookstores up on Brand. I started at the Brand Bookshop on the west side of the street, and found a really nice hardback of The Hallowed Hunt, which completes my hardback collection of Bujold's Chalion series. (I have a complete set of Sharing Knife hardbacks, and am actively working on converting my Vorkosigan series to hardbacks, too.)
I also picked up The Shadow of Saganami in paperback, an off-shoot of the Honor Harrington series I'm currently reading. I'm about 60% through my third straight HH book, but will take a break for something else once I'm done.
Last, I found The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer in paperback. Bujold and others are big Heyer fans, and I'm looking forward to it - although it looks like a pot-boiler romance novel on the outside.
I had a credit slip from a previous sale, and they were having their annual Labor Day sale, so it only cost me $8 for the three books.
I took my stash over to the Mystery and Imagination Bookstore across the street. I found a few possibilities, including some Rex Stout, but nothing I needed today.
