A happy 2007 to everyone from the denizens of Eve's Alexandria! We hope your holiday season was all things wonderful, and that your book shelves are heaving under the weight of new acquisitions, gifted and bought. Ours certainly are. Witness the prodigious bookpile:
Having gathered in York for the New Year, we've spent a considerable amount of our time in and out of bookshops around town and this is our collective haul, plus Christmas presents. Beautiful, yes? In fact, I think it may be our biggest pile, ever...although we did have bibliolicious help from Niall and Alex, honorary Alexandrians for at least the weekend.
And, if you're interested, some close-ups:
~~Victoria, Nic, Esther, Emma, Niall and Alex~~
Yes very beautiful, I can see a few in there I've loved and one that I would so love someone to make me read one day. Perhaps you could issue The Vikram Seth The Suitable Boy challenge and I might just manage it.
Happy New Year, thanks for a great blog this is where I come when I really want to know what a book's about and to think intelligently about what is being read.
Posted by: dovegreyreader | Monday, January 01, 2007 at 07:55 PM
Happy New Year to all at Eve's Alexandria! I don't think anyone can beat you people for beautifully written and brilliantly perceptive book reviews. Here's to another great year of them!
Posted by: Litlove | Monday, January 01, 2007 at 08:35 PM
Wow! Happy New Year!
Posted by: Heather | Monday, January 01, 2007 at 08:39 PM
That's quite a pile! Wishing you all much happiness - and great books - in 2007!
Posted by: Lesley | Tuesday, January 02, 2007 at 12:46 AM
Beautiful pile! Happy New Year!
Posted by: Dorothy W. | Tuesday, January 02, 2007 at 03:22 AM
Very cool new books! I hope you all have a wonderful, happy New Year and want to once again thank you, Nic, for the review of John Scalzi's Old Man's War. Scalzi is quickly becoming a favorite author. I had seen the book previously but would probably not have picked it up if it weren't for your review. Yay!
Posted by: Carl V. | Tuesday, January 02, 2007 at 06:16 AM
There is a book on the first pile called 'Cunt'
That made me laugh out loud. Please get to reviewing it for us.
Posted by: Pablo | Tuesday, January 02, 2007 at 05:11 PM
What a haul!! I so do not feel bad anymore (granted you said collective haul, but still...). Happy New Year--have fun reading all those!! And whoever bought War and Peace...I bet you will finish before me (and I started last July....hanging head in shame).
Posted by: Danielle | Thursday, January 04, 2007 at 04:08 AM