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So today Brandon Sanderson's THE WAY OF KINGS, the first book in his new Stormlight Archives, was released. Naturally, I made bookstoring at lunch a priority. The 40% off coupon Barnes and Noble emailed me didn't hurt. I knew it was a big book to launch a big fat fantasy series. Hell, TOR released about twelve sample chapters in advance of the publication date. Despite this fact, I was still surprised as I bent down to the bottom shelf (where it was sitting), picked up a copy, and almost immediately dropped it.
ONE THOUSAND PAGES. It it one thousand pages long. Then there's a handful of afterwards pages. It's fucking HEAVY.
I also feel a little ashamed. See, there were more 40% off coupons. One was for a book they'd flagged as "If You Liked THE HUNGER GAMES, You'll Like This." I picked up a book called BLACK HOLE SUN. I don't know anything about it, except that Suzanne Collins blurbed it and a qucik skim of the first few pages seemed interesting. That isn't what I'm ashamed about though. It's the other 40% off coupon. For... For...
FOR CASSIE CLAIRE'S CLOCKWORK ANGEL. *hangs head in shame* I feel dirty.
Honestly, I'm approaching this as a pathologist would an autopsy. Despite Cassie's well documented plagiarism in fandom, her YA's generated all kinds of crazy buzz and have sold like mad. I want to cut them up to see what makes them all that. No, I didn't buy The Mortal Instruments series, just CLOCKWORK ANGEL, which is a steampunky prequel set in Victorian England.
But OMG! there were so many other books there I wanted to get. So very many. However, with DragonCon this coming weekend, I figured it best to just use up my coupons, see what my weekend spending is like, and then pace my purchases more effectively after the event.
ONE THOUSAND PAGES. It it one thousand pages long. Then there's a handful of afterwards pages. It's fucking HEAVY.
I also feel a little ashamed. See, there were more 40% off coupons. One was for a book they'd flagged as "If You Liked THE HUNGER GAMES, You'll Like This." I picked up a book called BLACK HOLE SUN. I don't know anything about it, except that Suzanne Collins blurbed it and a qucik skim of the first few pages seemed interesting. That isn't what I'm ashamed about though. It's the other 40% off coupon. For... For...
FOR CASSIE CLAIRE'S CLOCKWORK ANGEL. *hangs head in shame* I feel dirty.
Honestly, I'm approaching this as a pathologist would an autopsy. Despite Cassie's well documented plagiarism in fandom, her YA's generated all kinds of crazy buzz and have sold like mad. I want to cut them up to see what makes them all that. No, I didn't buy The Mortal Instruments series, just CLOCKWORK ANGEL, which is a steampunky prequel set in Victorian England.
But OMG! there were so many other books there I wanted to get. So very many. However, with DragonCon this coming weekend, I figured it best to just use up my coupons, see what my weekend spending is like, and then pace my purchases more effectively after the event.