1. Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller

Bitter Orange is supposed to be really good. I heard only praise for it. Strangely enough, every time I try to read it I can’t follow the narration. I probably overdosed on sophisticated stories, and now I need to read something light first. In order not to spoil this book for myself I haven’t read any descriptions. I can only share its photos with you.

(An update: you can now read my review of Bitter Orange.)

2. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Spinning Silver is a big step for me. It’s meant to be my return to reading fantasy! The writing is so nice and intriguing, I’m finding it hard to stick to my original plan, which is to read this book somewhere where there’s snow and a fireplace.

The story is about a young woman who helps her family out of debt. That attracts the attention of various people and causes her some problems. I refrained from reading more of the blurb in order to escape spoilers. If you want to learn more, you’ll have to either google or wait till I read it.

3. Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

Bone Gap wasn’t in my original order of the books with beautiful covers. I was attracted to the cover first, obviously. When I saw “magical realism” in the description, I knew I had to get this book.

Here’s a summary of the description:

Everyone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps—gaps to trip you up, gaps to slide through so you can disappear forever. So when young, beautiful Roza went missing, the people of Bone Gap weren’t surprised. Finn knows Roza was kidnapped, ripped from the cornfields by a dangerous man whose face he cannot remember.

Intrigued yet? I am!

(An update: I read the book. Here’s my review of Bone Gap.)

I’ll be telling you more about all these books soon. I first need to finish the awesome short stories by Daphne du Maurier.

Here’s a spoiler about my review – I will be raving about the book!

(An update: here are my reviews of The Birds, and the short stories.)

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1. The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar.
I ordered it because Umut said it’s good. More than that she said Ova thinks it’s good. If they both think it’s good, it’s going to be fantastic!

2. Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller.

First of all, look at the cover !

Again, Ova said it’s good so the book is travelling my way.

3. A 50th-anniversary Deluxe Edition of The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.

I saw this edition in the video blog of Helene Jeppesen (which Umut recommended. That’s how much valuable info you can get from good bloggers!)

Isn’t it gorgeous?!

That’s the right cover for the amazing book, the book about magic born in a place where mere thinking of such manner could cause you big troubles. The friends were telling him to stop writing it, they were scared for him. But he went on. As a result he wrote a book about the devil paying a visit to Soviet Moscow, and a misunderstood philosopher we all heard about but call a different name. Is it already obvious that The Master and Margarita is my book of books? I’ve never read it in English though. That will be my first time.

4. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik.

This book marks an important step for me. The cover, the description and the writing  are so beautiful that I decided to purchase my first fantasy book in decades. I’m planning to rent a cabin in winter mountains and to read it near a fireplace while watching snow behind the window and breathing in crispy air from the outside. It sounds so idyllic it’s almost a cliche but it is actually quite organisable and I hope I’ll be able to do it.

5. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry.

Again, the cover is what first attracted me but the reviews are also great so hopefully it will be another beautiful book in my collection.

6.My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier.

I haven’t ordered this one yet because I first need to consult NS Ford, Daphne du Maurier expert, to find out if the book is worth reading. Is it?

And look what I’ve found (and instantly ordered) while googling the previous book:
7.  The Birds And Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier.
Oh my god!  Do you see what I see on the cover?!  Isn’t it awesome?!

The waiting for Santa a.k.a. postman has started. When I finally have all the books, I lay them around in a circle, sit in the middle, admire them and take tons of photos!