Book sales are my achilles heel

On vacation this weekend, bought way too many books. Luckily, they were really on sale, so I didn't spend much. That's good, because I may already own one or two of 'em. In addition to the ones I'm listing here, ~e picked up another several (mostly cookbooks).

Title: A Feast for Crows

Author: George R. R. Martin

ISBN: 0002247429

Binding: Trade Paperback

Publisher: Voyager (a British imprint of HarperCollins)

Pub Date: 2005

Pages: 755, plus a special preview of A Dance With Dragons

Cost: $0.70 plus tax

Obtained from: Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lyndhurst, OH

Synopsis: Fourth book of Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series. Politics happens. People die.

Title: Leap

Author: Jonathan Stroud

ISBN: 0786851953

Binding: Trade Paperback

Publisher: Hyperion/Miramax Books

Pub Date: 2004 (copyright 2001)

Pages: ~233

Cost: $0.70 plus tax

Obtained from: Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lyndhurst, OH

Synopsis: Girl has near-death experience when trying (unsuccessfully) to save a friend from drowning. She begins dreaming about her friend and soon realizes her dreams are real. I'll have to actually read the book to find out anything more.

Title: Sabriel

Author: Garth Nix

ISBN: 9780060575816

Binding: Trade Paperback

Publisher: Eos

Pub Date: 2004 (copyright 1995)

Pages: 311

Cost: $0.70 plus tax

Obtained from: Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lyndhurst, OH

Synopsis: When Sabriel's father goes missing, she must take up the tools of the Abhorsen to prevent the restless dead from overwhelming the Old Kingdom. First book in a trilogy.

Title: Lirael

Author: Garth Nix

ISBN: 9780060590161

Binding: Trade Paperback

Publisher: Eos

Pub Date: 2004 (copyright 2001)

Pages: 464

Cost: $0.70 plus tax

Obtained from: Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lyndhurst, OH

Synopsis: Lirael is two years past the age when her Sight should have awakened. Without her birthright, she must still undertake a desperate mission to save the Old Kingdom from a growing evil. Second book in a trilogy.

Title: The 97th Step

Author: Steve Perry

ISBN: 0441581056

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Ace

Pub Date: 1989

Pages: 294

Cost: $0.70 plus tax

Obtained from: Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lyndhurst, OH

Synopsis: Directly copying the (ellipses abusing) cover copy: Mwili was born on a cruel, desolate planet... and dreamed of the stars. Ferret was a thief and smuggler on exotic worlds... until his ruin. Pen was trained by the master warriors, the Siblings of the Shroud, learning the lethal skills that would someday forge a legend... and conquer an empire. He was a man who lived three lives - the mentor and inspiration for THE MAN WHO NEVER MISSED. This is his story.

Title: The Machiavelli Interface

Author: Steve Perry

ISBN: 0441513565

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Ace

Pub Date: 1986

Pages: 197

Cost: $0.70 plus tax

Obtained from: Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lyndhurst, OH

Synopsis: Third book in the series to which the above title is a prequel. I'm not going to abuse you with the cover copy. It boils down to people fighting against the Confed.

Title: Lord of Silence

Author: Mark Chadbourn

ISBN: 9781844167531

Binding: Mass market paperback

Publisher: Solaris

Pub Date: 2009

Pages: 537

Cost: free

Obtained from: a coworker who stuffed it in my mailbox

Synopsis: Guy with no memory, an energy-draining jewel stuck in his chest (I'm imagining nega-Stark, here), and the kickin' title of Lord of Silence must defend his city against the mysterious terrors lurking in the dense forest nearby. I'm not sure I'll make it past the first chapter.

Title: Soon I Will Be Invincible

Author: Austin Grossman

ISBN: 9780375424861

Binding: Hardcover

Publisher: Pantheon

Pub Date: June 2007

Pages: 287

Cost: free

Obtained from: the freebie case at work

Synopsis: Alternating chapters tell the stories (in more or less diary form) of Doctor Impossible (evil mastermind) and Fatale (mostly amnesiac cyborg superheroine). Think Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog, but with less singing and more writing (and done first). I read this back before it first came out and will have to re-read it in the not too distant future.