Book Haul #116, Or How To Get Over A Life Slump...

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly event hosted on Tynga's Reviews where we can share what new books we've picked up this past week be they bought, borrowed or downloaded. There are also lots of other 'book haul' memes out there for you to choose from!

So... Hi! My name's Fi and I'm a very bad blogger. Actually I've been bad at everything recently and rather than write the same thing all over again see here for my heartfelt apology about being MIA. Moving on to the book side of things it would seem not having the energy or patience to do anything extends to buying books and, to a lesser extent, requesting review books! I have only bought three books since my last book haul post in September! One of those was my pre-order of The Vanishing Throne which I ordered on May 9 2014 and if I'm honest forgot all about...

Bought

The Boy Who Drew The Future

Harry Potter Illustrated Edition

The Vanishing Throne

Review

Beside Myself

The Book Of Storms

The Darkest Secret

Demon Road

Every Heart A Doorway

The Haunting

 

Crossed + One Hundred

Lawless & The Devil Of Euston Square

Lungdon

The Masked City

This Raging Light

Rebel Of The Sands

13 Minutes

Dead Ringers

Down Station

Waiting On Wednesday #138 - Down Station

Waiting On Wednesday, where we put the spotlight on upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating, is hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine.

This week's choice is -

Down Station - Simon Morden

ISBN - 9781473211452

Publisher - Gollancz

Release date - February 18 2016

Find - Goodreads | Book Depository

A small group of commuters and tube workers witness a fiery apocalypse overtaking London. They make their escape through a service tunnel. Reaching a door they step through...and find themselves on a wild shore backed by cliffs and rolling grassland. The way back is blocked. Making their way inland they meet a man dressed in a wolf's cloak and with wolves by his side. He speaks English and has heard of a place called London - other people have arrived here down the ages - all escaping from a London that is burning. None of them have returned. Except one - who travels between the two worlds at will. The group begin a quest to find this one survivor; the one who holds the key to their return and to the safety of London.

 And as they travel this world, meeting mythical and legendary creatures,split between North and South by a mighty river and bordered by The White City and The Crystal Palace they realize they are in a world defined by all the London's there have ever been.

Reminiscent of Michael Moorcock and Julian May this is a grand and sweeping science fantasy built on the ideas, the legends, the memories of every London there has ever been.

Well, this sounds a bit different and I'm intrigued by the comparison to both Michael Moorcock and Julian May!  I love books about alternate cities, especially London, so will definitely be keeping an eye out for this one.