Book Porn: August 11-16, en tres idiomas

This is one of the larger one week hauls I've had, especially since I only bought three of these books. Out of the 10 books listed, 1 I purchased for my classroom, 4 are from publishers large and small, 2 are imports from Spain, and 3 are gifts to me from a friend in Brazil. All in all, perhaps these will be the books that'll force me to make more time for reading, something I've barely done since June.

Top-left: Terry Brooks, Genesis of Shannara: The Gypsy Morph; John Scalzi, Zoe's Tale (both I had previously received as ARCs)

Bottom: The Daily Spark: U.S. History warm-up activities

Guess which one is for my classroom...

Top-left: Janet Chui and Jason Erik Lundberg (eds.), A Field Guide to Surreal Botany; Daryl Gregory, Pandemonium

Bottom-left: Javier Negrete, La Espada de Fuego; Javier Negrete, Buscador de sombras/La luna quieta

I blogged about the Chui/Lundberg illustrated anthology yesterday (and again, thanks to Jason Erik for sending me a copy), am curious about the Gregory, but I've been wanting to read Negrete's fiction for months now, as he apparently is one of Spain's top SF and Fantasy writers. After reading the first 60 pages of Buscador de sombras last night, I believe there might be something to that. Expect a feature on him in the coming weeks.

These three books arrived today from São Paulo, Brazil, thanks to the generosity of Fábio Fernandes. Although my Portuguese is not as strong as my Spanish, I should be able to understand most of it, plus I'm very curious to see what Brazilian SF/F is like!

Top-left: Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro (ed.), Como era gostosa a minha alienígena!: Antologia de contos eróticos fantásticos; Ficções: Revista de Contos (Ano VIII - Número 15 - Julho de 2006

Bottom-left: Fábio Fernandes, A Revanche da Ampulheta: Uma aventura no universo da Intempol

Needless to say, as time permits, I'll be reading and hopefully commenting on these works. Nice to see the majority is short fiction or novella-length fiction, as multi-volume works are the first to go when my reading time is shortened to minutes a day.