Normally I get more gift cards than actual books for the holidays, but this year I got a lot of books. Since this post would be a mile long if I used my usual format of a picture of a book with a little bit about it/why I wanted to read it, I’m going to just write a list with pictures of some of them. (Now that the holidays are over, hopefully I’ll get back to writing some of those reviews I was working on too – I’ve read six books that I’ve not yet written about.)

Here’s the complete list (other than the book I got early that I already mentioned – the signed copy of The Snow Queen):

• Fables: Legends in Exile (Volume 1) by Bill Willingham
• Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks (Signed!!)
• The Steam Magnate by Dana Copithorne
• Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
• Ringworld by Larry Niven
• A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge

• Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear (Signed!)
• Crashcourse by Wilhelmina Baird
• Requiem by Graham Joyce
• Trouble and Her Friends by Melissa Scott
• The Annunciate by Severna Park
• Requiem for the Devil by Jeri Smith-Ready

• The Book of Jhereg by Steven Brust
• Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
• Riddle-master by Patricia A. McKillip
• Moonstruck by Susan Grant
• Miles, Mutants and Microbes by Lois McMaster Bujold
• Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold

Looks like I’ve got a lot of reading to do! What did everyone get to read for the holidays?