Thanks to Cindy at Cindy’s Love of Books for this Book Meme.
Keeping with my promise to limit my book purchases until I whittle down my TBR pile to a more respectable size, I didn’t buy many books in February. I side-stepped my self-imposed restriction by mostly buying books for my university studies and the kids.
Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice (3rd edition) by Chris Barker – The text for my first uni subject is proving to be far more pretentious and 
overworked that I would like. The subject matter is quite interesting thought, so I’m hoping I can get past the convoluted sentence structure, stressed grammar and hyperactive vocabulary.
The Greatest Blogger in the World by Andrew McDonald – after finding Andrew’s blog thanks to a link to this very amusing post on how to make sure you never lose your digital camera, I hunted down a copy of his novel. I enjoyed it and my 10-year-old son loved it. A great book for kids aged 10+ and one that boys will enjoy as well as girls.
To A Distant Land by Julianne Jones – I was loaned a copy of this book by a friend who knows the author. When Julianne came to Newcastle and held a book-signing at our local Koorong store, I went along and bought a copy of her book for myself and one for my niece. A really great historical fiction book for teens.
Boy Overboard and Once & Then by Morris Gleitzman – My son was reading (and enjoying) Boy Overboard at school, so I 
picked up a copy so that I could read it as well and the other book, a 2-in-1 edition, just
came along for the ride.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman – purchased thanks to a very enthusiastic recommendation by Meredith at Oh, The Thinks you can Think.
Choose Your Own Magic: Ruby the Red Fairy by Daisy Meadows – A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style edition of the ever popular Rainbow Magic fairy books.
I didn’t know there was a 2 in 1 edition of Once & Then. I’ll have to hunt that down as I have been intending to buy both. Have you read Grace? I loved that. Also The Graveyard Book (an all-time favourite, best first page ever). #2 son (9) started his own blog after reading The Greatest Blogger int the World. How great is that? A book that inspires kids to create with words?
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I haven’t read Grace. Son has just finished Boy Overboard and has borrowed Girl, Underground from the library. The Graveyard Book is now near the top of my TBR pile. I’m really looking forward to reading it. My son loved Greatest Blogger. I was bracing myself for a request to start his own blog. I agree. You’ve got to love a book that encourages kids to write.