Plate Full? Chomp Chomp

Nowadays I wonder why I do this, but I'd like to think it helps keep me on my toes with regards to my deadlines. And it's the only way I keep track of books to be reviewed under the "personal" (blog) and "professional" (publication) categories.

Several unlikely titles made it into the list this time around. For the time being, they're all "personal" and most are ARCs.

• Starters
  Lissa Price
  Doubleday (April 2012)
  336 pages
  Fiction
  ISBN: 978-0-857-53135-3
• Catching The Sun
  Tony Parsons
  HarperCollins (2012)
  293 pages
  Fiction
  ISBN: 978-0-00-732781-2
• In One Person
  John Irving
  Simon & Schuster (May 2012)
  427 pages
  Fiction
  ISBN: 978-1-4516-6412-6
• The One and Only Ivan
  Katherine Applegate
  Harper (2012)
  305 pages
  Fiction
  ISBN: 978-0-06-199225-4
• The Language of Flowers
  Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  Ballantyne Books (2012)
  367 pages
  Fiction
  ISBN: 978-0-553-84109-1
• The Book of Madness and Cures
  Regina O'Melveny
  Little, Brown and Company (2012)
  314 pages
  Fiction
  ISBN: 978-0-316-19583-6

I first heard of Lissa Price's Starters, part one of a duology, from this "Big Idea" entry. Next thing I know, I have the ARC.

And Monsoon Books has some new titles I'm keen on - as soon as they arrive in stores.

• Shadow Play
  Barbara Ismail
  Monsoon Books (April 2012)
  288 pages
  Fiction
  ISBN: 978-981-4358-68-2
• Jaipong Dancer
  Patrick Sweeting
  Monsoon Books (April 2012)
  368 pages
  Fiction
  ISBN: 978-981-4358-73-6
• Bali Raw
  Malcolm Scott
  Monsoon Books (April 2012)
  256 pages
  Non-fiction(?)
  ISBN: 978-981-4358-71-2

Also coming my way might be The Black Isle by Sandi Tan and the next instalment in Justin Cronin's vampire trilogy. Guess it's time to sweep the bookshelves.