As you can probably tell by the list in my far right sidebar, I like to keep up with my favourite authors, reading their new books as soon as they’re released (although my dedication to buying only used books makes that a somewhat hit-or-miss affair.) I’m pretty excited about some, though not all, of those upcoming releases.

I really wish I liked Lois McMaster Bujold’s Wide Green World series. Since Bujold is one of my favourite authors, and I usually love her books as much as I hated her last one, Legacy (i.e. with the fire of a thousand suns), I’m giving her another chance to make me care about Dag, Faun, and their world. Although I will not be buying Passage until I’ve read and liked it.

Even though I feel like the series is slowing down, getting a bit too bogged down with Sookie’s new love interests and old boyfriends, I still like it enough that I’ll be keeping my eyes open for a copy of From Dead to Worse, which was released earlier this month.

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you probably know that I have a love/hate relationship going on with Laurell K. Hamilton. I love many of her characters and ideas, but I hate the embarrassingly bad grammar, long and tedious sex scenes, overabundance of male sex partners, and general dearth of plot development in everything she’s written since 2000’s Obsidian Butterfly. Sadly, I’m still hooked on both her books, even though I don’t enjoy them very much, so I’ll be looking for Blood Noir when it comes out next week, and Swallowing Darkness in October. Amazon claims that both books are over 350 pages, which is nice after some disappointingly slim volumes in the past, especially in the Meredith Gentry series.

Amazon.ca also tells me that Kenneth Oppel’s Starclimber will be released in Canada on August 22, though it isn’t due out in the States until January ‘09. They even have the cover up already, though I’m not sure if I like it. It does match the style of the others in the series, which is a point in its favour.

2009 is looking good, too—I’m dying to read The Language of Bees and Corambis. Now those I will probably be buying new!

What new books are you waiting for?