The Essential John James Audubon

I decided to clear some books out and try my luck at the second hand store for a buck or two - and decided to let go of a little square book by Annette Blaugrund, The Essential John James Audubon. Like many pre-Internet book purchases, this one was a must have for all the colour pictures. The amount of text is very small and is about Wikipedia article sized in length. Audubon's famous pictures are definitely what this book is about! I'm hoping I didn't pay the suggested $18.95 for this book, but I'm sure it can find a new home with another bird lover.

The Unicorn War

Is it weird to review a book series you didn't get around to reading? Years ago (like, 2003!) I felt burned by finding the first book of The Firebringer Trilogy in a second hand bookstore. I found out online that there were two other books in the series. Just as I had gnashed my teeth to nothing, the entire series was republished and I could rest easy. So when I went to the local gaming store and saw this unicorn series by John Lee on the shelf, I bought all four volumes on the shelf. Not going to be burned again!

But alas, it turns out the FIRST book in the series was missing. After so long, I have no interest in reading about the unicorns and whatever war, quest, peace, dilemma and solution they came up with. I'm freeing up some space on the Billy bookshelf for something new!