The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

It's taken me quite sometime to read this. Took a bit of time to get into it and then it was generally lack of time to sit down and read. But it was a good book. Well plotted.

Wolverine and the X-Men Omnibus

Another Omnibus, this time collecting the complete Jason Aaron penned run. Reviews were excellent and it was always predicted that an Omnibus edition would appear at some point. Well it didn't take long with the final trade only just going on sale I believe. Sweet.

Looks a nice well put together collection. Another massive book at 950+ pages.

Miracleman & The Rocketeer Collections

These two nice looking collections arrived this week.

I've not read Miracleman but it's supposed to be a classic of the genre and this Rocketeer is supposed to be lots of fun.

We shall see if both hold true.

Days of Future Past

Really enjoyed seeing this film at the cinema. Probably the best X-Men movie so far.

New Purchases

It's that time when I can order new stuff and this lot arrived via Amazon yesterday.

Side note: Amazon seems to be getting more expensive for trades these days. The Book Despository is often cheaper although Amazon packaging is slightly more robust. This lot were about the same price at both outlets so I went with Amazon for the packaging. Saying that, I've just ordered some stuff from Forbidden Planet online which seems cheaper even with postage costs added.

Back to this order, I'm continuing to get the Bawoman series and the Judge Dredd is just what I want as it's nice hardcover collections of classic stories in colour. It's a lovely package. This is Vol 1 of Classics and I'm sure I'll buy more.

Another side note: I'm in the middle of a novel at the moment which is taking me longer than anticipated to finish (although I am enjoying it). Looking back at what I've bought I'm thinking I'm going to have to revise my plans for starting Marvel from FF#1. I'm guessing I'm going to have to move it back to Jan 2016 rather than 2015. That will give me time to finish all the cool DC stuff I've on my read pile and those Marvel Omnibuses I'm buying - two more due this year. Phew!

Batman and the Outsiders

I've always been a huge Alan Davis fan. In fact one of my first ever DC books was Detective Comics drawn by Davis. However, with my limited DC knowledge I hadn't realised that he'd actually worked on another title with Mike W. Barr before they worked on Detective together.

That was Batman and the Outsiders beginning with issue 22. Well as that particular issue seems to be Part 3 of a story I thought I'd also get Parts 1 and 2 (in issues 16 and 20 respectively??).

If I like these I'm sure I'll get as many of the following issues as I can which feature Davis's art.

Batgirl Robin Year One

It was about a year ago when I said I was going to buy this despite just finishing reading the individual Batgirl Year One collection.

Well, I've finally got it. Time to find a home for that old trade.