New Books!

This is a big New Books listing, because my Christmas giftcard order came in! Yay! Of course, now I have the (very happy) problem of figuring out what to read next ... My To Read List (*cough*stack*cough*) is sort of on the huge side right now, but thanks to having a three-week break from work, I've been able to make a small dent on it! Here's hoping that progress continues when the semester gets rolling next week ... Now, without further ado, a list of my "box of happy"!

((ps: I wanted to take a picture of the whole stash of books, but not feeling coaxing blogger into uploading 'real' photo(s) once I get 'em uploaded onto the computer ... I've lost too many techie battles this week. Maybe I can get one and add it later.))

• Wookie Cookies: A Star Wars Cookbook (Robin Davis)
• Um, hello? How could I not get this one? I've been drooling over it since I saw it during Chronicle Books' Happy Haul-idays contest!
• A Nest for Celeste (Henry Cole)
• This one is simply beautiful.
• Hank the Cowdog and the Quest for the Great White Quail (John R. Erickson)
• My family has a long, strange history with Hank the Cowdog...
• Rose Daughter (Robin McKinley)
• I love Beauty and the Beast stories, and have fallen for Robin McKinley's books.
• Pegasus (Robin McKinley)
• Had to own this one. Hands-down.
• Prom and Prejudice (Elizabeth Eulberg)
• I hear many good things, and the cover definitely catches my attention. 
• The Lonely Hearts Club (Elizabeth Eulberg)
• Been wanting to read it for a year, library never bought it, so I did.
• Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (David Levithan & Rachel Cohn)
• Again, I hear many good things!
• Faithful (Janet Fox)
• I am intrigued, and the cover is gorgeous.
• Ever (Gail Carson Levine) 
• Been wanting to read since it came out.
• Beauty and the Beast soundtrack
• I couldn't say 'no' ... I love my Disney/Alan Menken scores!
  
• The Complete Photo-Guide to Crochet
• I decided, this week, to teach myself to crochet. Checked out 7 books from the library to piece together an understanding, and then found this by chance at HobbyLobby. Best. Crochet. Book. Yet. Now I'm a hooking Queen! Well, learning anyway.