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I may still be far from home (Jakarta as I type this), but that doesn't stop me from ordering more books. Earlier today (from South Sumatra before flying here), I purchased a couple from the Waterstones app, handily tipping the scales of £30 and therefore securing free postage, although it will be interesting to see if they send them separately as one is out now, the other not for a couple of weeks.

First up is the new 'Galbraith', 'The Running Grave' which they have for half price and is, amazingly, already the seventh Strike novel. I thought I had the lot, but actually suspect a couple are missing, so will have to investigate that.

The other addition in today's order is the Grisham due out later this month, and very unusually, UK edition signed copies are available, so of course I had to grab one of those. Who knows, maybe I'll end up with a US copy as well in a few weeks.

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