Books for the TBR Pile... 'Greenwich Oxfam' Edition

It hasn't been a bad week but it has felt like there's been more of it than I'd normally expect, mostly because I've been trying to fit five days of work into a four day week (Easter Bank Holiday Weekend and all that). I got there though and now I'm looking at a week's holiday next week, I reckon I'll do better managing my time there ;o)

Anyway... I started things off yesterday with a trip into Greenwich and a little nose around the market for books and lamb samosas. I was successful in my hunt for lamb samosa (they were lovely!) but the market didn't really yield anything in the way of books. I mean, there were a few 'Star Wars' books but they all seemed to be 'middle of the series' books and I didn't fancy playing that game. Oh well, that's the way the 'hunt' goes every now and then.

Luckily for me, a quick stop at the Greenwich Oxfam turned a 'fruitless book hunt' into a 'fruitful book hunt' so my plans for the Easter Weekend have pretty much made themselves ;o) The Greenwich Oxfam is usually a safe bet, to find something interesting, but I wasn't expecting to do as well as I did...


You know what I'm like... If I see old Doctor Who novelizations, I'll be picking them up before someone else does ;o) I'm now the proud owner of a copy of 'The Pyramids of Mars', showing signs of age but still very cool. I reckon I'll give it a read today and the inevitable post will sit very nicely with my post on the TV Serial. 

What I was really pleased to find though were hardback copies of 'The Hand of Fear' and 'The Android Invasion'. I honestly thought that all the old novelizations were 'paperback only' so it was a surprise to see these two pop up, Again, they're showing their age a bit ('The Hand of Fear' more so) but I'll give them a good home, they've earned a rest ;o)


I read the 'Raven' books, way back in the day, but had to let my old copies go, I'm assuming because of moving house (there was a point where I was doing that a lot...) I enjoyed them though and when I saw these three on the shelf, it felt like exactly the right time to pick them up again. I'm not a hundred percent sure of the reading order, may have to pay a little trip to Wikipedia or something, but I think 'Dawnthief' is the first one. I've got a few books that I want to get to first but I'm glad these three books are back on my shelf again :o)

And that's your lot, not a bad book haul if I do say so myself :o) 

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  1. Bookstooge4 April 2026 at 10:34

    Do you use goodreads or librarything? I've found they're pretty helpful for series info if Wikipedia falls down on the job.

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    1. Graeme4 April 2026 at 21:18

      I should do but I'll normally go to the authors own site if they have one, Amazon if not ;o)

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