Here is the list of books I got for my birthday, either as a gift or something I purchased with a gift card, book store credit, etc... And I must say, I am very pleased with my birthday haul this year!
The Lonely Polygamist - Brady Udall
Flying Leap - Judy Budnitz
Venus Envy - Rita Mae Brown
Slammerkin - Emma Donoghue
The House Next Door - Anne Rivers Siddons
Her Last Death - Susanna Sonnenberg
A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan
Library: An Unquiet History - Matthew Battles
Saints at the River - Ron Rash
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man - Fannie Flagg
Beatrice and Virgil - Yann Martel
Model Home - Eric Puchner
Penguin 75 - Paul Buckley
