Stacking the Shelves: 12/30/17

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and it’s all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. You can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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Received for Review:

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

This was a surprise arrival yesterday from MacMillan Audio. I got a colorable promo poster, a cool gold sharpie, and an audiobook download of one of my most anticipated YA releases of Winter 2018! This will be immediately devoured.

Pok Pok: The Drinking Food of Thailand by Andy Ricker

In addition to SFF, I also love getting my hands on some great food books. This really piqued my interest when I saw it available on Blogging for Books and thus I requested a copy. It’s interesting, but I find that there are only a few recipes that I would probably even attempt!

Nemo Rising by C. Courtney Joyner

This book has an interesting synopsis, an excellent cover, but pretty mixed reviews. I’m not sure I’ll be able to fit this into my schedule any time soon. Nonetheless, many thanks to Tor for another bookmail surprise.

Torn by Rowenna Miller

I love surprise ARCs from Orbit! This sounds like a grand new fantasy series, featuring a seamstress who can sew magic into clothing and uprising against the monarchy.

Purchased/Gifted Books:

I was weak this month. I’ve purchased very few physical books this year, but Amazon had really excellent prices on YA books so…. I picked up Strange the Dreamer, Scythe, and Wintersong all for around $18.00! Shortly after, I came across a signed, limited edition of The Song Rising at my local Books-A-Million. Was pretty stoked because I thought I missed out on those earlier this year!

I received The Name of the Wind 10th anniversary edition for Christmas from my favorite (only) brother. I spent quite some time flipping through it and checking out all the illustrations and extra bits that have been added. Truly a lovely book and one that has made a huge impact on me as a reader – I’ve read it at least 7 times since it was recommended to me in college.

In addition to all the physical books, I got my usual audiobooks as well! I picked up The Tethered Mage so I could finally have time to read it – very glad I did that! I also picked up A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro and The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken during Audible’s 2-for-1 sale.

AND THE GRAND FINALE/ HONORABLE MENTION – My husband pre-ordered the Subterranean Press edition of Red Rising as a Christmas gift. It won’t be here until March but it deserves it’s early moment of glory!