Stacking the Shelves: 7/6/19

Stacking The Shelves is a weekly (or in my case monthly) 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:

I featured the ARCs awhile back, but recently I received the lovely hardcover finished copies of The Wolf’s Call by Anthony Ryan from Ace and Howling Dark by Christopher Ruocchio from DAW.

The Throne of the Five Winds by S.C. Emmett

This sounds really, really good and I’m super excited to have received an ARC courtesy of Orbit! It sounds like palace upheaval following the death of the emperor and the main players are the queens, concubines, princes, etc.

The Bone Ships by R.J. Barker

Here’s another awesome ARC from Orbit – one of my most anticipated reads of the year, in fact! I mean, it has sea dragons. Enough said.

Shield of the People by Marshall Ryan Maresca

I’m always up for another Maradaine novel. It seems like they always end up being my vacation reads, so maybe I’ll keep the tradition and save this one… Thanks to DAW for the ARC!

A Pilgrimage of Swords by Anthony Ryan

And here we have another Anthony Ryan book! This time it’s an eARC novella from Subterranean Press that will be out in September. It’s a really fantastic cover as is usual for this publisher and their special editions are truly a step above.

Ivory Apples by Lisa Goldstein

This is a super short little novel that has a description that reminds me of The Hazel Wood (which I loved). I admit, I was sucked in by the really lovely cover. Thanks to Tachyon Publications for the eARC!

The True Bastards by Jonathan French

I needed more hog-riding orcs in my reading selection and now here we are. I’m pretty excited about this one, especially since Fetching looks to be the main character! Thanks to Crown for the eARC.

My Purchases:

I went hardcore YA fantasy nerd for a sec on Amazon after I finished the audiobook of Sorcery of Thorns. I loved it so much I bought it twice and will have a review up very soon! I also picked up the gorgeous hardcover collection of the Modern Faerie Tales series by Holly Black. I read these books back when I was a teenager and it’s part of the reason I love faerie stories so much!

Also, I snagged this sweet leather bookmark from a Ninth House giveaway promotion – I wish book merch was more of a thing for all adult SFF books because I would collect all the bookmarks/mugs/pins/stickers etc.

And lastly, my audiobook purchases! This time around I’ve been going a little heavier on the scifi and picked up Recursion by Blake Crouch and The Quantum Magician by Derek Kunsken.