Stacking the Shelves

Posted June 28, 2014 by Nicky in General / 43 Comments

So you know I said this would be an Unstacking the Shelves? Hehe, no.

As usual, hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, go over there to get to everybody else’s posts!

Received for review

Cover of The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton Cover of The Table of Less Valued Knights by Marie Phillips Cover of Solaris Rising 3, ed. Ian Whates

I’m an enormous fan of Arthuriana, so the Marie Phillips book really has my attention. I wrote a lot of my BA and MA work on Arthurian stories, and never miss the chance to expand my horizons. Uh, except I’ll never read a Marion Zimmer Bradley book again, after being forced to read The Mists of Avalon and after all I’ve found out about her in the last week or so.

Fiction bought

Cover of Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal Cover of Glamour in Glass, by Mary Robinette Kowal Cover of Without a Summer Valour and Vanity, by Mary Robinette Kowal Cover of The Snake Charm by Laura Lam Cover of Broken by Susan Bigelow Cover of The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters Cover of Countdown City by Ben H. Winters
Cover of A Reason to Live by Matthew Iden Cover of Blueblood by Matthew Iden Cover of One Right Thing, by Matthew Iden

I read Shades of Milk and Honey a while ago, and I remember being interested enough to finish it but not a huge fan. But someone whose taste I trust ripped through the books recently, and I liked it well enough to have another go. And the covers are pretty.

Non-fiction bought/downloaded

Cover of In the Land of Invented Languages, by Arika Okrent Cover of From Elvish to Klingon, by Michael Adams Cover of We Have Always Fought by Kameron Hurley

The two language books are going to be interesting, probably a good complement to The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker, which I’m reading at the moment. And Kameron Hurley’s essays, well, I need to read those for Hugo voting.

Comics

Cover of The Movement by Gail Simone Cover of Ms Marvel #5

The Movement is the TPB and Ms. Marvel is just issue #5, but both are obviously exciting. I am pretty psyched about The Movement, with the heroine in a wheelchair, etc.

What’s anyone else been grabbing?

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43 responses to “Stacking the Shelves”

  2. majoline

    Uh, except I’ll never read a Marion Zimmer Bradley book again, after being forced to read The Mists of Avalon and after all I’ve found out about her in the last week or so.

    Should I ask? I mean, I remember vaguely reading her books ages ago and they were… interesting enough that I kept reading?

    YES Kowal’s books, omgs. The first one is Austen-but-better, but the rest of the series steps it up a notch. Also, I like the historical stuff and how she writes the characters into it.

    Ooooh more invented language books, fun!

    Comics are so tempting 😛

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  8. jirrine

    The book on invented languages seems really interesting. I am trying to branch out into non-fiction so I have added this to my wishlist. Have fun with your books!

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  9. sapphireddragon

    Some nice titles there. I love the covers for the Mary Robinette Kowal titles. I agree they are very pretty 🙂

    Thanks so much for visiting my blog and have a great week!

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  10. ht

    The Shades of Milk and Honey series has really pretty covers. I also have The Last Policeman and Countdown City, just haven’t read them yet. Hope to soon.
    Thanks for visiting my StS @ the NerdHerd Reads!

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  11. Cait

    Solaris Rising is like the best cover ever…!! I’m SUCH a sucker for epic sci-fi covers. Something about those stars. Gorgeous. 🙂
    Thanks for stopping by mine!

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