Wait, how is it time for Stacking the Shelves again already?! Oh well, happy Saturday, all, and don’t forget to check out Tynga’s Reviews to find everyone else’s posts and interact with loads of wonderful other people.
I was actually going to say it’s been a quiet week, but then I remembered a bunch of books I’d ordered arrived, and I got quite a few ARCs too. Plus, me and my sis had a day trip to York with one of my closest friends, and that more or less inevitably meant a bookshop. (Less inevitably, it meant even my friend picked up something — my hunger for books is one of those things we really don’t share, but now she’s prepping for a teaching course, so she has to do more reading. I am trying to get her to try Attachments by Rainbow Rowell for fun…)
Anyway, I’ll just… split these up however comes to mind.
Ordered before this week!
So yeah, more Ngaio Marsh, no one’s surprised. Cherie Priest, ditto. Jim Butcher might be a bit of a surprise because I didn’t get on that well with the series the first time I tried to read it, and found some aspects of it problematic. Still, I did enjoy them for light reading, and The Works (yes, again) was selling them for around ~£2 each. So. Might as well see if I can get back into the series.
Re: Anna Elliott, Lynn O’Connacht bought me the first two books yeaaars ago. I spotted this one in, oddly enough, The Works’ online shop and went oh yeah, I never read that.
Bought in York
And… more Ngaio Marsh. I’m not even that huge a fan, in that sense, I just find reading her work really relaxing. Susanna Gregory, I’ve been meaning to try. And automatic recommendation sites keep suggesting The Boy with the Porcelain Blade, and the first few pages intrigued me well enough, so with that comparison to Scott Lynch… yeah, worth a try.
One lonely ebook
ARCs
Yep, that’s a pretty odd mix. Nancy Kress, I’ve liked some of her other work; Gail Simone is just awesome and Kelly Sue DeConnick’s in there too; Ken Dickson’s story about his experience with mental illness sounded interesting enough; electrons are cool; Rocket Girl was on read now; Tomorrow and Tomorrow was the first book I spotted on BookBridgr that intrigued me.
And finally, new Captain Marvel. <3
So what’s everyone else been stacking their shelves with? Say hi, link your posts, let’s talk books!
Oh, we both have Landline! I actually had to 1-click that. I am unsure if we have the hardcover edition that I like here locally.
Yeah, I was excited about it! I tried to see if I could get an ARC but no luck, so I was ready to jump on it when it came out!
Sea of Shadows has an awesome cover! I’m very interested in Landline because the reviews I’ve seen already have been sooo good and hey, it’s Rainbow Rowell. Even if I don’t usually read adult…I LOVE her style. x)
My Stack!
Yeah, I like Rowell’s style a lot too. I still need to finish Eleanor & Park and Fangirl, but… Bookksksss. Heh.
Wow, lots of books for you! I just finished Landline a couple of days ago and really enjoyed it! I hope you enjoy all you got 🙂
Here’s my STS!
Thank you!
“Landline” was so good! I really want to read “Sea of Shadows” but I didn’t get to it when I had it out a few months ago. Happy reading!
Good to know! And Sea of Shadows does look fun.
I love that cover of Sea of Shadows. It looks so much cooler than the US cover. Enjoy your new books!
I can’t remember what the US cover looks like, but I know I made sure to find the UK cover mine has when I found the image for this post, heh. It is cool!
What Nancy Kress books have you read and which do you like? I liked The Beggars in Spain but hated Before the Fall…
I haven’t read Beggars in Spain though I want to; I keep finding just the novella, not the expanded novel. I’ve read… ahh, what’s it called? Oh, Steal Across the Sky, which I liked.
Actually. I read the novella, too; still hunting down a copy of the full novel.
Yeah, it seems to be hard to find!
I love Jim Butcher and Kelley Armstrong! I hope you enjoy all your books.
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Thank you! I’ve liked some of Armstrong’s other books, so I’m hopeful, and I know I enjoy Jim Butcher’s work well enough.
Great mix of books this week. I haven’t seen that Sea of Shadows cover before but I love it. I want to read that one, have heard really good things. I hope you enjoy them al 🙂
Yeah, it does look cool, and I know I’ve enjoyed some of Armstrong’s other books.
WooHoo! All those Jim Butcher books 🙂 I hope you’ll love Harry Dresden as much as I do, Nikki.
I love the look of all your new books this week! Thanks for stopping by earlier. Happy reading.
Actually, he reminded me of a friend in a not-entirely-good way, haha, the first time I read the first couple of books. But I’m hopeful!
Happy reading to you too!
wow many books. I tried the first Butcher but wasn’t that impressed, I should try more. Happy reading!
I read them a while ago and enjoyed them well enough, though I had problems with it. I won’t be expecting too much, this time; just something fun and easy, you know? Happy reading to you too!
landline! i’m seeing it everywhere this week. i really need to pick up my copy and start reading it so i can join in the gushing. i really like the cover of sea of shadows you got there. i love dragons on covers 🙂
hope you can stop by my WoW Post.
-michelle @ Michelle & Leslie’s Book Picks
I don’t know when I’ll get round to it yet, since I’m dealing with some overdue library books (including, heh, Eleanor & Park), but I’m looking forward to it!
Ahhh, unfortunately, the only one I’ve heard of is Landline! I really enjoyed Rowell’s Fangirl 😀 I hope you love all of your new books!
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I haven’t got round to Fangirl yet! But I liked Rowell’s Attachments, and Eleanor & Park so far.
Great haul! I’ve been has Sea of Shadows but I just haven’t gotten around to reading it. Thanks for stopping by my STS!
I don’t know when I will, either. I’m constantly overdosed on books, heh.
Nice haul you have there, I see lots of new (for me) covers.
I hope you’ll enjoy reading them!
My new pretties 🙂
Thanks!
Landline is everywhere this week! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Detour From Normal looks really good. The imagery has me curious.
Thanks so much for sharing your awesome haul! Our STS!
Thank you! And yeah, it does; it’s a memoir, apparently, so it should be interesting.
Oooh Cherie Priest. It’ll be interesting to see how much you like the Dresden Files. I both like and don’t like them?
I remember liking Susanna Gregory, but I haven’t read anything of hers in ages.
Can’t wait to see what you think of The Boy with the Porcelain Blade. Looks interesting!
I found them… enjoyable but also I wanted to argue with the narrator a lot the first time I read the first couple of books.
Ooh, good to know! That was a somewhat random grab for me.
So many interesting-looking books! I want to read Landline very soon. I have the audio of Storm Front, but haven’t gotten to it yet. Happy reading!
I couldn’t really get into Sea of Shadows, but love the cover! 🙂
Happy reading!
Here’s mine
Kirsty @ StudioReads
Yeah, it does look cool! Thanks.
Haven’t ever read any Jim Butcher. I should probably do that. Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy!
Thank you! I found Jim Butcher’s books fun but a bit annoying at the same time, last time I tried.
Nice looking haul! I hope you like them 🙂 I haven’t read any of them. I think it’s good to read different kinds of books.
Thank you! And yeah, that might as well be my motto; I get hold of all kinds of books and try to read a bit of everything.
Sea of Shadows sounds good! hope you enjoy and have a great coming week.
I’m hopeful about it. Thank you!
I need to start the Jim Butcher books, they look perfect for me but there are so many of them!
-Scott Reads It!
Big series can be so daunting, can’t they? Like we need more on our plates!
Goodness I love freaking seeing the UK versions of the covers. Sometimes they are only slightly different and then sometimes so absolutely different. I get so jealous of some of the cover art you guys get and we don’t. Do you ever like the US covers better? usually I think I end up liking the UK ones better.
Sometimes I do like the US covers better, but honestly I don’t pay that much attention to where a cover comes from. Probably because so many of mine are ebooks!
I have heard awesome things about LandLine, enjoy your new pretties!