So, time for Stacking the Shelves a la Tynga’s Reviews! You know how I keep saying my haul post is going to be smaller “next week”? Well, next week it will be. I think? That’s the idea, anyway. Part of this I blame on going to Rainbow Rowell’s signing in Waterstones with Leah @ Uncorked Thoughts. I’d pick something up to look at it and she’d chip in with “that one’s good!”
Or I might just have no restraint. There’s always that explanation. Anyway, to kick off, here’s me with Rainbow Rowell!
If you look closely you can see a little frog in the picture. Which means this is a good time to plug my friend’s art project: basically, she’s made a hundred of the blighters and over the last few months, she’s been ‘releasing’ them into the wild, a few at a time. If you find one, take a picture of yourself with it and then move it to somewhere new! Most are in England, West Yorkshire area, but I know some have gone to London, some have been released in Cardiff and Swansea, and some are travelling round the world. If you’re going to Loncon, I have two to release there, so keep your eye out for Sad Frog Project!
Waterstones haul
My copy of Fangirl was signed, of course. I still need to finish reading it… But I loved the way Rowell spoke about it, spoke frankly about Cath’s social anxiety, spoke with enthusiasm about fandom. So I’m very glad to have a signed copy. As for the others, some I’ve been planning to get for a while — Two Boys Kissing and Code Name Verity. Leah forced Take Back the Skies on me, and we talked about the others enough to get me interested.
Kobo store
It’s a rather mixed bag, isn’t it? The first three were mentioned in books of essays I’ve been reading recently; I’ve enjoyed some of John Connolly’s other stuff; The Queen of the Tearling is getting interesting reviews; I thought my sister would like Premonitions but I’m gonna try it first; Permanent Present Tense is non-fiction and was mentioned in the neurobiology MOOC I’m doing; Liars and Thieves is a short by Karen Maitland, who I’m a big fan of!
Netgalley/e-ARCs
An interesting bunch — I’ve been interested by The Copper Promise for a while!
Bookbridgr
I think I’m in love with Bookbridgr. I’m certainly super happy about getting The Vanishing Witch! I don’t think I’ve crossposted any of my Karen Maitland reviews here so far, but I’m definitely a fan.
Library
Mostly non-fiction this week, as you can see; all my Steve Jones reservations came in, and I had a browse in the 610s-620s in the non-fiction section of the library. (Well, also the 560s, because dinosaurs.)
And finally…
Comics
I didn’t actually magically get my hands on the second TPB of The Movement, but I thought it’d be silly to put up the cover of every single issue. So there y’go. And I imagine there’s no mystery as to why I picked up Guardians of the Galaxy.
Okay, I can’t believe how long this post has got, and I need to do a ton more things before I go to bed. When this goes live in the morning, I’ll already be out at the Race for Life, volunteering at a 10k event. And then on Sunday, I’m running in the 5k event. So I may not be very active this week, but I will visit back anyone that comments here, of course! Have a good week.
(Oh, and if you have some spare cash, sponsor me, please?!)
ETA: Except I can’t volunteer today due to travel problems, wah. But at least I’ll be around to chat to people!
Wow, look at all your books! Impressive ^u^ Can’t wait to see what you think of them.
Yeah, it’s been a busy week! I had Kobo vouchers to spend, so may’ve gone a little nuts.
Is that the Cardiff Waterstones?? Because I was also at that signing! I love the special edition of Fangirl – it’s so pretty, and the illustration inside the cover is so cute. Code Name Verity is awesome! I listened to it as an audiobook and loved it, so I hope you enjoy it.
Yep! I think I knew you’re in Wales, but I didn’t know you were that close. Wasn’t it cool? And yeah, the special edition is amazing!
The signing was great! I really enjoyed it.
Me too! Were you in the queue for long?
About an hour, I think, because my friend and I turned up late. It was alright though, because we were chatting with these other girls that we met. Plus free lollipops! How long were you queuing?
😀 Looks like a very, very interesting haul. I want to read so many of these books especially Two Boys Kissing and Take Back The Skies. I hope you enjoy them.
I’m especially excited about those two, too! Thanks.
Great haul! So jealous you got to meet Rainbow Rowell! It must have been amazing! 🙂
Thanks. It was great!
A signed copy of Fangirl? I’m so jealous! I LOVED that book so much. I’d love to meet Rainbow Rowell. I hope you enjoy the rest of it 🙂
It was very cool! Thank you.
A lot of interesting and different books this week. I see quite a few that are new to me. Enjoy your new books and have a lovely weekend.
Grace
Thank you, you too!
Ohhh you got to meet Rainbow Rowell?!! YOU’RE SO LUCKY!! And is your copy of Fangirl pink?! That’s awesome too. x) I would love love loooove to hear Rainbow Rowell talk about her books…but anyway… 😉 I really adored We Were Liars and Code Name Verity. Both totally hit me in the feels.
My Stacking the Shelves!
Yeah! It was cool. And yeah, it’s the UK Collectors Edition. It has a cool illustration on the inside of the dust cover, too!
That is a seriously huge haul! I’ve got Premonitions on my wishlist and a couple of Suzanne Johnson’s on my tbr list. I’m hoping that my reading slump is finally over now as I read 6 chapters of a book last night, the first in several months! Enjoy your books!
Yep, a bit overboard this week, methinks. Still, more fun for me! Hooray for the reading slump being over — I hate those.
Hey, I’m in the West Yorkshire area! I’ll have to start looking out for frogs.
I loved Code Name Verity, Fangirl and We Were Liars, so obviously you have a great taste in books… 😛
Under The Mountain
Oh awesome! You totally should; she doesn’t always announce when she’s releasing them or where, so you never know…
SO many pretties! I loved Code Name Verity, tissues at the ready.
Uhoh, bearing that in mind!
Great Haul! I LOVE Rainbow Rowell! We Were Liars was so good and very different.
My STS
Good to know, thanks!
RAINBOW!! I just adore her. I asked for the pink special addition Fangirl for my birthday. Though I didn’t receive it yet, I have high hopes that maybe it just hasn’t arrived it. If not, I’m buying it myself next week! 😀
She was really fun! It’s a lovely edition, checkout the inside of the dust cover when you get it!
Woow, this haul is immense! There is so many good books here. Code Name Verity is high on my wishlist and Karma Girl is now too. A girl exposing the heroes? Who is she and why is she doing that!? (I love superheroes!) Good luck with the race 😀
Yeaaaah, I was lucky this week!
Wow you got so many. I also picked up “The Queen of the Tearling” and “Fangirl” was amazing.
Tsuki’s STS
Yep, went a bit overboard this week, haha.
Great haul, I’m still waiting for my copy of Fangirl to arrive. But yours is signed, so it’s even more special 😉
My new pretties 🙂
Haha, yes, it’s great having it.
you met rainbow rowell and got the special edition of fangirl. that’s awesome!! you also got a lot of fantastic books this week. how will you decide what to read first? 🙂
hope you can stop by my StS Post.
-michelle @ Michelle & Leslie’s Book Picks
Pure whim, I think. I’ll probably prioritise ARCs, though!
Oh my goodness, I love all the covers here. I hope you enjoy WE WERE LIARS..Even the special edition of FANGIRL is so pretty.
Thank you! I have high hopes.
Code Name Verity has been on my wishlist for a while now! So cool you got to meet Rainbow Rowell!
Mine too! I need to get round to reading it.
So many books! So awesome that you got to meet Rainbow Rowell too. I have heard so much about her books, but sadly I haven’t got around to reading any of them yet. I guess I really need to do that soon. I love the cover for The Falconer. It sounds like it will be an awesome book. Hope you enjoy everything you got this week.
Here is my post: http://justin941bookblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/stacking-shelves-9-blog-recap.html
Yeah, that was really cool. I enjoy Rowell’s style a lot. Thanks!
Awww, yay for Rainbow Rowell! I loved her book Fangirl 😀 And I LOVED The Queen of the Tearling – the edition you got has a different cover than I’m used to seeing, but I really really like it 🙂 I hope you enjoy all of your new books!
Have a fabulous weekend! Thanks for visiting my blog!
Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!
Yeah, mine is the UK Collectors Edition. It has a really cool dust cover!
WOW, that is one great haul!! I love the picture with Rainbow Rowell, how excitinG! I am definitely looking forward to reading Fangirl. You have so many amazing books this week, I hope you enjoy them all 🙂
Yeah, I thiiiink I went a little overboard! Thanks.
Really great haul. Cool how you met Rainbow 🙂 Happy reading!
Happy Sunday!
Shane @ Itching for Books
Thanks!
Ahhh, I live in Cardiff, so I’ll keep an eye out for them! Great choice with We Were Liars though, SO AMAZING. I totally forgot about the Cardiff signing though, ahhh. 🙁 I couldn’t go to YALC so was going to go on the Sunday to see her. 🙁 Some great new books though. Happy reading! 🙂
Here’s mine
Kirsty @ StudioReads
Aw, I nearly forgot too, but Leah reminded me. Thankfully!
And yeah, definitely look out for the frogs! I have one more left to go out in Cardiff sometime in the next couple of weeks…
Oh my goodness; that’s a lot of books. I’ve been meaning to pick up Code Name Verity one of these days. As for the frogs, I hope they begin to make their way around the world. Looking forward to seeing one one day. Happy reading!
Thanks for visiting my haul.
I’ve been meaning to read it for aaaages myself.
Yes, hopefully you’ll spot a frog somewhere! I’m totally biased since it’s a friend’s project, but I do think it’s really cool.
I’m going to go ahead and say this isn’t a small haul at all. But there are so many good looking books I fear coming on your hauls because it always influences my buying. I have no will power.
Yep, I was terrible this week. And haha, I’m glad it’s not just me that has that problem with other people’s StS posts!
Wow, a signed copy of Fangirl! I’ve grown to love RR’s books. Her stories always leave me feeling good inside <3 And I've heard so many good things about Code Name Verity. And as for frogs…I am kind of scared of them, but it's pretty cool that this Sad Frog figurine gets to travel all over Yorkshire. Maybe it needs to be left on a train so it can travel further! (or in a plane!)
It was a very cool event!
Oddly enough, so is the friend who is doing this project, when it’s a real frog! She screamed until my ears rang when we passed a real one in a car park. But she liked the original Sad Frog anyway. As for the Sad Frog, well, there’s nearly 100 of them and they’re not all in Yorkshire. I left one on a train to London, Rainbow Rowell’s got one to release somewhere, several have been released in Wales, and I’ve got two that will be released at this year’s WorldCon in August. I think we’ve had one or two go to America, there’s definitely one in France, and I’ll sweettalk my partner into letting a few loose in Belgium too.
That’s pretty amazing! Maybe I’ll find one in the Philippines one day 🙂
Maybe! We’d love to see them go round the world.
You got to meet Rainbow Rowell! Lucky duck!
Anyway, you got A LOT of books! That’s an interesting copy of Fangirl, I haven’t seen that one before!
I loved Code Name Verity and Take Back the Skies (Although, I seem to be the only one who likes Take Back the Skies). And The Falconer looks cool!
Pretty awesome haul!
Thanks! Yeah, that copy of Fangirl is the UK Collectors Edition. It’s really cool.
Amazing haul! So jealous of your getting to meet Rainbow Rowell. Fangirl is such a fun read. The Falconer, futureland and a few others also look really good! Happy Reading!
Here are my newest additions.
Thanks!