Stacking the Shelves: Week 53

We are all book lovers and the need to share our enthusiasm is sometimes overwhelming. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means 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!If you’re anything like me, you are probably hoarding books and even though you are excited about your latest book arrival, it might be a while before you get to review it and Stacking The Shelves is a good way to express your undying enthusiasm for those titles! (Hosted by Tyngasreviews.com!)

Week 53: Here’s what landed on our shelves this week!

USAGI:

♡ Library/Swapped/Gifted/Bought/Etc:

1. “Untold (Lyburn Legacy #2)” by Sarah Rees Brennan – via Ashleigh (Thanks, bb!)

2. “Perfect Ruin” by Lauren DeStefano – via Simon Teen (SCREAMING THANK YOU)

3. “Altered (Crewel World #2)” by Gennifer Albin – via Macmillan Children’s (Thanks!)

4. “Dance of the Red Death (Red Death #2)” by Bethany Griffin – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

5. “The Bone Season” by Samantha Shannon – via Ashleigh (Thanks, bb!)

6. “Fate/Zero: Volume 4” by Urobuchi Gen – bought

7. “Fate/Zero: Volume 5” by Urobuchi Gen – bought

8. “Umineko no Naku Koro ni – Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch: Volume 1” by Ryukishi07 – bought

9. “Rose Gun Days: Volume 1” by Ryukishi07 – bought

10. “Cloth Road: Volume 10” by OKAMA – bought

11. “Bound by Night” by Larissa Ione – via Pocket Books (Thanks!)

12. “When the World Was Flat (and we were in love)” by Ingrid Jonach – via Strange Chemistry (Thanks!)

A little catching up to do! I splurged a bit this week at book off, if you couldn’t tell. But to my credit I sold 100+ books to them so…yeah. Needed more Japanese reading material! Especially excited about “Rose Gun Days” – it’s Ryukishi07’s newest project and I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. Also, THANK YOU TO SIMON TEEN BECAUSE I’M STILL SCREAMING OVER “PERFECT RUIN”. It’s going in the bag for the desert vacay reading. Also thanks to Ashleigh (you spoil your witch, bb!), Strange Chem, HarperTeen (so many <3s!),  Macmillan Children’s (always! you guys are too good to me), and Pocket Books! Ashleigh will be away on her vacay next weekend and so will I, so it’ll be interesting to see what shows up in the mail while we’re gone!

Stacking the Shelves: Week 52

We are all book lovers and the need to share our enthusiasm is sometimes overwhelming. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means 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!If you’re anything like me, you are probably hoarding books and even though you are excited about your latest book arrival, it might be a while before you get to review it and Stacking The Shelves is a good way to express your undying enthusiasm for those titles! (Hosted by Tyngasreviews.com!)

Week 52: Here’s what landed on our shelves this week!

USAGI:

♡ Library/Swapped/Gifted/Bought/Etc:

1. “Kindred and Wings” by Philippa Ballentine – via Pyr (Thanks!)

2. “Horde (Razorland #3)” by Ann Aguirre – via Macmillan Children’s (Thanks!)

3. “These Broken Stars” by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner – via ARC swap (OMG THANKS)

4. “Reboot” by Amy Tintera – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)♡ DVD:
1. Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore – libraryPlease excuse me whilst I scream about “Horde” and “These Broken Stars”. *walks into corner and shrieks, then walks back* Thank you to HarperTeen, my ARC swap partners, Macmillan Children’s, and Pyr for sending me this great stuff!

Stacking the Shelves: Week 51

We are all book lovers and the need to share our enthusiasm is sometimes overwhelming. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means 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!

If you’re anything like me, you are probably hoarding books and even though you are excited about your latest book arrival, it might be a while before you get to review it and Stacking The Shelves is a good way to express your undying enthusiasm for those titles! (Hosted by Tyngasreviews.com!)

Week 51: Here’s what landed on our shelves this week!

USAGI:

♡ Library/Swapped/Gifted/Bought/Etc:

1. “Tumble & Fall” by Alexandra Coutts – via Macmillan Children’s (Thanks!)

2. “The Distance Between Us” by Kasie West – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

3. “The Dark Shore” by Kevin Anderson – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

4. “Shadow of the Mark” by Leigh Fallon – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

5. “Night School” by CJ Daughterty – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

6. “Transparent” by Natalie Whipple – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

WOW. Thanks so much, HarperTeen and Macmillan Children’s, this week, for sending me awesome stuff! While “Transparent” could have been better, I did like “Shadow of the Mark” and “Distance”. Can’t wait to read the rest!

Stacking the Shelves: Week 50

We are all book lovers and the need to share our enthusiasm is sometimes overwhelming. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means 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!

If you’re anything like me, you are probably hoarding books and even though you are excited about your latest book arrival, it might be a while before you get to review it and Stacking The Shelves is a good way to express your undying enthusiasm for those titles! (Hosted by Tyngasreviews.com!)

Week 50: Here’s what landed on our shelves this week!

USAGI:

♡ Library/Swapped/Gifted/Bought/Etc:

1. “Two Boys Kissing” – gifted from Jen Ryland (Thanks!)

2. “Freakboy” by Kristin Elizabeth Clark – via Macmillan (Thanks!)

3. “Wild Awake” by Hillary T. Smith – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

4. “The Fifth Wave” by Rick Yancey – via Ashleigh! (Thanks, bb!)

♡ DVDs:

1. Les Miserables (2012 – DVD) – library

2. “Teen Wolf: Complete Second Season” – bought

HUGE thanks to Jen Ryland for “Two Boys Kissing”! Thanks for making my wish for it come true. Also thanks to Ashleigh (silly kitty), HarperTeen, and Macmillan for these awesome books! And yes, couldn’t help myself – I just had to have the second season of “Teen Wolf”.

Stacking the Shelves: Week 49

We are all book lovers and the need to share our enthusiasm is sometimes overwhelming. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means 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!

If you’re anything like me, you are probably hoarding books and even though you are excited about your latest book arrival, it might be a while before you get to review it and Stacking The Shelves is a good way to express your undying enthusiasm for those titles! (Hosted by Tyngasreviews.com!)

Week 49: Here’s what landed on our shelves this week!

USAGI:

♡ Library/Swapped/Gifted/Bought/Etc:

1. “Antigoddess” by Kendare Blake – via Tor Teen (Thanks!)

2. “Faking It (Losing It #2)” by Cora Carmack – via William Morrow (Thanks!)

3. “Transparent” by Natalie Whipple – Finished Copy – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

4. “Siege & Storm (Grisha #2)” by Leigh Bardugo – bought @ the Siege and Storm party!

5. “September Girls” by Bennett Madison – Finished Copy- via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

♡ DVD:

1. Dexter: Season Seven (DVD) – bought for family shelf

So this past week was pretty exciting (well, okay, a little over two-ish weeks ago?) because of Leigh Bardugo’s Siege and Storm party, which will be getting its own coverage post this week. But wow, a lot of lovely goodies from wonderful pubs – thank you to all of you! And the Dexter DVDs? Half of that is my Mom’s birthday present, heh. She’s a huge fan.

Stacking the Shelves: Week 48

We are all book lovers and the need to share our enthusiasm is sometimes overwhelming. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means 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!

If you’re anything like me, you are probably hoarding books and even though you are excited about your latest book arrival, it might be a while before you get to review it and Stacking The Shelves is a good way to express your undying enthusiasm for those titles! (Hosted by Tyngasreviews.com!)

Week 48: Here’s what landed on our shelves this week!

USAGI:

♡ Library/Swapped/Gifted/Bought/Etc:

1. “Arclight” by Josie L. McQuein – via HarperTeen (thanks!)

2. “Star Cursed (Born Wicked #2)” by Jessica Spotswood – via Penguin Teen (Thanks!)

3. “Natural Born Angel (Angel #2)” by Scott Speer – via Penguin Teen (Thanks!)

4. “The Circle” by Sara B. Elfgren – via Overlook Books (Thanks!)

5. “Earth Girl” by Janet Edwards – via Pyr/Prometheus (Thanks!)

6. “Belladonna (Eternal Rose #2)” by Fiona Paul – via Penguin Teen (Thanks!)

A great haul this week! Huge thanks to HarperTeen, Overlook, Pyr, and Penguin for sending me great stuff to read! I loved “Arclight” and enjoyed “The Circle” – just look for my reviews on them in the archives. I’m really excited for “Star Cursed” and Belladonna”, so here’s hoping they’re awesome!

Stacking the Shelves: Week 47

We are all book lovers and the need to share our enthusiasm is sometimes overwhelming. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means 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!

If you’re anything like me, you are probably hoarding books and even though you are excited about your latest book arrival, it might be a while before you get to review it and Stacking The Shelves is a good way to express your undying enthusiasm for those titles! (Hosted by Tyngasreviews.com!)

Week 47: Here’s what landed on our shelves this week!

USAGI:

♡ Library/Swapped/Gifted/Bought/Etc:

1. “Hemlock Grove” by Brian McGreevy – bought

2. “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” by April Genevieve Tucholke – via Penguin Teen (Thanks!)

3. “Loki’s Wolves” by KL Armstrong & MA Marr – via ARC Swap (Thanks!)

4. “The Beautiful and the Cursed” by Page Morgan – via ARC Swap (Thanks!)

5. ‘Two Serpents Rise” by Max Gladstone – via Tor (Thanks!)

6. “Furious” by Jill Wolfson (FC!) – via Macmillan Children’s (Thanks!)

Shrieking this week because of all of this bounty! My huge thanks to Penguin Teen (really I have no words omg), Tor, and Macmillan as well as my ARC Swap partners for sending me awesome stuff this week!

Especially excited because the editors at FSG have hinted there may be a second “Hemlock Grove” book in the pipeline to go with the upcoming season 2 of the TV show, which I LOVED. Here’s hoping! Now I want to go do a reread!

Stacking the Shelves: Week 46

We are all book lovers and the need to share our enthusiasm is sometimes overwhelming. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means 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!

If you’re anything like me, you are probably hoarding books and even though you are excited about your latest book arrival, it might be a while before you get to review it and Stacking The Shelves is a good way to express your undying enthusiasm for those titles! (Hosted by Tyngasreviews.com!)

Week 46: Here’s what landed on our shelves this week!

USAGI:

♡ Library/Swapped/Gifted/Bought/Etc:

1. “Spirit and Dust” by Rosemary Clement-Moore – via ARC swap (thanks!)

2. “The Program” by Suzanne Young – via ARC swap (thanks!)

3. “September Girls” by Bennett Madison – via HarperTeen (thanks!)

4. “Parallel” by Lauren Miller – via HarperTeen (thanks!)

♡ DVD/BDs:

1. “Looper” – DVD – library

2. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” – spec. ed BD – gifted

So it looks like Ashleigh and I both got “The Program” this week! I haven’t started my copy yet, but it should be interesting, as with “September Girls” as I’ve been hearing quite withering reviews about it. I can’t wait to start on all of these. Thanks to HarperTeen and my ARC swap partners for being awesome this week, and for my mom for gifting me “The Hobbit”! ❤

Stacking the Shelves: Week 45

We are all book lovers and the need to share our enthusiasm is sometimes overwhelming. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means 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!

If you’re anything like me, you are probably hoarding books and even though you are excited about your latest book arrival, it might be a while before you get to review it and Stacking The Shelves is a good way to express your undying enthusiasm for those titles! (Hosted by Tyngasreviews.com!)

Week 45: Here’s what landed on our shelves this week!

USAGI:

♡ Library/Swapped/Gifted/Bought/Etc:

1. “Transparent” by Natalie Whipple – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

2. “Rise (Eve #3)” by Anna Carey – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

3. “If I Should Die (Revenants #3)” by Amy Plum – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

4. “Goddess (Starcrossed #3)” by Josephine Angelini – via HarperTeen

5. “Born of Illusion” by Teri Brown – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

I think the noises I made weren’t human when I saw what the ARC fairy dropped in my mailbox! HUGE thanks to Harper this week for sending me this stuff. While “Rise” was a bit of a disappointment, “If I Should Die” was AWESOME. I can’t wait to dig into the rest!

Stacking the Shelves: Week 44

We are all book lovers and the need to share our enthusiasm is sometimes overwhelming. Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means 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!

If you’re anything like me, you are probably hoarding books and even though you are excited about your latest book arrival, it might be a while before you get to review it and Stacking The Shelves is a good way to express your undying enthusiasm for those titles! (Hosted by Tyngasreviews.com!)

Week 44: Here’s what landed on our shelves this week!

USAGI:

♡ Library/Swapped/Gifted/Bought/Etc:

1. “Emilie and the Hollow World” by Martha Wells – via ARC swap (Thanks!)

2. “Ganymede (Clockwork Century #4)” by Cherie Priest – via ARC & Book Swap (Thanks!)

3. “Delirium Stories” by Lauren Oliver – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

4. “Angelfall” by Susan Ee – via ARC & Book Swap (Thanks!)

5. “Requiem (Delirium #3)” by Lauren Oliver – finished copy! – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

6. “Spellcaster” by Claudia Gray – finished copy – via HarperTeen (Thanks!)

My huge thanks to my ARC swap partners and HarperTeen this week for this load of awesome! While I loved “Delirium” and “Delirium Stories” and liked “Emilie”, I was a bit lukewarm to cold on “Spellcaster”. I’ve heard good things about “Angelfall” and I love the “Clockwork Century” series, so here’s hoping! I better get reading!