Mar
30

Stacking The Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews 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!

Titles link back to Goodreads
The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson (purchased)
Silence by Rodney Hall (purchased)
Cryer’s Cross by Lisa McMann (purchased)
Nearly Departed by Rook Hastings (purchased)
The Host by Stephenie Meyer (purchased)
Witches Of The East by Melissa De La Cruz (purchased)
The Prey by Andrew Fukuda (thanks to Publisher)
Boundless by Cynthia Hand (purchased)
Gone by Michael Grant (library)
Black Heart by Holly Black (library)
Days Of Blood And Starlight by Laini Taylor (purchased)
The Obsidian Blade by Pete Hautman (purchased)

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these–six months, I think. I’ve been meaning to post one sooner, but the weekends come and go too quickly and before I know it, it’s mid week and I think, oh, I’ll wait for the next one. Anyway, as you can see, I’ve gotten a few books. The stickered ones were a bargain at only $2 each. Impulse buying at its finest. I haven’t started Unearthly, but I thought I’d pick up Boundless while Big W have it readily available and round out my collection. It took a bit of work tracking down a movie cover copy of The Host, though. I’d expected it to be everywhere at the moment, but no, this one was hidden off on the bottom row, down by itself, in the adult fiction section. Now that I’ve finally got it, I plan on reading it very soon so I can see the movie after it. I’m about to go visit my family for the long weekend, so I’ll make sure I pop it in my bag with me.

What books have you gotten lately? And better yet, which ones are you tempted to pick up next?

Oct
16

In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by The Story Siren, which allows bloggers to share what books they’ve received in the past week. They can be from stores, contests, tours or publishers!

Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick (purchased)
The Cross Of Sins by Geoffrey Knight (purchased)
The Name Of The Star by Maureen Johnson (purchased)
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (purchased)
Sektion 20 by Paul Dowswell (thanks to Publishers)
Out For Blood by Alyxandra Harvey (purchased)
Bleeding Hearts by Alyxandra Harvey (thanks to Publishers)

I got the paperback of Silence last week, but I needed the UK foil hardcover to match Hush, Hush and Crescendo. I’m going to have to keep both though, since the paperback is the only one that has the bonus chapter from Patch’s POV. I read Silence a few days ago if you want to check out my review. Thanks to Bloomsbury for Sektion 20 and Bleeding Hearts, I love the shiny blue cover on the first one. I had to go pick up a copy of Out For Blood since I’ve only read the first two Drake Chroncicles books so far. I also stumbled upon the new movie edition of Breaking Dawn and had an urge to get it. Although, I don’t have any of the other movie editions, so it looks a bit random sitting on its lonesome on my shelf.

Here are my latest reviews if you want to check them out:
Fitzpatrick, Becca Hush, Hush #3, Silence

Link up to your mailbox and I’ll be sure to check it out!

May
15

In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by The Story Siren, which allows bloggers to share what books they’ve received in the past week. They can be from stores, contests, tours or publishers!

The Twilight Saga: Official Illustrated Guide by Stephenie Meyer (purchased)
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (purchased)
Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick (purchased)
Oliver Nocturne: Blood Ties by Kevin Emerson (library)
Conspiracy 365: February by Gabrielle Lord (library)
Unnatural by Michael Griffo (purchased)
The Morganville Vampires Vol III: Lord of Misrule & Carpe Corpus by Rachel Caine (purchased)

So these are the books I’ve bought & borrowed out this week. I read Hush, Hush a few weeks ago from my local library and loved it but they didn’t have Crescendo so I decided to get them both online. I found the shiny hardbacks cheap on AmazonUK so I quickly snapped them up. My copy of Unnatural arrived looking like the front corner had gotten wet in the post (it was dry when it arrived, but warped), but I couldn’t be bothered sending it back to the UK and waiting for a replacement to get to me so I guess I’ll just live with it (plus I’ve read it now. see my review). Another Morganville bind-up arrived this week as well, I really have to get back to reading them soon. If only I didn’t have university textbooks to read as well.

Link up to your mailbox and I’ll be sure to check it out!