Book Haul #113, Or The One Where I Was Too Busy Reading...

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly event hosted on Tynga's Reviews where we can share what new books we've picked up this past week be they bought, borrowed or downloaded. There are also lots of other 'book haul' memes out there for you to choose from!

As the title says, I've been too busy reading this week to even think about buying books! ARC August is going reasonably well. In my bid to try and empty the jar of shame even just a little bit I've been reading any time I have a spare couple of minutes. It must be working as I've started and/or finished eight books this week! There will be a proper ARC August update on Monday so check back then to see my progress!

Here's my miniscule haul for this week...

Bought

Tides - Betsy Cornwell

For Review

The Daughter's Secret - Eva Holland

Zero World - Jason M Hough

Koko the Mighty - Kieran Shea

Top Ten Tuesday #93 - Last Ten Books That Came Into My Possession

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the wonderful gals cover at The Broke & The Bookish. This week's topic is -

Last Ten Books That Came Into My Possession

Having been away from home for a few weeks there's more than ten books that have come into my possession all at once! I love coming home to book post...

An Inheritance of Ashes - Review

Read the synopsis for this on Edelweiss and was hooked, can't wait to get started on it!  

Sorcerer to the Crown - Review Copy

Have seen this mentioned everywhere so jumped at the chance to review it. This is my sort of fantasy!

Ink & Bone - Bought

It's about books, it's by Rachel Caine, no more to be said... 

Birdy - Review Copy

Love books about friendships, especially ones that aren't all they appear to be! Hoping to start this one this week!

Nest - Won

I've seen this one mentioned a lot recently recently so was thrilled to win a copy from Viv at Serendipity Reviews! 

Blood Song - Audiobook

I have read this as a hard copy although Goodreads says I haven't... Giving audiobooks another try (they always send me to sleep) so this is one for the train.

We'll Never Be Apart - Review Copy

Love YA pychological thrillers and this one features twins! Another book for the read soon pile.

Uprooted - Bought

Even though I own a review copy on Kindle I had to buy a hard copy! Probably a contender for book of the year, everyone should read this.

The Wanderers - Review Copy

Having really enjoyed Dark Days I've been stalking Edelweiss waiting for this one to go up!

Letters To Zell - Kindle

Letters To Zell was my Kindle First freebie for June through Amazon. Already read it and loved it! An interesting take on fairy tales.

Random Reads #12 - Always A Witch

Random Reads is a monthly meme hosted by Sarah at I’m Loving Books.  This feature is to get us reading a random book within the month that is in our TBR stack.

Random Reads is a meme where we pick a random book from our shelf to read within the month. Feel free to do more than one per month, but since a lot of people have a lot of books to read each month, only one is “required” for the meme.

Want to join in on Random Reads?

It’s easy…

1. If you’re on Goodreads enable sorting to your to-read shelf (you should see numbers next to each book now).
2. Go to Random.org and type in the Min as 1 and the Max as how many ever books are on your to-read shelf.
3. Scroll down to the book matching the number Random.org picks.
4. Link up to your Random Reads post (below). If you choose more than one book per month, be sure to put a number by your name in the list so it doesn’t look like a duplicate.
5. Read and be merry!

This month Random chose number 150 which is

This was added to my TBR pile in December 2010, a couple of months after I read the first book in the series, Once A Witch, by Carolyn MacCullough. As it's been over four years since I read the first book I suspect I may have to read it again because I don't remember much about Once A Witch at all!

Stacking The Shelves #3

Stacking The Shelves - hosted by the lovely Tynga's Reviews - 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 a physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

Not as exciting as last week but still pretty good! The book buying ban is going well, I only bought 7 books this week so an improvement on the week before!

Bought

Boundless - Cynthia Hand

Sweet Evil - Wendy Higgins

Coraline - Neil Gaiman (10th Anniversary edition, signed!!!)

Sister Assassin - Kiersten White (Mind Games for those of you outside the UK)

White Horse - Alex Adams

Won

ARC - Under The Light by Laura Whitcomb (thanks to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Kindle Books

Scarlet - Marissa Meyer

So, I bought my first Kindle book! I really didn't know what to get but I decided on this as I couldn't be bothered waiting for the hardcover I ordered to arrive. Ooops! A winner was chosen for the giveaway of The Gathering Dark and they've been contacted. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions!

Waiting On Wednesday #12 - Dark Triumph

Waiting On Wednesday, where we put the spotlight on upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating, is hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine

This weeks choice is

"Sybella arrives at the convent’s doorstep half mad with grief and despair. Those that serve Death are only too happy to offer her refuge—but at a price. Naturally skilled in both the arts of death and seduction, the convent views Sybella as one of their most dangerous weapons.

But those assassin’s skills are little comfort when the convent returns her to a life that nearly drove her mad. Her father’s rage and brutality are terrifying, and her brother’s love is equally monstrous. And while Sybella is a weapon of justice wrought by the god of Death himself, He must give her a reason to live. When she discovers an unexpected ally imprisoned in the dungeons, will a daughter of Death find something other than vengeance to live for?"

This heart-pounding sequel to Grave Mercy serves betrayal, treachery, and danger in equal measure, bringing readers back to fifteenth century Brittany and will keep them on the edge of their seats. - From Goodreads


Dark Triumph - R.L. LaFevers
ISBN - 9780547628387 
Pub. -  Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Release Date - April 2, 2013