Book Haul #92

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!

I've been better at not buying books than last week. I didn't pay for a single book at all! Why can't I have been this good all year long? I'm pretty sure I would have saved a fortune and been able to buy my Kitchen Aid I've been drooling over for a couple of years now. Never mind, maybe I'll actually stick to a book ban next year... I'm looking forward to reading Kelly Link's short stories, her first for adults in a decade and The Squickerwonkers? I can't wait to read it with the twins :) Huge thanks to Titan for that one!

Kindle Freebie

Court

For Review

The Squickerwonkers

Get in Trouble

Waiting on Wednesday #99 - The Girl At Midnight

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 week's choice is -

The Girl At Midnight - Melissa Grey

ISBN - 9780385744652

Publisher - Delacorte Press

Expected release date - April 28 2015

Find - Goodreads | Book Depository

For readers of Cassandra Clare's City of Bones and Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone, The Girl at Midnight is the story of a modern girl caught in an ancient war.

Beneath the streets of New York City live the Avicen, an ancient race of people with feathers for hair and magic running through their veins. Age-old enchantments keep them hidden from humans. All but one. Echo is a runaway pickpocket who survives by selling stolen treasures on the black market, and the Avicen are the only family she's ever known.

Echo is clever and daring, and at times she can be brash, but above all else she's fiercely loyal. So when a centuries-old war crests on the borders of her home, she decides it's time to act.

Legend has it that there is a way to end the conflict once and for all: find the Firebird, a mythical entity believed to possess power the likes of which the world has never seen. It will be no easy task, but if life as a thief has taught Echo anything, it's how to hunt down what she wants . . . and how to take it.

But some jobs aren't as straightforward as they seem. And this one might just set the world on fire.

Yes please! The Avicen sound intriguing and different. People with feathers for hair can't be bad and I want to search for the mythical Firebird too! Only just over six months to wait... 

Top Ten Tuesday #73 - Sequels I Can't Wait To Get

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

Top Ten Sequels I Can't Wait To Get

Sequels! I feel like I'm waiting for so many and for some, the wait is years... I'm talking about you, GRRM and Rothfuss! The Mime Order is a bit of a cheat as I have an e-galley which I have already started reading and loving!

Sequels Without Covers


The Winds of Winter (ASOIF #6) - George R R Martin

Doors of Stone (Kingkiller Chronicle #3) - Patrick Rothfuss

The Tower of Bann (Blackthorn & Grimm #2) - Juliet Marillier

Winter (Lunar Chronicles #4) - Marissa Meyer

The Thorn of Emberlain (Gentlemen Bastard #4) - Scott Lynch

Book Haul #91

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!

I've been really good this week, I bought one book! With Christmas just around the corner (how did that happen???) I guess it's time to start buying presents for other people although how long not buying books will last I don't know! I had a great week in books, I won a copy of Prince Lestat from the lovely Jenny at Wondrous Reads which, when it arrived, was signed by Anne Rice. This made my week really as when I was a teenager I remember devouring all her books like a crazy person. Some good review requests were approved this week too so can't wait to get started on them!

Bought

Compulsion

Won

Prince Lestat

For Review

The Just City

The Mime Order

Stella

Gone Too Far

Waiting on Wednesday #98 - The Vanishing Throne

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 week's choice is -

The Vanishing Throne (The Falconer #2) - Elizabeth May

ISBN - 9780575130470

Publisher - Gollancz

Expected release date - September 17 2015

Find - Goodreads 

My name is Lady Aileana Kameron.

First the fae murdered my mother. Then they destroyed my world.

Now I’m fighting for more than revenge.

Aileana took a stand against the Wild Hunt, and she lost everything: her home, her family and her friends. Held captive by her enemy, and tormenting herself over her failure, escape seems like only the faintest possibility. But when she gets her chance, she seizes it . . . to rejoin a world devastated by war.

The future is bleak. Hunted by the fae, running for her life, Aileana has only a few options left. Trying to become part of a society scarred by – and hiding from – the Wild Hunt; trusting that a fragile alliance with the fae will save her; or walking the most dangerous path at all: coming in to her own powers as the last of the Falconers . . .

Another year to wait??? I don't know if I can do it... That's a UK release date too, if you want a US copy there is currently no release date :( If you haven't read The Falconer go and do so now. My review will be up sometime before Christmas!

Top Ten Tuesday #72 - Characters You Wish Would Get Their OWN Book

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

Top Ten Characters You Wish Would Get Their OWN Book

I'm guilty of not always paying attention to the secondary characters in books apart from the odd one who sticks in my mind for some reason. These are the characters I remember most vividly including one which is a bit of a cheat!

Auri

Patrick Rothfuss must have read my mind. Auri is one of my favorite characters so I can't wait to read Slow Regard!

 Jasper

I know Twilight is hugely unpopular these days but given Jasper's history I would love to read a book just about him. He is definitely the most interesting of the Cullen clan!

Chaol

Just because...

Finnick

Same as above!

Haymitch

I would love to read about Haymitch's younger days, when he won the Games especially.

Ian

Aside from Cat & Bones, Ian is my favorite character. I would definitely read a book where he was the main character.

Nix aka Nucking Futs Nix

Nix, oh Nix! I love her antics and she is without doubt my favorite in all of the Immortals After Dark books that I've read.

Calliope

I've only recently binge read my way through all three of Stephanie Perkins' books and Calliope is the only character I feel we didn't learn anything about or get her own Happily Ever After. This must be rectified!

Hermione, Luna & Snape

Who doesn't want to know more about some of the most loved characters in fiction? I would love to read a book about Snape as a child and growing up

Book Haul #90

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!

More Game of Thrones this week and a couple of review titles I can't wait to read! I've had As You Wish, by one of my favorite actors from one of my favorite movies, for a couple of weeks now but forgot to add it! All my Kindle purchases were bargains, all 3 books were 99p/$1.57 so couldn't resist and considering I read The Testing in June last year it's about time I got round to the other 2 books.

Bought

Dreamer's Pool | Mortal Heart | The Reviver

As You Wish | Inside Game of Thrones

Kindle

Independent Study | Graduation Day | Pivot Point

Review

All the Bright Places | Captive | The Iron Ghost

Waiting on Wednesday #97 - The Storyspinner

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 week's choice is -

The Storyspinner - Becky Wallace

ISBN - 9781481405652

Publisher - Margaret K. McElderry

Expected release date - March 3 2015

Find - Goodreads | Book Depository

Drama and danger abound in this fantasy realm where dukes play a game for the throne, magical warriors race to find the missing heir, and romance blossoms where it is least expected.

In a world where dukes plot their way to the throne, a Performer’s life can get tricky. And in Johanna Von Arlo’s case, it can be fatal. Expelled from her troupe after her father’s death, Johanna is forced to work for the handsome Lord Rafael DeSilva. Too bad they don’t get along. But while Johanna’s father’s death was deemed an accident, the Keepers aren’t so sure.

The Keepers, a race of people with magical abilities, are on a quest to find the princess - the same princess who is supposed to be dead and whose throne the dukes are fighting over. But they aren’t the only ones looking for her. And in the wake of their search, murdered girls keep turning up - girls who look exactly like the princess, and exactly like Johanna.

With dukes, Keepers, and a killer all after the princess, Johanna finds herself caught up in political machinations for the throne, threats on her life, and an unexpected romance that could change everything.

I've no idea where I came across The Storyspinner but when it mentions magic, princesses and murder it's got to be good!

Top Ten Tuesday #71 - Books I Want To Re-Read

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

Top Ten Eleven Books/Series I Want To Reread

I'm a re-reader, always have been and always will be. I don't get to re-read anything very often but these are the books/series I do. I'm in the middle of a GRRM re-read right now and I'm hoping to get to the Patrick Rothfuss books soon so I can read The Slow Regard of Silent Things with the story fresh in my mind!

North and South

The Kingkiller Chronicle

Wuthering Heights

Jane Eyre

Dark Cathedral

When Marnie Was There

Anne of Green Gables

The Dark Is Rising

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen

A Song of Ice & Fire

Marianne Dreams