Book Haul #75

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'm thinking that the restrainment of the last couple of weeks was maybe just a blip, see evidence below for proof... On the bright side I got some amazing books! I bought a couple of books I've already read (Year of the Ladybird & Thief's Covenant) but I wanted copies to keep. I may have gone a bit silly with the review books as well, there's just so many great books around at the moment. The highlight of the week though was being approved by Disney for Mary: The Summoning which featured in my Bloody Mary WoW special a couple of weeks ago!

Bought

Thief's Covenant | Rebel Belle | In The Shadows

Born of Illusion | Year of the Ladybird

From the publisher

Touchstone | Elsewhens

Blog Tour

Branded

Netgalley/Edelweiss

Haunt | Dead Girls Walking | MARY: The Summoning

Stone of Destiny | Blackbird | Snow Like Ashes

Book Haul #74

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!

And another restrained week on the buying front! Could it be my book ban has decided to start enforcing itself ? Just one book bought and one Kindle book, unbelievable! I finally got my copy of Unwrapped Sky, with the UK cover but I'm still wondering whether I should have bought the US edition. Review books on the other hand... I was really, really lucky this week so huge thanks to Titan, Tor and Angry Robot/Strange Chemistry for so many amazing titles! I can't wait to read all of them but super excited about The Blasted Lands, Hot Lead, Cold Iron and The Dark Blood of Poppies :)

Bought

Unwrapped Sky

Kindle

Allegiant

From Titan

Hot lead, Cold Iron | The Dark Blood of Poppies | Thornlost

Netgalley - Angry Robot/ Strange Chemistry/Tor

The Blasted Lands | The Buried Life | The Shadow Master

Some Fine Day | Child of a Hidden Sea

Waiting On Wednesday #67 - Hot Lead, Cold Iron

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 -

Hot Lead, Cold Iron - Ari Marmell
ISBN - 9781781168226
Publisher - Titan
Expected release date - May 13th 2014
Find - Goodreads/Book Depository


Hot Lead, Cold Iron is the first novel in a brand-new fantasy detective series that will appeal to fans of Rivers of London and The Dresden Files 
 
'Chicago, 1932. Mick Oberon may look like just another private detective, but beneath the fedora and the overcoat, he's got pointy ears and he's packing a wand.

Oberon's used to solving supernatural crimes, but the latest one's extra weird. A mobster's daughter was kidnapped sixteen years ago, replaced with a changeling, and Mick's been hired to find the real child. The trail's gone cold, but what there is leads Sideways, to the world of the Fae, where the Seelie Court rules. And Mick's not really welcome in the Seelie Court any more. He'll have to wade through Fae politics and mob power struggles to find the kidnapper – and of course it's the last person he expected.' - Goodreads

Every now and then I come across a book that sounds like it's been written just for me. Hot Lead, Cold Iron is one such book and I can't wait to get my hands on a copy! What sold me? This part of the synopsis, 'beneath the fedora and the overcoat, he's got pointy ears and he's packing a wand' and had me itching to read the whole book now! I'm already a fan of Ari Marmell, I read Thief's Covenant back in 2012 when it first came out when a friend let me borrow her copy as I'd forgotten to bring a book with me (le gasp of horror, this never happens!). I've been waiting for it to come out in paperback along with the next books in the series but so far no luck, I may well have to concede and buy the hardcovers... Back to Hot Lead, Cold Iron - it's the start of a series (yes!), for fans of Rivers of London (yes!) and The Dresden Files (yes!) so if you too are a fan of both/either then add this to your wishlists! Yet another Titan title I'm impatiently waiting for :)