Book Haul #114, Or The One Where I Forgot To Stop Requesting Books...

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 haven't been anywhere but I still don't seem to have gained any free time to catch up on everything. I'm hoping September might be a good month for getting up to date but I'm not holding my breath. I didn't really well over the last fourteen days and only bought one book but this was completely cancelled by my forgetting I'm over halfway through ARC August and deciding to have a quick look on Netgalley. Big mistake!

Bought

Court of Fives

For Review

Weighing Shadows

All Of The above

The Night Clock

Dark Room

Warren the 13th & The All-Seeing Eye

The Edge Series

Book Haul #105, Or The One Where I'm Away But Still Manage To Buy Books...

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!

So, unless I've gone completely crazy while I'm away, I've managed to buy just one book this week! I'm writing this just before midnight on the day before I leave and up to now I've bought Cold Days by Jim Butcher, only because having finished Ghost Story I didn't want to wait for a copy to come in at the library. Plus I own the rest of the series so it would be pretty silly not to own this one too, which means I can also justify buying a copy of Skin Game too. Right?! Some pretty great review books this week too. Hidden Huntress! Squee! I can't wait to start all of them but sadly they only add to the life-long problem of 'too many books, not enough time'...

Bought

Cold Days

For Review

Hidden Huntress

The Waterborne Blade

Unseemly Science

Harrison Squared

The very Best of Kate Elliott

YA Books To Look Out For In 2015

There are some amazing books coming out this year in the YA world so I thought I'd highlight a few I can't wait to get my hands on :)

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Waiting On Wednesday #93 - Court of Fives

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 -

Court of Fives - Kate Elliott

ISBN - 9780316364195

Publisher - Little Brown for Young Readers

Expected release date - August 18 2015

Find - Goodreads

A teenage girl secretly competes in her city's prestigious athletic competitions in this high-fantasy adventure that can be pitched as Game of Thrones meets The Hunger Games meets Little Women.

In this imaginative escape into an enthralling new world, World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott's first young adult novel weaves an epic story of a girl struggling to do what she loves in a society suffocated by rules of class and privilege.

Jessamy's life is a balance between acting like an upper class Patron and dreaming of the freedom of the Commoners. But at night she can be whoever she wants when she sneaks out to train for The Fives, an intricate, multi-level athletic competition that offers a chance for glory to the kingdom's best competitors. Then Jes meets Kalliarkos, and an unlikely friendship between a girl of mixed race and a Patron boy causes heads to turn. When a scheming lord tears Jes's family apart, she'll have to test Kal's loyalty and risk the vengeance of a powerful clan to save her mother and sisters from certain death.

I love, love, love Kate Elliott's writing and the pitch for this, The Hunger Games meets Little Women, means it should be an interesting first foray into YA for Kate who is well known for her adult fantasy. Can't wait to get my grubby little hands on this but it's another one with a long wait. August 2015!!!