Stacking the Shelves (17)

Week of March 2, 2013

WHAT IT’S MARCH ALREADY?! I can’t even deal with how quickly this year seems to be passing right now. I kept myself OFF of Netgalley this week, friends. WHEW! But I did visit the LIBRARY for the first time in AGES! Huzzah!!

LIBRARY

Every Day by David Levithan (narrated by Alex McKenna). The audiobook collection at my library isn’t huge, but it does get used pretty heavily, so I was excited to find that this one was still on the shelves there! I’ve been meaning to read it (I got an ARC at last year’s BEA), but audiobooks are slowly becoming more prevalent in my reading, and I can’t wait to check out this story about a spirit, I guess, called A who wakes up every day in a new body. It sounds FANTASTIC.

Daughter of the Forest: Sevenwaters Trilogy #1 by Juliet Marillier. So many people have been urging me to read this book for ages. To date, I’ve only ever read one book by Juliet Marillier–WILDWOOD DANCING–and it was captivating. April and Alyssa almost stopped being friends with me because I hadn’t read this one yet, though, so I jumped on it at the library yesterday (which was, I’m happy to report, PACKED).

BOUGHT

Froi of the Exiles: The Lumatere Chronicles #2 by Melina Marchetta. I’m participating in the Lumatere Chronicles readalong, and it’s going swimmingly. We just finished FINNIKIN OF THE ROCK, and so this book–the Australian paperback I ordered from Fishpond–came just in time! I ordered all three books, but for some reason Fishpond shipped each one separately. Who knows, friends.

The Madness Underneath: Shades of London #2 by Maureen Johnson. I was a big fan of NAME OF THE STAR, so I knew that I would have to order this book to see what happens next with Rory and the rest of the Shades, particularly Stephen.

Star Crossed: Stargazer #1 by Jennifer Echols. Ummm DUH Jennifer Echols wrote a book. Therefore, I will buy it. She’s taking her swooniness to the grown-ups now! I like the possibilities, friends.

Scarlet: Scarlet #1 by A.C. Gaughen. This one was le cheap for le kindle yesterday, so I snagged it. I liked this one very much, even though I sometimes found Scarlet herself too prickly for my taste. Still. ROBIN HOOD. Yes, please.

SPEAKING OF LE KINDLE….

…I got a new one!!!

I had a kindle keyboard for about two years. It froze permanently on me twice: the first time it was under warrantee so I replaced it for free, but this last time, I had to buy a new kindle. I’ve been eyeing that Paperwhite for awhile, but didn’t want to replace a kindle that, until just recently, was working fine. But when my kindle broke for good two weeks ago, I hopped on the Paperwhite bandwagon and am not likely to fall off anytime soon. I want to be reading on it ALL THE TIME.

This Week on Tripping Over Books…

I chatted about the third week of The Lumatere Chronicles Readalong of FINNIKIN OF THE ROCK.

I reviewed Caela Carter’s teen pregnancy debut, ME, HIM, THEM, AND IT.

Top Ten Auto-Buy authors? Mine are right here.

Looking for an effed up story about teenage criminals at an effed up school? Kirsten Miller’s HOW TO LEAD A LIFE OF CRIME should be on your TBR.

LOTS of great books coming out this March! Here are the ones I’m most excited about.