Week of March 23, 2013
It’s been two weeks since my last Stacking the Shelves post! My weekends have been cray lately, friends, and there’s no sign of a let-up in sight until, like, June. But never fear! (If you were even afraid in the first place.) I’ll never be too far from this place! Especially when I have weeks like the last few: I bought some things, I got some things. It’s been pretty legit around here.
NETGALLEY
The Eternity Cure: Blood of Eden #2 by Julie Kagawa (April 30, 2013 from Harlequin Teen). Confession: This is one of those times when I requested the second book in a series I haven’t started yet mostly to motivate myself to GET STARTED ALREADY. I’ve loved Julie’s books so far, and I’ve heard great things about THE IMMORTAL RULES, and I’m hearing great things from the people who’ve read the sequel already. SOON.
Dear Cassie by Lisa Burstein (March 5, 2013 from Entangled Teen). This is a companion/follow up to PRETTY AMY, which I haven’t read. Cassie sounds like…a handful. She gets sent to this rehab camp after getting arrested and meets a guy there.
The Theory of Everything by Kari Luna (July 11, 2013 from Philomel). This cover is furry-licious. Also, science-fictiony/magical realism-ish. The main character has a shaman panda, a physicist dad who goes missing, and she starts seeing weird things (shaman pandas included). This book sounds so delightfully weird that I’m having a hard time describing it.
BOUGHT
Clockwork Princess: Infernal Devices #3 by Cassandra Clare. I’ve just finished the first two books in this series. I AM DYING HERE. (Amazon | Goodreads)
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. So, this is the paperback, as you can see. It’s basically gorgeous. I just realized that I bought two copies of this book in the past two weeks: this one, with it’s beautiful cover art and fancy shmancy Printz Honor Medal; and the audiobook (you’ll see it in a sec) (Amazon | Goodreads)
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. I loved this book to the ends of the earth, so I had to buy a copy. (Amazon | Goodreads)
House of Secrets: House of Secrets #1 by Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini (April 23, 2013 from Balzer + Bray). MG fantasy blurbed by JK Rowling? PSH. Glad I’m doing a blog tour for this one. (Amazon | Goodreads)
Unravel Me: Shatter Me #2 by Tahereh Mafi. SIGH. Guys, I usually refuse on principle to buy full-price kindle books. $10 for a pdf? I can’t. But I just bought SHATTER ME real cheap for my kindle, so that triggered one of my bookish OCD practices of needing to buy series in the same format. So I did it. It better be worth it. (Although from the sounds of things, chapter 62 will pay for this books a few times over.) (Amazon | Goodreads)
Poison by Bridget Zinn. Friends, this book is pretty freaking great. I have a e-galley, but when I saw that it was $7 for my kindle, I had to snap it up. I so wish that there could be more about Kyra. (Amazon | Goodreads)
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, narrated by Steve West and Fiona Hardingham. Asheley @ Into the Hall of Books and Hannah @ So Obsessed With told me that I HAD to buy this audio book. So I listened, because we all know how much I love THE SCORPIO RACES (I have plans to buy the UK edition from Fishpond, too). I can’t WAIT to listen to this one. (Audible | Goodreads)
Game of Thrones Season 2, Moleskines, and Julep!! HUZZAH!
I want to read Dear Cassie! But I didn’t read Pretty Amy so I am all wonky about reading this one because IDK if I need to read Amy first plus I have that weird reading quirk about reading books in order. But it sounds SO GOOD. YAY for this one! And of course the Kagawa, forever and ever.
You will want to HUG The Scorpio Races on audio, which is basically impossible, but I assure you that you will want to do it anyway. It is so fabulous.
And of course Unravel Me is worth the price of the ebook. Plus you can justify it by the low price of Shatter Me if you bought it on the current sale because the two combined then divided by 2 isn’t really that bad. Do the math, friend! Sometimes I have to do it that way. I shake my head at myself. I really do.
Also, every time I see Eleanor & Park, I really want to squeeze out a tear because of how PERFECT that book really is. It is so great.
Just finished Clockwork Princess!
I AM HYPERVENTILATING!
SO MANY FEELS!!!
I just got my actual copy of Eleanor and Park this weekend! I’m super happy to FINALLY have it in my hands, as I really loved it. After hearing it be read out loud at an event last week, I’m pretty much convinced I need to read it again soon.
Also, you know that I adore that cover of The Scorpio Races. It is just SO pretty, and I really am thinking of buying it!
OH MY GOD! I got House Of Secrets too but forgot to put it in my haul hahahahahaha.
Oh man.
That’s funny.
YAY JULEP! I put that in my haul too.
AND YAY YAY YAY Game Of Thrones which I will someday finish (Clash of Kings, I mean).
YESSSSSSSSS! The Scorpio Races audiobook is seriously phenomenal and my heart is so happy right now <3