Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. It gives us a chance to share with readers what we bought, borrowed, swapped, won or got for review each week. I also decided that since I do a weekly recap, it really is just good sense to link up with The Sunday Post, hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer, because that is such a fun link up as well!
The Books
YAY BOOKS! All the books!
Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett for review, thanks to Penguin!!
Exposed by Brighton Walsh won, thanks to Holly @ The Fox’s Hideaway!
Dreamland by Robert Anderson #booksfortrade
Cut Both Ways by Carrie Mesrobian won, thanks to Lauren @ Bookmark Lit!
Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill (plus a crap ton of swag!) from Bookitcon, thanks to Nori for sending it along!
You and Me and Him by Kris Dinnison won, thanks to Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl & Author Kris Dinnison
For Review: (pictures=Goodreads)
via Edelweiss, thanks to HarperTeen & HMH Books for Young Readers
Also, these bad boys arrived today!! Woo hoo! Thanks for the pre-order offer, Bloomsbury!!
Weekly Shenanigans
Four books again? Why yes, I think I did!
I read Sweet Madness in one sitting. I haven’t done that since… I don’t even know! It clearly wins the week. Runner up? Dumplin’.
On the Blog:
- The #ShatteringStigmas wrap up & giveaway.
- Top Ten Books to Exterminate
- The Fix blog tour and giveaway
- Bite Sized Reviews of four upcoming/new releases
- The Secret Life of a Blogger Tag
- A review of Vengeance Road
Giveaways:
- The August Discussion Challenge link-up and Giveaway is underway!
- I have a TWITTER GIVEAWAY happening! (This is phase ONE of the big old giveaway event 😉 ) Enter to win ANY 2016 Debut!! International, going on until August 31!!
- PHASE TWO of the Big Old Giveaway is happening right now!!
- The August New Release Giveaway Hop ends in a few days!
- Still lots of time left to enter the #ShatteringStigmas Giveaway!
- U.S. Readers can enter to win The Fix by Natasha Sinel!
Fun in the Blogosphere:
Allie @ Little Birdie Books wonders if our own company is good enough.
Karolina @ Bookshelf Reflections shares her struggle with finding time to blog.
Angelica @ The Bookish Angel tells us her six blogging regrets
Holly @ The Fox’s Hideaway has a great BEA giveaway… Because Everyone’s Awesome.
Not Nick @ Nick’s Book Blog is confessing stuff, and it’s nice to know we’re not alone!
April @ Good Books and Good Wine (Guest Posting on Chasing Faerytales) talks blogger superiority, and if it’s real or imagined.
Julia @ A Perfection Called Books understands the fear of typos and is here to help!
Aentee @ Read at Midnight wonders how much realism we should expect from fantasy books.
Cait @ Paper Fury wants to know if a book needs to be perfect to be rated 5 stars (I say no!). Also- her site is shiny, go look!
Rashika @ The Social Potato shares her top 5 diverse books of 2015 (so far!)
Ashley @ Nose Graze explains the basics of free speech- and why you may be using it incorrectly!
Random Musings:
ARC August is almost over and I OWN this bitch. Let’s check in with the graphic representation!
And I should be finishing One tonight. So ARC August? I WIN.
Remember that time I said I was going to The Hunger Games Exhibition? I did, and it was fabulous! I also somehow talked my mom into THIS:
I promised her it’d be on the blog so that the whole world could see it. She was just glad I didn’t post it on Facebook where her friends would see it 😉
And just a few more:
AHHH HUNGER GAMES EXHIBITION!!! THAT IS SO FABULOUS. Although you two look a little too cheerful to be victors, c’mon. 😉 BAHHA JUST KIDDING. THAT IS SO GREAT. And woohoo for doing all the August ARC challenge!! YAY FOR YOU! Dumplin is amazing, right?! So refreshing (though I thought it was a teeny tiny bit sloooow) and SO MANY PRETTY ARCS. Omg. 0_0 I hope The Assassin’s Heart is good! And the cover for The May Queen Murders is gonna give me nightmares of creepiness thanks a lot.
Hahah I told my mom that, and she agreed- maybe we should have fake cried or something? I mean, we WERE about to slaughter each other so.. 😉 And thanks!! I did like Dumplin’! I had SOME mixed feelings, but overall more positive than negative!
Sorry about the creepy nightmares. But not that sorry. I hope it is extra creepy and weird, I like that sometimes for a change of pace! I am so excited about all of those books, I don’t even know where to begin!
Awesome haul! So many books were available this week. I had no self control. I did notice that I forgot to add The May Queen Murdrers to my StS. Oh, well, next week. You did great with ARC August! Congrats! I have not pre-ordered anything. I have most of September’s releases already. I’m also going to a Sarah J Maas signing, so I’ll wait to get Queen of Shadows. Have a great weekend!
Michelle @ Michelle’s Minions
Hahah weeeelll you did have all the books, so it’d be easy to forget one 😉 WHOA, no pre orders!? Impressive! I pre ordered… four. Well, two were giveaway wins, so that doesn’t count kind of? Right? (Go with it 😉 ) and QoS was one of course. Jealous of the Sarah J Maas signing though! That sounds amazing!
Haha I love that your mother went along for the photo, that looks so good! And congrats on SMASHING ARC August, yo! My goal was to reach 75% and I did just that, so I win as well, whoohoo!
Also, I really loved Meant to Be, I hope you do too!
YAY for you winning ARC August as well! That is fabulous, great job 🙂 And yes, my mom was a good sport! She was even surprised at how much she enjoyed it hahha.
Oh my, you’ve smashed ARC August. Congrats! 😀 And woah, lots of giveaway wins too. It’s seems you’ve had a pretty great week. And those pictures! You and your mum are adorable. I bet the exhibit was simply fantastic!!
Aw thanks! I know, it’s funny- I won them at different times, but they all showed up the same week hah. Thanks so much, it WAS so fantastic! I could have stayed there all day (fine, I could have moved in! ) 😀
Woah, those are a lot of ARCs to finish. Congratulations! I don’t have that many to-be-released books in August that I want to read so I’m painfully in waiting for September to come. lol! And it’s all about Dumplin’ lately. I’ve heard many positive feedbacks about this one. I can’t wait until it comes out. And, there’s a Hunger Games exhibit!? It looked like a lot of fun. I love Katniss’ wedding dress! It’s so pretty!
Aw thanks! I liked Dumplin’ for the most part! I think it’s a really great book to have out in the world too. And yep- the exhibition is in New York City, and it was amazing! I took a ton of pictures but that was too pretty not to share!
Wow, those Throne of glass broches make envious ! And good for August, you practically pinned it down ^^ Have a great week-end !
I was so excited to get them, I want to make them into magnets but I am not crafty 🙂 And thanks so much! Hope your weekend was fabulous!
So much awesome in one post! Woo! You killed ARC August, go you! I maybe got half my goal completed, so not great. I’m still pretty happy with that though! 🙂 I hope you enjoy all your new books. There are some amazing titles there that I can’t wait to read too. 😀
Aw thanks! I NEVER thought I would meet my goal, so it was a surprise for sure. And hey, half is still good! You made progress, and that is always a win 🙂
Dude nice book haul!! Meant To Be is on my wishlist and hope to get it soon. Hope you enjoy them all. BOOM on ARC August – you did an awesome job!! That HG exhibition looks awesome!! Have a great weekend!
Aw thanks!! The exhibition was amazing, I wish I could just move in there hahha. Hope your weekend was great!
Omigosh that Hunger Games photo is just THE BEST. Good on your mum for being a good sport 😛
What a fantastic book haul this week! I absolutly adore the cover for the May Queen Murders!
I hope you’ll come and have a look at what I got this week!
Aww thanks!! I agree, she was a good sport- she even made her own Propo 😉 And I agree, the cover is SO pretty, hopefully the book will be too!
This is the week of ALL THE BOOKS!! Congrats on winning so many amazing beauties!! Also the Harper mass uploads on Edelweiss are impossible to escape. Enjoy your fantastic bookishness this week and have a wonderful weekend! 🙂
Aw thanks! I know, when Harper uploads, I go into request mode 😉 I am only slightly (fine, completely) jealous of the auto-approved that don’t spend all day requesting hahah. Hope you had a great weekend too!
Omg your haul is AWESOME!!! I saw some of the books on Edelweiss but I really need to control myself….and I might just visit it soon and request some more. Thanks Shannon haha And ooooh! I want those pins! I pre-ordered QoS and sent the email to get them but since they don’t ship to PR, I’m just hoping they send these. Anyway, have a good week of reading!
I ummmm may have requested more after this post went up? I was trying an experiment? Yeah, oops!
Awww I really hope you end up getting the buttons! It really stinks that no one seems to ship to you 🙁 Fingers are crossed!
Great post. I love your Hunger Games photos – looks like you had a blast.
Diane @ Diane’s Book Blog
Aw thanks! It was SO fun 🙂
The Hunger Games exhibition looks SO FUN!!! Also, I really want to read Meant to Be – it looks adorable! Your blog design is gorgeous by the way! 🙂
Enjoy your new books! 🙂
Kyra @ Blog of a Bookaholic
My STS Post!
Aw thank you SO much, that is so sweet! The exhibition was very fun 🙂 Hope you get to read Meant to Be soon too, it does look cute for sure!
Great haul! I hope my buttons came in! I can’t wait to read Blood and Salt, Burning Glass, and The Girl from Everywhere! I hope you enjoy all your books!
Thanks!! Hopefully your buttons arrive soon- one of the perks of living close to NYC is that all the mail seems to get here first 😉 I am SO excited for those- actually I just finished Blood and Salt and it was fabulous!! Hope you love them!
I WAS ROOTING FOR THREE BOOKS DAMMIT. 😀 I love the Hunger Games photos. Not long until the next movie! Ah parents and putting stuff online. My mum once took a video of my family singing on Christmas and uploaded it to Facebook because it was hilarious (we’re not generally blessed with great singing voices), pissing off my aunt in the process, but when I asked her whether it’s okay that I’ll upload a video with her in it (assuming that the answer would be yes), she wouldn’t give me blanket permission, because she wanted to see how she looks first. I told her I can’t show her everything before I upload it, so then she kept trying to piss me off by telling me that I can upload X but not Y and so on. 😀 Aaaanyways, I sometimes preorder books, but not very often, because I don’t like not knowing when I’ll have to pay what (because obviously I’ll forget about it until the money’s suddenly gone).
HEY NOW! You’ll probably get your wish this week, I’m struggling a bit with staying conscious AND I have a wedding that I am in so… yeah. I’ll be back to three, you win 🙁
Bwhahah your mom sounds fun! Your aunt…. does not. Glad your mom posted it anyway! GOOD call about the pre-ordering and money thing! I *think* Book Depository takes it immediately, which is good. Amazon takes it whenever the hell they feel like it, which is not so good when you’re poor. As we all seem to be because of buying all the books 😀
I don’t pre-order, but then I don’t buy either. Too bad the Hunger Games didn’t have one of those boards where you put your face through for a photo. It would be very silly and definitely worth posting to FB!
I can’t believe how many books you took in this week, and congrats on reading 4 again. Only 1 more ARC left, WOO HOO!
HAHAH That would have been SO funny! They did do a video at the end where we had to act out the chariot ride, but it was just too much money to waste hahha. Wait- you don’t EVER buy books!? How?!
And thanks so much! I actually finished that night, which is pretty amazing to me, I never thought I’d get to 15 🙂
Yup, the last book I bought for myself was October 2013, and it was only because I couldn’t get it at my library so I used a B & N GC to get it. It was the second book of a trilogy I really wanted to read. I use the library and since I’ve been back to blogging I’m plenty busy with ARCs on top of that. My library rocks, the only reason they didntvhavecthat book was someone lost or ruined it. They had the first and third books. And lately they have almost everything electronic also.
Wow, that is seriously impressive. You’re lucky to have such a great library too! My mom’s is also good about getting books (though they rarely HAVE any books). My library… well, it’s a bit of a mess 😉
Soooo many beautiful books! <3 I don't pre-order but I just won a pre-order giveaway of Passenger. Sooo excited for that book!
Aw thanks! Passenger looks SO amazing, no? Congrats on the win! I hope we both love it 🙂
HOW DID YOU GET BUTTONS MY BUTTONS ARE NOT HERE YET I AM SAD.
What happens if they don’t even give them to me. Sad face.
OMG HUNGER GAMES MUSEUM. Glad you had so much fun Shannon <3
Because I live super close to NYC? But so do you, so never mind, I have no idea. You got them by now, right? I should respond to this stuff sooner, I think I fail. Womp womp.
Awesome stack of books. You did fantastic during ARC August. I hope you love all your new books.
Grace @ Books of Love
Thanks so much!! 😀
I actually have a haul this week! I used some gift card dollars to pick up some recent releases to get signed at ICON 40 in October.
Have a great week!
YAYYY a haul!! What is this ICON 40?! I am off to Google, but it sounds great!
Local science fiction and fantasy convention. Tons of authors attend!
OHH that sounds SO fun! Hope you have a great time- and of course, tell us all about it 😉
I read You And Me And Him a while ago for a blog tour and it was pretty good! I love the hardcover copy; it’s incredibly gorgeous. I’m also a sucker for bright covers. :b I’ve heard awesome things about Meant to Be!
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
Oh yay! Glad you enjoyed it! I feel like I haven’t heard much about it yet, so this is good. I agree, the HC is SO pretty- the colors are so fun, and unusual but complementary 🙂 I love bright too!
AH the goodies! I cannot wait for them! Enjoy your new books
Check out our STS & enter to win a personalized copy of Queen of Shadows (open INT)!
Leydy @ OUaT
Thanks 🙂
OOH YOU HAVE BLOOD AND SALT. And also Assassin’s Heart has too beautiful a cover. *tries to keep my hands off my screen* Congratulations on absolutely killing it in ARC August! And ooh, everything in THG exhibition looks too glorious for words.
Blood and Salt was really good! I agree about the cover too- actually, I am quite fond of all of these covers! 2016 is looking VERY pretty 😉 And thanks! I never thought I’d make the ARC August challenge, I’m excited!
Woah, you totally rocked ARC August! Awesome. I am so bad about preordering. It do it way too much. For September, I have preordered Everything, Everything, Library of Souls, and After You.
Aw thanks!! I pre order too much too! Everything, Everything was so good, I approve of this pre order 😉
As the weeks have worn on and I’ve seen your ARC August updates, I am so amazed! I want to be able to read that many books in a month! Congratulations!!
Aww thank you!! I never thought I’d read that many either, so it’s extra fun!! 😀
I love the Hunger Game pics. What fun.
Aw thanks! It really was! 😀
Wow! You read a lot this week! Your post is overloading me with books and links, many of which I need to read. Gah! 🙂
Hahah sorry 😉 Hope you enjoy them at least!! And thanks 😀
I often pre-order books (the last one was Tessa Dare’s new book) but I haven’t pre-ordered Queen of Shadows yet, though I fully intend to read it, because I want to treat myself to it once I finish writing this nasty article I’m currently working on.
I like pre-ordering, though, I know it helps the authors because it counts like first-day sale and if I’m going to read the book anyway, I might as well order it in advance.
Oh that is a good idea- I love rewarding myself with books 🙂 I agree, once I found out that pre orders were good for authors, I started doing it more often. Helps them, and I have an excuse to buy books? Win-win! Hope you finish your article soon, and enjoy QoS!!
Congrats on kicking August ARC’s ass.
Aw thank you!!
I love the Hunger Games pics!
My September pre-orders include an anthology called Press Start to Play and for travel planning my fourth copy of the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World!
Have a great week!
Aww thanks!! Oh WOW Disney!! That will be so fun 🙂 I Press Start to Play sounds pretty interesting, I will have to look that one up!
I can’t wait to get my QoS buttons. I have been pre-ordering like crazy and slowing down on book tours. I love getting free books, but I need to be more picky. I may find myself tour-less by the end of October, and that would be fabulous.
(p.s. I have been writing this comment for like over an hour now. can’t seem to stay focused with all the beautiful words and awesome post links on your site)
Oh yay, I hope they’ve arrived! And SAME- I am basically NOT doing tours, because the last two I signed up for didn’t work out so well. I am only doing tours if I know there’s a high chance I will like the book- like, almost guaranteed!
And THANK YOU! That is so sweet of you, you made my day 🙂
I really want to read Cut Both Ways – I hope you enjoy it! The Hunger Games exhibit sounds amazing!! That’s so awesome you and your mom were able to go.
Aw thanks! It was very fun 🙂 I hope you enjoy Cut Both Ways too- I have heard mixed things, so fingers crossed!
Jealous of both your ARC of Blood and Salt, as well as the Hunger Games Expo!!! So cool! Great haul this week! You can check out my post in the link below!
Aw thanks so much!! Hope you get to read Blood and Salt soon, it is good! Actually, I have a few giveaways for it coming up, so stay tuned 🙂
Nice haul! Blood and Salt seems to be a popular one! You and Me and Him looks good, too. Hope you enjoy your picks! Here’s ours: Bibliojunkies Happy reading! ~ Bel
Thanks so much 🙂 Blood and Salt was really good!
Yay for Harper! OMG you and your mum are completely adorable at the Hunger Games exhibition! That looks like it was a lot of fun. You did so well with ARC August, good on you for meeting your goals!
Awww thank you! And I know, I was like, wanting to give someone from Harper a hug! Actually, I am still willing, whoever they are 😉 Thanks so much!!
Whoa the Hunger Games place looks so cool!! I’d have so so much fun there too. I know you’re THG-obsessed, so I’m sure you were totally in your element 🙂 Wow you smashed ARC August challenge!! Great job. I read The Girl From Everywhere, and it was amazing. Burning Glass is great too, I’m reading it now!
Aww thanks! I WAS in my element- they should probably just relocate to my bedroom once they’re done in NYC 😉
I am SO EXCITED for those books, you have no idea. Well, you probably DO, actually. But I have to get through a few more ARCs first since I am always over-requesting, oops 😀
Nice haul! I’m so hoping I get approval for these new Harper titles! I have Blood and Salt to read too, and I enjoyed Exposed (tho I prefer Captive a lot more).
Those pictures are fabulous! Glad you had fun. 🙂
Oh my fingers will be crossed for you!! They need to approve you, basically. Why on earth wouldn’t they!? Also, Blood and Salt was really good, I hope you enjoy it too 🙂 Thanks so much!!
We have more books in common this time! On this occasion it is the May Queen Murders as well as Dreamland. I like everything dream based in my books, which is why that one makes the cut. The Girl From Everywhere is something I think is a retelling? If it is, then I think it is one that intrigues me, ahaha, my memory is vague!