Stacking the Shelves (11)
5:50 PMStacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by fellow Canadian blogger Tynga at Tynga's Reviews where we share any new books or goodies we bought, received, borrowed, etc. during the week.
For the past two weeks, I've received...
2nd Annual Ontario Blog Squad Meet-Up:
- Among Others by Jo Walton
- ARC of Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling by Michael Boccacino
- ARC of Child of Vengeance by David Kirk
- The Edge of Courage by Elaine Levine
- Envy (The Fury Trilogy #2) by Elizabeth Miles
- ARC of Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) by Gail Carriger (!!!)
- ARC of Fuse (Pure #2) by Julianna Baggott
- How I Came to Sparkle Again by Kaya McLaren
- ARC of The Madness Underneath (Shades of London #2) by Maureen Johnson (!!!)
- Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens
- ARC of Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
- ARC of Red Moon by Benjamin Percy
- ARC of Sacrifice (Legacy #3) by Cayla Kluver
- ARC of Sever (The Chemical Garden #3) by Lauren DeStefano (!!!)
- ARC of Sirens by Janet Fox
- ARC of Speechless by Hannah Harrington
- The Templeton Twins Have An Idea by Ellis Weiner
- Who I Kissed by Janet Gurtler
- assorted swag which includes blue tote bag, bookmarks, HCC Frenzy magazine, etc.
The 2nd Annual Ontario Blog Squad Meet-Up took place yesterday afternoon and the gift bags were pretty amazing this year! I had such a fun time meeting the authors and publisher representatives in attendance, and getting the chance to chat about my fave books with my fellow Ontario book bloggers. I should have a recap of the event on the blog soon!
For review:
- Becoming Holmes (The Boy Sherlock Holmes #6) by Shane Peacock
- The Bridge by Jane Higgins
- Checkers and Dot and Checkers and Dot at the Zoo by J. Torres
- Going Up!: Elisha Otis's Trip to the Top by Monica Kulling
- The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits by Lewis Carroll
- Meant To Be by Lauren Morrill
- Miss Mousie's Blind Date by Tim Beiser
- Nascar Colors, Nascar Shapes, Nascar ABC and Nascar 123 by Christopher Jordan
- Rescuing the Children: The Story of the Kindertransport by Deborah Hodge
Thanks so much to Random House Canada and Tundra Books for sending these novels for review!
Gifted:
- ARC of False Memory (False Memory #1) by Dan Krokos
- ARC of Winter White (Belles #2) by Jen Calonita
Thanks so much to Wendy for gifting me her ARC of False Memory, and Emilie from Emilie's Book World for passing along her copy of Winter White! It was so great to see you both at the Ontario Blog Squad Meet-Up!
Bought:
- A Conspiracy of Kings (The Queen's Thief #4) by Megan Whalen Turner
- The Demon King (Seven Realms#1) by Cinda Williams Chima
- The Exiled Queen (Seven Realms #2) by Cinda Wiliams Chima
- The Lost Prince (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #1) by Julie Kagawa
- The Shattered Dark (McKenzie Lewis #2) by Sandy Williams
- Starling (Starling #1) by Lesley Livingston
- Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen
This is probably one of my most craziest of mailbox posts ever! I bought a few books for the Blogger Meet-Up, and A Conspiracy of Kings was a bargain book at Chapters for only $6! And I couldn't wait to get my hands on A Shattered Dark and The Lost Prince!
What about YOU? Any new reads/finds this week?
And as always... Happy Reading!
6 comments
It was nice meeting you yesterday, Liz! And totally looking forward to your recap post!
ReplyDeleteWhoa! Haha, I wouldn't know what I would do if I added so many books to my TBR pile. So many books and so little time. Awesome haul this week Liz! : ]
ReplyDeleteBook Haul 11/3 @ Parafantasy
Crazy mailboxes for so many Ontario bloggers this week, haha! :) It's awesome. Happy reading! <3
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic book haul from the blogger meet-up! Too bad I wasn't in the Toronto area this time around or I totally would have come :D And you got Sever! I'm interested to see how DeStefano wraps up the series. Enjoy all your books, Liz! :)
ReplyDeleteYou got a lot of great books this week. I have Never Knowing sitting on my shelf, I've just not had a chance to read it yet.
ReplyDelete-Kristin @ Book Sniffers Anonymous
Okay, I'm having some trouble to breath. Because I'm so freakin' jealouse :B Congrats for the awesome haul!
ReplyDeleteMonaliz @ Mind Reading?