I haven’t stacked the shelves for TWO WHOLE WEEKS so I have a lot of books accumulating. It’s scaring me just a little.
And I’m still editing. I feel bad, because I tormented my book early on about how fat it was. That was cruel of me. Now it’s losing waaaay too much weight. It’s gone from 82K to 68K. I’m feeding it fattening scenes and culturing its self respect. As one does when working with their books.
I’m linking up with Tynga’s Reviews for the meme Stacking The Shelves! Basically: you recount books you’ve won/bought/collected this week.
Frankly, this stack scares me. It’s not reading time I’m worried about. It’s blogging space. Seriously, you blogglings are in for a deluge of reviews. I EITHER GET ALL THE BOOKS OR NONE. WHY?
Thank you Allen & Unwin, Bloomsbury, Penguin Australia, aaaand Walker Books Australia! I love you.
Oh, and I need to take a moment to fangirl intensely. SARAH J MAAS!!! OH MY GOSH!!!! Also: I’m looking forward to Half Bad a lot.
I won (sort of) Cracked and I asked for Dead Ends last year, so I didn’t think it was coming. And Suzy Zail is a fantastic Australian author who writes books about the holocaust and makes me cry. Thanks, Suzy. You’re the best.
Thank you Hachette Australia on NetGalley! Look! They approved me twice! They must love me.
I love my library! Just thought I’d mention that. John Boyne blew my mind with The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and I nearly had a heart attack when I realised Stay Where You Are And Then Leave existed! (Okay, but the dude does need to work on his titles.)
Aaaand I’m having a bit of a fairy-tale party with Jackson Pearce and Zoe Marriott. Has anyone read Shadows on the Moon??! I’m curious! I DEMAND YOUR THOUGHTS. It’s a Cinderella retelling in Japan. Awesome, right?
As for Thirteen Reasons Why…I feel like my memory has fallen out of my left elbow, but SOMEONE reviewed this recently and I reserved it on a whim. I know not who you are now, or how I came to find you, but I’m reading your recommendation! You rock, person who I desperately wish to remember. Obviously I read waaaay too many reviews.
This is a new addition to my stacking the shelves posts! I love reading other blogs and I want to share with you some of my delicious finds of this week across the blogosphere. So go read them. I told you to nicely, so that counts.
Kat @ Cuddlebuggery lists 3 books she’s sick of reading. (This is so funny!) And while we’re over at Cuddlebuggery, Steph listed the survey results from their blog readers. It’s really interesting.
@ Oh The Books! recommends awesome reads with strong female friendships. (Go Iko and Cinder!)
Allie @ Little Birdie Books asks if Bad Boys are yesterday’s news?
Jeann @ Happy Indulgence talks about reading styles and if you change them up?
@ Epic Reads collected the first tweets of authors. These are HILARIOUS. Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs are probably the funniest people ever.
@ YouTube there’s this hilarious video of a dude singing Let it Go in ALL THE VOICES. As you do.
@ Hypable Julie Murphy (author of Side Effects May Vary) said how she feels about being compared to John Green.
sunday – We spill our secrets! ALL THE THINGS you didn’t know about the Notebook Sisters.
monday – Why can’t countries agree on book covers? Huh? WHY.
tuesday – Cait reviews Morpheus the Moth Unhinged and basically fangirls the whole time. Useless review, naturally.
wednesday – Cait’s Bookish Bucket List involves discovering immortality and Hobbit shoes.
thursday – GIVEAWAY! Huzzah! You could win Night Vision by Ella West.
friday – Cait and Jack Sparrow sum up all the book blogging advice there is.
saturday – We review The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. Um. That was interesting.
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It must be chunky book week, those are some seriously thick books. I'm too lazy to stack my shelves this week, will do a double next week. I shall sit on my ass and eat profiteroles instead while watching the footy. Great haul laaaadies.
What. Profiteroles? But…but..WHERE'S MINE??
WHOOAA! So many books to read. I really want to see what you think of Cracked. I was tempted to request it but then I decided not too. I'd still read it if I see lots of good reviews though! And Half Bad! It's been sitting on my shelf for awhile now. I really really need to get to it! >< I hope you enjoy everything! Plus good luck with your book!
I half won half requested it…I guess?? It's confusing the way those Allen & Unwin competitions run, but who cares?! BOOKS. It's only just come up on Goodreads though. Zero reviews. o.O
I haven't heard of Dead Ends before but I like the name for some reason o.O Ooh Half Bad! That's one of the only books that I've read this month that I actually liked. All others were crap. Happy reading! <33
I'm 100 pages into Half Bad as we speak (or, er, type?). Ooooohmygosh. I'm loving it. Gah, though this month I've read some seriously dodgy books. It's very frustrating. -_-
I love the first tweets. My first tweet was an RT. LAME!!I voted Half Bad for your next read. That one didn't work for me at all but it's SO HYPED that I want to know what everyone else thinks of it!Oh, I got the new Jen E. Smith on Netgalley too but every time I try to open it, it freezes my ereader. :/
I think my first tweet was a giveaway entry… I'M SO BAD. I got a twitter just for extra entries, and then I started using it properly and stopped being such a spammer…but yes, guilty confessions. Gosh. I need to hide in my hole. What?! J.E.S is freezing your e-reader?! Nooooo! I'm pretty keen for this one. 🙂 I haven't read anything by her before!
Awesome haul! I can't wait to read Half Bad, I've heard such amazing things about it! I read Thirteen Reasons Why a few years ago and loved it! It's such a heartbreaking book. Enjoy your new books 🙂
I'm like 100 pages in and ooooh my gosh. I'm going to love this book. I HOPE it stays this good the whole way through because it's well on it's way to being a 5-stars for me. Waaaait…Thirteen Reasons Why is going to destroy me too?! Dang it. I feel like I'm going to spend my week bawling into these books. XD
What a great haul – I can spot many books that I really liked: Crown of Midnight, the Assassins's Blade, The Geography of You and Me! 🙂 I'm sure you'll love them. I just recently bought a copy of Half Bad and I hope it's as good as people let you on! Happy reading and have a great weekend!
I'm SO excited for Half Bad!! And Crown of Midnight!! Although…I've heard some bloggers say it sucked and others say it was better than the first. Gah! What am I supposed to think??
Amazing haul! You definitely should read Crown of Midnight ASAP, it's crazy feels all stuffed into a book; very epic, very romantic, very spectacular. Hope you'll love it as much as I did!
Oh awesome. My feels are going to suffer AND they're going to be happy about it. WOOT!
Yeah. Shadows on the Moon was a different kind of Cinderella, for sure. I hope you'll enjoy that one. I haven't read Sarah Maas' books. I've also been pushed, prodded and persuaded many a times to read those but for the life of me, I keep having to put them off. Happy reading!
I want to read more fairy tale retellings and my library happened to have that…buuut, the blurb doesn't sound very Cinderella-ish, does it?? Sarah Maas is awesome! But very intense (well, I found it intense) with all the epic fantasy and culture stuff happening. And Chaol. Very intense.
I still can't decide on whether I want to read Half Bad or not…the blurb doesn't excite me but I'm scared to read reviews for more info in case I get spoilers!!!
I can understand that! The blurb absolutely asked me out, soooo, I couldn't say no. It's SO hard to know what to read, eh? There are way too many books begging for the attention of my eyeballs.
I'm currently reading The Geography of You and Me and it's super cute! I love the Edinburgh setting as well, but that's probably because I live here :DThirteen Reasons Why is such a phenomenal read. Happy reading and have a great weekend!
Amazing haul Cait! 🙂 I have Half Bad and I can't wait to read it. I hope you enjoy your books this week! 🙂
Great week! I would love to read Sweetly. It's been on my list forever. Hope you enjoy all the new reads!MaryMy STS
The Geography of You and Me looks adorable! I hope you enjoy it, Cait. I am adding it to my TBR list.
Woah all those books look really huge. Have fun reading them! Ha. I am really jealous of you receiving Half Bad. JEALOUS I TELL YOU. Enjoy all your books! I just saw the first tweets post, and it was hilarious. I don't even want to know what my first tweet was, lol.
Great haul! I am interested to see what you think of Half Bad :)Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings
I haven't read any of these but happy reading!Tsuki’s STS
I really enjoyed Don't Even Think About It. I'm sooo excited for The Geography of Me and You. I need to read both Half Bad and the Sarah Maas series. Great haul this week! Good luck with the editing!
Crown of Midnight is amazing! And I got The Assassin's Blade recently too because it looks really good.I enjoyed Shadows on the Moon when I read it, although I don't remember it being overly based on Cinderella. It's good though.I hope you enjoy your books!
Shadows on the Moon looks wonderful! I've not heard of it so I look forward to hearing what you think. This one might just be going on my wish-list. I need to go to the bookstore and buy so many finished copies. Great haul!
Don't Even Think About It – omg. You'll hate it. Lol, at least I did and assume you would. It wasn't an enjoyable read for me at all. Your other books look quite promising though c: The Geography of You and Me has an interesting. I've read one other book by Jennifer and gave it a solid 3.5 stars so I hope that one is just as good or even better. I'M BACK FROM ITALY AND I'VE MISSED YOU AND YOUR BLOG SO MUCH <33
My friend gave me Thirteen Reasons Why for Christmas – BEST BOOK EVER! Seriously! It is so intense, thrilling and breath-taking.Also… Sarah J. Maas is everything. She is perfection.Ivana @ BookishTeens
I am not the person who recently reviewed Thirteen Reasons Why, but I have read it and it's interesting. I had some quibbles, but didn't regret reading it.Enjoy all of these!My StS.
I love how the title for Half Bad is written on the cover of that book!! Neat!! Nice Haul of booksAngieMy STS/Sunday Post
Great haul this week Cait! I too didn't stack my shelves last week cos I got a whopping 1 book lol. I don't care what anyone else says but READ SARAH J MAAS now! you will not regret it, so much love omg. I'm the opposite with Hachette on NG, they reject my requests (although strangely, I got approved for the Geography). I attribute that to my dodgy NG rating. Here's my stack this week.
Books, books, books! I am so excited for Half Bad, so I voted for it. I keep meaning to start it but other books keep getting in the way!
I'm not sure what you should read next – even I can't choose and ended up making a monthly meme! :p But Sweetly does look good… and bloggling? O_O I feel like a baby bear, XD Owling. O_O
You've got a lot of amazing books this week! I am looking forward to seeing all of the reviews because I've been tempted by a few of these before. I have Half Bad and really hope to get to it soon, but I am swamped under eARCs. I need to stop requesting them 😉 Thank you for that link to Cuddlebuggery, that post made me laugh so hard! Enjoy all your books!
13 Reasons Why is SO GOOD. You must read it. It'll hopefully make you cry.I'm also sorry that I want to make you cry.★ Under The Mountain is Un-Stacking Her Shelves ★
Oh, it's set in Edinburgh?! AWESOME. I didn't even know that! I'm totally up for a cute read, actually, gah, I'm in the middle of Half Bad now and it's intense.
Half Bad looks aaaaaawesome. It's calling my name right now as we speak but I keep whispering to it, "Later, hold on a minute. I'm working here."
I loved Sisters Red so much. Gah! Those were phenomenal sisters! But Sweetly actually looks creepier, if that's possible….
I know, right?! I had that on my wish-list for a while so I was freakishly excited when I got approved!
MWHAHAHA I FEEL HALF BAD AT GETTING HALF BAD. IT'S INCITING MY VILLAIN SIDE. Aren't those first tweets the best, though, right?! Bahaha! Ya authors have terribly awesome senses of humour, that's for sure.
I'm interesting to see what I think too, so that makes two of us. We can wait for the verdict together.
Neither have I, Tuski! WE ARE SIMILAR IN THIS MATTER.
Phewf, that's good to hear. I've actually only heard negative things about it so far and it's kind of freaking me out. Sarah Maas rocks. You need to go read it. Now. Go on. I'll wait…
OMG CROWN OF MIDNIGHT OMG. I'm SO wickedly excited. Also, yes, Shadows on the Moon doesn't look particularly Cinderella-ish, but I picked it off a fairy-tale-retellings list…soooo. We'll see, right?
You buy finished copies?? Mm. Fair enough I suppose! I'm always broke. (So sad so bad me.) But I'm very excited for a Japanese fairy tale, honestly. It looks fantastic. XD
I didn't mean to request it!! *cries quietly* I didn't think it was THAT book which I have no idea how my brian didn't connect the two. But the covers were opposite. So I'm pretty worried… :(( YAY YOU'RE BACK FROM ITALY I MISSED YOU YAY YOU'RE BACK WOOT YAY!
*happy dance* Huzzah! I can't wait to start it! And yessss, isn't Sarah J Maas amazing? Omg. I feel like reading all these books AT ONCE.
I searched the archives of some blogs that I usually stalk, but I can't remember. And I feel silly because I would have liked to link to their blog. And it's going to be SO obvious eventually, I'm sure. Gah. My brain. You're fried, brain.
I LOVE the UK edition, actually! The USA is silver (I believe) but this one we have a black front cover and a white back and it's soooo awesome.
I have got to read these. If they are creepy they are for me! =)
Stay Where You Are But Leave. Hmm…that's a very… interesting title to say the least. But I'm definitely going to give it a go because The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (seriously…what IS IT with these names?!) completely destroyed me. I'm not sure I'm going to like it quite as much because I'm not as into WWI fiction as I am to WWII / Holocaust stories, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see!But I have a feeling there's going to be a horrible ending… :(Anyway, I'm interested in seeing what you think of Crown of Midnight, as I've read Throne of Glass but it kind of fell in that 3-3.5 star range for me, and I haven't gotten around to reading Crown of Midnight yet. (To be honest, I'm actually a little suspicious. 4.51 average for 16.7k reviews? That's pretty impressive! I guess I'm just going to have to wait for your review because well…you know…)Anyway, happy reading Cait! <3
John Boyne totally inspired my writing so basically if he writes it, I'm going to attempt to read it at some point. His titles, though…give me fingers a work out that's for sure! War stories just…*sobs* Code Name Verity anyone? And COME ON. It's John Boyne. Everyone will die.Yeeeeah, I'm nervous about Crown of Midnight because you and I are usually pretty similar in our reading tastes. XD But I gave Throne of Glass 5-stars, soooo hopefully I'll still love it!! And yeah, that does seem suspicious. Peer pressure reviews?? Juuuuust kidding.
I was unfamiliar with the book Alexander Altmann A10567 but it sounds like one I'll need to get when it comes out. Thanks for mentioning it so I can add it to my TBR. Enjoy your books! My STS
Nothing like a book to make you go through a box of tissues, right? Suzy Zail is aaaamazing, so I'm pretty sure I'll love this one. :))
I AGREE. EVERYTHING MUST BE DROPPED IN THE FACE OF MAAS BOOKS. Really? Hachette has favourites?! Aw, that's not fair! I don't have a particularly bad rating on NetGalley right now, but I've only read/reviewed 20 books, so if I fall behind my ratio looks dodgy.
Ah, I know how you feel!! I have soo much to read but I spend so much time just deliberating on which book to start. XD
Har, har, yes you look like a baby bear too. 😉 I started using that word like a year ago now. It's like Halfling? Because I wish I was a Hobbit. But I'm not. Unfortunately. I like food and round doors.
I've been sooooo good this year with NOT requesting too many e-ARCs but I find I hardly ever get approved anymore. Has NetGalley tightened up?? I used to get yeses whenever I asked and now I'm absolutely floored if I get one! I've only reviewed/requested 20 books, though, so maybe I'm just too small still??
It'll hopefully make me cry…*snorts* Yes yes SHARE THE BOOKWORM PAIN THAT'S THE WAY. I'm sure I'll cry. *gathers tissues*
You have some great books here! Enjoy them all. Thanks for stopping by The Cover Contessa
Wow you had an amazing week! Enjoy your haul!OUT's STSLeydy from OUAT & RCE
So jealous of Half Bad. I want to read that one so bad.
Lovely stuff!! I can't wait for Georgraphy of You and Me. Don't Even Think About It was really good—I hope you enjoy it!
Great haul of books! I loved Thirteen Reasons Why and have recommended it to so many people! And Sarah J Maas! Loved Crown of Midnight, one of my favorite books last year. I think Stay Where You Are is one of the John Boyne books I haven't read, the last one I did was This House Is Haunted which I thought was fantastic.Enjoy your new books and happy reading 🙂
YAY for Half Bad! I have an ARC of that one, but I have not read it yet. However, I've seen some really positive reviews from trusted blogger friends so there's that! And I hope you enjoy Maas's books – I still have to read The Assassin's Blade. Getting on that!Thanks for visiting my blog!Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!
I'm not sure. I've been requesting less from them and getting a lot from Edelweiss because I have auto-approval for most publishers on there. Netgalley say they care about your Feedback Approval Rating and that you keep your profile up to date, but my rating isn't that amazing right now. I am left waiting a lot longer now to find out if I got an eARC or not.
CROWN OF MIDNIGHTASSASSIN'S BLADE.OH MY WORD I AM SO JEALOUS. (I seriously gasped really loud when I saw those books and said, "You are so not kidding." XD)And then I flailed and hyperventilated when you talked about them. So yeah. Read them please. Review them maybe. (Well, at least Assassin's Blade.)(Kay I'll shut up nao.)
I recently got Thirteen Reasons Why as well, though my reasoning was rather silly… My husband's name is Jay, my son's is Asher, sooooooo… Yep. That's why. Hehe. But it does sound really good! I hope we both love it! 🙂
I still have to read Crown of Midnight! I really loved Throne of Glass. Happy reading!
Geography Of You And me looks reay good. 🙂 You got a ton of great books this week! Happy reading, thanks for stopping by!
Can I take a moment to fangirl over Crown of Midnight with you! <3333333 I have so much immense love for this book. Obvs I voted that you read this next but I see that it is currently tied with Half Blood *side eyes Half Blood voters* =P Anyway, your blog is super cute and I hope you love all of your books! Happy reading!! Nicole @ The Quiet Concert
Fantastic haul! I have some of those glorious books too. I absolutely loved The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – will have to check out his other book mentioned! Thanks 🙂
Cool haul. Thanks for reminding me to read Bad Half. That one's been on my shelf for a few weeks now. Happy reading 🙂
The editing sounds fun. :l Keep feeding it! 😉 Ohhh, Half Bad <3. The Geography of You and Me, yay! I loved it, it' got a heavier feeling to it than The Statsitical & This is What Happy Looks Like, so I actually really enjoyed it a lot more than them. Thirteen Reasons Why is good, and emotional and I got a little angry but yeah. Thanks for stopping by mine earlier. 🙂
I read Thirteen Reasons Why quite some time ago, and while I don't remember specifics, I know I liked it a lot. Assassin's Blade was very good – this was my first time reading Sarah Maas. Half Bad was just OK for me, but I hope you have better luck with it.Stephanie @ Inspiring Insomnia
You haul is so epic i LOVE it! Also—— read CROWN OF MIDNIGHT ASAP AND THAN COME CRY WITH ME, OKAY? OKAY. Haha! looks like you got a ton of great books recebntly and georgraphy of me and you seems like the perfect fluff book i need to have in my life ha!Lily @ Lilysbookblog
Great haul! I have never heard of Sarah J. Mass but maybe I will look her up. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Yep, doing Stacking the Shelves makes you realize just how many books you're adding to your shelf. It scares me sometimes, too. 😀 I really want to read The Assassin's Blade! Throne of Glass was the last book I read, and I really liked it. Thirteen Reasons Why is an amazing book, and I'm glad you're giving it a try. Thank you for stopping by my STS!
Soooo many good books!!! You need to let me know if Half Bad is worth reading or not. I have seem almost all bad reviews about it everywhere but I like witch books, so… I'm a bit conflicted. I still haven't started Throne of Glass series yet, my TBR is just too big for me to properly prioritize it. Hopefully it would be soon though!
LOL It seems the same way for me! I either have tons of review books or none. I want to read Sweetly too!
Ooh, nice haul! I've been eyeing HALF BAD for awhile! And I've have both books in the THRONE OF GLASS Series (I don't remember the actual series name 😉 but with my review books piling up, it's just SO hard to get to them all! Anyways, enjoy them all and if you have time, stop by my STS: http://addictreaders.blogspot.com/2014/03/stackin…
What an awesome haul and wonderful update! Happy Reading!
Good luck with the editing! I'm still in the rough writing stage of my own WIP. Nice book haul! I'm definitely excited for The Geography of You and Me as I loved Jennifer E. Smith's other books.
Oh my, I feel overwhelmed just looking at your stack! How do you manage to get through them all? TELL ME YOUR SECRETS! 😛 Wonderful post Cait, looking forward to all the reviews 😀
What a great haul! I don't think I got any books this week but that just gives me the excuse to go out and buy more! 😛
Wow — so many amazing books there. I think I saw on GR that you loved Half Bad!!Thanks so much for stopping by! Jen @ YA Romantics
I will. MY LIFE IS BOOKS. Basically.
I did. I rock like that. Only, I swear, the books either all come or never come. Why is that?!
Wow, look at all those amazing books you got! I seriously have so much love for that Sarah J. Maas series…I'm really glad they put all of those prequel stories together in one book, except now I'll have to purchase it or my shelf will never feel complete. Oh, the problems of a book nerd. 🙂 Hope you enjoy all your new reads!
Man, I'm wondering if I should reread Thirteen Reasons Why. It didn't make me cry and, although I loved the premise, I didn't like the actual execution nearly as much as I had expected. Oh well. I did read it a while ago…I hope you love it though!
Whenever I see books with the name Cracked… I seriously think of butt cracks. Which is a problem because I will be meeting an author in two weeks who wrote a book called Cracked. I think I watch too much spongebob, my maturity level is really low. lolYou got lots of goodies this week! Enjoy! 🙂 Yay to the Jackson Pierce. I really need to read something of hers. I read a short story in Grim of hers that I liked.