Stacking the Shelves #74

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which we feature all the book goodness that we received, borrowed or purchased during the previous week. All links are to Goodreads.

Hi there gorgeous people!  I didn't do a STS last week because I only got one book :( I didn't do much better this week, but I have big news to share with you. 

Reading with ABC is moving to WordPress! Yes, the wonderful Ashley from Nosegraze and Creative Whim now also has open her Book Host and decided to take the plunge.  She will be moving my blog next week for its new home and I'm really excited about it!  Hopefully this move will be seamless to most of you. Please be patient while I learn my way around WordPress.  

Are you in WordPress already?  Do you love it? Do you have any advice for a rookie?  Any wonderful plugins that I must have?

Here are some posts you might have missed in the past two weeks:

Audiobook review: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

Guest post and Giveaway: Searching for Beautiful by Nyrae Dawn

Review: The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski

Discussion: Love Triangles in YA

Review: Stracrossed by Josephine Angelini 

The Beauty Edition

Review: Panic by Lauren Oliver 

Discussion: New Trends in YA

Here is what's stacking my shelves this week:

Purchased (physical books)

Shadow of the Mark by Leigh Fallon - I really enjoyed Carrier of the Mark, the first book in the series. Besides, who can resist this beautiful cover?

Kindle

Lumiére by Jackeline Garlick - Not sure how I came to get this one, but it looks awesome :)

When Lighting Strikes by Brenda Novak - Romance *sigh*

Gilded by Christina L. Farley - I've seen some pretty good reviews about this book and I got it for Kindle with the audio as well (see below)

Audible

Landry Park by Bethany Hagen - This is another book that seems to be liked by many.

Gilded by Christina L. Farley - See above

For Review

Get Happy by Mary Amato - I loved Amato's Guitar Notes and I can't wait to see what she comes up with next!

What's stacking your shelves this week?

Stacking the Shelves #73

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which we feature all the book goodness that we received, borrowed or purchased during the previous week. All links are to Goodreads.

Hello there gorgeous people!  Another busy week comes to an end, with more snow in the horizon (it seems that's all we have in the horizon lately!) No many addition to my shelves this week as I'm trying to save for my trip to NYC for BEA.  

This past week:

Review: Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge 

Review and Giveaway: That One Summer by C.J. Duggan

Arianne's Top Ten Tips for Book Bloggers

WOW: In a Handful of Dust by Mindy McGinnis

B's Review: The Rhitmatist by Brandon Saranderson

One Window, Two Views: Diversity in YA

Purchased for Kindle

Fifty First Times: A New Adult Anthology - This book was featured by Christina from Allodoxophobia and I couldn't wait to get my hands on it!  It has stories from authors like Jennifer Armentrout, Julie Cross, Carrie Ryan, Sophie Jordan and more!

Bridge of Snow by Marie Rutkoski - Can I tell you how much I loved Rutkoski's Winner's Curse?  I guess I just did!  Well, this is a short novella of the world prior to the war.

Revival by Jena Leigh - I love the violet eyes!

Library

The Brokenhearted by Amelia Kahaney -  I love this cover and the premise for the book too. 

Bang by Lisa McMann - I didn't love McMann's Crash (see review here), but I'm curious enough to read the next book (the cover is stunning, right?)

Review

Burn Out by Kristi Helving - This one is for a blog tour and I have to say that I'm looking forward to reading it.  Thanks Egmont!

What's stacking your shelves this week?

Stacking the Shelves #72

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which we feature all the book goodness that we received, borrowed or purchased during the previous week. All links are to Goodreads.

Another busy week comes to an end *sigh*  This one was full of a lot of work, but also awesome fun!  On Wednesday, "B" and I went to the HarperTeen's Pitch Dark Tour and it was, well, Epic :)  Here are my new goodies this week (trying to control myself and save for BEA):

Purchased for Kindle 

Fall For Me by K.A. Last - I say this book last week in someone's STS and I couldn't resist this cover.

Purchased Physical Books

Signed pretties! Into the Still Blue, Ignite Me and In The Shadows

Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi - I LOVE this series!  Into the Still Blue was such a good ending for an amazing series (see my review here.)

Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi - I have to confess that I haven't read the Shatter Me series (I do have the first book), but I will start it soon.  

A brief note about the event:  I take my hat off these ladies (never mind that I'm not actually wearing one), they are such strong, wonderful women.  Their roads to becoming authors is different, but they have the same inner strength and resiliency in common.  I could have easily listen to them talk for at least a couple more hours :) I also got my ARC of In the Shadows signed by Kiersten White (and couldn't get Uninvited signed since I bought it in audiobook :(

High five to the YADC group and all the other authors that attended the event! 

For Review

My Life from Hell by Tellulah Darling - This is the last book of the Blooming Goddess trilogy and I can't wait to know the ending!  

Searching for Beautiful by Nyrae Dawn - This one is for a blog tour and it sounds really good (obviously!) 

What's stacking your shelves this week?

Stacking the Shelves #71

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which we feature all the book goodness that we received, borrowed or purchased during the previous week. All links are to Goodreads.

Hi there gorgeous people!  Another incredibly busy week comes to an end.  The Northeast has been with yet another storm and my internet has been a bit unstable.  At this point, the kids might be in school until July!

Only two books this week, but two really good ones:

For Review

Sweet Reckoning by Wendy Higgins - I LOVE this series and I can't wait to read the conclusion. I do love me some Kai! Thanks to HarperTeen 

Only Everything by Kieran Scott  - I received this one in the mail with several postcards too.  I can't wait to read this one! Thanks to Simon & Schuster.

What's stacking your shelves this week?

Stacking the Shelves #70

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which we feature all the book goodness that we received, borrowed or purchased during the previous week. All links are to Goodreads.

Purchased for Kindle

Poison Dance by Livia Blackburne - This is a novella for the upcoming series, The Midnight Thief.  I wan't to get a flavor for what the series holds. 

Avatar, The Last Air Bender: The Search Part Three by Jene Luan Yang- The library didn't have the last book of the series and I HAD to know the ending!

Library

The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima - I got the audio book for the first book in the Seven Realms series since Andye from Reading Teen  recommended it so highly when I saw her at ALA. 

Audible

Uninvited by Sophie Jordan - Another book with great reviews, I'm really excited to listen to this one.

For Review

On the Fence by Kasie West - I LOVE West's The Distance Between Us and I cannot wait to read this one.

Me Since You by Laura Wiess - I've heard great things about this book and the cover looks so sweet, right? 

Don't Even Think About It by Sarah Miynowski - The premise of this book points to a very funny book. What do you think it would be like to be able to read minds?

Thanks to Random, MTV Books, Harper Teen for these.

What's Stacking your Shelves this week?

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Stacking the Shelves #69

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which we feature all the book goodness that we received, borrowed or purchased during the previous week. All links are to Goodreads.

Hello gorgeous people!  Thanks for joining me for a really exciting STS!  Why am I so hyped, you might ask? Well, you don't have to beg, I'll tell you. I had an awesome time at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter exhibit and I got a lot of books that were really unexpected (read all about it here).  See my awesome haul:

Purchased for Kindle

Draw Me In by Megan Squires - I saw this one in Goodreads and it had great reviews.

En un rincón del alma by Antonia J. Corrales - I decided to start reading books in Spanish again and this is my first try. 

For Review

The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu - This books sounds really great! Thanks to Macmillan for this pretty :)

For Review Too... AKA ALA Haul

Legend: (A) = Adult  (MG) = Middle Grade  (*) = Signed

The Secret Side of Empty by Maria E. Andreu (Running Press)* - 3/11/14

Fire & Flood by Victoria Scott (Scholastic)  - 2/25/14

Take Back the Skies by Lucy Saxon (Bloomsbury) – 6/3/14

Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson (Simon & Schuster) – 5/6/14

I Become Shadow by Joe Shine (SOHO Teen) – 6/10/14

The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson (Belacorte) – 3/25/14

Ask Me by Kimberly Pauley (SOHO Teen) – 4/8/14

Liv, Forever by Amy Talkington (SOHO Teen) – 3/11/14

The Ring & the Crown by Melissa De La Cruz (Hyperion) – 4/14/14

The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos (Egmont) – 1/21/14

Half Bad by Sally Green (Viking) – 3/4/14

The Dumbest Idea Ever! By Jimmy Gownley (Scholastic) MG – 2/25/14

Don’t Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasley (HarperTeen) – 4/22/14

Split Second by Kasie West by (HarperTeen) – 2/11/14

Buzz Kill by Beth Fantaskey (Houghton Mifflin) – 5/6/14

One Past Midnight by Jessica Shirvington (Bloomsbury) – 7/22/14

Dangerous by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury) – 3/4/14

The Crooked Branch by Jeanine Cummins (New American Library) A – 3/5/13

Starbounders: Rebellion by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson (Harper Collins) MG - 5/13/14

Her Dark Curiosity by Megan Sheperd (Balzer and Bray, Harper Collins) – 1/28/14

Noggin by John Corey Whaley (Simon & Schuster) – 4/8/14

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han (Simon & Schuster) – 4/22/14

The Art of Falling by Kathryn Craft (Sourcebooks)*  - 1/28/14

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton (Candlewick Press) – 3/25/14

Alienated by Melissa Landers (Disney Hyperion) – 2/4/14

The Abominables by Eva Ibboston (Amulet) MG

The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith (Little, Brown and Company) – 4/15/14

This Side of Salvation by Jeri Smith-Ready (Simon Pulse) – 4/1/14

The Finisher by David Baldacci (Scholastic) – 3/4/14

Better off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg (Point, Scholastic) – 2/25/14

In the Shadows by Kiersten White and Jim Di Bartolo (Scholastic) – 4/29/14

V is for Villain by Peter Moore (Hyperion) – 6/20/14

Don’t Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Hyperion) – 4/15/14

Songs Only You Know by Sean Madigan Hoen (SOHO)* A

Firstborn by Lorie Ann Grover (Blink, Zondervan) – 1/28/14

The Qwikpick Papers: Journey to the Fountain of Poop by Tom 

Angleberger (Amulet)* MG – 5/20/14

The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppet by Tom Angleberer (Amulet)* MG - 8/6/13

The Thickety: A Path Begins by J.A. White (HarperTeen) MG – 6/6/14

16 Things I Thought Were True by Janet Gurtler (Sourcebooks) – 3/4/2014

The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman (Scribner, Simon & Schuster)A – 2/18/2014

The Summer of Letting Go by Gae Polisner (Algonquin) – 3/18/14

The Body in the Woods by April Henry (Henry Holt) – 6/17/14

The Prince of Venice Beach by Blake Nelson (Little, Brown)

White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Harlequin) – 2/25/14

Like No Other by Una LaMarche (Razorbill, Penguin) – 7/24/14

The Secret Hum of a Daisy by Tracy Hoczer (Putman, Penguin) MG – 5/1/14

Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens (HarperTeen) – 2/25/14

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge (Balzer and Bray, Harper)

Pirates and the Farm by Denette Fretz and Gene Barreta (ZonderKids) (picture book)

Let’s Get Lost by Adi Alsaid (Harlequin) – 7/29/14

Panic by Lauren Oliver (Harper) – 3/4/14

Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor (HarperTeen) 2/18/14

The Last Forever by Deb Caletti (Simon Pulse) – 4/1/14

A Matter of Souls by Denise Lewis Patrick (Lerner)* - 4/1/14

Sex & Violence by Carrie Mesrobian (Lerner)* - 10/13

The Cryptid Files, The Loch Ness Monster by Jean Flitcroft (Lerner) MG – 5/1/14

Attack of the Heroes by Rich Thomas (Disney) MG – 4/1/14

Game Over, Pete Watson by Joe Schreiber (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) – 3/11/14

Dare Me by Eric Devine (Running Press)* - 10/8/13

Toxic Heart by Theo Lawrence (Delacorte, Random) – 4/8/14

Avalon by Mindee Arnett (Balzer and Bray, Harper) – 1/21/14

Viva la Pizza! The Art of the Pizza Box by Scott Wiener (Melville)* - 10/21/13

Swag!

Watch out for a package in the mail Arianne ;)

What's stacking your shelves this week?

Stacking the Shelves #68

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which we feature all the book goodness that we received, borrowed or purchased during the previous week. All links are to Goodreads.

Another busy week, full of Shakespeare, college essays (for my senior, not me!) and work.  Also, I came down with a cold that refuses to leave me.  Here are the new additions to my shelves this week:

Purchased for Kindle

10 Años con Mafalda by Quino - Unless you are Spanish speaking and probably my age, you won't be familar with Mafalda, but I love her.  This book brought so many good memories and it still makes me laugh like crazy.  LOVE it!

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - I've heard great things about this one.

Library

A Monsters Call by Patrick Ness - This book has been in my TBR list for a long while and I decided that now was the right time to read it.

Vicious by V.E. Schwab - This book was highly recommended by Steph from Cuddlebuggery, so I decided to give it a try.  

Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search by Gene Luen Yang - We are big fans of the Avatar series and I put this one on hold at the library and it finally came.  'B' already read it and next in line is 'C' and then I get to read it :)  The family that reads together, stays together, right?

Review

All That Glows by Ryan Graudin - This cover is so pretty that I can't help but want to read the book.  I already started it, and so far, so good.

Second Star by Alissa B. Sheinmel - This book is based on 

My Last Kiss by Bethany Neal - A contemporary story based on Peter Pan, count me in!

Fire & Flood by Victoria Scott - I love Victoria Scott's The Collector series (hi Dante!) and I hope this one is just as good. 

The Lost Boys by Lillian Carmine - A romance with ghosts... intriguing.

Thanks to Ebury Press, Macmillan, Scholastic, and Netgalley for this lovelies and for the opportunity. 

What's stacking your shelves this week?

Stacking the Shelves #67

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews in which we feature all the book goodness that we received, borrowed or purchased during the previous week. All links are to Goodreads.

How are you this fine week?  We've been very busy, the kids had a ton of homework and projects this week and also "A" started submitting college applications.  Here are the additions to my shelves this week:

Purchased Books

Ashes to Ashes by Melissa Walker - I've been dying to read this one because I fell in love with the cover.  Have you read it?

All Our Yerterdays by Cristin Terrill - I've only heard good things about this one, I can't wait to read it.

Purchased (or Free) for Kindle 

Broom with a View by Gayla Twist and Ted Naifen - This book looked pretty and sounded good.

Sweet Thing by Renée Carlino - This one came highly recommended by Christina at Allodoxophobia and I trust her to to steer me wrong :)

Starters by Lissa Price - The cover is so creepy and I had been waiting to read it for a while.

Just Like a Musical by Milena Veen - I think I saw this one in a top ten of 2013.

Library 

Shadowlark by Meagan Spooner - I really enjoyed Skylark and this is it's sequel.

Mystic City by Theo Lawrence - Arianne, my partner in crime at this blog loved this one, so I want to give it a try.

For Review

These Gentle Wounds by Helene Dunbar - This book looks and sounds heartbreaking, but so good.

17 First Kisses by Rachael Allen - I cannot wait to read this one!!!

Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong - I loved Armstrong's YA series, I hope this one is as good.

Death Sworn by Leah Cypess - Who can resist that cover?  A mysterious book about magic (or lack thereof) and a mystery. 

Panic by Lauren Oliver - Now, don't shoot me, but I have to confess that I haven't read a book by Oliver.  I hope this is the first ;)

Big thanks to Flux, HarperTeen, Greenwillow and Edelweiss for these pretties!

Swag

Signed Magnet and Postcard for Over It

What is stacking your shelves this week?