Filling the Shelf – 65
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Happy Sunday all!
This week in books was almost exclusively YA, with one exception of middle grade fiction. Next week should be a little more grown up!
Also, I got a second copy of The Stand by Stephen King for the readalong (Standalong!) as my first one got into a wine accident at a dinner with friends. Oops! Good thing this book is not too expensive!
Funny thing about Dearly, Departed and Masque of the Red Death : until I saw them together, I thought these two were the same book, with one in paperback and one in hardcover. Reading reviews, I ended up imagining a story that was a mix of both. I felt a little silly when I realized my mistake and both were intriguing, so here we are!
Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel : 2145, a steampunk society, zombies, etc. Sounds fun.
Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin : Steampunk dystopia, with an inspiration of Poe, I think? You see how I got confused between the two, right?
Pegasus – The Lamp of Olympus by Kate O’Hearn : I nearly never read middle grade fiction, but a cover illustrated by Jason Chan will convince be to buy almost anything. So pretty! Also, I like the idea of Pegasus crashing in Manhattan. Two worlds colliding always make for an interesting story!
Ruby Red by Kirstin Gier : Two words : time travel!
In Honor by Jessi Kirby : After reading Moonglass, I knew I would have to read more from Jessi Kirby. Can’t wait to discover this new novel of hers, also a contemporary fiction.
Unbreak my Heart by Melissa Walker : Summer on a sailboat, with a touch of romance? I’m in! (also, cute cover!)
What did you add to your shelves recently? Have you read one of these two books?
Very nice haul. I loved Dearly Departed. It was very good. The sequel is on NG right now. I hope that you enjoy all your new books.
Grace
I hope they’re all wonderful!
I am in love with that Pegasus cover.
Great Books! 😀
Ruby Red looks really good, and so does unbreak my heart! i love that title
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So jealous of In Honor! It looks so pretty and like such a great read! 🙂 I hope you enjoy your great books!
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I loved Masque of Red Death! Happy Reading!
I added some dutch books in my collection, but 2 of them were translated from english.
“Before I go to sleep” by SJ Watson
“Wink murder” by Ali Knight
And 2 books from the dutch writer Simone van der Vlugt
They are all thrillers, because the month June in the Netherlands is called the month of the exciting book. I’m looking forward to read these books!
Thanks for your post, I’m going to check out “Dearly, departed” and “Mask of the red death”! 🙂
I read Ruby Red a few months ago. Everybody loved it… except me. I’m not totally convinced but I still want to read the next book. Silly me!
I’m sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy it – maybe I’ll like it better? Also, I’m glad to know I’m not the only one looking for the sequels even when I’m not a big fan of the first book! 😛
Uh oh, a wine accident? LOL,I’m more curious to how the book managed to unveil itself at a dinner party? 😉
I’m going a bit slower than what I anticipated. I haven’t even gotten past page 200.
Haha! Well, The Stand was in my handbag, a tiny one, so the book took most of the place in it. It was open on me while I looked for my phone, and just then my friend accidentally hit her glass of wine. Funnily enough, my first thought was not to worry about my skirt or blouse, but about the book.
And indeed it drank a chunk of the wine. To be honest, it’s still readable; but it smells, and I’m a little obsessed about keeping my books clean, and the book is 1439 pages long and I was only on page 34, so I didn’t want to stand it (haha, pun intended!) for 1400 pages more. I may be a tad insane 😛
And 200 pages doesn’t sound too bad to me! I’m short a few pages from there now, but I have been catching up in the past couple days!