Filling the Shelf – 103

Posted by on May 27, 2013 3:03 am in Book talk | 8 comments

Filling the Shelf is basically Mailbox Monday or the more recent Stacking the Shelves, but with a title that suits my blog! If you’re interested in joining the fun or seeing what other bloggers added to their shelves, I invite you to visit the two hosts!

 

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Happy Monday readers!

How was your week? Did you manage to do any great reading?

My reading has been so slow this week. I am too stressed and excited by our move to be reading! My minds is constantly elsewhere, picking colors and decorating our new place, wondering what I should be packing next, whether we’ll have great weather on moving day. I won’t be preoccupied much longer though; we are getting the keys to our new place this Friday! We will be painting and cleaning, and then the following Friday, it’s moving time!

Meanwhile I have been getting rid of some of the stress by rewatching Alias. I love me some Alias! Season one is especially good. I think Sydney Bristow is my ultimate kick-ass girl; I’ve realized recently that very often, I imagine kick-ass female leads somewhat like her (especially in UF or thrillers).

On to the books now, shall we?

Lovely selection again this week, although right now I am filling a box rather than a shelf! Persepolis and Fun Home are two graphic novels that had long been on my radar. I read parts of both at the library and knew I had to have them. Dark Tide was a must have thriller for me, too; I read Into the Darkest Corner last year and quite enjoyed it, so I was curious to know what else Haynes had in her as an author. As for The River of no Return, I just couldn’t resist a book about time travel, especially with an historical touch and such a gorgeous cover!

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Persepolis  by Marjane Satrapi and Fun Home : A Family Tradicomic by Alison Bechdel

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Dark Tide by Elizabeth Haynes / The River of no Return by Bee Ridgway

What did you add to your shelves recently?

8 Comments

  1. Oo, lovely selections this week. I do love graphic novels. Have you read Aya? That one is particularly good. I also read Jason for the first time, he’s a French artist I believe. Quite interesting work.

    • I don’t think I have read (or even heard) of Aya or Jason? I would love to check it out if you have links! I really enjoy graphic novels too, even though I’ve sometimes had a hard time putting my hands on the ones I want to read!

  2. The River of No Return looks intriguing….enjoy your reads!

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  3. Persepolis is so good. Now I want to read Fun Home too!

  4. Not only do your books sound good but they are color coordinated as well! Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on River of No Return. TV re-watches are good stress relievers- glad Alias is helping you 🙂 Hang in there!

  5. I recently added a few books to my kindle shelf that have been on my to-read list for a while, such as The Maze Runner, Delirium and The Host, which I started last night and is seriously confusing me already.

  6. Good luck! I get like that too.

  7. Persepolis is amazing! I read it a few years ago but can still read it again and again!

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