Bookshelf Roundup 09/26/20: Stacking the Shelves & Recent Reads
Bookshelf Roundup is a feature I do every weekend which fills the role of several blog memes, like Stacking the Shelves where I talk about the new books I’ve added to my library or received for review, as well as It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? where I summarize what I’ve finished reading in the last week and what I’m planning to read soon. Mostly it also serves as a recap post, so sometimes I’ll throw in stuff like reading challenge progress reports, book lists, and other random bookish thoughts or announcements.
Received for Review
My thanks to the publishers and authors for the following review copies received, and be sure to click the links to their Goodreads pages for more details and full descriptions!
First, with thanks to the kind folks at Subterranean Press for an ARC of The Best of Walter Jon Williams, a huge anthology of short fiction drawn from the author’s career spanning four decades, including some stories that have never been collected before. This one’s due to release sometime next year, though I am having trouble finding more information about it at the moment, not even on the publisher’s website.
Up next, with thanks to Blink and the team at Kaye Publicity, I also received surprise copy of A Curse of Gold by Annie Sullivan, which was completely new to me. Only when I looked it up did I discover it is a sequel, the second volume in the A Touch of Gold series, making it less likely I’ll be able to read it anytime soon unless I can get my hands on the first book. The premise sounds interesting though, so I’ll be keeping this one on my TBR!
Also huge thanks to Tor Books for sending me a finished copy of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab earlier this week. I’ve already started reading this one and will probably be done by the time this drafted post goes live. I have to say, the story and the characters are very enjoyable so far, and the writing is just incredible.
In the digital haul this week, I made one e-galley request for A Stranger in Town by Kelley Armstrong and was approved with thanks to Minotaur Books. This is the sixth installment in the Rockton series featuring protagonist Casey Duncan, and I just love this series so much I couldn’t resist.
In the audiobook pile, I also received a listening copy of The Seventh Perfection by Daniel Polansky with thanks to Macmillan Audio. It’s been a while since I last read the author, so I’m pretty excited to check this one out. My thanks also to Penguin Audio for The Nesting by C.J. Cooke audiobook which I’ve been waiting not-so-patiently for, and I’m thinking this one will be a perfect October read. Next, with thanks to Hachette Audio I also snagged None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney, a YA thriller described as The Silence of the Lambs meets Sadie. Even though the book came out earlier this month, it was brought to my attention only recently. It sounds pretty damn awesome though, so I figured why not! And finally, thank you to Brilliance Audio for a listening copy of Keep Your Friends Close by Janelle Harris. I’m always on the lookout for good psychological thrillers, and the description of this caught my attention.
Reviews
The Residence by Andrew Pyper (4 of 5 stars)
To Sleep in A Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini (3.5 of 5 stars)
This Week’s Reads
Have you heard of or read any of the books featured this week? What caught your eye? Any new discoveries? I hope you found something interesting for a future read! Let me know what you plan on checking out. Until next time, see you next Roundup!
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I’m SO glad you’re enjoying The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, sounds AMAZING 😍✨
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It was SO good. Five stars, naturally! 😀
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My daughter is currently reading the Schwab arc and enjoys it really.
I‘m looking at that Williams collection and I‘m envious 😄
Tor continuously rejects my requests, and I’m sad. But there are enough great new books to fill my days! I‘ve been in a reading race the last two weeks, lying in a sun chair on a fabulous beach in Crete. Now it’s over and I‘m waiting for checkin at the airport. Sad 😔
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Hope she’s enjoy it! I loved it, I just wrote up my review and it should be going up tomorrow. Haven’t loved a book so much and so wholeheartedly in a while! 😀
And hope you enjoyed your vacation! Crete sounds amazing 😀
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She enjoyed it so far, and still has to read a couple of pages and write the review.
Vacation is finished and I’m already missing Crete. Beautiful sand beach, good Greek food, sunshine, amazing landscape, and what a history – not only the Minoans with the Knossos palace, but also Venetian history. Yes, I‘ll come back.
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The Nesting truly sounds like the perfect read for Halloween! I love scary stories set in harsh backgrounds… 🙂
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I decided I couldn’t wait til Halloween and started The Nesting. So far so good 🙂
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I haven’t heard of any of those books but I fancy Keep Your Friends Close because I love a good thriller, and None Shall Sleep because of the title!
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Yeah, I love a good thriller too, and these titles and covers are totally calling to me 🙂
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I might try out that Walter JW collection at some point. I’m pretty iffy on his long stuff (ie, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t and I don’t know why) but I’m usually up for collections of short stories.
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I’ve never actually read anything by him, but since shorts and collections don’t always work for me, if I’m going to try his stuff, I’ll probably pick up his novels first. Of the stuff that worked for you, what would you recommend?
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I enjoyed his “This is not a game”.
Everything else was either from the star wars eu or one of his own sub-par creations. I enjoyed his star wars stuff 😀
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Oh wow, I didn’t realize he was a “Star Wars author” – but I just checked my Goodreads list, nope hadn’t read any SW by him 😦 I’ll definitely look them up though!
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I don’t think he wrote any standalones in the star wars franchise though. He was one of the stable of authors used to write some of those really long series.
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Ooh nice ones! Been seeing a lot of hype for Addie La Rue! I hope you enjoy that one! I need to get caught up on Kelley’s series which I plan to do in the very near future! Just trying to squeeze in a few more horror TBR books before I start making myself read some review books!
Hope you enjoy all the lovely new reads!
My StS will be up tomorrow, so stop by then if you can!
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
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All the hype surrounding Addie LaRue is real! Loved it! And I hope you can catch up with the Kelley Armstrong series soon, that one’s going really strong too 😀
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I might start Addie LaRue next, I’m very glad to hear you like it so far😁
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Oh, you will love it! Can’t wait to hear your thoughts 😀
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Nice haul! I’m definitely curious about The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.
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It’s wonderful, one of my favorite books of the year for sure!
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I’ve not read anything yet by V.E. Schwab but not too long ago I watched a video where she spoke about The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and her enthusiasm for it was compelling. Ever since I’ve been curious to give it a try.
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I think I might have heard of that interview. I definitely think the book means a lot to her, I could sense that sense that she poured her heart into writing it. I loved it 🙂
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I can’t wait to get to some of these myself. Addie LaRue and The Nesting are particularly calling to me.
Lynn 😀
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I decided I couldn’t wait to start The Nesting, and so far it’s very intriguing. I’ve finally hit a good run of books! 😀
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So glad you’re enjoying Addie Larue so far! Really looking forward to it! 😀
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Awesome! I loved it – hope you’ll enjoy it too 😀
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I’m starting The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue today! Looking forward to comparing notes with everyone.
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Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on it! I loved it, and just wrote up my review which should be going up Tuesday. 5 stars 😀
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That’s awesome! I’m like 15% in and enjoying it so far. 😀
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Very excited for the new Schwab! Very much looking forward to your thoughts on that one. 🙂
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Sounds good 🙂
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