Bookshelf Roundup 11/28/20: 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, my thanks to Aladdin/Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing for The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Philips and illustrated by Isabelle Follath, an adorable looking dark whimsical middle grade fantasy. I’m really looking forward to reading this with my daughter, who is probably old enough now to be the perfect audience for this.
Thank you also to Titan Books for sending me a review copy of Spider-Man Miles Morales: Wings of Fury by Brittney Morris, the prequel novel that will lead directly into the Spider-Man: Miles Morales video game which I hope to play at some point, but probably won’t until I get a PS5…and that will be a while! On the bright side, it’ll give me more time to read this.
And also huge thanks to Subterranean Press for this ARC of What Abigail Did That Summer by Ben Aaronovitch, a Rivers of London novella about Peter Grant’s teenage cousin Abigail Kamara. I adore her character in the main series, and I’ve been excited to read this ever since it was announced. Needless to say, I was jumping for joy when a surprise copy showed up this week!
In the digital haul, with thanks to Random House Audio for a listening copy of Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline, narrated by Wil Wheaton. Ooh, this is going to be great, I can’t wait to listen.
Reviews
Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne (3.5 of 5 stars)
This Is Not A Ghost Story by Andrea Portes (3.5 of 5 stars)
Red Noise by John P. Murphy (3 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!
The BiblioSanctum 
Need a ps5? Apparently Lashaan can get them whenever he feels like! So I’m sure he’ll be glad to hook you up with one 😉
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LOL nah, I meant that I’m in no hurry. While I do plan on upgrading to the next gen consoles at some point, as with all new tech I usually wait a few months until early bugs are ironed out, and also for more new games to come out in the case of the new Xbox and PS5.
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Horizon Zero Dawn! Just saying 🤣
I wanted to preorder, but Sony‘s crappy move prevented that. Anyway, I’m currently not gaming and it can wait until I’m in the mood again.
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HZD is a great game!
And yeah, there’s plenty of time, I think I have a backlog of about half a dozen ps4 games to still get through, that’s several hundred gaming hours right there…
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Same for the tbr
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Extra shelf for Sanderson! Let’s see how long that one lasts 🤣
But I‘m still in rereading Words of Radiance, which is good, as it shortens waiting for the next 👍
Ready Player Two is on my TBR, but it will rest there for a while probably.
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Haha yep, Sanderson gets the “recently read” spot all to himself. It took me a whole week to read that big boy.
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I thought more of a physical shelf 😁
Only a week? You dirty fast reader 🤣
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Ready Player One is a book I keep telling myself to read, since it received very positive reviews – and there is also the movie on Netflix! Learning that there is already a book 2 should be motivation enough… 😉
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The first book was so good! I’ve been hearing some, er, mixed things about this second one though, so I guess I’ll go in with tempered expectations 😛
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I love the sound of the Peter Grant book! Like you, I’m a fan of Abigail, so I’ll look out for that one, Mogsy:) Happy reading!
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Yes, she’s one of my favorite side characters, I’m glad she’s getting more powerful in magic!
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OOh nice new reads! Totally new to me ones but I hope you enjoy them all!
My StS will be up tomorrow, so stop by then if you can!
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
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Thanks, happy reading!
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I’m buying a copy of Ready Player Two and might try to read it next month, can’t wait!
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I got a copy from Del Rey so I started it – it’s pretty fun so far!
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I suspect I’ll be reading Rhythm of War for a few weeks – it’s a personal purchase, not a review title, so I don’t feel guilty about taking my time. 🙂
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Yeah, I jumped into it right away – but that was always my plan whether it was a review copy or bought 🙂
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Good luck with RoW, that’s a tome! Happy reading. 🙂
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It took a week, but I did it! LOL!
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Honestly that’s impressive, I’d probably be reading that one for a month LOL.
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Hey, I got Rhythm! It is so weird, it arrived so fast, but the books I ordered with my cancelled Rhythm has still to arrive
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LOL! Maybe they quickly did a restock.
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I like that you’ve included a book for the younger readers. And I don’t know whether it’s the times we’re living through or just a desire for something different (different for me), but I’m currenly reading Howl’s Moving Castle, another for the younger crowd, but also one this particular older crowd is thoroughly enjoying. Reading these children’s or middle grade books really takes me back a bit, and I like that. I may start weaving more into my reading list going forward. I hope you both enjoy The Beast and The Bethany! 🙂
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Ah, Howl’s Moving Castle – I’ve actually never read it! It’s on the list of must-read books at some point though, given what a classic it is! Maybe it’s one I’ll save to read with my kids too.
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I can’t believe it took you a week to finish RoW! Although, it is like… how long is it?
I’m still eagerly awaiting Cyberpunk, though I did just get a bunch of used games on sale this week so I might not drop everything to play it when it comes out. Might not. MIGHT. Anyway, can’t wait to see how you like Ready Player 2! I’m sure you’ll hate RoW so 😂😂
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1200+ pages so the size of three average books, so I guess a week sounds right 😀 Well, about a week til Cyberpunk if everything goes smoothly, cross our fingers it’ll be good!
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Very much looking forward to Ready Player Two.
Lynn 😀
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I just started it. So far so good 😀
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Oh, look at The Beast and the Bethany! I’m really enjoying Ready Player Two. I hope you do, too!
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I’ve started it, and I’ll about halfway through now. It’s fun!
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I’ve been curious about the Aaronovitch series but haven’t tackled those yet.
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They’re great! As I recall it took a few books for the series to get off the ground, but it’s one of my favorite UF series now.
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Oh you had some intriguing books! Happy reading!
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Thank you, happy reading to you too!
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