Bookshelf Roundup 12/05/20: 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.
Happy December, everyone! I’ve been pretty excited, as this is the time when publisher release schedules typically slow down, giving me the chance to do some catching up on books I meant to read earlier in the year. Now that I’ve gotten Rhythm of War out of the way, I can pretty much mood-read whatever I want! Activity in the mailbox/inbox has also been lighter, plus I haven’t been requesting more audiobooks or eARCs from NetGalley/Edeweiss, which helps a lot, but we do still have a few new arrivals.
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!
A couple of packages arrived after the Thanksgiving weekend. First, I was really happy to receive a finished copy of Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline, which was really cool of Ballantine Books to send along! I had already gotten an audio copy for review, but now I can switch back and forth between listening and reading. At the time of this writing, I had just started the book, so crossing my fingers that by the time this post goes live I should be finished.
My thanks also to the amazing folks at Tor.com for sending me a surprise ARC of A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel, who is also the author of the Themis Files trilogy which I thought was pretty awesome. This one’s described as a “darkly satirical first contact thriller,” and I’m quite looking forward to seeing what it will be all about. Hopefully, it’ll be as fun and interesting as it sounds.
Reviews
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderon (4.5 of 5 stars)
Roundup Highlights:
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 
Ready Player Two is on Mt. TBR.
And the Sanderson is actually planned as soon as I’m done rereading the previous books – I‘m just in the middle of book two, and that will take a while.
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Oh, I can imagine! I hope you’re enjoying it though!
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I hope you can answer the question, is the Finality Problem the final Warlock Holmes book? I’ve even looked through devilreads and no review seems to address this issue.
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I’m afraid I have no idea. I only found out about this book about a month before it was published. Titan doesn’t really put out much news, so I always find out last minute well
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I really must start the Warlock Holmes books, I bought the first one ages ago and I think I would really enjoy them.
Lynn 😀
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I think you would too. they are right up your alley!
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I moderately enjoyed Ready Player One solely for the 80s nostalgia, but I don’t think that novelty factor is enough to carry me into a sequel.
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Probably a good bet. they are almost the exact same book
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Interested to see your thoughts on Ready Player Two. I have not read the first one, it looks like fun for the nostalgia.
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They really are fun books! I am just glad I didn’t go in expecting it to be as good as the first one though 🙂
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OOh nice new reads! Those are new to me ones. I hope you enjoy them both!
My StS will be up tomorrow, so stop by then if you can!
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
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Thank you! Happy reading!
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I also got a surprise copy of A History of What Comes Next, and I was pretty excited! Its the first unsolicited Tor.com I’ve received in quite a while 😁
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Same here! I was beginning to think they weren’t doing physical ARCs anymore!
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Being able to mood read is fantastic, though I occassionally struggle to find something to match the mood. 🙂 I’m keeping my fingers crossed about Ready Player Two…
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Yeah, this month I’m trying not to be as tied up with deadlines and such. I just want to go with the flow 🙂
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I’m curious about Neuve;’s new book. I only read the first book of his previous series, I need to catch up…
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It’s worth finishing, I think! The trilogy got better with each book 🙂
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I’m very curious of your thoughts on RP2 – will be looking forward to that review!
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As you probably saw, I didn’t like it as much as I thought I would. But it was still fun! 🙂
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Explain this thing where you don’t request new books. It sounds made up.
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Haha, I desperately need a support group 😛
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Yay new books
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Yay!
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