Bookshelf Roundup 12/26/20: 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!
Just two new arrivals this week! Now, imagine every time you fell asleep, you would wake up to a new alternate reality and you had no ability to control where you would end up. This is the premise of Doors of Sleep by Tim Pratt which I’ve been looking forward to reading, so it is with much gratitude to Angry Robot for sending me a review copy! Tim may be stopping by with a guest post in the new year too, so stay tuned.
Also thanks to 47North and the kind folks at Wunderkind for sending me an ARC of Knight’s Ransom by Jeff Wheeler, whose books I’ve enjoyed before. This one returns to the fantasy world of his Kingfountain novels with an epic new series, and I’m really excited to check it out.
In the digital pile, with thanks to Hachette Audio I grabbed a listening copy of How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black, a novella that takes us back to the world of The Folk of the Air series that follows Cardan during his childhood and also certain events from The Cruel Prince. I’m mostly interested in the story so audio will do just fine, but I would highly recommend the print if you want to see all the accompanying illustrations. I’ve seen the real book, and it’s gorgeous!
Also thanks to Entangled: Teen for sending me a widget for The Afterlife of the Party by Marlene Perez. This one looks like a lot of fun!
Reviews
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (4 of 5 stars)
Battle Ground by Jim Butcher (3.5 of 5 stars)
We Hear Voices by Evie Green (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!
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Very nice
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It’s not surprising that you are very much looking forward to The Doors of Sleep: that’s one hell of a premise!!!! 😀
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Looking forward to picking that up soon!
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I’m looking forward to Doors of Sleep too!
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It looks so good!
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I’ve yet to read Holly Black, but I love that title! Brian D. Anderson is still lingering on the TBR pile, but hopefully soon.
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I love that Holly Black series, I hope you get to try her work soon!
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I still have to read that Holly Black novella–I’m looking forward to it but keep putting it off for some reason LOL!
Hope you enjoy these!
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Yeah, I don’t know why I’m putting it off either, it looks like a quick read at least!
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That cover of Shiver keeps drawing me in. Really curious to hear about that one, and I think I’m close to being ready for another mystery/thriller.
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Hope it will blow you away like it did for me! 😀
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Nice! I just read How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories and loved it!! The Afterlife of the Party was also pretty cute. Hope you enjoy all your new reads!
My StS will be up tomorroe, so stop by then if you can!
Have a GREAT day!
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So glad you liked the King of Elfhame, now I’m even more excited to check it out!
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Happy reading 😀
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Thanks!
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I should be finishing Doors of Sleep today, it’s been fun 🙂
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Ooh, looking forward to your review!
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I hope you like Doors of Sleep! I just started on it but so far it’s pretty good!
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I’m so glad to hear that! Hope you’re enjoying it so far 😀
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It’s pretty good! Though the ending is… abrupt, if anything 😕
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Yay! Doors of Sleep! I can’t wait to hear what you think.
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Hoping to start it soon!
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So, was the Wife Upstairs good??
Lynn 😀
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