Bookshelf Roundup: 03/13/21: 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!
With thanks to 47North and the team at Wunderkind PR, I received a finished copy of Wings of Fury by Emily R. King, which I really hope I’ll get a chance to read this month! I’ve been seeing more reviews and they’re making this Greek mythology inspired fantasy sound so good!
And a huge thanks to Ballantine Books for sending me an ARC of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir! I practically started jumping up and down on right there on my doorstep when I opened the package because this is one of my most anticipated releases this year. I can’t wait to read it and I hope I’ll love it, especially since I hear it is more like The Martian than Artemis.
Also, looks like postal services in my area are picking up again, as the copy of The Second Bell by Gabriela Houston that I was expecting finally arrived! In case you missed Gabriela’s guest post about her novel and the monsters of Slavic lore, check it out here! My thanks to Angry Robot for the review copy.
Earlier in the week, I also received a surprise copy of The Stolen Kingdom by Jillian Boehme with thanks to the kind folks at Tor Teen. This hadn’t even been on my radar, but I just realized I had read a book by the author before, Stormrise. Hopefully I’ll have time to check this out, as it sounds really interesting.
I was also pretty psyched to receive an ARC of The Physicians of Vilnoc by Lois McMaster Bujold, courtesy of the amazing Subterranean Press team. This one’s part of the Penric and Desdemona sequence, which I still need to catch up with, even though these novellas can be read as standalones for the most part. I’m just glad there are more of them for me to read!
And finally, with thanks to Saga Press I received The Two-Faced Queen by Nick Martell, sequel to The Kingdom of Liars, which I enjoyed a lot. This is definitely a new author to watch and I’m excited to continue the series!
In the digital haul this week, I received a few new audiobooks, first with thanks to Hachette Audio for a listening copy of The Quiet Boy by Ben H. Winters. I’m always in checking out the author’s new works! From Simon & Schuster Audio I also received The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, which caught my attention when I read the totally spine-tingling synopsis, and you know me, I just can’t resist a good mystery-thriller.
Speaking of which, with thanks to HarperAudio I also picked up Her Dark Lies by J.T. Ellison (because who doesn’t a killer wedding?) as well as The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson which was pitched as a debut following a detective on the trail of a copycat serial killer. But even I need to catch a break from the thrillers sometimes, and Meet Me In Another Life by Catriona Silvey is a romance with sci-fi and time travel elements which has been compared to The Time Traveler’s Wife. The description sounded wonderful and reviews are encouraging, so I figured I would give it a try.
And from Tantor Audio, I saw that Swordheart by T. Kingfisher was getting an audio edition, so of course I just had to request it! I’ve been loving the author’s work, and this book that came out a few years ago seems well-adored by her fans, so I’m really looking forward to it. Also thanks to the publisher for a listening copy of Domesticating Dragons by Dan Koboldt, of which I had an eARC, but I have a feeling listening to the audiobook will be loads of fun. I mean, just look at that cover!
Reviews
Forget Me Not by Alexandra Oliva (4 of 5 stars)
Black Coral by Andrew Mayne (4 of 5 stars)
A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth (3 of 5 stars)
We Shall Sing a Song into the Deep by Andrew Kelly Stewart (2 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 
I’m currently reading the Martell book Two Hearts. Having a hard time remembering all the facts from the first book, dunno why. So far, at 15%, it feels good, and I like to see several characters from the first book. Bad ass Dark, the uber mercenary and Michael Kingman‘s tutor. Dawn, the paraplegic High Noble girl. And that biography author monk.
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That’s encouraging to hear! So glad to hear that some of your favorite characters return, though it seems I may need a refresher on who they all are as well, lol 😀
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Halfway through I‘m still confused sometimes. Oh my!
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Interesting books for sure 😀
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Happy reading!
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OOoh nice! Very nice! These are all new to me ones but it looks like you had a very nice full mailbox this week! Lol!
Happy Reading!
My StS will be up tomorrow, so stop by then if you can!
Have a GREAT day!
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Thank you! I stopped by – looks like you got a lot of goodies as well 🙂
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So jealous of that Project Hail Mary😁
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I was pretty excited when it showed up 🙂
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I‘ll have to buy it instead of arc, this time. The publisher doesn’t like me 😬
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I need to move forward with the Penric and Desdemona series as well, having stopped at the first novella – which I should be ashamed of, since I’m a Bujold fan through and through 🙂
The cover for the new one is quite beautiful!
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I should catch up too, I think I’ve read 4 or 5 but that’s still lagging and there’s no excuse 😛
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Same here! I need to figure out if that series, as great as it is at the start, will continue like a soap opera: always the same in new colors.
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Wings of Fury is new to me but I like the mention of Greek mythology. And I’m just as curious about The Second Bell for it’s Slavic mythology. The cover for The Two-Faced Queen has me curious about that one, though I need to try The Kingdom of Liars first.
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I agree, the Two Face Queen cover is gorgeous! So much better than the one for book 1, lol…And I’m rally hoping I’ll get a chance to try Wings of Fury. My spring reading schedule is looking very full though!
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I really want to check out Swordheart, I’ve read so many good reviews!
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That’ll probably be my next read/listen – I feel like my current mood calls for something like it!
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Wings of Fury sounds really cool. Also, super jealous of the Project Hail Mary arc!! 😀
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I’m really hoping I’ll get a chance to check out Wings of Fury, but my March is definitely all booked up, lol…maybe I’ll try to work it into early April *crosses fingers*
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Meet Me In Another Life is intriguing. I will go and check that one out
Lynn 😀
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I do love the sound of it…a little different from my usual fare, but that can be a good thing!
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I’ll be curious to see what you think of Wings of Fury if you get to it. And Swordheart–its a fave of mine. Hope you enjoy these!
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