Bookshelf Roundup: 05/15/21: 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!
Huge thanks to Tor Books this week, for sending me a finished copy of The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo, a retelling of The Great Gatsby from the perspective of Jordan Baker, the famous golfer friend of Daisy Buchanan who has been reimagined as a queer immigrant from Vietnam who can work magic and see ghosts. The idea is definitely ambitious and interesting, and I certainly hope it’ll be as good as it sounds.
And courtesy of Tor Teen, I also received Dark Shores, Dark Skies, and Gilded Serpent by Danielle L. Jensen from her Dark Shores trilogy. I was actually just pitched the last book but they sent all three, so that was a surprise! At least I’m caught up, so I’m excited to see how everything will tie together.
I was also happy to receive an ALC of Daughter of Sparta by Claire M. Andrews this week. It’s YA historical fantasy so I’m a little wary, but the mythological angle was just too tempting! With thanks to Hachette Audio.
And thank you to HarperAudio for this trio of listening copies: The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid, Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill, and Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica!
Reviews
The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne (4.5 of 5 stars)
Blade of Secrets by Tricia Levenseller (4.5 of 5 stars)
Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace (2.5 of 5 stars)
Roundup Highlights:
What I’ve Been Reading
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!
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Happy reading!
I had to get wolf too, so curious
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Same! That cover really got my attention too.
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Day zero, The shadow of the gods and the blacktongue thief all peaked my interest. I hope you enjoy reading.
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Thank you! The Blacktongue Thief and Shadow of the Gods were both great books, now I hope Day Zero will also be a winner because I hope to read it soon!
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I’m waiting with impatience for NetGalley to make Day Zero available… 🙂
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I hope it will pop up soon!
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OOh nice new reads! Haven’t tied that series of Jensen yet but have heard good things! Hope you enjoy all the new reads!
My StS wil be up tomorrow, so stop by then if you can!
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
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Thank you, hope you had a good week of reading!
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I also got a copy of The Chosen and the Beautiful, I’m looking forward to it. I may try to squeeze it in as a Wyrd and Wonder book, we’ll see😁
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Yeah I was hoping to squeeze it in too, but it doesn’t look like it’ll happen this month, lol! But I’m going to try to fit it in for next month!
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I am reading The Shadow of theGods right now!!
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I hope you’re enjoying it!
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I’m becoming increasingly curious about Day Zero. I really like that cover.
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I’ve enjoyed a couple of his books, so I have a great feeling about that one 😀
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Ooh, Daughter of Sparta – give it to me please. LOL
Lynn 😀
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I know – it sounds great! I hope it wont’ disappoint 😛
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Ooooh I’m curious about the Jensen series! I can’t wait to see your thought about it. Happy reading!
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The first couple of books were okay, though I liked book 1 more than book 2 – probably because they were both standalone and kind of tackling the same events from different perspectives though. I am curious to see how she’ll wrap up the series!
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