Bookshelf Roundup: 09/04/21: 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!
A big thank you to Titan Books for a review copy of The Final Child by Fran Dorricott, a thriller about a woman who survived a childhood abduction by a serial killer who only ever took pairs of siblings. Unfortunately, while she escaped, her brother was never found. I’ll be a part of the blog tour celebrating the release of this book next week, so stay tuned for the post!
Thanks also to the awesome folks at Subterranean Press for an ARC of The Best of Lucius Shepard: Volume Two edited by Bill Sheehan. This massive anthology follows the first volume in collecting more stories and novellas from the late Lucius Shepard, who left behind an unparalleled body of work in his long and impressive career.
Also thanks to the amazing team at Blink for this gorgeous copy of Heartless Heirs by MarcyKate Connolly, the sequel to last year’s Twin Daggers!
And a huge thank you to Orbit Books for the following exciting arrivals: The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie is the third and final book in the Age of Madness trilogy, and I’m glad I got to read the second book earlier this year so that I could be all caught up! I also received a finished copy of The Body Scout by Lincoln Michel, which I’m keen to check out because of its techno-thriller meets sci-fi noir premise. I was also super psyched to receive an ARC of The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart. It’s the sequel to The Bone Shard Emperor which was one of my favorite books last year, so I’m really looking forward to see what happens next.
In the audiobook haul, with thanks to Penguin Random House Audio for an ALC of Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow by Christina Henry! This one’s going to be at the top of my list of creepy reads for fall, I’m sure. From the publisher I also received a listening copy of Star Wars: The High Republic – Tempest Runner by Cavan Scott, an audio original performed by a full cast. The last time I tried one of these, it was incredible, so I’m hoping this is going to be similar. And then there’s My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa which was a new one for me, but the description quickly caught my attention and convinced me to give this debut psychological thriller a try!
Last but not least, thank you to Brilliance Audio for a listening copy of Mastermind by Andrew Mayne. I already devoured this one, of course. Gotta get my Theo Cray fix! Anyway, it was pretty fantastic, and my review should be up next week.
Reviews
Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton (5 of 5 stars)
The Exiled Fleet by J.S. Dewes (4 of 5 stars)
Billy Summers by Stephen King (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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I received Sullivan’s newsletter and in it he seemed to indicate that there would be one more Riyria Chronicles book. I hope he doesn’t wait too long to get that out
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I’m glad to hear that. I mean, I’m glad he’s writing other series to explore the world, but I’m kind of getting tired of all these other characters I don’t care about, tbh.
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For me it’s always been Royce & Hadrian or bust…
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Oh many new things for you! Happy reading!
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OOh nice!! I am super excited for Horseman! I love Christina’s books and this one sounds awesome! I hope you enjoy all the new reads!
My StS will be up tomorrow, so stop by then if you can!
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
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Yeah I don’t think I can wait to read Horseman, even though it’s probably best suited for closer to Halloween 😀
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Oooh the High Republic audiobooks are full cast situations? That’s so cool!
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I think this is the first one in the High Republic series, but there have been other full cast Star Wars audio dramas and they’re awesome!
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I just read the description of My Sweet Girl and wow, it sounds so good! I’m reading Mastermind right now and its crazy😁
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Mastermind was indeed crazy! And re: My Sweet Girl, I know right!
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I like Henry, so horseman yay
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That’s one I’m really looking forward to.
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I just received an ebook copy of The Body Scout today so I hope to start that one soon. Glad to hear you enjoyed Mastermind, I can’t wait to try that one. I recently finished and enjoyed Angel Killer.
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Yay, I’m looking forward to trying Angel Killer myslf.
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The Wisdom of Crowds is one of the books I’m most looking forward to for this fall 🙂
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I’m so glad I got caught up 🙂
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I just finished the First Law trilogy and am eager to go through the Standalones and catch-up to this new trilogy! Enjoy!
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Out of curiosity, do you think you’ll read his shattered sea ones first?
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Probably not now, I’m going to stick to main Abercrombie for now. I think I actually read the first Shattered Sea book before I knew who Abercrombie was and liked it, but not enough to throw everything else over for it.
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They are all very good, though my favorite of the standalones is red country 😀
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Some good ones in there that I still need to catch up on! Especially Wisdom of Crowds though unlike you I did not read #2 yet 😅 Looking forward to hearing what you think of the Body Scout!
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Haha, there are a ton of series I have started where I have yet to read book 2…but I am glad I caught up to this one 😀
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Well even you can’t read EVERYTHING, but I know that you wish you could. Or at least more… 😔
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I like the sound of The Final Child. I must add it to my wishlist.
Lynn 😀
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