Bookshelf Roundup: 01/01/22: 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 New Year! I hope everyone is having an awesome, sparkling day and may 2022 bless you all with health and happiness. With all the holidays going on, it’s been a light week for new books but there were a few that came in earlier in the month I’m still cataloging so here they are!
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!
First up, thank you to Tor Books for an ARC of Sweep of stars by Maurice Broaddus. I think I first learned about this book during Sci-Fi Month and I’ve always wanted to read something by this author, so this one’s definitely going on the reading list this spring. Courtesy of the awesome team at Orbit Books, I also received an ARC of Age of Ash by Daniel Abraham! With work on The Expanse books finished, I’m happy the author is starting up a new epic fantasy series called Kithamar. Really looking forward to starting this one.
My thanks also the kind folks at Grand Central Publishing for a couple of finished copies, including this new edition of Imago by Octavia E. Butler, a look at how a new kind of alien-human hybrid must come to terms with their identify after the near-extinction of humanity. Apparently it’s the third and final novel of a trilogy I haven’t started, so I’m going to have to hunt down the first two books before checking this out. And Winter Water by Susanne Jansson is a Swedish thriller about the disappearance of a little boy that shakes the residents of a small island village. I think this would be a tough read, given the subject matter, but it also sounds very chilling and suspenseful.
Only one audiobook in the digital haul this week. The Maid by Nita Prose was a book I discovered from another blogger, and the description of it being a “Clue-like, locked-room mystery” was what clinched the deal! I’ve also seen it described as part cozy mystery and part dark comedy, so yeah, get onto my TBR right now. With thanks to Random House Audio for the ALC.
Reviews
Angel Killer by Andres Mayne (4 of 5 stars)
Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer (4 of 5 stars)
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!
The BiblioSanctum 
I finished reading Age of Ash a couple of days ago and the series looks very, very promising – even though I’m aware that being a huge Abrahams fans might have colored my opinion…. 😉
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Happy New Year! I’m curious about Sweep of Stars, I’ve never read Broaddus before.
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I really enjoyed the Lilith’s Brood trilogy, though I read it as a single volume titled Xenogenesis. Definitely read the first two before trying the last book. If memory serves it really is more of a single cohesive story. It was my introduction to Butler. I entered goodreads giveaways for The Maid a couple times I saw it show up. I agree, it sounds like it could be a fun read. Can’t wait to see what you think of it. I may have to buy a copy if you enjoy it and I don’t win any of the giveaways. 🙂
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Happy New Year! Nice new reads! Those are all new to me ones but I hope you enjoy them all!
My StS will be up tomorrow, so stop by then if you can!
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
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I’ve got a few books I’m waiting for, that I know are coming from various publicists, but the holidays were pretty quiet . . . so I bought books this week instead. LOL
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Happy New Year!!
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Happy New Year!!!!!!
I just added The Maid too, I may have seen that same review lol.
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I managed to haul NO ARCs in December, and it is such a weird feeling lol. Picked up a few backlist series I’ve been wanting to tackle instead, going to be a good January!
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Happy New Year. I love the look of the Maid – locked room mystery with lots of clues sounds something I could pick up right now!
Lynn 😀
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I’m super interested in Age of Ash. I hope you enjoy all of your reading!
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Happy New Year! Hope you get around to reading more amazing books in 2022! 😀
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The review I saw for The Maid by Nita Prose made me curious as well! Happy reading!
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I am interested in the new Abrahams one
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