Bookshelf Roundup: 02/12/22: 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.
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, with thanks to the team at Del Rey for a review copy of The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart! I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while, and I think it’ll be my next read. Thank you also to the kind folks at Subterranean Press for an ARC of Scanned Clean: Rereading Michael Marshall Smith in the Digital Age by Dr. David Sweeney, a revisiting of the perceptions and representations of emerging technology in the nineties, in the context of today’s internet age.
Also thanks to Tor Nightfire for an ARC of Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel. The synopsis of this one sounds really unsettling, definitely the kind of horror I go for. From Tor I also received a review copy of Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson, a Stormlight Archive novella set between Oathbringer and Rhythm of War. While we wait for the next novel, I’ll take anything in this series! And thanks to Tor.com for an ARC of A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow, the follow up to A Spindle Splintered. I can’t wait to continue Zinnia Gray’s story in this second installment of the Fractured Fables series reimagining some classic fairy tales.
A big thanks to Harper Audio for the new audiobooks in my digital haul this week, which includes Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik, The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley, and Gallant by V.E. Schwab!
Reviews
Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (4 of 5 stars)
Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes (3.5 of 5 stars)
The Appeal by Janice Hallett (3.5 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 
The Paradox Hotel sounds like a very intriguing read, and since it seems to be very highly placed on your TBR, I will not have to wait too long to learn more… 😉
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I’ve finished it! Review should be up later this week, it was okay – definitely a fluff read 🙂
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I really like Lucy Foley and enjoyed The Paris Apartment. I hope you enjoy it too.
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I just started The Paris Apartment. Very intriguing so far! 😀
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Of these I’m most curious about The Paradox Hotel, The Paris Apartment, and Gallant. I look forward to reading your thoughts on them.
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I finished The Paradox Hotel, and am currently on The Paris Apartment. Hope to get both those reviews up soon!
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OOh nice! Some new to me ones here but some not! I really enjoyed Hunt the Stars, Gallant is one I’m super excited for and I really enjoyed Kelley’s latest Rockton novel! Hope you enjoy all the fantastic new reads!
My StS will be up tomorrow, so stop by then if you can!
Have a GREAT day!
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Hunt The Stars is one of my possible next reads – can’t decide, lol!
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I’m going to start Paradox Hotel soon too!
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Hope you’ll enjoy it! I didn’t like it as much as I thought I would, but it was entertaining 🙂
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Nice haul! I’d seen the Dawnshard cover around but, embarassingly, had no idea it was a Stormlight Archive book. A Mirror Mended reminds me I still need to read A Spindle Splintered.
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I hadn’t known that about Dawnshard either, but then I only learned of it recently myself 🙂
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Still need to catch up with Dawnshard and Rhythm of War, I’ve been spacing them out to minimize the wait between books. Enjoy!
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Smart move! I read everything by Sanderson anyway, and he’s good at churning books out, otherwise I’d probably space them out as well 😀
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I’m really looking forward to the PAris Apartment.
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I’m currently listening to the audiobook and I am hooked!
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I am listening to Hunt the stars now
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I hope you’re enjoying it! I think I will save it for when I need something light and fun 🙂
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I’m excited for the Lucy Foley book. And that cover for Just Like Mother – eek. Scary.
Lynn 😀
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Yeah, I hate dolls…that cover creeps me out too 😛
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Interesting! I really enjoyed this
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