Bookshelf Roundup 03/19/23: 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 Union Square Co. for a review copy of Going Dark by Melissa de la Cruz, she’s an author I’ve enjoyed in the past and I love the sound of this YA mystery thriller!
Thank you also to Tor Books for an ARC of Ebony Gate by Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle, the first in a new fantasy series described as a “female John Wick story with dragon magic set in contemporary San Francisco’s Chinatown.” It’s become one of my most anticipated releases for this summer.
Also thanks to Orbit Books for the arrival of a couple finished copies, and what great timing! I’m hoping Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey will be my next read, followed by The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten (or vice versa, depending on my mood).
With thanks to the kind folks at Minotaur Books also came these surprise arrivals, but I’m very excited because Antimatter Blues by Edward Ashton was already on my reading list, as the sequel to Mickey7 which I really enjoyed. There’s also the mystery sci-fi thriller Blind Spots by Thomas Mullen, set in a world where an event seven years ago called The Blinding made everyone go blind in a matter of months. With the use of a technology that simulates vision, people were able to adjust to the new normal, until a killer finds a way to hack into the system to change what people see.
Just one audiobook in the digital review haul today, with thanks to Penguin Audio for the psychological sci-fi thriller The New One by Evie Green which follows a stressed out couple whose troubled teenage daughter ends up in a coma and is not expected to recover. Heartbroken, they agree to be a part of an experimental program which would give them their daughter back, but in the form of an artificial copy and perfect in every way.
Reviews
Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo (3.5 of 5 stars)
Conquer the Kingdom by Jennifer Estep (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 
Can’t wait to see how you liked Rubicon! I’m debating whether or not to pick up a copy of Infinity Gate, or whether to try to catch up on my spring ARCs which I’m somehow already behind on 😅 Choices, choices…
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Rubicon was awesome (review is up) and I just finished Infinity Gate (review not up yet) which I think will be very difficult to talk about. It was a great read, but quite complex and packed a lot of plot and action. I would recommend picking it up, but I totally sympathize if your plate is already full for spring.
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I enjoyed Infinity Gate. Couple in there I’m looking forward to seeing what you think of them 🙂
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Yeah I just finished it and it was pretty crazy! Gonna have to think about it some more before I write my review, lol!
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Blind Spot immediately made me think of the Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex tv series. The Laughing Man can hack people’s software so he can never be seen…
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Hmm, I know of Ghost in the Shell by the name only, so I’m not familiar at all. But it does sound like hacking is a component or Blind Spot or some similar process.
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OOh nice new reads! Those are some new to me ones! Except for Whitten’s of course! That one is waiting patiently somewhere in my TBR mess. It’s just chaos now these days! Lol!
Hope you enjoy all of your lovely new reads!
Here’s my StS
Have a GREAT day!
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Haha, TBR mess! I can sympathize 😀
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I just finished Infinity Gate and loved it. But I just learned it’s only a duology so I’m a little disappointed, lol.
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Yeah I just finished it and enjoyed it too, it was pretty wild! I didn’t know it was a duology, oh well at least there is more 🙂
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I’m very much looking forward to Antimatter Blues. Like you I really enjoyed Mickey7. And I’m curious about Blind Spots. I like the idea but I wonder if the author can convince me what happens would be in any way be plausible.
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I just finished Antimatter Blues and it was just as enjoyable as Mickey 7, maybe even a little bit better!
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Your new review copies look interesting, I definitely have Foxglove king on my TBR and Infinity Gate is also calling to me.
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I was able to finish both of those books recently but ugh I am so behind on reviewing, just like how I’ve been so behind on commenting back 😛
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I really loved The Foxglove King and I hope you’ll love iyt too!
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Yes I enjoyed it! I will be reviewing it soon!
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LUCKY! You get an ARC of “Ebony Gate”!!!
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I was so excited when it showed up!
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Happy reading!
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Thank you!
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