Stacking the Shelves (5)
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme, hosted by Tynga at Tynga’s Reviews, where bloggers can share the books and bookish items that we’ve bought, borrowed, or received each week.
This StS is for the past two weeks.
From the Library
Purchased
I had one of those really cruddy days about a week and a half ago, and I realized that I needed some retail therapy. I’m not a big shopper, but when it comes to books, I can shop like the best of them. I also had some money to burn that I had won in the cruise ship’s casino on my trip. So I headed to Half Price Books and maybe bought too much… Anyway, I got:
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Wake by Lisa McMann
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, and Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty (I’ve read Sloppy Firsts but I’m about to go on a YA Contemporary reading binge because I’ve been craving these Jessica Darling books!)
I had one of those really cruddy days about a week and a half ago, and I realized that I needed some retail therapy. I’m not a big shopper, but when it comes to books, I can shop like the best of them. I also had some money to burn that I had won in the cruise ship’s casino on my trip. So I headed to Half Price Books and maybe bought too much… Anyway, I got:
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Wake by Lisa McMann
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, and Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty (I’ve read Sloppy Firsts but I’m about to go on a YA Contemporary reading binge because I’ve been craving these Jessica Darling books!)
I also bought that cool bookmark while we were in Florence, Italy, and they added my initials for free.
What did you guys get this week? Let me know, or leave a link to your StS post (or IMM or any other alternative) in the comments and I’ll stop by your blog!
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mariska
July 7, 2012 at 9:31 amYou got some great books this week.
I hope you enjoy reading all of them. And I can tell you that Pandemonium is a really great book, enjoy :D
Happy Saturday, Mariska
If you like to see my STS just click on it.
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 4:52 pmI'm loving Pandemonium so far! Thanks for stopping by! I'm off to check out your StS!
Kimberly @ On the Wings of Books
July 7, 2012 at 11:15 amThe last 2 weeks for me have been filled with complications and crummyness and I considered some retail therapy, but I refrained. Just barely.
I hope your enjoying Pandemonium and that you have good time reading all your contemporaries!
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 4:56 pmI probably should have held myself back, but luckily Half Price Books is pretty cheap and I got all of those books for like $60, whereas I would have gotten maybe 4 books at Barnes & Noble for the same price!
I'm loving Pandemonium so far, and I can't wait to read those contemporaries!!
Katja Weinert
July 7, 2012 at 11:43 amLovely bookmark. Fire's the only one of Cashore's books that I struggled to get into at first, my favourite's the next one Bitterblue. Loved Pandemonium.
My last two weeks have been weird too! :S. Happy reading!
Katja @ YA's the Word
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 4:57 pmI'm loving Pandemonium so far! I hope to read Fire and Bitterblue after I get through my YA Contemporary reading binge! Thanks for stopping by!
Eileen
July 7, 2012 at 2:18 pmPandemonium and Wake were extremely good books! I haven't read Fire yet, since I don't want to let go of Katsa and Po, and also, I'm not a historical fiction person so I didn't like Leviathan, but it looked really good! :)
Check out my Stacking the Shelves!
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 5:04 pmI think Leviathan is probably considered more Steampunk than Historical Fiction, but I guess it falls under Historical Fiction since Steampunk is normally set in the late-19th or early-20th century. But I guess if you don't like stuff set in that time period then you wouldn't like Steampunk! ;)
But I get you about not wanting to let go of Katsa and Po. I hope to read Fire and Bitterblue someday soon, though. And I'm loving Pandemonium so far!
Thanks for stopping by, and I'm off to check out your StS!
Grace Fonseca
July 7, 2012 at 2:20 pmVery nice. I still have to read Delirum….Nice pic of all those fabulous books.
Grace
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 6:38 pmI really enjoyed Delirium, but I think I'm liking Pandemonium even more! Thanks for stopping by – I'm off to check out your StS!
Jenese Leon
July 7, 2012 at 3:19 pmNice, I love the bookmark.
-Jenese
http://www.readersconfession.com
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 6:43 pmThanks! And thanks for stopping by! I'm off to check out your blog!
Lu
July 7, 2012 at 4:06 pmOooh enjoy Pandemonium as well as Forest of Hands and Teeth!
Old email follower (amugglesmagicalbookblog at yahoo).
The Muggle
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 6:50 pmNo need to put your email, Lu, I know who you are! ;)
I'm really loving Pandemonium right now and I know I'll be super excited for Requiem to come out! Thanks for stopping by and I'm off to check out your "In My Trunk"!
Ashley
July 7, 2012 at 7:12 pmOhh Wake and Fire! Good ones! I'm dying to read Wake. I read Fire years ago and I honestly don't remember it that much. Maybe I need ot read it again! :P
Enjoy!
My Stacking the Shelves
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 6:57 pmI've wanted to read Wake for a long time and for some reason never did. But then my best friend read the series recently and really loved it so when I saw that at the store I had to buy it!
Thanks so much for stopping by – I'm off to check out your StS!
Bittner
July 7, 2012 at 7:39 pmYAY!!!! – for A Long Way Down! Now that I have officially "read" a Nick Hornby novel I can't wait to read more!
And I hope you like Wake, I really liked it but it isn't one that I would be confident in recommending to certain people
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 7:08 pmI'm looking forward to A Long Way Down! I think this might be one of the few books that I've waited until a week before book club to read it… I'm cutting it kind of close but I know I'll finish it because I always do! ;)
Escapism Fanatic
July 7, 2012 at 8:00 pmMassive Haul. Pandemonium looks really great.
Happy reading.
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Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 7:09 pmI'm really loving Pandemonium so far! Thanks for stopping by – I'm off to check out your StS!
BLHmistress
July 7, 2012 at 9:28 pmGreat Haul! I still haven't read The Forest of Hands and Teeth, its one I have been wanting to for awhile. Hope your week this week is a better one ;)
Happy Reading!
My STS
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 7:14 pmThanks! This week has been much better than the week before! Thanks for stopping by – I'm off to check out your StS!
Traci @ The Reading Geek
July 8, 2012 at 1:35 amGreat books this week! I loved The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Wake, and Pandemonium. Hope you enjoy all of your books. Also love the bookmark!
Traci @ The Reading Geek
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 7:22 pmI'm loving Pandemonium so far! Thanks for stopping by – I'm off to check out your Weekly Recap!
Ashley R
July 8, 2012 at 9:36 amI had a bookmark like that, too! I'm sure I still have it somewhere, but haven't seen it since I moved to the States so I'll go with a past tense haha. Anyway, fantastic set of books this week! I've really got to get on with the Jessica Darling series, i've only read Sloppy Firsts. I loved it, just haven't continued for some reason.
Happy reading!
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 7:28 pmYeah, I've only read Sloppy Firsts, too, but I just really want to gobble up a whole bunch of YA Contemporary right now, so I'm glad I found the whole series for really cheap!
@HarleyBearBooks
July 8, 2012 at 6:04 pmI. Love. Jessica Darling!!! And Marcus Fluttie too! That is one of the funniest and best series ever. Looks like you got a lot of good books. And the bookmark is cool. Happy reading! My Stacking the Shelves Post
-Melissa @HarleyBearBooks
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 7:33 pmI can't wait to read the rest of the Jessica Darling series! I'm so psyched I got all of the books for super cheap! Thanks so much for stopping by – I'm off to check out your StS!
Brandileigh2003 (Blkosiners Book Blog)
July 8, 2012 at 7:17 pmI really enjoyed Wake and Fire, hope that you do too. And hope next week is better for you.
Happy Reading!
Brandi from Blkosiner’s Book Blog
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 7:36 pmThanks! This week was much better than the week before! And thanks for stopping by!
Mel - Thedailyprophecy.
July 8, 2012 at 7:54 pmNew follower ^^
Carrie Ryan – The forest of hands and teeth *scream* Such an AWESOME book, like the other two in this series. Ohhhh, if you love zombie, you are going to love this one! And if not, you're going to fall in love with them :p It's so good :D
Happy reading!
http://thedailyprophecy.blogspot.nl/2012/07/showcase-sunday-7-mixed.html
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 9:15 pmI haven't really read any zombie books – well, I read one but it really didn't have too many zombies in it. So I'm interested in reading The Forest of Hands and Teeth!
Thanks so much for stopping by and for following! I'm off to check out your Showcase Sunday! ;)
fakesteph
July 8, 2012 at 8:53 pmI have got to finish rereading the Jessica Darling books. Love so much!
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 8, 2012 at 9:23 pmI know, I can't wait to read the rest!
LHughes
July 13, 2012 at 10:39 pmI really really really loved Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld. My brother finished the whole trilogy but I haven't gotten to it yet. The illustrations are gorgeous and the world building is exceptional. Plus, it's steampunk (which I love) and alternate history (which I find fascinating).
Hope you enjoy it!
Lauren @ Hughes Reviews
Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase
July 14, 2012 at 10:07 pmI LOVE the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld, so I'm really looking forward to reading his other books! And I didn't even know there were illustrations in Leviathan! Now I'm really looking forward to it!!!