Last week I took some time off from posting here so I could use the time to read and catch up on writing reviews. I would say it was a success! I am only one book behind my reading challenge on Goodreads and I wrote eight reviews. I hope I can keep this momentum up since it feels great to be a bit ahead of the game.
This last week I read In the Shadows, Say What You Will, Free to Fall and The Murder Complex. I’ve written all but one of these reviews and will be posting them soonish. The Lego art is coming together beautifully. The Kiss of Deception is more than half done and should go live this week! Heir of Fire will take a bit longer, I’ve started but still haven’t photographed the Lego figures.
Now for the new additions from this last week. Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews is a weekly meme where you show what books you’ve purchased, gotten from the library, received from giveaway, as gifts or for review.
For Review (via publisher):
Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini
For Review (via Edelweiss):
The Jewel by Amy Ewing
Gift (Thank you Krys from Bibliopunkk!!):
The Perilous Sea by Sherry Thomas
Purchased:
The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski
Which books did you add to your shelves?
The Winner’s Curse looks so good. I really want to read it, and everybody seems to be saying good things about it. The Jewel sounds interesting too, and it has a great cover. I hope you enjoy your books!
Ellen…Read it!! I love The Winner’s Curse one of my very favorite books. I’m intrigued by The Jewel…hoping it’s good.
YAY 😀 So much awesome. <3 Omg, so jealous of print ARC of The Perilous Sea. Sobs. AND THAT GORGEOUS edition of Trial By Fire 😀 I love it so much. <3 Ack. So jealous, lol 🙂 I hope you love everything Kristen. <3 Happy reading 🙂
Thank you Carina! I’m excited about them. The Perilous Sea…ahhhhh! So flippin excited.
YAY!! Trial by Fire is awesome! I love how stunning the ARC packaging is!!
The Winner’s Curse is so so so gorgeous! Happy reading with all the ARCs!
And I cannot wait to see the LEGO cover art!! HEIR OF FIIIREEEE!!!!
I love the packaging too! I was so excited to get it. I can’t wait for you to see the Lego art 🙂
I’m currently trying to get to where you are with books and reviews. I’m so behind! Thankfully, today is my first day of summer break, so it won’t be too long until I catch up. Trial by Fire looks amazing! So do all the others. I’m pretty sure I’m going to end up downloading The Jewel and The Perilous Sea before too long (I’m practicing my resistance). Enjoy your new books!
I’m sure I’ll be behind again in no time. I can’t seem to keep up even if I get ahead. I hope you make a lot of progress over your summer break. I’m trying to practice resistance too so ONLY downloaded The Jewel. It was so tempting but I’ve got to hold back. Must not download them all.
YESSSSSS to the Kiss of Deception logo! I will stalk you just to see it! 😀
Yay for Trial By Fire! ;DD
AHH, The Perilous Sea! I’m so jealous. 😛
Also, stroke that copy of The Winner’s Curse for me!
Yay! I can’t wait to share the Lego cover. I was so excited (as you well know) that TbF showed up 🙂
Trial By Fire looks pretty cool! Ironically?
I completely forgot to mention on my post that this week I’ve caught up with my Godreads goal and I’m now 3 books ahead! I’m aiming to read 100 books this year and I’m currently at 44, so it’s looking pretty good.
Under The Mountain
haha, right!? Congrats on getting caught up on your goal!! That is an accomplishment! I was 4 books behind for the longest time. now I’m 1 behind. I will get caught up or at least stick around here.
I haven’t read any of these but happy reading!
Tsuki’s STS
Thank you!!
I also got Trial By Fire! And I have an ARC of The Perilous Sea – so glad you got one! I’m excited to read The Jewel! I need to practice restraint on Edelweiss though 😮
Have a fabulous weekend!
Check out my STS post!
YAY! I love the cover of The Perilous Sea and have the arc for The Burning Sky so really wanted to have this one for my collection. ARCs and the hardcovers. I have a collecting problem. I am attempting to practice restraint with NG and EW.
I am excited to see the new Lego covers you are working on!
I am a bit jealous, I really want to read both Trial by Fire and The Jewel! I hope that you like them! 🙂
Thanks Stephanie. I hope the books live up to all the high hopes everyone has for them. The Jewel really draws me in with that pretty cover.
OMG The Perilous SEA!!! SO ENVIOUS! This is one of my most anticipated titles!! Just picked up The Jewel at BEA and LOVE The Winner’s Curse! Enjoy all of your books!!!
Happy Reading!
Nicole @ The Quiet Concert
TPS is one of mine too! I’ve been looking so much forward to it since reading TBS. So good! I hope it is amazing. I’ve not seen any reviews yet. Thank you Nicole! I hope BEA was a blast!!
Nice book haul! And great job with catching up on your reading challenge. These books look great and I’m looking forward to see the reviews 🙂
Thank you Natalie! I hope I can keep up being ahead and not fall so far behind again.
Trail by Fire package looks amazing, I got the book on Netgalley (I think)
I can’t wait to read your review on The Murder Complex, I really loved that book.
I can’t wait to see the Lego cover for Kiss of Deception however I didn’t like the book, I DNF. I was so bummed.
Great Haul this week. Looking forward to all your reviews. I’m so jealous you are ahead 🙂 I’m off to right the 5 I need to finish!!!
I’m so excited about TbF and the packaging is very nice. I can’t wait to see how the FC looks. I really enjoyed TMC but had a couple issues. You didn’t like TKoD? Oh no! I loved it. Do you think you’ll ever give it a go again?
I just bought The Winner’s Curse too! It is one of my favorite books so far this year!
I love The Winner’s Curse. Marie Rutkoski’s writing is so beautiful. Have you read The Shadow Society yet?
Awesome books! I got The Perilous Sea in eBook! And THE JEWEL, I am SO excited to read! It’s been one of my most anticipated books of 2014, and I can’t wait to start my copy soon! THE WINNER’S CURSE was SO AMAZING, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! 🙂
Here’s my STS:
http://addictreaders.blogspot.com/2014/05/stacking-shelves-58.html
I loved TWC SO MUCH. Such a beautiful book. I can’t wait to read book 2. Thanks so much for stopping by Alicia!
Trial by Fire sounds really good. I can’t wait for The Jewel! I loved the Selection and I heard that it’s perfect for fans of that series. Plus, the cover is absolutely gorgeous. The Winner’s Curse sounds really amazing too; I’ll definitely have to read that one sometime soon. I hope you enjoy your books!
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
The cover for The Jewel is oh so pretty. I had to DL it specifically because of the cover. You must read The Winner’s Curse soon!
The Jewel looks sooo good! Can’t wait to read your review!
My STS is at: http://wendimlee.blogspot.com/2014/05/stacking-shelves-saturday-3.html
Thanks Wendi!
Oh, am I the only one who wasn’t able to get a copy of The Jewel? I’m so jealous..
Enjoy reading your books 🙂 Happy weekend!
my STS
Oh no 🙁 You tried Edelweiss? I typically try again if I get declined. Persistence! I hope you are able to get a copy soon.
I love the packaging from Trial by fire, like I said on Twitter 😀 The Jewel looks interesting. Happy reading!
I’m very impressed with the packaging. What makes an arc even better? Nice packaging. Very excited to see how it looks as the finished copy. Pretty I’m sure.
Love the Trial By Fire package! I really want to read that one. I read the first book of her other series which I did sorta enjoy so curious to see what she has in store this time
Lovely haul! <33
You know, i’ve not read any of her work before. This will be the first. I hope it’s wonderful!
Lovely book haul, Kristen! Trial by Fire is a book I’m very curious about. So, I look forward to your review. I hope it delivers! Ahhh and you got The Winner’s Curse! Doesn’t it have such a gorgeous cover? I still need to dive into my copy. It’ll happen soon! 🙂
I hope TbF delivers too! I’m optimistic. I love, love, love The Winner’s Curse. I’ve been meaning to pick up the finished copy forever and finally got around to it. now I just need to meet the author and get it signed! You must read it very soon!
Trial By Fire looks gorgeous, I can’t wait to read your thoughts!
Katrina @ Chased By My Imagination
Thanks Katrina!!
Ah man, I really want Trial By Fire! Lucky, duck! All of those books have beautiful covers though. I’m becoming more and more interested in Jewel as time passes.
That’s how I felt about The Jewel too. The more I saw the cover the more I wanted to read it. I hope it is wonderful