Sunday, September 28, 2014

New Shelf Goodies & The Weekly Nutshell {104}

For New Shelf Goodies, I'll be showing you what lovely books I acquired this week, whether from publishers, or the library, or from whatever half-crazed book-buying binge I happened to go on. :D (Inspired by Tynga's Stacking the Shelves) The Weekly Nutshell will be just that...my week here at Stories & Sweeties, in a nutshell. (inspired by Ginger @ GReads and her recaps at the end of the TGIF posts)

Got some stuff that I'm really excited about this week!! :D 
 Purchased: 
 I don't know how this one flew under my radar, because I loved When the Sea is Rising Red. Such a bizarre but absolutely stunning story.  I was so glad to find this sequel! :)

For Review: 
 Teenage Lois Lane solving her first mystery as a reporter?? YES.
Looks so good! A high fantasy about a pregnant young woman on a mission to rescue her kidnapped twin sisters and a prophecy linked to her unborn child. 

Many thanks to Switch Press & Quercus for the review copies!!


The Weekly Nutshell: 
{Wednesday} Waiting on Wednesday: Miss Mayhem
{Thursday} Review: Stray by Elissa Sussman

It was a slow week here at Stories & Sweeties, and in non-bookish life I'm SO ready for October...September just kind of knocked me on my butt.  Luckily we're getting a little bit of Fall here to lift my spirits...we had thunderstorms and a little rain yesterday, two of my favorite things :) Keep it coming, weather fairies. ;)
I finished Trial by Fire, SO GOOD and somehow exactly what I was in the mood for. Now I'm halfway through Illusions of Fate---I haven't read any of Kiersten White's books since the Paranormalcy series and I completely forgot how much I enjoy reading her fun, always humorous writing style. Reviews on both of those to come!

I wish everyone hours and hours of uninterrupted reading time this week (including myself! LOL)