Sunday, June 21, 2015

New Shelf Goodies & The Weekly Nutshell {130}

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)

This week I let my full geek-flag fly :D
Books for review: 
The Geeky Chef Cookbook by Cassandra Reader
Guys this is such a cool cookbook! Includes recipes from HP, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Hunger Games, and tons more! 
The Tide Watcher by Lisa Chaplin
About a woman risking her life as a spy to stop Napoleon! Interesting!
This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee
Looks so creepy and steampunky! Can't wait to read this!

Other stuffs: 
Pop Vinyl Doctor Who: Tenth Doctor
I've been waiting SO long for the Doctor series of these figurines to come out! Finally!
Sherlock "Bored" t-shirt 
Guys, I signed up for Nerd Block this month especially because they were doing a British theme--this shirt was definitely my fave thing in the box.  Box also included Doctor Who, Mr. Bean, and Monty Python stuff. It was pretty cool! :D


The Weekly Nutshell:  
{Monday} Sweetness on Sunday: Blueberry Almond Cream Scones
{Tuesday} Waiting on Wednesday: The Love That Split the World
{Saturday} Review: Siren's Fury by Mary Weber


Just a quick note or I'll sleep through Daddy's Day breakfast tomorrow and be in big trouble LOL.  This week I started Game of Love and Death---gorgeous gorgeous writing. Loving so far.  Also hoping to read Beastly Bones this week before meeting the author at ALA (eeeeee!).  And about that...ALA is a mere five days away gahhhhhh! I am so excited for the books, the authors, chatting with publishers, and hitting a few awesome places to eat in San Fran.  As close as I live to the city, I don't really go there that often.  The traffic getting in and out is such a headache that we usually stay away.  So staying there for the weekend will be a fun little treat. Plus my best friend flies in Friday morning!! YAY! :D

Hope everyone has a great week!