Stacking the Shelves: It's Been Far Too Long

To support my fellow Canadian bloggers I have decided to participate in Stacking the Shelves created by Tygna over at Tygna's Reviews. As Tygna writes, "Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!" 

I am officially the worst STSer ever. The following are what I have accumulated since the beginning of 2013! 

From Trade/ Gift/ Won

"Born Wicked" by Jessica Sportswood (Thanks Ashley)

"Just One Day" by Gayle Forman 

"The Name of the Star" by Maureen Johnson

"Amplified" by Tara Kelly

"Revolution 19" by Gregg Rosenblum (Thanks Hayley)

"Once Every Never" by Lesley Livingston (Thanks Faze/ Breathless Reads) 

"Shadows in the Silence" by Courtney Allison Moulton (Thanks EpicReads) 

For Review 

"Into the After" by Demitria Lunetta (Thanks HarperCollins Canada) 

Bought

"Balthazar" by Claudia Gray

"The Indigo Spell" by Richelle Mead

"Scarlet" by Marissa Meyer 

"The Dark Elite" by Chloe Neill

"Shades of Earth" by Beth Revis 

"Unravel Me" by Tahereh Mafi

"Rise" by Andrea Cremer

Over the last month I have also had the opportunity to meet 5 amazing authors and get some of my books signed! 

You can find my recap of meeting Marissa Meyer HERE and my interview (with Ashley) HERE. 

Stacking the Shelves: The "I'm A Lame STSer" Edition

To support my fellow Canadian bloggers I have decided to participate in Stacking the Shelves created by Tygna over at Tygna's Reviews. As Tygna writes, "Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!" 

I may be the most lame STSer ever- this is my first since the book-blogger meet-up in November. Surprisingly not a single one of these books came from Christmas!

For Review: 

• "Days of Starlight and Blood" by Laini Taylor (Thanks to HBG) 
• "The Archived" by Victoria Schwab (Thanks to HBG) 
• "The Lives We Lost" by Megan Crewe (Thanks to HBG)
• "The Friday Society" by Adrienne Kress (Thanks to Raincoast)
• "Things I Can't Forget" by Miranda Kenneally (Thanks to Raincoast)
• "Pulse" by Patrick Carman (Thanks to HarperCollins Canada)

Bought (I discovered BookCloseOuts.com... Have you ever heard of this before? It's AMAZING!)

• "The Way We Fall" by Megan Crewe
• "Ghost Town" by Rachel Caine 
• "Lost Voices" by Sarah Porter
• "Warm Bodies" by Isaac Marion 
• "Opal" by Jennifer L. Armentrout
• "Anatomy of a Boyfriend" by Daria Snadowsky
• "Picture Perfect" by Catherine Clark
• "Thrill Ride" by Rachel Hawthorne
• "Caribbean Cruising" by Rachel Hawthorne
• "Love on the Lifts" by Rachel Hawthorne
• "Suite Dreams" by Rachel Hawthorne
• "Icing on the Lake" by Catherine Clark
• "So Inn Love" by Catherine Clark

Won

• "Legacy of the Clockwork Key" by Kristin Bailey (Thanks to Elena Johnson and S&S)
• "The Infects" by Sean Beaudoin (Thanks to Sean and Ashley) 
• "Inheritance" by Christopher Paolini SIGNED (Thanks to Random House Canada)

Stacking the Shelves: The "I Broke My Shoulder Carrying These Books" Edition

To support my fellow Canadian bloggers I have decided to participate in Stacking the Shelves created by Tygna over at Tygna's Reviews. As Tygna writes, "Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!" 

So 'member that last STS post I had where I said that it was my most epic? I lied. This STS is- this a combination of books I have gotten over the last 2 weeks and the books that I got at the 2nd annual Ontario Blog Squad Meet-Up.

Trade (Thanks to all of the wonderful ladies I traded this for!):
"Rebel Heart" by Moira Young
"Lords of Misrule" by Rachel Caine
"Feast of Fools" by Rachel Caine
"Valiant" by Holly black
"Glimmerglass" by Jenna Black
"Touch" by Jus Accardo
"Clarity" by Kim Harrison
"Let's Pretend This Never Happened" by The Bloggess
"Entice" by Jessica Shrivington
"Bloodrose" by Andrea Cremer
"The Power of Six" by Pittacus Lore
"Team Human" by Justine Larbalestier
"The Raven Boys" by Maggie Stiefvater
"Carpe Diem" by Autumn Cornwell
"Audrey, Wait" by Robin Benway
"Lovestruck Summer" by Melissa Walker

Ontario Blog Squad Meet-Up (Thanks to all of the AMAZING publisher who supplied these books):
"The Crimson Crown" by Cinda Williams Chima
"Who I Kissed" by Janet Gurtler
"Sirens" by Janet Fox
"Sever" by Lauren DeStefano
"Etiquite and Espionage" by Gail Carriger
"Confessions of an Angry Girl" by Louise Rozett
"Fuse" by Julianna Baggott
"Speechless" by Hannah Harrington
"The Heart Broke In" by James Meek
"Red Moon" by Benjamen Percy
"Child of Venegance" by David Kirk
"The Edge of Courage" by Elaine Levine
"The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen" by Susin Nielsen

For Review: 
"Scorch" by Gina Damico (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son)
"The Suburban Strange" by Nathan Kotecki (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son)
"The Blind Spot" by Laura Ellen (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son)
"Will Sparrow's Road" by Karen Cushman (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son)
"The Book of Styling" by Somer Flaherty (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son)
"The Hallowed Ones" by Laura Bickle (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son)
"Percy's Killer Playlist" by Joe Schreiber (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son)
"The Bronte Sisters" by Catherine Reef (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son)
"Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Mass (Thanks to Razorbill)
"Breaking Point" by Kristen Simmons (Thanks to Raincoast)

Borrowed (Thanks to Ashley): 
"Diety" by Jennifer L. Armentrout

What did you get in your mailbox?

Stacking the Shelves

To support my fellow Canadian bloggers I have decided to participate in Stacking the Shelves created by Tygna over at Tygna's Reviews. As Tygna writes, "Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!" 

So... This is probably the most epic STS I have ever had before- but only because this is the first STS post that I have had in a month (since before my hiatus).

For Review

• "The Evolution of Mara Dyer" by Michelle Hodkin (Thanks to Simon and Schuster Canada): I recently read this and absolutely LOVED IT- I can't wait to get a finished copy in a couple of weeks!
• "Adaptation" by Malinda Lo (Thanks to Hachette Canada): I recently read and reviewed this on the blog! 
• "Black City" by Elizabeth Richards (Thanks to Razorbill Canada): I've heard such great things about this book that I can't wait to start reading it! 
• "Stealing Parker" by Miranda Kenneally (Thanks to Raincoast): I also recently read this, the review will be up in the next little while! 
• "The Diviners" by Libba Bray (Thanks to Hachette Canada): I also recently read this, the review will be up on Tuesday, I believe! 
• "Scarlet" by Marissa Meyer (Thanks to Raincoast): This is one of my most highly anticipated books of 2013- I can't wait to reread "Cinder" and then start on this! 
• "The Broken Lands" by Kate Mildford (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son)
• "Sons of the 613" by Michael Rubens (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son) 
• "What Came from the Stars" by Gary D. Schmidt (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son)
• "Dead is a Killer Tune" by Marlene Perez (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son)
• "The Casual Vacancy" (Not pictured- Thanks to Hachette)

Bought

• "The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer" by Michelle Hodkin: I finally replaced my ARC with this finished copy- bought at Chapters for a mere $4.99! 
• "Avengers Season One" by Marvel: I bought this alongside my DVD of "The Avengers" 
• "Fury" by Elizabeth Miles: After borrowing my library's copy of this I knew that it was a keeper- and it comes at the perfect timing, author Elizabeth Miles will be coming to the Ontario Blog Squad's meet-up in a couple of weeks! 
• "Spellbound" by Kelley Armstrong: I finally got this after waiting for a year for the Canadian paperback to be released! 
• "Graveminder" by Marissa Marr: I have always been really curious about this therefore when I saw it at Chapters for $5.99 I couldn't pass it up! 
• "Red Glove" by Holly Black: Again, I couldn't pass this book up when I saw it for $5.99 at Chapters! 
• "The Eternal Ones" by Kirsten Miller: Ditto w/ "Red Glove"
• "The Nine Lives of Chloe King: Volume 1" by Liz Braswell: You can't really do much better than the first three books in the series for $4.99! 

Won

• "Rage Within" by Jeyn Roberts (Thanks to Jen over at Lost in the Library and S&S Canada!)

Stacking the Shelves

To support my fellow Canadian bloggers I have decided to participate in Stacking the Shelves created by Tygna over at Tygna's Reviews. As Tygna writes, "Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!" 

For Review

• "Pushing The Limits" by Katie McGarry (special thanks to Harlequin Teen!): I recently read this- be sure to check out my review that will go live in a few weeks. This is one book that YOU MUST check out y'all!. 
• "Venom" by Fiona Paul (special thanks to Razorbill!)

Bought

• "Sirensong" by Jenna Black

Traded (Special thanks to Ashley over at Book Labyrinth!)

• "Thief's Covenant" by Ari Marmell 
• "False Covenant" by Ari Marmell 
• "Cursed" ARC by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
• "Auracle" by Gina Rosati 

What did you get in your mailbox?

Stacking the Shelves

To support my fellow Canadian bloggers I have decided to participate in Stacking the Shelves created by Tygna over at Tygna's Reviews. As Tygna writes, "Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!" 

I haven't done a STS post in forever! These are all of the books that I have received in my mailbox over the last 3ish weeks, if not a month.

Bought

• "Tiger Lily" by Jodi Lynn Anderson (I bought both of the following books solely because of Brenna's, from Esther's Ever After, glowing reviews of them!)

• "For Darkness Shows the Stars" by Diana Peterfreund 

For Review 

• "Revived" by Cat Patrick (I reviewed this a few weeks back already)

• "Rift" by Andrea Cremer ARC (This has been, without a doubt, one of my most favourite books of this year. My review will be going up mid-August as part of the Razorbill blog tour)

• "The Dead I Know" by Scott Gardner ARC (I have also read this, my review will also be going up early August as part of the Razorbill blog tour)

• "Junk-Box Jewelery" by Sarah Drew (I do a lot of crafts, but jewelery making isn't one of them so I am really excited to try some of these!)

• "Waking Storm" by Sarah Porter (Unfortunately I haven't read "Lost Voices" yet, but hopefully I can find a copy so that I can read this!)

• "The Vindico" by Wesley King (I have heard a lot of good things about this book so I am really excited about it)

• "Soulbound" by Heather Brewer (Ditto)

Special thanks goes out to Hachette Book Group Canada, Razorbill Canada and Thomas Allen and Son!

Stacking the Shelves

To support my fellow Canadian bloggers I have decided to participate in Stacking the Shelves created by Tygna over at Tygna's Reviews. As Tygna writes, "Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!" 

Bought***
-"Radiant Shadows" by Melissa Marr (I couldn't pass this up with it only being $5.99!)
-"Forgiven" by Jana Oliver (I read this the other day and my review will be going up in August or September)
-"If I Stay" and "Where She Went" by Gayle Forman (After feeling like I was the last person on earth to read this book I decided to get a copy. Literally 5 minutes after finishing this I ran out and bought the second book in the series, "Where She Went", which I then also devoured in a few hours. My reviews of these will also be going up sometime in August or September) 

For Review 

-"The Lost Girl" by Sangu Mandanna 

***Last week I graduated with my B.A. and my family ended up throwing me a surprise party! They invited a ton of friends and family- including Ashley over at Book Labyrinth- and I received a few Chapters gift cards which I used to buy the books in this weeks STS. So special thanks to all of those people who support my book buying addiction! ;)

And just for funsies here is a pic of my sister and I at my convocation. Yes my diploma is HUGE. And I'll have another one next year after I finish my Masters in Library and Information Sciences(!!!) which I start in September (which I chose so that I can basically be surrounded in books for the rest of my life ;) ).

Stacking the Shelves

To support my fellow Canadian bloggers I have decided to participate in Stacking the Shelves created by Tygna over at Tygna's Reviews. As Tygna writes, "Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!" 

Bought

• "The Book of Spells" by Kate Brian (Ditto with "Bewitching Season")
• "The Trouble With Mr. Darcy" by Sharon Lathan ("Pride and Prejudice" is one of my most favourite things of all time- both the movie adaptation and the book. Whenever I stumble across a retelling of it in some way, shape or form- for instance, "Mr. Darcy's Daughters"- I HAVE to read it, therefore when I saw this at Chapters I couldn't pass it up) 
• "Bewitching Season" by Marissa Doyle (Lately I have been on a historical fantasy kick, therefore when I saw this I knew it was right up my alley)
• "Shadow Bound" by Rachel Vincent (Rachel has been one of my most favourite authors since I was 16 or 17, so I can't wait to see what she has in store for us with her latest installment in her "Unbound" series!)

• "Shadowspell" by Jenna Black (I have heard lots of good things about this series so when I saw that this book was only $4.99 I had to pick it up! Now I just have to figure out what book it is- I think its the second?)

Traded (Thanks to Ashley over at Book Labyrinth!) 

• "Darker Still" by Leanna Renee Hibeber
• "The Last Princess" by Galaxy Craze 
• "Purity" by Jackson Pearce

Stacking the Shelves: The Sale Edition

To support my fellow Canadian bloggers I have decided to participate in Stacking the Shelves created by Tygna over at Tygna's Reviews. As Tygna, the creator of this new feature (which was inspired by The Story Siren's IMM), writes, "Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!" 

On Friday I happened to randomly stop by my local Chapters- boy, am I ever glad that I did! Not only did they had a TON of YA books on clearance, but they were having a 'Buy 3 Books Get the 4th Free' sale- I managed to snag all 8 of these books (all of which were hardcover and have been on my wishlist for a LONG time) for $35!.

Bought: 

• "Cryer's Cross" by Lisa McMann (I feel like this only recently came out- and for it to be on clearance? :O! )

• "Possession" by Elana Johnson (I recently received an ARC of the second book in this series, which comes out later this week, from the publisher. Never having read the first book I preordered the first book in paperback, but when I saw the hardcover was only $5.99 I snatched it up and canceled the other. Hopefully I can get around to reading this today so that I can get my review of "Surrender" up in time for the release date). 

• "Choker" by Elizabeth Woods 

• "Swoon" by Nina Malkin (I must admit that I had never heard of this book before and that I only bought it because the cover looks not unlike the original cover of Jeri Smith-Ready's "Shade" series). 

• "Elixir" by Hilary Duff (Don't knock these celebrity turned author books! I read a few of Lauren Conrad's books and I was pleasantly surprised by how good they were. This book has been on my radar for a while now since I have heard REALLY good things about it). 

• "And Both Were Young" by Madeleine L'Engle (This was another book I didn't know of, but since it sounded like Stephanie Perkin's books I decided to pick it up).

• "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson (One of my close friends has been BEGGING me to read this for some time now) 

• "Darkness Becomes Her" by Kelly Keaton

What did you get in your mailbox?

Stacking the Shelves: The Thomas Allen and Son Edition

To support my fellow Canadian bloggers I have decided to participate in Stacking the Shelves created by Tygna over at Tygna's Reviews. As Tygna, the creator of this new feature (which was inspired by The Story Siren's IMM), writes, "Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!" 

For Review

• "Enchanted" by Alethea Kontis (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son!)- This sounds like such a cute story, I am hoping to get to it this week!

• "Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls" by Mary Downing Hahn (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son!)- I must admit that I don't know much about this book but I am entirely intrigued by it! Hopefully I can get to this one this week as well!  
  

• "Pilgrims Don't Wear Pink" by Stephanie Kate Strohm (Thanks to Thomas Allen and Son!)

Won

• Signed copy of "Legend" by Marie Lu (Thanks to Lisa Desrochers)

• Signed copy of "Last Rite" by Lisa Desrochers (Thanks to Lisa Desrochers)- I read and reviewed this a few weeks back, you can find my review HERE.

Stacking the Shelves: The Sequel Edition

As Tygna, the creator of this new feature (which was inspired by The Story Siren's IMM), writes, "Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!" 

Bought

• "Spell Bound"by Rachel Hawkins 

• "The Game of Thrones" Box Set by G.R.R. Martin (Believe it or not but Amazon.ca/.com and Chapters.ca has this box set on sale for $20 for the first 4 books! It's an amazing deal considering if you were to buy the books individually you would pay at least $10/piece!)

• "City of Lost Souls" by Cassie Clare (my review of this will be going up on the blog tomorrow)

• "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth (my review of this will be going up on the blog on Thursday or Friday)

• "Destined" by Aprilynne Pike (I actually reviewed this a few weeks back, I had to buy myself a physical copy of it to complete the series) 

• "Shine" by Jeri-Smith Ready (same with "Destined", I had to buy this to complete the series- hopefully I can read this in the next couple of weeks)

Won

• "The Calling" by Kelley Armstrong (Thanks to HarperCollins!)

What books did you add to your shelves this week?

PS. Don't forget to enter my Big Box O'Books Giveaway! 

Stacking the Shelves: The Amanda Hocking Edition

As Tygna, the creator of this new feature, writes, "Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!" It is inspired  by IMM by The Story Siren.

For Review

• "Torn" by Amanda Hocking (Silly me, I thought that this was the first book in the series- it's not, it's the second, so I will have to get myself a copy of the first before I read this) (Thanks to Raincoast Books!)

• "Wake" ARC by Amanda Hocking (Thanks to Raincoast Books!)

• "Late Rite" ARC by Lisa Desrochers (I reviewed this on the blog on Friday) (Thanks to Raincoast Books!)

• "Cold Fury" by T.M. Goeglen (Thanks to Razorbill!)

Won

• "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith (Thanks to Hachette Canada)

Stacking the Shelves: The Simon & Schuster Edition

This week instead of participating in IMM I thought that I would give Tynga over at Tygna's Reviews new feature Stacking the Shelves a go! As Tygna writes, "Stacking The Shelves is all about the books we are adding to our shelves each week, sharing with you our excitement for our newest titles and maybe have you discover a new book in the process!"

Bought

• "The Last Echo" by Kimberly Derting

Won

• "Unholy Night" by Seth-Grahame-Smith (Thanks to Hachette Canada)

For Review (I almost fell over when I got these ARCs this week- big thanks goes out to Simon & Schuster Canada!)

• "Between the Lines" ARC by Jodi Picoult

• "Surrender" ARC by Elana Johnson (I must admit that I have yet to read "Possess", even though its been on my wishlist FOREVER, so this will give me an excuse to buy it!)

• "Envy" ARC by Elizabeth Miles (same with "Possess"- must buy "Fury"!)

• "The Unnaturalists" by Tiffany Trent (I must also admit that I had never heard of this book prior to having received it, but it sounds AMAZING- right up my alley- I really want to start reading it ASAP, but I think that I better hold out until August when it is released)

What did you get this week to add to your shelves?