Stacking the Shelves #19

Posted 15 February, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Memes, Stacking the Shelves / 47 Comments

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Stacking The Shelves #19

Stacking The Shelves, hosted by Tynga’s Reviews is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

Participating in Stacking The Shelves has helped me to keep better track of books I’m adding to my huge TBR pile every week, and I think I have gotten a little better at not adding too many books every single week. Participating in this blog-hop has also introduced me to more new blogs, and some weeks, I add more books to my ‘might-read-one-day’ shelf than I should, but before I actually have the books on my kindle, nothing has been decided yet.

Netgalley ARCs:

Waiting on You cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsWaiting on You (Blue Heron #3) – Kristan Higgins

Summary: Does being nobody’s fool mean that you’re nobody’s love?
Colleen O’Rourke is in love with love… just not when it comes to herself. Most nights, she can be found behind the bar at the Manningsport, New York, tavern she owns with her twin brother, doling out romantic advice to the lovelorn, mixing martinis and staying more or less happily single. See, ten years ago, Lucas Campbell, her first love, broke her heart… an experience Colleen doesn’t want to have again, thanks. Since then, she’s been happy with a fling here and there, some elite-level flirting and playing matchmaker to her friends.
But a family emergency has brought Lucas back to town, handsome as ever and still the only man who’s ever been able to crack her defenses. Seems like maybe they’ve got some unfinished business waiting for them—but to find out, Colleen has to let her guard down, or risk losing a second chance with the only man she’s ever loved.

Because of Her cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsBecause of Her – K.E. Payne

Summary: For seventeen-year-old Tabitha “Tabby” Morton, life sucks. Big time. Forced to move to London thanks to her father’s new job, she has to leave her friends, school, and, most importantly, her girlfriend Amy, far behind. To make matters worse, Tabby’s parents enroll her in the exclusive Queen Victoria Independent School for Girls, hoping that it will finally make a lady of her.
But Tabby has other ideas.
Loathing her new school, Tabby fights against everything and everyone, causing relations with her parents to hit rock bottom. But when the beautiful and beguiling Eden Palmer walks into her classroom one day and catches her eye, Tabby begins to wonder if life there might not be so bad after all.
When Amy drops a bombshell about their relationship following a disastrous visit, Tabby starts to see the need for new direction in her life. Fighting her own personal battles, Eden brings the possibility of change for them both. Gradually, Tabby starts to turn her life around—and it’s all because of her.

Deeper We Fall cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsDeeper We Fall (Fall and Rise #1) – Chelsea M. Cameron

Summary: Two years after her best friend was involved in a car accident that caused a traumatic brain injury, Lottie Anders is ready to start her freshman year of college. Ready to move on. Ready to start forgetting the night that ripped her life apart.
Her plans come to a screeching halt when not one, but both brothers responsible for the accident end up back in her life again.
Zack is cruel, selfish and constantly rubbing what happened to her friend in Lottie’s face.
Zan is different. He listens to her awkward ramblings. He loves To Kill a Mockingbird as much as she does, and his dark eyes are irresistible. His words are few and far between, but when he does speak, she can’t help but listen.
The trouble is, Zan was the driver in the accident, and now Lottie’s discovered he lied to her about what happened that night. Now she must decide if trusting him again will lead to real forgiveness, or deeper heartache.

Edelweiss ARCs:

 

Kindle Freebies:

First Ink cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsFirst Ink (Wicked Ink Chronicles #1) – Laura Wright

Summary: Rush
Women in his bed, celebs and rockers in his chair and a killer bank account at his disposal, life is pretty freaking swell. Then she walks back into it again. With her mismatched eyes, perfect pink mouth and a laugh that still haunts him, she gave him nothing but marvelous misery. Now she wants his hands on her again. Not for pleasure, but for pain. For Ink. A bleeding heart to match the one she left him with five years ago.
Addison
She can’t forget him. No matter how hard she’s tried. The pain she caused him in the past eats at her daily, and she can’t move on with her life. But she has a plan, a hope for redemption – a way for him to take his revenge out on her flesh. But it’ll only work if he lets her inside his exclusive world, under his famous artist’s needle and into his bed—and heart-once again.

The Trouble with Goodbye cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsThe Trouble with Goodbye (Fairhope #1) – Sarra Cannon

Summary: One night can change everything…
Two years ago, Leigh Anne Davis shocked everyone in tiny Fairhope, Georgia when she broke up with her wealthy boyfriend to attend an Ivy League university a thousand miles away. At school, she finds a happiness and independence she’s never known.
Until one terrifying night takes it all away from her.
With no place else to go, Leigh Anne heads home to reclaim her old life. A life she worked so hard to escape. On the outside, she seems like the same girl everyone has always known. But deep inside, she’s hiding a terrible secret.
That’s when she meets Knox Warner, a troubled newcomer to Fairhope. His eyes have the same haunted look she sees every day in the mirror, and when she’s near him, the rest of the world fades away. But being with Knox would mean disappointing everyone all over again. If she wants to save what’s left of her old life, she has no choice but to say goodbye to him forever.
Only, the trouble with goodbye is that sometimes it’s about courage and sometimes it’s about fear. And sometimes you’re too broken to know the difference until it’s too late.

Legal Ease cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsLegal Ease (Sutton Captial #1) – Lori Ryan

Summary: Jack Sutton needs a wife and he needs one now. Jack loved his mother, but she really didn’t do him any favors when she set up her will. If Jack doesn’t have a wife by the end of the week, he’ll lose control of the largest chunk of voting stock in his company and will most likely lose his position as CEO as a result.
And Jack’s Aunt Mabry is waiting in the wings to make sure that the terms of the will are enforced. If he doesn’t find a wife, she’ll seize control of the stock so she can install her own son at the helm and she couldn’t care less that her son doesn’t want the job or that he probably won’t be any good at it.
Enter Kelly Bradley, a twenty eight year old college graduate with a spot at Yale Law School but no way to pay for it. Kelly and Jack’s eavesdropping secretary have discovered Jack’s secret need for a wife and Kelly comes up with a plan to fix both of their problems.
Just when Jack needs her, Kelly breezes into his office, introduces herself to his Aunt and cousin, and hands Jack an offer. She will marry him for a year if he’ll pay for her to go to law school. Jack has no idea where his beautiful savior came from or who she is but he’s willing to take a chance to save it all.
​The deal may have kept Jack in control at Sutton Development but his private life quickly spirals out of control. Just when Jack realizes that he wants more than a year with Kelly, his wealth puts her in great danger and he is left scrambling to save her life and their future together.

Ache cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsAche (Punk #1) – P.J. Post

Summary: His only refuge is his music. His only solace is his rage.
Connor Clay abandoned any hope of escaping his troubled life long ago and has immersed himself in the hardcore punk scene, living every day as if it were his last. But in the scorching summer of 1982, he meets Shauna, an upper middle-class girl that seems to be everything he wants and needs, unfortunately she also represents everything that he hates.
And even as Connor struggles with their budding relationship, his friendship with Tonya, the enigmatic singer for his band, is deepening – and exposing secrets. Can Connor find forgiveness and acceptance with Shauna or will Tonya’s dark past fuel his own disillusionment and destroy his second chance at atonement?
The 1980’s became a decade of excess and self-indulgence, when anything was possible and self-destruction was considered a virtue.
Welcome back to the 80’s, the party is just getting started.

Kindle Purchases:

The Archived cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsThe Archived (The Archived #1) – Victoria Schwab  was only $0.99 for kindle this week!

Summary: Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.
Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.
Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was, a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often—violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.
Being a Keeper isn’t just dangerous—it’s a constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da’s death was hard enough, but now her little brother is gone too. Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall.
In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hard-won redemption.

ARC from author:

Reprisal cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsReprisal (The Time Weaver Chronicles #3) – Thomas A. Knight

Summary: After closing the rift between Earth and Galadir, Seth Alkirk disappears, leaving the world of Galadir in a troubled state. The remnants of the Findoor army, led by Malia, flee into the west after the dark wizard Grian usurps the throne of her kingdom.
Grian is the most dangerous threat the people of Galadir have ever faced. To the west, he invades a neighboring kingdom with a massive army of undead. Narshuks to the south are dying of a disease unleashed by Grian. Wizards to the east struggle against his wraiths to hold on to their stronghold and the libraries within.
When Seth reappears, everyone turns to him for salvation. With the weight of an entire world yet again on his shoulders, Seth hatches a plan to show Galadir that they can fight for themselves.
However, Seth doesn’t know Grian has finally found what he’s been looking for. As he prepares for his final assault on the east to capture what he seeks, all of Galadir confronts him, brought together by a mysterious force. But is it enough? Alliances will be broken, new friendships made, old ones rekindled, and nobody will ever be the same. The battle for Galadir has begun.

 

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47 responses to “Stacking the Shelves #19

    • Yeah, there are several I look forward to, and I keep asking myself how it is that there are so many new books on my shelf each week 🙂

      Thanks for stopping by, Chrissi.

  1. Deeper We Fall is high on my tbr and I really need to read something by Victoria Schwab asap. The Trouble with Goodbye was a cute read, but not mu favorite. I really hope you enjoy though. Such a great haul! I hope you have a great weekend and happy reading:)

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    • I hope I’ll enjoy all of them – it’s good to know The Trouble with Goodbye isn’t among your faves, though, sometimes, it helps to not have too much expectations 🙂

      Thanks for stopping by Siiri.

  2. Jessica @ a GREAT read

    Ooh nice! These are all new to me! Hope you enjoy them all!

    My STS will be up tomorrow, so be sure to stop by then!

    Have a GREAT day!

    Old Follower 🙂

    • I’m happy to know you really enjoyed Deeper We Fall! I can’t wait to read it. I have read only one of her books so far, and I loved it.

      Thanks for stopping by.

    • Now you got me really excited about The Archived, Grace! And I agree, Kristan Higgins usually writes books I truly enjoy 🙂

      Thanks for stopping by.

    • I agree, it is, and I’ve enjoyed another of her books, so I hope I’ll enjoy this one, too 🙂

      Thanks for stopping by, Braine.

  3. I should really buy The Archived, but my library has it so I been really…lazy? 🙁
    But The Trouble with Goodbye sounds really good, my friend gifted that one to me after she really enjoyed it so I hope you like it.

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  4. Fantastic haul, Lexxie! I know you’re going to be shocked by this…I have The Deeper We Fall, First Ink, Legal Ease, and The Trouble with Goodbye already on my ereader. LOL I’m interested in Because of Her…can’t wait to hear your thoughts.

    Happy Monday, my dear! If you started classes today, I hope everything went well. I’m trying to get caught up…on everything! 😉 **BIG HUGS**

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  5. I’m adding two books to my to read shelf this week, they were suggested by Steampunk Addie on her blog. While they are designed for younger readers, I like that style now and then and these should be fun.

    Key the Steampunk Vampire Girl and the Dungeon of Despair by Becket
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18719032-key-the-steampunk-vampire-girl-and-the-dungeon-of-despair
    and
    Key the Steampunk Vampire Girl and the Tower Tomb of Time.
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20775986-key-the-steampunk-vampire-girl-and-the-tower-tomb-of-time

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