Sacking The Shelves #103 – BB&B #53
Stacking The Shelves, hosted by Tynga’s Reviews is all about the latest additions to your library – virtual or actual, with books that are bought, borrowed, won or ARCs you will be reading soon. BB&B is a homage to to Barron’s Books and Baubles from Karen Marie Moning’s amazing Fever series, and is hosted by Braine over at Talk Supe.
Netgalley ARCs:
Butterfly Dreams by Meredith Walters
She’s waiting to die. . . . Corin Thompson is paralyzed by her obsession with mortality. Having lost both of her parents, she is terrified by the idea that she too will die young, and she loses control at any sign of illness. But when Corin connects with someone who has survived a very real brush with death, she begins to see the world in a whole new way.
He’s learning to live. . . . As Corin struggles under the weight of her neuroses, Beckett Kingsley is attempting to rebuild a life that feels all too temporary. With the ever-present threat of heart failure never far from his mind, he just wants to make the most of whatever time he has left. And that means pursuing the girl he never expected to find.
Together, Corin and Beckett finally learn to let go of their fears and take solace in everyday pleasures. Who knows what the future holds? After all, nothing lasts forever—the only promise they have is right now.
Edelweiss ARCs:
Relativity by Antonia Hayes
Twelve-year-old Ethan Forsythe, an exceptionally talented boy obsessed with physics and astronomy, has been raised alone by his mother in Sydney, Australia. Claire, a former professional ballerina, has been a wonderful parent to Ethan, but he’s becoming increasingly curious about his father’s absence in his life. Claire is fiercely protective of her talented, vulnerable son—and of her own feelings. But when Ethan falls ill, tied to a tragic event that occurred during his infancy, her tightly-held world is split open.
Thousands of miles away on the western coast of Australia, Mark is trying to forget about the events that tore his family apart, but an unexpected call forces him to confront his past and return home. When Ethan secretly intercepts a letter from Mark to Claire, he unleashes long-suppressed forces that—like gravity—pull the three together again, testing the limits of love and forgiveness.
Told from the alternating points of view of Ethan and each of his parents,Relativity is a poetic and soul-searing exploration of unbreakable bonds, irreversible acts, the limits of science, and the magnitude of love.
Blogtour ARCs:
Sinders and Ash by Tara Lain
Housekeeper Mark Sintorella (Sinders) works diligently at a resort hotel while designing clothes anonymously, hoping to get into fashion school. Then his carefully planned life is upended with the arrival of Ashford Armitage, son of the fifth richest man in America—and the most beautiful guy Mark has ever seen. Ash must find a wife or he’ll lose his grandfather’s inheritance, and he settles on Bitsy Fanderel. But secretly Ash is gay, and the guy who cleans the fireplaces sets his heart ablaze.
Further stirring the pot is the little elf of a man, Carstairs Pennymaker, who has Mark wearing his own designs and masquerading as a girl to impress the fashion investors in the hotel. When the clock strikes twelve, two beautiful princesses line up for the wedding—but one isn’t a woman. Will the slipper fit? Only Mr. Pennymaker knows for sure.
Kindle Purchases:
The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher
Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity, towering for miles over the mist-shrouded surface of the world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses have ruled for generations, developing scientific marvels, fostering trade alliances, and building fleets of airships to keep the peace.
Captain Grimm commands the merchant ship, Predator. Fiercely loyal to Spire Albion, he has taken their side in the cold war with Spire Aurora, disrupting the enemy’s shipping lines by attacking their cargo vessels. But when the Predator is severely damaged in combat, leaving captain and crew grounded, Grimm is offered a proposition from the Spirearch of Albion—to join a team of agents on a vital mission in exchange for fully restoring Predator to its fighting glory.
And even as Grimm undertakes this dangerous task, he will learn that the conflict between the Spires is merely a premonition of things to come. Humanity’s ancient enemy, silent for more than ten thousand years, has begun to stir once more. And death will follow in its wake…
Did you get some exciting-looking books this week? Remember to leave me your link so I can check out your Stacking the Shelves and or Bought, Borrowed and Bagged post, too 🙂 Thanks for stopping by! Have a spectacular Saturday.
About Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms
Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.
Awesome haul of books this week. I see that you got quite a few books that I’m not familiar with. The Sinders and Ash book has a cover that interests me.
Grace @ Books of Love
Sinders and Ash was great, Grace. A real cinderella story 🙂
Hope you enjoy Jim Butcher’s story, I have been very curious about that author. Hope you enjoy these.
I have read his other series, and loved both, I can’t wait to start Butcher’s new stories, Renee 🙂
Nice mix of genres this week! It’s typical that I have grabbed a lot of different sounding books over the last few weeks but I can’t read them until November because this is my Spooky Booky month! Typical! Enjoy your books!
LOL, I’m sure you’ll enjoy your spooky books, though, Chuckles 😀
Wow, Lexxie, you picked some good ones this week! 🙂 I have this feeling…this feeling that each of these books will end up on my TBR pile! *haha* My question to you is, how are you going to pick which one to read first???
I hope your weekend is going well so far! We have a band competition today…woohoo! And I still have laryngitis and a bad back. Boo. **BIG HUGS**
Ha! Sinders and Ash was awesome – Tara Lain always manages to pull all the strings of my emotions. As for the others, I haven’t decided what to read first yet… It’s always a very hard choice 😉
I hope the band competition went well, and I really, really hope you’ll get rid of that laryngitis, and that your back will be all good again. *BIG HUGS*
You picked up some great books. I’ve heard good things about Butcher’s latest story. Sinders and Ash looked good until it got to the cross dressing. Curious to see what you think. Butterfly Dreams looks like a very emotional story. I might have to check it out.
Happy reading!
Actually, it isn’t cross-dressing per say, Sinders makes his own clothes, and it was easy for him to use his own measurements, which is why the clothes fit him. So when Mr. Pennymaker asked him to show his clothes to potential investors, Sinders modeled himself – even if he felt a bit weird about that.
I really want to read a Jim Butcher book.
Enjoy your books.
I love Butcher’s books! I have read many of them, and they always hit the right spot, Ariana 🙂
These are all new to me….Butterfly Dreams looks lovely! Thanks for sharing….and here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES
It does look good, doesn’t it? Thanks for stopping by, Laurel-Rain.
I am interested to see what Jim Butcher’s book is like, I have read a few of his Dresden files books and they are really good, hope you enjoy!
I love Harry, Heather, and I have high hopes for his new series 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
I haven’t heard of these but Relativity looks really good! I love physics/astronomy and I actually want to be an astrophysicist when I’m older, so it will be interesting reading about a character who is also interested in that.
Enjoy your new books!
WOW, Kyra! I’m not smart enough for the very hard science needed for astrophysics, so kudos for wanting to do that.
Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Sinders and Ash has an interesting twist to the Cinderalla story. Got me curious about that one. I’ll check out the blog tour. Happy reading 🙂
It was really good! I enjoyed both the characters and the different twist 🙂
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I liked the looks of the Jim Butcher book. I’m so far behind on The Dresden Files, I don’t want to start yet another series. I’m going to work on The Dresden Files and then I’ll see about trying another series.
I’m actually up do date with Harry Dresden, Melanie, so I was very happy he has a new series starting as well 🙂 Even if that means I’m going to have to do a lot of waiting…
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Need to get my hands on Butcher’s new book. Bad. Fast!
I know, Braine! Doesn’t it sound amazing?
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Some interesting looking books! I have the Jim Butcher book to review but it sort of got slipped down on my list cause I’m in a horror mood…lol. 🙂 Can’t wait to try it though!
Enjoy your reads and have a great week!
Stormi
You in a horror mood in October, Stormi? That’s not normal, is it? :p
I have the Butcher book but haven’t read it yet. Call me the slacker. Have a great week!
I’m pretty sure you’re not exactly slacking, Shelley… there are just so many great books to be read 🙂
Great haul- Butterfly Dreams looks like it will be a good one. Happy reading and have a great upcoming week.
Thanks, Brandi. I agree, I look forward to Butterfly Dreams a lot 🙂
Sinders and Ash looks interesting. Happy reading!
It was really good, Bea!
Great post, and great blog. I’m going to sign up to follow as soon as I add this comment. 🙂 Relativity sounds like a fab read so I’m going to be looking out for that one.