Stacking the Shelves #37 – ARCs and Audio Galore

Posted 21 June, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Memes, Stacking the Shelves / 34 Comments

Stacking the Shelves - (un)Conventional Bookviews

Stacking The Shelves #37 – ARCs Galore

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

 

Netgalley ARCs:

Sidekick cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsSidekick – Auralee Wallace

Bremy St James, daughter of billionaire Atticus St James, has been cut off from the family fortune and is struggling to survive in a world that no longer holds its breath every time she buys a new outfit. To make matters worse, her twin sister is keeping secrets, loan sharks are circling, and the man of her dreams — a newspaper reporter — is on assignment to bring down everyone with the last name St James.
Things are certainly looking bleak for the down-and-out socialite until a good deed throws her into the path of the city’s top crime-fighter, Dark Ryder. Suddenly, Bremy has a new goal: apprentice to a superhero, and start her own crime-fighting career.
Ryder has no need for a sidekick, but it turns out the city needs Bremy’s help. Atticus St James is planning the crime of the century, and Bremy may be the only one able to get close enough to her father to stop him.
Now all she needs to do is figure out this superhero thing in less than a month, keep her identity secret from the man who could very well be The One, and save the city from total annihilation.
Well, no one ever said being a superhero would be easy…

Avenge Me cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsAvenge Me (Fifth Avenue Trilogy #1) – Maisey Yates

Austin Treffen was born into a world of privilege, but behind its gilded doors lies a corruption so sordid New York’s elite would never believe it—especially as his infamous philanthropic father is at its core! With everything he believed in shattered, how can Austin take down his father—risking his family name and those he loves—without any proof?
Until one earth-shattering night with Katy Michaels unlocks not only their deepest, most passionate desires but also the key to bringing Jason Treffen’s reign to an end. But with an intense sexual attraction that combines a heady mix of exquisite pleasure and sublime pain, will they satiate their thirst for revenge and each other…or lose themselves forever in the darkness?

The House of the Four Winds cover - (un)Conventional Bookviews

The House of the Four Winds (One Dozen Daughters #1) – Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory

 

The rulers of tiny, impoverished Swansgaard have twelve daughters and one son. While the prince’s future is assured, his twelve sisters must find their own fortunes.
Disguising herself as Clarence, a sailor, Princess Clarice intends to work her way to the New World. When the crew rebels, Clarice/Clarence, an expert with rapier and dagger, sides with the handsome navigator, Dominick, and kills the cruel captain.
Dominick leads the now-outlawed crew in search of treasure in the secret pirate haven known as The House of Four Winds. They encounter the sorceress Shamal, who claims Dominick for her own—but Clarice has fallen hard for Dominick and won’t give him up without a fight.

Edelweiss ARCs:

The Child Eater cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsThe Child Eater – Rachel Pollack  Release date July 7th, 2015

Two boys, separated by hundreds of years will never know each other–yet together they will battle a great evil at the very heart of the world–The Child Eater.
One, Matyas, resides in a medieval world whose power rests with the Academy of Wizards. The other, Simon Wisdom, in present-day America. In a town described as “the fourteenth most livable city” in a national magazine. Their lives are vastly different: as a boy, Matyas is viciously beaten by his innkeeper father, yet he will grow up to become the greatest magician. Simon is deeply loved by his widowed father, Jack, yet even a father’s dedication is helpless against the psychic terrors that overwhelm Simon from his earliest years.
Matyas takes refuge from his father’s violence in fantasies of magical citiesâ??then true magic enters his life when he sees a man fly. Obsessed with becoming a magician and fixated on learning to fly himself, Matyas runs away to the capital, where he learns of a mysterious, long-lost Tarot of Eternity.
Matyas and Simon both suffer the same horrific visions: a dark tunnel, pieces of bodies, disembodied heads of children pleading for help. When a new boy’s body is found without a head Matyas learns a terrible secret: a magician can live forever by devouring the lives of children. The magician who does this has hidden his name so no one can work a spell against him. He is the Child Eater.
Terrified of his son’s nightmares, Jack enlists the help of the mysterious Dr. Reina. Soon however Simon realizes Reina means him ill. Is this mysterious doctor really The Child Eater and Simon is his next victim? Can the spirit of Simon’s long-dead mother and the power of Matyas’ Tarrot deck save him and the world?
With a battle against evil that stretches across centuries, Rachel Pollack, has created a thrilling world of magic, memory, and desire that will enchant readers far and wide.

Get Happy cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsGet Happy – Mary Amato

In this poignant, realistic, contemporary YA by a state master list star, perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Gayle Forman, a young songwriter builds a substitute family with her friends in place of the broken family she grew up with.
A hip high school girl who loves music, writes songs, and is desperate for a ukelele, learns to her shock that her father did not abandon her years ago and has been trying to keep in touch. She begins to investigate him, only to discover that he has a new life with a new family, including the perfect stepdaughter, a girl who Minerva despises.

Tangled Lives cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsTangled Lives – Hilary Boyd

From the bestselling author of Thursdays in the Park comes a tense, emotional drama about what happens to a family when a secret is kept hidden, and a stranger is suddenly introduced into the dynamic.
Annie Delancey is happily married, in her early 50s, with three grown children. But Annie guards a secret. At age nineteen she had a baby boy and gave him up for adoption. She still thinks of him every day.
One day she receives a letter from Kent Social Services; her son Daniel wants to make contact. A part of her is overjoyed–she longs to meet him. But another part fears what this revelation will do to her family, none of whom know about her past.When Daniel is introduced to Annie’s family, a few small tears in the family fabric suddenly gape wide, and the impact of is greater than she could have ever imagined.

The Sweetness of Life cover - (un)Conventional BookviewsThe Sweetness of Life (Kovacs & Horn #1) – Paulus Hochgatterer

A German bestseller, winner of the European Union Prize for Literature, and longlisted for the German Book Prize in 2006, Paulus Hochgatterer has created a chilling psychological thriller a group of damaged people living in a pleasant and seemingly tranquil Austrian village. It’s the Christmas holiday, the presents have been opened, and a six-year-old girl is drinking cocoa and playing with her grandfather. The doorbell rings, and the old man gets up. The next time the girl sees her grandfather, he is lying by the barn, his skull broken; his face a red pulp against the white snow. From that time on, she does not speak a single word.
Along with Detective Superintendent Ludwig Kovacs, Raffael Horn, the psychiatrist engaged to treat the silent child, reluctantly becomes involved in solving the murder. Their parallel researches sweep through the town: a young mother who believes her new-born child is the devil; a Benedictine monk who uses his iPod to drown the voices in his head; a high-spending teenager who tortures cats. With his background as a child psychiatrist, Hochgatterer draws back the veil of normality and presents a disconcerting portrait of a winter-held town filled with unsavory inhabitants.

 

Audiobooks:

City of Ghosts small coverChasing Magic small cover - (un)Conventional Bookviews Sacrificial Magic small coverUnholy Magic small coverUnholy Ghosts small cover

I got Stacia Kane’s whole Downside Ghosts series in audio version, just because Berls @ Fantasy is More Fun was having such a blast with these, and she said the narrator was awesome. She also helped me get a hold of them – as this is not an easy feat in Europe. Thank you Berls! I look forward to listening to the slang 🙂 Stacking the Shelves is also for audiobooks, and I have to say I have loved listening to other stories I have gotten earlier.

Did you get some exciting-looking books this week? Remember to leave me your link so I can check out your Stacking the Shelves post, too 🙂 Thanks for stopping by! Have a spectacular Saturday.

Lexxie signature (un)Conventional Bookviews

 

 

Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms

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.

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 3,480 other subscribers
«
»

34 responses to “Stacking the Shelves #37 – ARCs and Audio Galore”

    • Lexxie

      LOL, it’s a good thing she helps us every now and then – with you – to clean up our e-readers, then, I guess 🙂

      Thanks for stopping by, Michelle.

      Reply
  2. Jessica @ a GREAT read

    OOoh nice! I read Stacia’s books soooo long ago! And she says she’s working on book 6! I totally don’t remember what happened in those books! Too much time and books have passed!

    Hope you enjoy all your new reads!

    My STS post will be up on Sunday, like always! Be sure to stop by if you can!

    Have a GREAT day!

    Old Follower 🙂

    Jessica @ a GREAT read recently posted: Mini-ish Review--Captured by S.J. Harper
    Reply
    • Lexxie

      I have read all of her Downside Ghosts books, too, but audio is truly awesome with the right narrator 🙂

      Thanks for stopping by, Jessica.

      Reply
    • Lexxie

      I so agree, Lyn. I try to tell myself (and others) that I don’t pay attention to covers, but I really do.

      Thanks for stopping by.

      Reply
    • Lexxie

      Yeah, Child Eater just appealed to my horror-loving side… There is also a fountain in Bern, with a child-eater. I’m going to have to dig out a picture for my review *grins*

      Reply
  7. Shelley @ Gizmos Reviews

    It seems as though we’ve been waiting for the 6th book in the Stacia Kane series for years. I am definitely going to have to go back and re-read at least the last book. Makes you wonder what the delay is. I had fun reading Sidekick. It was just strange enough for me to enjoy. Have a great weekend!

    Reply
    • Lexxie

      Yeah, I am desperate for it! It doesn’t even have a title yet, I think… I hope SK is doing well, and that she’s just been busy with other things lately.

      I look even more forward to Sidekick knowing you enjoyed it, Shelley. Thanks for stopping by.

      Reply
  9. Nikki

    Ooh, The Child Eater sounds interesting. I’ve got Sidekick to read too — I bought it on the day it came out after I got declined for the ARC, though. Enjoy!

    Nikki recently posted: Stacking the Shelves
    Reply
  19. Lola

    I like the cover for Sidekick, haven’t heard about that one before, but it sounds like a fun book. I hope you enjoy your new books 🙂

    Lola recently posted: Sunday Post #79
    Reply
  20. Micheline @ Lunar Rainbows Reviews

    Fabulous haul Lexxie ^^ Sidekick sounds/looks really promising! And I LOVE the covers for Avenge Me and Tangled Lives…but for two very different reasons 😉 Oh and I got House of the Four Winds too – but my StS was already whipped up (and I’m lazy) so I’ll be waiting till next time to feature it LOL It sounds brilliant though I can’t wait to compare notes on it! Happy reading xx

    Micheline @ Lunar Rainbows Reviews recently posted: Stacking the Shelves *37*
    Reply
  24. Bookworm Brandee

    You procured some excellent sounding books, Lexxie!! I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on them all but Sidekick, Avenge Me, and The Child Eater in particular. They all sound great though!

    I’m glad #2 was surprised. And I hope you enjoyed the weekend. Are y’all back yet? I wasn’t online at all either. It was the first weekend in 3 weeks we’d all been home together, so we spent time doing family things. Watched 3 movies – which you know is something since I don’t watch tv or see movies often. 🙂

    Will you be around tonight (your night, my afternoon)? I’d thought to stay up late last night to see if I could catch you but I was too sleepy. 😉

    Bookworm Brandee recently posted: **Blog Tour Guest Post ~ Dangerous Reflections ~ Shay West**
    Reply

Thanks for commenting - chat soon!

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.